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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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


OF THE 


HOUSE OF COMMONS. 


























VOL. 121. 
























JOURNALS 


OF THE 4S Sty 


HOUSE OF COMMONS. 








From AvuGustT the 15th, 1865, 


In the Twenty-NinTH YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 
To JANUARY the 15th, 1867, 


In the TurrtTreTH YeEaR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


—— 


SESSION 1866. 


ee 














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














Vou. 121. 

















JOURNALS 


OF THE 






HOUSE OF COMMONS. 





= ——— 





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 Council, to 

dissolve this present Parliament, which stands prorogued .to Wednesday, the 
Twelfth day of July instant: 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 Commissioners for Shires 
and Burghs, of the House of Commons, are discharged from their Meeting and Attendance 
on the said Wednesday, the Twelfth day of July instant: 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 also, by this Our Royal Proclamation under Our Great 
Seal of Our United Kingdom, require Writs forthwith to be issued accordingly 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 returnable on Tuesday, the Fifteenth 


day of August next. 


Given at Our Court at Windsor, this Sixth day of July, in the year of Our Lord One 
thousand eight hundred and Sixty-five, and in the Twenty-ninth year of Our reign. 


GOD save The QUEEN. 





Parliament 
prorogued. 


JOUR 





NALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE OF 


COMMONS. 








Tuesday, 15th August, 1865. 


T HE Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty having, 
by Her Royal Proclamation (hereuntoannexed) 
dated the 6th day of July 1865, dissolved the last 
Parliament ; and by Her Writ of Summons issued 
under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing teste 
at Westminster on Thursday the 6th day of the same 
month, and also by Her Writ of Summons under the 
Great Seal of Ireland, bearing teste at Dublin on 
Friday the 7th day of the same month, and re- 
turnable on this day, called a new Parliament, 
several Members appeared: And Her Majesty 
having been pleased, by and with the advice of Her 
Privy Council, by an Order of Council, dated the 
7th day of this instant August, to declare that the 
said Parliament should be this day prorogued by 
Writ, the said Members went directly, without 
going into the House of Commons, or expecting 
any Message from the Lords, up to the door of 
the House of Peers; and, after a short stay there, 
the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod opening the 
door, they, with the Clerk, went up to the Bar of 
the House: And they being there, the Lord Chan- 
cellor, standing up, uncovered, declared that there 
was a Writ issued under the Great Seal for pro- 
roguing the Parliament. 

hich Writ lying on the Table, his Lordship 
directed the Clerk to read: And the same was 
read accordingly, for proroguing the Parliament 
until Wednesday, the Ist day of November next 
ensuing ; as followeth: 


VICTORIA RB. 


ICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the 

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
Queen, Defender of the Faith. To Our well- 
beloved and faithful the Prelates, Nobles and Peers 
of Our said United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and to Our beloved and faithful the 
Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of Our said 
United Kingdom, called and chosen to Our Par- 
liament, to be begun and holden at Our City of 
Westminster, on Tuesday the Fifteenth day of this 
instant month of August, and to every of you, 
Greeting. Whereas We, 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, did ordain 
the said Parliament to be holden at the day and 

VoL, 121. 








place aforesaid; and did command you by Our 
several Writs to be present at the City and day 
aforesaid, to treat, consent and conclude about 
those things which in Our said Parliament then 
and there should be proposed and treated of: 
Nevertheless, for certain causes and considerations 
Us at this time especially moving, We have 
thought fit that Our said Parliament be prorogued 
unto Wednesday, the First day of November now 
next ensuing, so that neither you nor any of you 
should be held or obliged to appear on the said 
Fifteenth day of August at the aforesaid City: We 
also will that you, and every of you, be wholly dis- 
charged, as to Us, therefrom; commanding, and, 
by the tenor of these presents, strictly requiring 
you, and every of you, and all others whom this 
may concern, that you, and every of you, do per- 
sonally appear, and be present on the said First 
day of November, at our said City of Westminster, 
to treat, do, act and conclude upon those things 
which in Our said Parliament, by the Common 
Council of Our said United Kingdom (by God’s 
assistance), shall happen to be ordained. Witness 
Ourself, at Westminster, the Seventh day of 
August, in the Twenty-ninth year of Our reign. 


By The QUEEN Herself, 
Signed with Her own Hand, 


C. RoMILxy. 











Wednesday, 1st November, 1865. 


S EVERAL Members this day appeared ; and Parliament 
\2 Her Majesty having been pleased, by and with Prorogued. 


the advice of Her Privy Council, by an Order of 
Council, dated the 9th day of September last, to 
declare that the Parliament should be this day 
again prorogued by Writ; the said Members went 
directly, without going into the House of Commons, 
or expecting any Message from the Lords, up to 
the door of the House of Peers; and, after a 
short stay there, the Yeoman Usher of the Black 
Rod opening the door, they, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the Bar of the House: And 
they a there, the Lord Chancellor, standing up, 
uncovered, declared that there was a Writ issued 


under the Great Seal for further proroguing the . 
B2 Parliament 


















4 1865. 


Parliament until Thursday, the 23d day of |from the Lords, up to the door of the House of 
November next ensuing; which Writ is as fol- | Peers ; and, after a short stay there, the Gentleman 
loweth : Usher of the Black Rod opening the door, they, 
| with the Second Clerk Assistant, went up to the 
VICTORIA RB. ae House : = they being a ~ 
| Lor hancellor, standing up, uncovered, de- 
ICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the 'clared that there was a rit issued under the 


end Py ae i ge ae | Great Seal for further proroguing the Parliament 
beloved and faithful the Prelates, Nobles and | until a » the 28th yi — next 
Peers of Our United Kingdom of Great a | ensuing; which Writ is as followeth : 

and Jreland, and to Our beloved and faithful 

the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of Our said | VICTORIA RB. 
United Kingdom, called and chosen to Our Par- | ICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the 
liament, to be begun and holden at Our City of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
Westminster, on the First day of November next, | Queen, Defender of the Faith: To Our well- 
and to every of you, Greeting. Whereas We, for | beloved and faithful the Prelates, Nobles and 
certain arduous and urgent affairs concerning Us, | Peers of Our United ‘Kingdom of Great Britain 
the state and defence of Our said United King-| and Jreland, and to Our beloved and faithful the 
dom, and the Church, did ordain the said Parlia- | Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of Our said 
ment to be begun and holden at the aforesaid City | United Kingdom, called and chosen to Our Par- 
on the Fifteenth day of August last past; and did | liament, to be begun and holden at Our City of 
command you by Our several Writs to be pre-| Westminster,on the Twenty-third day of November 
sent at the same City on the day last aforesaid, | instant, and to every of you, Greeting. Whereas 
to treat, consent and conclude about those things, We, for certain arduous and urgent affairs con- 
which in Our said Parliament then and there | cerning Us, the state and defence of Our said 
should be proposed and treated of: And whereas | United Kingdom, and the Church, did ordain the 


We, by Our Writ, for certain causes and considera- | said Parliament to be begun and holden at the 


tions Us thereunto especially moving, have thought 
fit to prorogue Our said Parliament from the same 
Fifteenth day of August to and until the First day 
of November now next ensuing, so that neither 
you, nor any of you, should be held or obliged to 
appear on the same Fifteenth day of August at 
the aforesaid City, being willing that you, and 
every of you, be wholly discharged, to Us, there- 
from; and, by the same Writ, We very lately 
commanded you, and every of you, to appear and 
be personally present on the said First day of No- 
vember next at the City aforesaid, to treat, do, 
act and conclude upon those things, which in Our 
said Parliament should happen to be ordained : 
Nevertheless, for certain causes and considerations 
Us thereunto especially moving, We have thought 
fit further to prorogue Our said Parliament from 
the said First day of November next unto Thursday 
the Twenty-third day of November now next ensuing, 
so that neither you, nor any of you, should be held 
or obliged to appear on the said First day of 
November next at the aforesaid City: We will, 
therefore, that you, and every of you, be wholly 
discharged, as to Us, therefrom; commanding, and, 
by the tenor of these presents, strictly requiring 
you, and every of you, and all others whom this 
may concern, that you, and every of you, do per- 
sonally appear, and be present on the said Twenty- 
third day of November at Our said City of West- 
minster, to treat, do, act and conclude upon those 
things which in Our said Parliament, by the Com- 
mon Council of Our said United Kingdom (by 
God’s assistance), shall happen to be ordained. 
Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Ninth day of 
September, in the Twenty-ninth year of Our reign. 


By The QUEEN Herself, 
Signed with Her own Hand, 


C. RomILty. 








Thursday, 23rd November, 1865. 
EVERAL Members this day appeared; and 


Her Majesty having been pleased, by and 
with the advice of Her Privy Council, by an 
Order of Council dated the 20th day of this 
instant November, to declare that the Parliament 
should be this day again prorogued by Writ, the 
said Members went directly, without going into 
the House of Commons, or expecting any Message 











aforesaid City on the Fifteenth day of August 
last past; and did command you by Our several 
Writs to be present at the same City on the day 
last aforesaid, to treat, consent and conclude about 
those things which in Our said Parliament then 
and there should be proposed and treated of: And 
whereas We, by Our Writ, for certain causes and 
considerations Us thereunto especially moving, 
have thought fit to prorogue Our said Parliament 
from the same Fifteenth day of August unto the 
First day of November instant, and from thence 
by another Writ unto the said Twenty-third day 
of November instant, so that neither you, nor any 
of you, should be held or obliged to appear on the 
same Fifteenth day of August, or the said First 
day of November respectively, at the said City, 
being willing that you, and every of you, be 
wholly discharged, as to Us, therefrom: And by 
the last of such Writs, We very lately commanded 
you, and every of you, to appear and be personally 


_present on the said Twenty-third day of November 
/next, at the City aforesaid, to treat, do, act and 


conclude upon those things which in Our said 
Parliament should happen to be ordained: Never- 
theless, for certain causes and considerations Us 
thereunto especially moving, We have thought fit 
further to prorogue Our said Parliament from the 
said Twenty-third day of November instant, unto 
Thursday the Twenty-eighth day of December 
now next ensuing, so that neither you, nor any of 
you, should be held or obliged to appear on the 
said Twenty-third day of November instant, at the 
aforesaid City: We will, therefore, that you, and 
every of you, be wholly discharged, as to Us, 
therefrom ; commanding, and, by the tenor of these 
presents, strictly requiring you, and every of you, 
and all others whom this may concern, that you, 
and every of you, do personally appear, and be 
present on the said Twenty-eighth day of December, 
at Our said City of Westminster, to treat, do, act 
and conclude upon those things which in Our 
said Parliament, by the Common Council of Our 
said United Kingdom (by God’s assistance), shall 
happen to be ordained. Witness Ourself, at 
Westminster, the Twentieth day of November, in 
the ‘'wenty-ninth year of Our reign. 


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





Parliament 
prorogued, '} 


29 Vicroria. 


Thursday, 28th December, 1865. 


S = VERAL Members this day appeared ; and 

Her Majesty having been pleased, by and 
with the advice of Her Privy Council, by an Order 
of Council dated the 5th day of this instant De- 
cember, to declare that the Parliament should be 
this day again prorogued by Writ, the said Members 
went directly, without going into the House of 
Commons, or expecting any Message from the Lords, 
up to the door of the House of Peers; and, after a 
short stay there, the Yeoman Usher of the Black 
Rod opening the door, they, with the Clerk Assistant, 
went up to the Bar of the House: And they being 
there, the Lord Chancellor, standing up, uncovered, 
declared that there was a Writ issued under the 
Great Seal for further proroguing the Parliament 
until Thursday the Ist day of February next 
ensuing; which Writ is as followeth : 


VICTORIA RB. 


Vicroria, by the Grace of God, of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land Queen, Defender of the Faith. To Our well- 
beloved and faithful the Prelates, Nobles, and 
Peers of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, and to Our beloved and faithful the 
Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of Our said 
United Kingdom, called and chosen to Our Par- 
liament, to be begun and holden at Our City of 
Westminster, on the Twenty-eighth day of De- 
cember instant, and to every of you, Greeting. 
Whereas We, for certain arduous and urgent 
affairs concerning Us, the state and defence 
of Our said United Kingdom, and the Church, did 
ordain the said Parliament to be begun and holéen 
at the aforesaid City, on the Fifteenth day of 
August last past; and did command you by Our 
several Writs to be present at the same City on the 
day last aforesaid, to treat, consent and conclude 
about those things which in Our said Parliament 
then and there should be proposed and treated of: 
And whereas We, by Our Writ, for certain causes 
and considerations Us thereunto especially moving, 
have thought fit to prorogue Our said Parliament 


VoL. 121. 








_— 5 


from the same Fifteenth day of August to the 
First day of November last past, and from thence 
by another Writ unto the Twenty-third day of 
November last past, and from thence by another 
Writ unto the said Twenty-eighth day of De- 
cember instant, so that neither you, nor any of 
you, should be held or obliged to appear on the 
same Fifteenth day of August, or the said First 
day of November, or the said Twenty-third day of 
November respectively, at the said City, being 
willing that you, and every of you, be wholly dis- 
charged, as to Us, therefrom; and by the last of such 
Writs, We very lately:commanded you, and every 
of you, to appear and be personally present on the 
said Twenty-eighth day of December instant, at 
the City aforesaid, to treat, do, act and conclude 
upon those things which in Our said Parliament 
should happen to be ordained: Nevertheless, for 
certain causes and considerations Us thereunto 
especially moving, We have thought fit further 
to prorogue Our said Parliament from the said 
Twenty-eighth day of December instant, unto 
Thursday the First day of February now next 
ensuing, so that neither you, nor any of you, should 
be held or obliged to appear on the said Twenty- 
eighth day of December instant, at the aforesaid 
City: We will, therefore, that you, and every of 
you, be wholly discharged, as to Us, therefrom ; 
commanding, and, by the tenor of these presents, 
strictly requiring you, and every of you, and 
all others whom this may concern, that you, and 
every of you, do personally appear and be present on 
the said First day of February, at Our said City of 
Westminster, to treat, do, act.and conclude upon 
those things which, in Our said Parliament, by the 
Common Council of Our said United Kingdom 
(by God’s assistance) shall happen to be ordained. 
Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Fifth day of 
December, in the Twenty-ninth year of Our reign. 


By The QUEEN Herself, 
Signed with Her own Hana, 
C. RoMILty. 




















By The QUEEN. 


A PROCLAMATION. 


VICTORIA RB. 


WHERE AS Our Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday the Twenty-cighth day 

of December instant: We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, do hereby publish 
and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said Twenty-eighth 
day of December instant, to Thursday the First day of February next ; and We have given 
Order to Our Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to 
prepare a Writ Patent for proroguing the same accordingly; and We do further hereby, 
with the advice aforesaid, declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure, that the said Parliament 
shall, on the said Thursday the First day of February next, assemble and be holden and sit 
for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs: And the Lords Spiritual and 
Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires 
and Burghs, of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their 


attendance accordingly at Westminster on the said Thursday the First day of February 
next. , 


Given at Our Court at Windsor, this Fifth day of December, in the year of Our Lord 
One thousand eight hundred and Sixty-five, and in the Twenty-ninth year of Our 
reign. 


GOD save The QuEEN. 





Parliament 
meets. 


Message to 
attend the 
Lords Com. 
missioners. 


Parliament 


opened i 


J O UR 





NALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE OF 


COMMONS. 





Sess. 


1866. 








The Parliament begun and held at the City of Westminster, on 
Thursday the First day of February, in the Twenty-ninth 
Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the 
grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith ; and in the Year of 


our Lord 1866. 


N which day, being the first day of the | 


meeting of this Parliament for the despatch 
of business, pursuant to a Proclamation (hereunto 
annexed), Sir Denis Le Marchant, Baronet, Clerk 
of the House of Commons, and Thomas Erskine 
May, Esquire, c.B.,and Henry Ley, Esquire, Clerks 
Assistant, attending in the House, and the other 
Clerks attending, acvording to their duty, Charles 
Romiily, Esquire, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery 
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 Colonel Clifford, 
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen, 
The Lords, authorised by virtue of Her Ma- 


jesty’s Commission, desire the immediate attend- 
ance 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®. Majesty, not thinking fit to be here pre- 
sent this day in Her oyal Person, has 


been pleased, in order to the opening and holding 

of this Parliament, to cause Letters Patent to be 

passed under Her Great Seal, constituting us, and 

several other Lords therein named, Her Commis- 

sioners, to do all things, in Her Majesty’s name, 

on Her part necessary to be performed in this 
VoL. 121. 








Parliament; this will more fully appear by the 
Letters Patent themselves, which must now be 
read, 


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


VICTORIA RB. 


ICT ORIA, 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 Thursday the First day of 
February now next ensuing: And forasmuch as, 
for certain causes, We cannot conveniently be 
present in Our Royal Person in Our said Par- 
liament on the said First day of February, Know 
ye, That We, trusting in the discretion, fidelity 
and care of Our most entirely beloved Son and Our 
most faithful Councillor Albert Edward Prince of 
Wales, Our most dear Cousin and faithful Coun- 
cillor George William Frederick Charles Duke of 
Cambridge, the most Reverend Father in God 
and Our faithful Councillor Charles Thomas 
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England 
and Metropolitan; Our well-beloved and faithful 
Councillor Robert Monsey Lord Cranworth, Chan- 
cellor of that part of Our said United Kingdom 


called Great Britain; the most Reverend Father 
in God and Our faithful Councillor William Arch- 
bishop of York, Primate of England and Metro- 
politan ; Our most dear Cousins and Councillors 
Granville George Earl Granville, President of 
Argyll, 
Keeper 


Our Council; George Douglas Duke of 
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8 lst February. 1866. 


Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Edward Adolphus 
Duke of Somerset, Charles Henry Dube of Rich- 
mond, Henry Charles Duke of Beaufort, Walter 
Francis Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, James 
Duke of Montrose, George Duke of Northumber- 
land, Augustus Frederick Duke of Leinster, Arthur 
Richard Duke of Wellington, James Brownlow 
William Marquis of Salisbury, James Marquis of 
Abercorn, George Hamilton Marquis of Donegal, 
Brownlow Marquis of Exeter, Henry Marquis of 
Anglesey, George Horatio Marquis of Cholmondeley, 
Frederick William Robert Marquis of Londonderry, 
Francis Nathaniel Marquis Conyngham, George Wil- 
liam Frederick Marquis of Ailesbury, Master of Our 
Horse; Ulich John Marquis of Clanricarde, 
Richard Marquis of Westminster, George Augustus 
Constantine Marquis of Normanby, John George 
Brabazon Earl of Bessborough, Steward of Our 
Household; Henry John Barl of Shrewsbury, 
Edward Geoffrey Karl of Derby, George Earl of 
Chesterfield, John William Earl of Sandwich, Fox 
Earl of Dalhousie, Archibald John Earl of Rose- 
bery, Charles Philip Earl of Hardwicke, George 
John Earl De la Warr, George William Frederick 
Earl of Clarendon, one of Our principal Secretaries 
of State; Robert Earl of Roden, James Howard 
Earl of Malmesbury, Richard John Earl of Do- 
noughmore, James Alexander Earl of Rosslyn, 
Thomas Earlof Wilton, Henry Earl Grey, William 
Earl of Lonsdale, Dudley Earl of Harrowby, 
Edward Granville Earl of Saint Germans, Orlando 
George Charles Earl of Bradford, George Frederick 
Samuel Earl De Grey, one other of Our principal 
Secretaries of State: Richard William Penn Earl 
Howe, Henry John Earl of Ducie, Edward Earl of 
Ellenborough, George Stevens Earl of Strafford, 
Henry Richard Charles Earl Cowley, John Earl 
Russell, John Robert Viscount Sydney, Chamber- 
lain of Our Household; Luczus Viscount Falkland, 
Hugh Viscount Gough, Stratford Viscount Strat- 
ford de Redcliffe, Charles Viscount Eversley, the 
Right Reverend Father in God and Our faithful 
Councillor Archibald Campbell Lord Bishop of Lon- 
don; Our well-beloved and faithful Councillors Wil- 
liam Lennox Lascelles Lord De Ros, George Lord 
Kinnaird, Thomas Henry Lord Foley, John Lord 
Wodehouse, Charles Lord Colchester, John George 
Weld Lord Forester, Henry Lord Brougham and 
Vaux, Charles Lord Glenelg, Edward John Lord 
Stanley (of Alderiey), Thomas Lord Monteagle (of 
Brandon), John Cam Lord Broughton, Edward 
Burtenshaw Lord Saint Leonards, Richard Bickher- 
ton Pemell Lord Lyons, James Lord Wensleydale, 


Edward Lord Belper, Robert Lord Ebury, Frederic | 


Lord Chelmsford, Thomas Lord Kingsdown, Ro- 
bert Lord Lyveden, Benjamin Lord Llanover, 
Henry Lord Taunton, Richard Lord Westbury, 
and Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Lord Fitz- 
hardinge, by the advice of Our said Council, do 
give and grant by the tenor of these presents 
unto the said Prince of Wales, Duke of Cam- 
bridge, Archbishop of Canterburu, Lord Cran- 
worth, Archbishop of York, Earl Granville, Duke 
of Argyll, Duke of Somerset, Duke of Rich- 
mond, Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Buccleuch 
and Queensberry, Duke of Montrose, Duke of 
Northumberland, Duke of Leinster, Duke of Wel- 
lington, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of Aber- 
corn, Marquis of Donegal, Marquis of Exeter, 
Marquis of Anglesey, Mar uis of Cholmondeley, 
Marquis of Londonderry, Seas Conyngham, 
Marquis of Ailesbury, Marquis of Clanricarde, 
Marquis of Westminster, Marquis of Normanby, 
Earl of Bessborough, Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl of 
Derby, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Sandwich, 
Earl of Dalhousie, Earl of Rosebery, Earl of 
Hardwicke, Earl De la Warr, Earl of Clarendon, 
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 Saint Germans, Earl of Bradford, Earl 
De Grey, Earl Howe, Earl of Ducie, Earl of 
Ellenborough, Earl of Strafford, Earl Cowley, 
Earl Russell, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Falkland, 
Viscount Gough, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, 
Viscount Eversley, Lord Bishop of London, Lord 
De Ros, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Foley, Lord Wode- 
house, Lord Colchester, Lord Forester, Lord 
Brougham and Vauz, Lord Glenelg, Lord Stanley 
(of Alderley), Lord Monteagle (of Brandon), Lord 
Broughton, Lord Saint Leonards, Lord Lyons, 
Lord Wensleydale, Lord -Belper, Lord Ebury, 
Lord Chelmsford, Lord Kingsdown, Lord Lyve- 
den, Lord Llanover, Lord Taunton, Lord West- 
bury, and Lord Fitzhardinge, 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 government of 
Our said United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and other Our Dominions thereto be- 
longing, shall be there to be done; and also, if ne- 
cessary, to continue, adjourn, and prorogue Our 
said Parliament; commanding also, by the tenor 
of these presents, with the assent of Our said 
Council, as well all and every the Archbishops, 
Bishops, Earls, Viscounts, Barons and Knights, 
as all others.whom it concerns, to meet in Our 
said Parliament, that to the same Prince of Wales, 
Duke of Cambridge, Archbishop of Canterbury, 
Lord Cranworth, Archbishop of York, Earl 
Granville, Duke of Argyll, Duke of Somerset, 
Duke of Richmond, Duke of Beaufort, Duke of 
Buccleuch and Queensberry, Duke of Montrose, 
Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Leinster, Duke 
of Wellington, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of 
Abercorn, Marquis of Donegal, Marquis of Exeter, 
Marquis of Anglesey, Marquis of Cholmondeley, 
Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis Conyngham, 
Marquis of Ailesbury, , oe of Clanricarde, 
Marquis of Westminster, Marquis of Normanby, 
Earl of Bessborough, Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl of 
Derby, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Sandwich, 
Earl of Dalhousie, Harl of Rosebery, Earl of 
Hardwiche, Earl de la Warr, Earl of Clarendon, 
Earl of Roden, Earl of Malmesbury, Earl of Do- 
noughmore, Earl of Rosslyn, Earl of Wilton, Earl 
Grey, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl of Harrowby, Earl 
of Saint Germans, Earl of Bradford, Earl De Grey, 
Earl Howe, Earl of Ducie, Earl of Ellenborough, 
Earl of Strafford, Earl Cowley, Earl Russell, Vis- 
count Sydney, Viscount Falkland, Viscount Gough, 
Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, Viscount Eversley, 
Lord Bishop of London, Lord de Ros, lord Kin- 
naird, Lord Foley, Lord Wodehouse, Lord Col- 
chester, Lord Forester, Lord Brougham and Vauz, 
Lord Glenelg, Lord Stanley (of Alderley), Lord 
Monteagle (of Brandon), Lord Broughton, Lord 
Saint Leonards, Lord Lyons, Lord Wensleydale, 
Lord Belper, Lord Ebury, Lord Chelmsford, Lord 
Kingsdown, Lord Lyveden, Lord Lianover, Lord 
Taunton, Lord Westbury and Lord Fitzhardinge 
and any Three of them, the diligently intend in 
the premises in the form shew. In Witness 
whereof, we have caused these Our Letters to be 
made patent. Witness Ourself at Westminster 
the Twenty-ninth day of January, in the Twenty 
ninth year of Our reign. 


By the QUEEN Herself, 
Signed with Her own Hand, 
C. RomI.iy. 
And then the Lord Chancellor said, 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


We have it in command from Her Majesty to directed 
let you know, That as soon as the Members of both so cheass 8 
Houses Speaker. 








J ihiwn- | 


TI 








Mr. ep 
Denison c. 


Speaker. 


Mr. Speaker 
approved of by 
The Queen. 


29 Vicroria. 


Houses shall be sworn, the causes of Her Ma- 
jesty’s calling this Parliament will be declared to 

ou; and it being necessary a Speaker of the 
House of Commons should be first chosen, it is 
Her Majesty’s pleasure, that you, Gentlemen of 
the House of Commons, 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 

ou present such person whom you shall so choose, 

ere, To-morrow, at Two of the clock, for Her 
Majesty’s Royal approbation. 


And the House having returned ; 
The Right honourable William Monsell, ad- 


n 
osen dressing himself tu the Clerk (who, standing up, 


pointed to him, and then sat down), proposed to 
the House for their Speaker, The Right honour- 
able John Evelyn Denison, and moved, ‘* That the 
Right honourable John Evelyn Denison do take 
the Chair of this House as Speaker,” which Motion 
was seconded by Earl Grosvenor, and supported 
by Mr. Bright. 


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 
conferred 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 Mr. William Monsell and 
Earl Grosvenor, 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 The Right 
honourable Benjamin Disraeli having also con- 
gratulated Mr. Speaker elect ; 


The House accordingly adjourned till To- 
morrow. 








Friday, 2nd February, 1866. 


HE House being met, and Mr. Speaker elect 
having taken the Chair; 
A Message was delivered by Colonel Clifford, 
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorised by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, desire the immediate attend- 
ance 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 
resented to the said Lords Commissioners for Her 
Majesty’s Royal approbation. 
Then the Lord Chancellor, one of the said 
Lords Commissioners, signified Her Majesty’s 
approbation of Mr. Speaker elect. 


The House having 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 all Molestation of their Persons and Servants ; 

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1st—2nd—3rd—5th—6th Fehruary. 9 


to freedom 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; wkich, 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 prede- 
cessors. 

And then Mr. Speaker repeated his most re- 
spectful 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, stand- Mr. Speaker 
ing upon the upper step of the Chair, took and takes the 
subscribed 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 several Members professing 
the Jewish Religion took and subscribed the 
Oath in the manner prescribed for such Members. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Saturday, 3rd February, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 


EVERAL other Members took and sub- Members 
scribed the Oath; and several Members pro- take Oaths. 
fessing the Roman Catholic Religion took and 
subscribed the Roman Catholic Oath; and several 
Members, being of the People called Quakers, 
= and subscribed the Affirmation required by 
aw. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Monday, 5th February, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


EVERAL other Members took and sub- yembers 

scribed the Oath; and several Members pro- take Oaths, 
fessing the 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 ; and one Member professing the Jewish Re- 
ligion took and subscribed the Oath in the manner 
prescribed for such Members. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Tuesday, 6th February, 1866. 
PRAYERS at One of the clock. 


EVERAL other Members took and sub- yombers 
scribed the Oath ; and several Members pro- take Oaths, 
fessing the Roman Catholic Religion took and 
subscribed the Roman Catholic Oath; and one 
Member professing the Jewish Religion took and 
subscribed the Oath in the manner prescribed for 
such Members. 


A Message from Her Majesty, by Sir Augustus Message to 
Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod; —ttend Her 


Majesty. 
Mr. Speaker, 


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





c Accordingly 





Members take 
the Oath. 


Orders and 
Resolutions. 


Elections. 


Witnesses. 


10 


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

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair at a quarter of 
an hour before Four of the clock; and several 
other Members took and subscribed the Oath. 


Ordered, That all persons who will question any 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, for 
any County, City, Borough, or place in the United 
Kingdom, 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 | 


Kingdom do make their election for which of the 
places they will serve, within one week from and 
after the expiration of the Fourteen days before 
limited for presenting Petitions, provided there be 


no question upon the Return for that place; and if 
any thing shall come in question touching the Re- | 


turn or Election of any Member, he is to withdraw 
during the time the matter is in debate, and that all 


Members returned upon double Returns do with-.| 


draw till their Returns are determined. 

Ordered, That all persons who shall question any 
Return of Members to serve in the present Parlia- 
ment, upon any allegation of bribery and corrup- 
tion, 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 
corruption, may question the same at any time 
within Twenty-eight days after the date of such 
payment; or, it this House be not sitting at the 
expiration of the said Twenty-eight days, then 
within Fourteen days after the day when the 
House shall next meet. 

Resolved, That no Peer of the Realm, except 
such Peers of Ireland as shall for the time being 
be actually elected, and shall not have declined to 
serve, for any County, 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 Ireland, at such Elec- 


6th February. 


tions in Great Britain respectively, where such | 
Peer shall appear as a Candidate, or by himself, | 


or any others, be proposed to be elected; or for 
any Lord Lieutenant or Governor of any County 
to avail himself of any authority derived from his 


Commission, to influence the Election of any | 


Member to serve for the Commons in Parliament. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any per- 
son 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 
suck Bribery or other corrupt practices. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any per- 
son hath been tampering with any Witness, in 
respect of his evidence to be given to this House, 
or any Committee thereof, or directly or indirectly 
hath endeavoured to deter or hinder any person 
from appearing or giving evidence, the same is 
declared to be a high crime and misdemeanor; 
and this House will proceed with the utmost 
severity against such offender. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any per- 
son hath given false evidence in any case before 
this House, or any Committee thereof, this House 


{ 


1866. 


will proceed with the utmost severity against such 
offender. 

Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Police Metropolitan 
of the Metropolis do take care that, during the Police. 
Session of Parliament, the passages through the 
Streets leading to this House be kept free and open, 
and that no obstruction be permitted to hinder the 
passage of Members to and from this House, and 

that no disorder be allowed in Westminster Hall, or 
in the passages leading to this House, during the 

sitting of Parliament, and that there be no annoy- 

ance therein or thereabouts; and that the Serjeant- 

_at-Arms attending this House do communicate this 
Order to the Commissioners aforesaid. 





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


| Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be Privileges. 
appointed, 


Ordered, That all Petitions complaining of undue Election 


| Elections and Returns be printed. Petitions. 


A Bill for the more effectual preventing Clan- outlawries 
destine Outlawries, was read the first time; and Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table tithe Commu- 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, tation. 
dated the 30th day of June, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return of all Land and Money 
Payments assigned in lieu of Tithes under Inclo- 
sure Acts, the Awards of which are enrolled with the 
Registrars of the East, North, and West Ridings of 
the County of York, and are in the custody of the 
Deputy Keeper of the Public Records; stating the 
Number of Acres and Amount of Money given in 
lieu of Tithes, distinguishing the Amount assigned 
to Impropriators, Clerical Incumbents, Ecclesias- 
tical Corporations, and others (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 145, of Session 1865). 

The following Papers, pursuant to the direc- Charitable 

tions of several Acts of Parliament, were also Funds. 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
An Account of the Total Amount of the Capital, 
Stock, Shares and Securities transferred to the 
Official Trustees of Charitable Funds, in the year 
ending the 3lst day of December 1865. 

Copy of Act of Sederunt extending the next Court of 
Winter Session of the First and Second Division Session (Scot- 
of the Court of Session. lend.) 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Goal, 
mand,—Copy of Reports received from Her 
Majesty’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation, 
respecting Coal, with an Appendix. 

tor of Correspondence respecting the “ She- North 


America, 
No. 1 (1866). 


Copy of Commercial Reports received at the commercial 
Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls during Reports. 
the year 1865 (in continuation of Reports presented 
up to July 1865 inclusive). 

Copy of Commercial Reports received at the 
Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls in 1866. 

Copy of Correspondence with Her Majesty’s Douro Wine 
Minister at Lisbon respecting the opening of the Trade. 
Douro Wine Trade. 

Papers respecting the renewal of Diplomatic Brazil, 
Relations with Brazil. 

Copy of Reports by Her Majesty’s Secretaries yanufactures, 
of Embassy and Legation, on the Manufactures, Commerce, &amp;c. 
Commerce, &amp;c., of the Countries in which they 
reside. No. 11. 

Copy of Commercial Reports from Her Majesty’s China. 
Consuls in China, 1864. 

Copy of Treaty of Commerce between Her Austria. 
Majesty and the Emperor of Austria, =, 4 


nandoah.” 











99 VicTorIA. 


Final Protocol. Signed at Vienna, December 16, 
1865. 





\ Tobacco, &amp;e. Mr. Layard also presented,—Return to an 
(Foreign Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of 
Countries.) 


May, in the last Session of Parliament, for In- 
formation with respect to France, Belgium, Holland, 
the Zollverein, Sweden, and Norway, Austria, 
Spain, Portugal and Italy respectively, whether 
the growth of Tobacco is free or prohibited there; 
and, if permitted only under certain Regulations, 
and upon payment of certain Duties, what those 
Regulations and Duties respectively are; similar 
Information respecting the manufacture of Sugar 
from Beetroot and other vegetable substances ; and 
of Spirits from Corn, Fruit and other substances ; 
and the making of Malt and Beer: And, Re- 
turn of the Quantities and Values of the Tobacco 
grown; and of the Sugar, Spirits, Malt and Beer 
so made, in each year from 1860 to 1864 inclusive. 

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


Public Income Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
and Expendi- an Account of the Gross Public Income and Ex- 
ture. penditure for the year ended the 30th day of June 
No.1. 1865; 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: 
Like Account for the year ended the 30th day of 
September 1865 : And, like Account for the 
year ended the 31st day of December 1865. 
Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Accounts. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon 
the Table; and be printea. 








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Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Capital Punish- 
ment Commission; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence, and Appendix. 

Copy of First Report of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the Origin and Nature, 
&amp;ec., of the Cattle Plague; with the Minutes of 
Evidence, and an Appendix. 

Copy of Twentieth Annual Report of the Board 
(Scotland.) of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor in Scotland. 
Births, Deaths Copy of Eighth Detailed Annual Report of the 
en Marriages Recistrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages 

Otland.) i 

in Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Papers relating to the Disturb- 
ances in Jamaica. Part I. 

Papers relating to the Disturbances in Jamaica. 
Part II. 

Further Papers relative to the Disturbances in 
Jamaica. Part III. 

Papers relative to the Affairs of Jamaica. 

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


Capital 
Punishment, 


Cattle Plague. 


Poor Relief 


Jamaica 


Business of 
the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Rules, 

Orders, and Forms of Proceeding of the House of 
Commons relating to Public Business, 1866. 
Sea Fisheries. Mr, Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the Sea Fisheries of the 
United Kingdom. 

Copy. of Report of Experiments undertaken by 
order of the Board of Trade, to determine the re- 
lative Values of Unmalted and Malted Barley, as 
Food for Stock. 

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


Mr. Bruce presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Nineteen 


Barley. 


Cattle Plague. 


Orders relating to the Cattle Plague, issued by the 
VoL, 121. 





6th February. 





1] 


Lords of the Council, under the Provisions of 11 &amp; 
12 Vic. c. 107, dated respectively, 24th July 1865, 
11th August 1865, 11th August 1865, 18th August 
1865, 25th August 1865, 26th August 1865, 7th 
September 1865, 13th September 1865, 22d Sep- 
tember 1865, 29th September 1865, 29th September 
1865, 3lst October 1865, 3d November 1865, 23d 
November 1865, 27th November 1865, 16th Decem- 
ber 1865, 20th January 1866, 20th January 1866, 
and Ist February 1866. 

Copy of an Order, dated 4th July 1865, re- Small Pox in 
lating to the Removal of Sheep and Lambs to or Sheep. 
from the Parish of Southease, in the County of 
Sussex, issued by the Lords of the Council under 
the Provisions of 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 107. 

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


Sir Charles Wood presented, by Her Majesty’s East India 
Command,—Papers relating to Bootan (in con- (Bootan.) 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 47 of 1865). 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners on Indian past India 
Officers; with Appendix. (Indian 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Officers’ Com- 
Table. mission. ) 


Mr. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Australian 
mand,—Copy of Contract for the Conveyance of Mails- 
the Australian Mails between Point de Galle and 
Sidney, New South Wales. 

Mr. Childers also presented, pursuant to the di- Court of Chan 

rections of several Acts of Parliament,—An Ac- ty (Ireland.) 
count of the Amount of Compensation due to Mr. 
James Gaffney, one of the Tipstaffs in the Court 
of Chancery (Jreland), for Losses sustained by him 
in the year ended 14th August 1865, by the 
operations of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c. 89. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 29th No- Super- 
vember 1865, granting a Special Pension to Rey. *™uatons. 
J. RK. Goldney, Senior Chaplain of Greenwich 
Hospital. 

Copy ofa Treasury Minute, dated 17th January 
1866, granting a Special Superannuation Allow- 
ance to Mr. Joseph Timm, Solicitor to the Board 
of Inland Revenue. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 3d January 
1866, granting a Special Superannuation Allow- 
ance to Mr. Henry R. Drewry, Chief Clerk in the 
Office of the Secretary of State for War. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 16th August . 

1865, granting a Special Superannuation Allow- 
ance to Mr. Trevor, Comptroller of Legacy 
Duties. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 11th Sep- 
tember 1865, granting a Special Superannuation 
Allowance to Mr. C. H. Pennell, Chief Clerk at 
the Admiralty, Whitehall. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 27th July 
1865, granting a Special Superannuation Allow- 
ance to Mr. James Booth, the Secretary to the 
Board of Trade. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 11th July 
1865, granting a Special Superannuation Allow- 
ance to Rear-Admiral /artholomew James Sulivan, 
Professional Officer, Board of Trade. 

An Account of all Monies received and paid by Lunacy. 
the Secretary to the Commissioners in Lunacy ; 
and of all Charges and Expenses incurred under 
or by virtue of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 34, 
during the year ending 31st July 1865. 

Account of Receipts and Disbursements on ac- Irish Repro- 
count of the Jrish Reproductive Loan Fund, to ductive Loan 
31st December 1865. z 

An Account of the Sums which have been paid Russian 
and applied within the year 1865, by virtue of an Dutch Loan. 
Act, 55 Geo. 3, c. 115, intituled, “ An Act for 
carrying into effect a Convention between his 
Majesty and the King of the Wetherlands and the 
Emperor of All the Russias,” for paying and satis- 
fying the Interest on the part of the Loan therein 

c2 agreed 








Greek Loan. 


Lunacy 
(Scotland. ) 


Pablic Debt. 


Mr. Speaker 
reports 

Her Majesty's 
Speech. 


12 


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 extinction of the 
same. 

An Account of the Total Sums issued out of 
the Consolidated Fund, and advanced to his Ma- 
jesty the King of Sardinia, by virtue of the Acts 
18 Vic. c. 17, and 19 &amp; 20 Vie. c. 39; and also of 
the Sums received to 3lst December 1865, for 
Interest and Sinking Fund thereof. 

An Account of Monies paid out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund, under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, ¢. 121, 
and 6 &amp; 7 Wiill..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. 

Return exhibiting the Number of Orders granted 
by the Sheriffs for admission of Lunatics into any 
Public, Private or District Asylum or House, in 
Scotland, stating the Asylum or House to which 
such Order was sent, during the year ended 31at 
December 1865. 

Return exhibiting the Number of Licenses 


6th February. 


1866. 


which he evinced during his Reign will animate 
his Successor, and preserve for Belgium her Inde- 
pendence and Prosperity. 

My relations with Foreign Powers are friendly 
and satisfactory, and I see no cause to fear any 
disturbance of the general Peace. 

The meeting of the Fleets of France and England 
in the Ports of the respective Countries has tended 
to cement the amity of the two Nations, and to 
prove to the world their friendly concert in the 
promotion of Peace. 

I have observed with satisfaction that the United 
States, after terminating successfully the severe 
struggle in which they were so long engaged, are 
wisely repairing the ravages of Civil War. The 
abolition of Slavery is an event calling forth the 
cordial sympathies and congratulations of this 
Country, which has always been foremost in show- 
ing its abhorrence of an institution repugnant to 
every feeling of justice and humanity. 

I have, at the same time, the satisfaction to 
inform you that the exertions and perseverance of 
My Naval Squadron have reduced the Slave Trade 
/on the West Coast of Africa within very narrow 
| limits. 
| A Correspondence has taken place between My 
Government and that of the United States with re- 
spect to injuries inflicted on American Commerce by 





granted by the General Board of Commissioners | Cruisers under the Confederate Flag. Copies of 
in Lunacy for Scotland, for the Continuance, | this Correspondence will be laid before you. 

Establishment or Renewal of Private Asylums! The renewal of Diplomatic Relations with Brazil 
and Lunatic Wards of Poorhouses, and the Transfer has given Me much satisfaction; and I acknow- 
of any such License from any one Asylum to| ledge with pleasure that the good offices of My 
another, during the year ended 31st December 1865. | Ally the King of Portugal have contributed essen- 

Return describing the Public, Private and Dis- | tially to this happy result. 

trict Asylums in Scotland, by their respective| Ihave to regret the interruption of Peace between 
Localities, and stating the Names of the Super-| Spain and Chili. The good offices of My Govern- 
intendents of each Asylum; and showing also the | ment, in conjunction with those of the Government 
Number of Patients, Male and Female, received | of the Emperor of the French, have been accepted 
into and discharged from each Asylum, or removed | by Spain, and it is My earnest hope that the causes 


or transferred from any one House to another, | of disagreement may be removed in a manner 


classifying those discharges into three Divisions 
of “Cured,” * Relieved,” and “ Unaffected by 
Treatment,” during the year ended 31st December 
1865. 

An Account of all Additions which have been 
made to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt 
by the Interest of any Loan that hath been made, 
or Annuities created, in the last Ten years (1855 
to 1866 inclusive); and also showing how the 
Charge incurred in respect of the same has been 
provided for. 

An Account of the Sums advanced in each year 
from the Consolidated Fund for the purchase of 
Bullion for Coinage; and of the Sums paid in each 
year to the Account of Her Majesty’s Exchequer 
at the Bank of England in Repayment thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


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

It is with great satisfaction that I have recourse 
to your assistance and advice. 

I have recently declared my consent to a Mar- 
riage between My Daughter Princess Helena and 
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein Sonder- 
bourg-Augustenburg. I trust this Union may be 
ee and happy. 

The death of My beloved Uncle the King of the 
Belgians, has affected me with profound grief. I 
feel great confidence, however, that the wisdom 


honourable and satisfactory to both Countries. 

The Negotiations which have been long pending 
in Japan, and which have been conducted with 
great ability by My Minister in that Country, in 
conjunction with the Representatives of My Allies 
in Japan, have been brought to a conclusion which 
merits My entire approbation. The existing Trea- 
ties have been ratified by the Mikado; it has been 
stipulated that the Tariff shall be revised in a 
manner favourable to Commerce, and that the 
Indemnity due under the terms of the Convention 
of October 1864 shall be punctually discharged. 

I have concluded a Treaty of Commerce with 
the Emperor of Austria, which I trust will open to 
that Empire the blessings of extended Commerce, 
and be productive of important benefits to both 
Countries. 

The deplorable events which have occurred in 
the Island of Jamaica have induced me to provide 
at once for an impartial Inquiry, and for the due 
maintenance of authority during that Inquiry, by 
appointing a distinguished Military Officer as Go- 
vernor and Commander of the Forces. I have 
given him the assistance of two able and learned 
Commissioners, who will aid him in examining 
into the origin, nature, and circumstances of the 
recent Outbreak, and the measures adopted in the 
course of its suppression. The Legislature of 
Jamaica has proposed that the present Political 
Constitution of the Island should be replaced by a 
new form of Government. A Bill upon this subject 
will be submitted for your consideration. 

Papers on these occurrences will be laid before 

ou. 
‘ Papers on the present state of New Zealand will 
be laid before you. 

I have given directions for the return to this 
Country of the greater portion of My Regular 
Forces employed in that Colony. . 





I watch 





Motion for 
Address, 








99 Vicroria. 6th February. 13 


I watch with interest the proceedings which are | to Her Majesty, to convey the Thanks of this 
still in progress in British North America, with a| House for Her Majesty’s most gracious Speech 
view to a closer union among the Provinces, and | from the Throne: 

I continue to atiach great importance to that) Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
object. that She has recently declared Her consent to a 

I have observed with great concern the exten-| Marriage between Her Majesty’s Daughter the 
sive prevalence, during the last few months, of a| Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig- 
virulent Distemper among Cattle in Great Britain, | Holstein Sonderbourg-Augustenburg, and to assure 
and it is with deep regret, and with sincere sym- Her Majesty that, with Her, we trust that this 
pathy for the sufferers, that I have learnt the | union may be prosperous and happy : 
severe losses which it has caused in many counties| Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we par- 
and districts. It is satisfactory to know that Jre- | ticipate in the profound grief felt by Her Majesty 
land, and a considerable part of Scotland, are as at the death of Her Majesty’s beloved Uncle the 
yet free from this calamity, and I trust that by the | King of the Belgians; but that we feel confident 
precautions suggested by experience, and by the that the wisdom which he evinced during his 
Divine blessing on the means which are now being | Reign will animate his Successor, and preserve 
employed, its further extension may be arrested. | for Belgium her Independence and Prosperity: 

The Orders which have been made by the Lords} | Humbly to express our gratification at learning 
of My Privy Council, by virtue of the powers | that Her Majesty’s relations with Foreign Powers 
vested in them by law, with a view to prevent the are friendly and satisfactory, and that Her Majesty 
spreading of this disease, will be laid before you; | sees no cause to fear any disturbance of the general 
and your attention will be called to the expediency | Peace : 
of an amendment of the Law relating to a subject) To assure Her Majesty that we trust that the 


so deeply affecting the interests of My People. meeting of the Fleets of France and England in 
the Ports of the respective Countries has tended 
Gentlemen of the House of Commons, to cement the amity of the two Nations, and to 


I have directed that the Estimates of the ensuing | prove to the World their friendly concert in the 
year shall be laid before you. They have been, promotion of Peace: 
prepared with a due regard to economy, and are at| Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we learn 
the same time consistent with the maintenance of | with satisfaction that the United States, after 


efficiency in the Public Service. terminating successfully the severe struggle in 
The condition of Trade is satisfactory. which they were so long engaged, are wisely 


repairing the ravages of Civil War; and that, 
My Lords and Gentlemen, with Her Majesty, we regard the abolition of 

A Conspiracy, adverse alike to Authority, Pro-| Slavery as an event calling forth the cordial sym- 
perty, and Religion, and disapproved and con-| pathies and congratulations of this Country, which 
demned alike by all who are interested in their} has always been foremost in showing its abhor- 
maintenance, without distinction of creed or class, | rence of an institution repugnant to every feeling 
has unhappily appeared in Jreland. The Con-| of justice and humanity : 
stitutional Power of the ordinary Tribunals has} Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
been exerted for its repression, and the authority | that the exertions and perseverance of Her Ma- 
of the Law has been firmly and impartially vin-| jesty’s Naval Squadron have reduced the Slave 
dicated. Trade on the West Coast of Africa within very 

A Bill will be submitted to you, founded on the | narrow limits: 

Report of the Royal Commission, on the subject To thank Her Majesty for directing Copies to 
of Capital Punishment, which I have directed to | be laid before us of the Correspondence which has 
be laid before you. taken place between Her Majesty’s Government 

Bills will be laid before you for amending and | and that of the United States, with respect to 
consolidating the Laws relating to Bankruptcy,| injuries inflicted on American Commerce by 
and for other improvements in the Law. Cruisers under the Confederate Flag: 

Measures will also be submitted to you for ex-| To express our thanks to Her Majesty for in- 
tending the system of Public Audit to branches | forming us that Diplomatic Relations with Brazil 
of Receipt and Expenditure, which it has not| have been renewed, and that the good offices of 
hitherto reached, and for amending the provisions| Her Majesty’s Ally the King of Portugal have 
of the Law with respect to certain ‘classes of Legal | contributed essentially to that happy result: 
Pensions. To assure Her Majesty that, with Her Majesty, 

Your attention will be called to the subject of | we regret the interruption of Peace between Spain 
the Oaths taken by Members of Parliament, with | and Chili, and that we earnestly trust that, through 
a view to avoid unnecessary Declarations, and to| the good offices of Her Majesty’s Government, in 
remove invidious distinctions between Members of | conjunction with those of the Emperor of the 
different Religious Communities in matters of| French, the causes of disagreement may be re- 
Legislation. moved in a manner honourable and satisfactory to 

I have directed that information should be pro-| both Countries : 
cured in reference to the Rights of Voting in the| To thank Her Majesty for informing us that the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for | Negotiations which have long been pending in Ja- 
Counties, Cities, and Boroughs. pan, have been brought to a conclusion in sucha man- 

When that information is complete, the attention | ner as to receive Her Majesty’s entire approbation ; 
of Parliament will be called to the result thus ob-| that the existing Treaties have been ratified by 
tained, with a view to such improvements in the | the Mikado; and that stipulations have been made 
Laws which regulate the Rights of Voting in the | for the revision of the Tariff in a manner favour- 
Election of Members of the House of Commons as | able to Commerce, and for the punctual discharge 
may tend to strengthen our Free Institutions | of the indemnity due under the terms of the Con- 
and conduce to the public welfare. ' . | vention of October 1864: 

In these and in all other deliberations I fervently | _Humbly to express our thanks to Her Majesty 
pray that the Blessing of Almighty God may | for informing us that Her Majesty has concluded a 
guide your Counsels to the promotion of the hap-| Treaty of Commerce with the Emperor of Austria, 
piness of My People. which Her Majesty trusts will open to that Em- 
pire the blessings of extended Commerce, and be: 

A Motion was made, and the Question being | productive of important benefits to both Countries: 
ar hg That an humble Address be presented; Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 

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14 


that, in consequence of the deplorable events which 
have occurred in the Island of Jamaica, Her Ma- 
jesty has been induced to provide at once for an 
impartial Inquiry, by appointing a distinguished 
Military Officer as Governor and Commander of 
the Forces; that Her Majesty has given him the 
assistance of two able and learned Commissioners, 
who will aid him in examining into the origin, 
nature, and circumstances of the recent Outbreak, 
and the measures adopted in the course of its sup- 


pression; and that the Legislature of Jamaica has | 
proposed that the present Political Constitution of 


the Island should be replaced by a new form of 
Government: 

To assure Her Majesty that we will give our 
careful consideration to the Bill on this subject, 
which is to be submitted to us: 

To thank Her Majesty for directing Papers on 
these occurrences, aad on the present state of New 
Zealand, to be laid before us: 

To convey our thanks to Her Majesty for in- 


forming us that directions have heen given for | 
the return to this Country of the greater portion 


6th—7th February. 


1866. 


tending the system of Public Audit to branches of 
Receipt and Benatiieen which it has not hitherto 
reached, and for amending the provisions of the 
Law with respect to certain classes of Legal 
Pensions; and to the subject of the Oaths taken 
by Members of Parliament: 

To thank Her Majesty for directing that in- 
formation should be procured in reference to the 
Rights of Voting in the Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for Counties, Cities, and 
Beroughs, and to assure Her Majesty that, when 
that information is complete, our earnest attention 
will be given to the result thus obtained: 
| Humbly to assure Her Majesty that, with Her, 

we fervently pray that the Blessing of Almighty 
| God may ile our counsels to the promotion of 
_the happiness of Her Majesty’s People :—And a 
| Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
| Thursday next. 





And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








of Her Majesty’s Regular Forces employed in the | 


Colony of New Zealand: 


To assure Her Majesty that, with Her, we 


watch with interest the proceedings which are 
still in progress in British North America with a 


view toacloser union among the Provinces, an | 


object to which Her Majesty continues to attach 
great importance : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we have 
observed with great concern the extensive preva- 
lence, during the last few months, of a virulent 
Distemper among Cattle in Great Britain; and 
that it is with deep regret, and with sincere 
sympathy for the sufferers, that we have learnt 
the severe losses which it has caused in many 
counties and districts: whilst it is satisfactory to 
know that Jreland and a considerable part of 
Scotland are as yet free from this calamity, which 
gives us reason to trust, with Her Majesty, that 
by the 
by the Divine blessing on the means which are 
now being employed, its further extension may 
be arrested : 

To thank Her Majesty for directing the Orders 
which have been made by the Lords of Her 
Majesty’s Privy Council by virtue of the powers 
vested in them by Law, with a view to prevent 
the spreading of this disease, to be laid before us ; 


and to assure Her Majesty that our best attention | 


shall be given to the expediency of an Amendment 
of the Law relating to a subject so deeply affecting 
the interests of the People: 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for having di- 
rected that the Estimates of the ensuing year shall 
be laid before us, and for having caused them to 
be prepared with a due regard to economy, and to 
the maintenance of efficiency in the Public Ser- 
vice: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that 
the condition of Trade is satisfactory : 

Humbly to express our thanks to Her Majesty 
for informing us that a Conspiracy, adverse alike 
to Authority, Property, and Religion, and dis- 
approved and condemned alike by all who are 
interested in their maintenance, without distinction 
of creed or class, has unhappily appeared in 
Ireland, and that the Constitutional Power of the 
ordinary Tribunals has been exerted for its re- 
wression, and the authority of the Law firmly and 
impartially vindicated : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that our serious 
consideration shall be given to the Bill to be sub- 
mitted to us, founded on the Report of the Royal 
Commission on the subject of Capital Punishment ; 
to the Bills for amending and consolidating the 
Laws relating to Bankruptcy, and for other im- 
provements in the Law; to the measures for ex- 


army suggested by experience, and | 


Wednesday, 7th February, 1860. 
PRAYERS. 
A PETITION ofthe West Middlesex Water- west miadle- 


works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill sex Water. 
for extending the Limits within which the West 
_ Middlesex Waterworks Company may supply 
| Water, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Tite and Sir Francis Gold- 


smid. 


| &lt;A Petition of the Launceston and South Devon paunceston 
| Railway Company, and the South Devon Railway and South 
Company, for leave to bring ina Bill for conferring =" Rail- 
further Powers on the Launceston and South Devon ” 
Railway Company in relation to their Capital for 
the transfer of their Undertaking to the South 
Devon Railway Company, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
| tobe brought in accordingly, by Sir Massey Lopes 
jand Mr. Kekewich. 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire rancashire 
| Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for and Yorkshire 
conferring Powers on the Lancashire and Yorkshire (west i ding 
Railway Company, for the construction of Branch Branches, &amp;.) 
Railways and Works, and the acquisition of Lands 
‘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. Wickham and Mr. Barnes. 


A Petition of the London and North Western pondon and 
Railway Company and the Whitehaven Junction North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for olin al 
vesting the Undertaking of the Whitehaven Junc- tion Railway 
tion Railway Company in the London and North Companies. 
Western Railway Company, and for conferring 
‘upon the last-named Company running powers 
over a portion of the Whitehaven and Furness 
Junction Railway, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cavendish Bentinck 
and Mr. Nicholson Hodgson. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons and Bradford, 
of the Great Northern Railway Company, for leave Eccleshill, and 
to bring in a Bill for making a Railway in the ile Railway. 
West Riding of Yorkshire, from Bradford through 
Eccleshill to Idle, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Colonel Packe and Mr, Waterhouse. 


A Petition of the Cannock Chase and Wolver- Cannock 
hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Chase and 
Bill 











29 VicTorIA. 


Wolverhamp- Bill to enable the Cannock Chase and Wolver- 
ton Railway hampton Railway Company to extend their Railway 
oe? to Hednesford and to the Norton Branch of the 
“South Staffordshire Railway, in the County of 
Stafford, to dissolve the Cannock Chase Extension 
Railway Company, and for other purposes, was 
— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Mr. William Orme 

Foster and Mr. Knight. 


Gone. A Petition of the Cannock Chase and Wolver- 
ase ane vp. hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
My ey Bill to authorize the Cannock Chase and Wolver- 
(Midland hampton Railway Company to extend their Rail- 
Railway Ex- way to the Midland Railway, and for other pur- 
tension.) . 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
William Orme Foster and Mr. Knight. 
Childwall Gas, A Petition of the Childwall Gas Company 


(Limited), for leave to bring in a Bill for granting 
certain Powers to the Childwall Gas Company 
(Limited), was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Minto Farquhar and Mr. Sandford. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the con- 
struction of a Railway from Coventry to the Whit- 
acre and Nuneaton Branch of the Midland Rail- 
way, with Branches therefrom, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Treherne and Mr. Eaton. 


Coventry and 
Midland Junc- 
tion Railway. 


Dublin Port 
Acts Amend- 
ment. 


A Petition of the Corporation for preserving 
and improving the Port of Dudlin, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for enabling the Corporation for 
preserving and improving the Port of Dublin to 
reduce Rates and Duties charged by them; to 
levy other Rates and Duties, and to borrow fur- 


ther Sums of Money ; for amending the Provisions | 
of former Acts relating to the supply of Ballast | 
by the said Corporation, and for other purposes, | 


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


Mr. Pim. 


A Petition of the Corportion for preserving 
and improving the Port of Dublin, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for enabling the Corporation for 
preserving and improving the Port of Dublin to 
purchase the Custom House Docks and Premises, 
the Grand Canal Docks and Warehouses, at Dud- 
lin, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Guinness and Mr. Pim. 


Dublin Port 
(Docks.) 


East Glouces- 


A Petition of the East Gloucestershire Railway 
tershire Rail- 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 


“— the East Gloucestershire Railway Company to 
make Works and Deviations, and for other pur- 
poses relating to the same Railway, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir William Russell and Sir 
Michael Beach. 

Edgware, A Petition of the Edgware, Highgate and Lon- 

Lent, and don Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 

way. ~ to authorize the Edgware, Highgate and London 
Railway Company to extend their Railway to the 
Town of Barnet in Hertfordshire, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton and 
Mr. Turner. 

Great North. A Petition of the Great Northern Railway 

(Peters ae Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 

Barnet, ang’ the Great Northern Railway Company to con- 

Hendon.) struct a Railway from their Main Line of Railway 


at Potter’s Bar in Middlesex, through Barnet to 
Vou. 121, 





7th February. 














15 


Hendon, and to abandon the construction of a short 
Line of Railway and other Works at Barnet, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Packe and Mr. 
Edward Egerton. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Holyhead 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Water. 
for better supplying with Water the Parish of 
Holyhead, in the County of Anglesea, was pre- 
sented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Owen Stanley and 
Sir Richard Bulkeley. 


A Petition of Commissioners for carrying into Huddersfield 
execution the Acts thereinafter named, for leave Water. 
to bring a Bill for extending the limits within 
which the Commissioners for the Huddersfield 
Waterworks may supply Water, and for altering 
the constitution of the Commissioners, and incor- 
porating them as re-constituted, and for empower- 
ing the incorporated Commissioners to execute 
new Works, and to raise further Money, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Henry Beaumont and Colonel Crosland. 


A Petition of the Dock Company at Kingston- Hull Docks. 

upon-Hull, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
the Dock Company at Kingston-upon-Hull to en- 
large the Western Dock, and to raise further 
Sums of Money ; to extend the Time for the com- 
pletion of the Works, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Clay and Mr. 
Norwood. 


A Petition of the Kidwelly and Burry Port Kidwelly and 
Railway Company and Burry Port Company, for Burry Port 
leave to bring a Bill for the Amalgamation of the Railway and 

ae &gt; ; rry Port 
Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway Company and Amalgama- 
the Burry Port Company, and for other purposes, tion. 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Pugh and Mr. 
William Morris. 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancashire 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 2nd Yorkshire 
authorize the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Neth Lan. 
Company to construct in Lancashire a Loop Line cashire Loop 
between blackburn and Burnley, and also a short Line.) 
Branch Railway near Bolton, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be Seonabt in ac- 


cordingly, by Mr. Wickham and Mr. Hornby. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- feicester 
gesses of the Borough of Leicester, for leave to Cattle Market, 
bring in a Bill for empowering the Corporation of ** 
the Borough of Leicester to remove the Cattle 
Market of the Borough to another site, and to 
erect a Town Hall and other Public Buildings, 
and for conferring other Powers on the said Cor- 
poration, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Taylor and Mr. Harris. 


A Petition of the Lynn and Sutton Bridge Rail- tyon ana 
way Company, of the Spalding and Bourn Railway Sutton Bridge, 
Company, and of the Norwich and Spalding Rail- — and 

“e ‘ ‘ ‘ , and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Norwich and 
amalgamate the Lynn and Sutton Bridge and the Spalding Rail- 
Spalding and Bourn Railway Companies, and for —— 

a Lease of the Norwich and Spalding Railway to 
the amalgamated Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to Be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
Stanley and Mr. Bagge. ‘ 


Lynn and 
Sutton Bridge 
Railway 
(Works at * 


A Petition of the Lynn and Sutton Bridge Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway Com- 

c4 


pany King’s Lynn.) 














16 7th Fe 


pany to extend their Undertaking at King’s Lynn, | 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Lord Stanley and Mr. Bagge. 


A Petition of the Manchester Royal Exchange 
Proprietors, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Proprietors of the Manchester Royal Exchange 
to pull down and rebuild the same, and for other 
purposes with respect to the said Exchange, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Loouahs in accordingly, by Mr. Algernon Egerton | 
and Mr. James. 


Manchester 
Royal Ex- 
¢ 





A Petition of the Metropolitan Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to confer addi- 
tional Powers on the Metropolitan Railway Com- 
pany, and to enable such erect to alter and 
improve portions of their authorized Works, and 
to acquire additional Lands ; to confirm or autho- 
rize Agreements with other Parties; to extend 
the Time for completing certain Works; to amend 
the Acts relating to the Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill | 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. | 


Gilpin, Mr. William Lee, and Mr. Sherriff. 


Metropolitan 
—— (Ad- 
dition 
Powers.) 





Newport Page A Petition of the Newport Pagnell mecne 
nell Railway. Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize | 
the Newport Pagnell Railway Company to extend | 
their Railway to the Northampton and Peterborough | 
Line of the London and North Western Railway 
Company, to the Leicester and Hitchin Line of 
the Midland Railway, and to the authorized Bed- 
ford asd Northampton Railway, and for other | 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Harry Verney and Mr. Gilpin. 


Northampton 
and Banbury 
Junction Rail- 
way. 


A Petition of the Northampton and Banbury | 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in | 
a Bill to authorize the Northampton and Banbury | 
Junctiou Railway Company to extend their Rail- | 
way from Blockley to Ross, and for other pur- | 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was_| 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Thomas Winnington, Colonel Kingscote, Mr. Hol- 
land, and Mr. Dowdesweli. | 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, 

for leave io bring in a Bill to authorize the con- 
: ; . . 

struction of Railways between Presteign and Clun, | 
and the Craven Arms, and for other purposes re- | 
lating to the Undertaking, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Percy Herbert and Sir John 
Walsh. 


Presteign, 
Clun, and 
Bishops Castle 
Railway. 


Saint Mar- A Petition of the Mutual Tontine (Parliamen- 
garet’s, West- tary and Industrial Chambers) Association, Li- 
minster, Im- mited, for leave to bring in a Bill for effecting 
provements. . . : : 5 
Improvements in the Parish of Saint Margaret, 
in the City of Westminster, and for giving Powers 
to a Company and other Parties with reference 
thereto, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. William Lee and Mr. Sherriff. 


Spalding and &lt;A Petition of the Spalding and Bourn Railway 
Bourn Kail- Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
_ the Spalding and Bourn Railway Company to ex- 
tend their Railway from Bourn to the Midland 
Railway at Saxby, in Leicestershire, and to form 
Junctions with the Great Northern and the Norwich 
and Spalding Railways, and for other purposes re- 
“lating to the same Company, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, 5? Lord Stanley, Sir Montague 
Cholmeley, and Mr. Bagge. 





_thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring 


1866. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking West Brom- 
in a wich and “ 
Bill to authorize the construction of the West ee 
Bromwich and Walsall Railway, was presented ~" 

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

in accordingly, by Lord Ernest Bruce and Mr. 

Benyon. 


bruary. 


A Petition of the Wiltshire Railway Company Wiltshire 
and of the North and South Wiltshire Junction Railways, 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
transfer to the Wiltshire Railways Company the 


| Powers of “ The Wiltshire Railway Act, 1865,” 


and of “ The North and South Wiltshire Junction 
Railways Act, 1865,” and to facilitate the com- 
munication between the Midland Counties and 
Southampton and Portsmouth, was presented, and 
read; aud a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Michael Beach, Mr. Henry 
Seymour, and Mr. Kennard. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execu- Maryport Im- 
tion of an Act of the third and fourth years of the provement, 

. ——e a " pera! Harbour, and 
reign of King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An poex, 
Act for better preserving the Harbour of Maryport, 


and for Lighting and otherwise improving the 


Township of Maryport, in the County of North- 
umberland,” for leave to bring in a Bill for defining 
and extending the Powers of the Trustees of the 
District and Harbour of Maryport, in the County of 
Cumberland, and for enabling them to improve the 
Streets and Buildings within the District, and to 
sewer and drain the same; to establish Waterworks, 
Gasworks, and Police; to construct a Dock and 
other Harbour Works, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Percy Wyndham 
and Mr. Edmund Potter. 


A Petition of the Ogmore Valley Railways Com- OgmoreValley 


ny, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing Railway 


= (No. 1,) 


the Ogmore Valley Railways Company to make 
Extension Railways into the Garw Valley and to 
the Llantrissant common Branch of the Llantris- 
sant and Taff Vale Junction Railway, to raise 
additional Monies, and for other purposes, was 
wreome &gt; and read; and a Bill was ordered to 

e brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hussey Vivian, 
Mr. Hibbert, and Mr. Cheetham. 


A Petition of the Highland Railway Company, Highland 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the High- Railway. 
land Railway Company to make and maintain new 
Lines of Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir James Matheson and 
Mr. Matheson. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Supply of the Aberdeen 
County of Aberdeen, the Lord Provost, Magistrates County and 
and Town Council of Aberdeen, and the Commis- Buildings. 
sioners of Police for the City of Aberdeen, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for erecting and maintaining a 
new Court House, Town House, County and Town 
Hall, Police and other County and Municipal 
Buildings and Offices for the County and City of 
Aberdeen, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was pas 2 to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. William Leslie and Colonel 
Sykes. 


A Petition of the Cambrian Railways Company, cambrian 
for leave to bring in a Bill for empowering the Railways 
Cambrian Railways 9s to make certain (New Works.) 
Railways and other Works in connection with 
their Undertaking, and to subscribe towards Porth- 
dinlleyn Harbour, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Charles Wynn and 
Mr. Hanbury Tracy. 

A Petition 











ks.) 





Cambrian and 
other Railway 
Companies 
(Amalgama- 
tion, &amp;c.) 


Winchcomb 
and Midland 
Railway. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway (Ad- 
ditional 
Powers.) 


Wrexham, 
Mold, and 
Connah’s 
Quay Railway 
(Deviations.) 


Maidstone and 


Ashford Rail- 
way. 


Wrexham, 
Mold, and 
Connah’s 


Quay Railway 


(Additional 
Powers.) 


Wrexham, 
Mold, and 
Connah’s 


) Victoria. 


A Petition of the Cambrian Railways Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the vesting 
of the Carnarvonshire Railway, the Nantile Rail- 
way, the Beddgelert Railway, and the Corris Rail- 
way, in the Cambrian Railways Company, by amal- 
gamation, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Charles Wynn and Mr. Han- 
bury Tracy. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, and of the Midland Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from near Beckford to Winchcomb, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Michael Beach and Mr. Holford. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin- 
colnshire Railway Company, for leave to bring ina 
Bill for conferring additional Powers on the Man- 
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com- 
pany, with respect to the widening of part of their 
Main Line of Railway, and for constructing a new 
Branch Railway, and for granting Running Powers 
over a portion of the Midland Company’s Under- 
taking, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Turner and Mr. Watkin. 


A Petition of the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s 
Quay Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s 
Quay Railway Company to make Deviations in 
their authorized Railways, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John Hanmer, 
Colonel Biddulph, and Mr. Barnes. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for making a Railway from Maidstone to Ash- 


ford, and for other purposes, was presented, and 


read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Viscount Holmesdale and Sir 
Brooke Bridges. 


A Petition of the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's 
Quay Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for the Extension of the Wrexham, Mold, and 
Connah’s Quay Railway to Buckley, Brymbo, and 
Minera, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Mainwaring and Mr. Barnes. 


A Petition of the Wrerham, Mold, and Connah’s 
Quay Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 


Quay Railway Bill to enable the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s 
(Extensions.) Quay Railway Company to extend their Railway 


OgmoreValle 
Railway . 
(No. 2.) 


Macclesfiel 
Koussford, ” 
and Warring. 
ton Railway. 


to Connah’s Quay, to make a deviation in their 
authorized Railway, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Richard Grosvenor 
and Sir John Hanmer. 


A Petition of the Ogmore Valley Railways Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for empowering 
the Ogmore Valley Railways Company to connect 
their Caterehiog with the Undertakings of the 
Taff Vale, the Penarth, the Rhymney and the Ely 
Valley (Mwyndy Branch) Railway Companies, and 
to exercise running powers over the Undertakings 
of those Companies, and for other purposes, was 
— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Mr. Hussey Vivian, 
Mr. Cheetham, and Mr. Hibbert. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for making a Railway from Macclesfield to 

Vou, 121. 


7th February. 


17 


Knutsford and Warrington, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Major Cornwall 
Legh and Mr. Greenail. ‘ 


A Petition of the Hoylake Railway Company, Hoylake Rail- 
and the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Rail- way. 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
Extension of the Huylake Railway to Parkgate, 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 Persons whose Names are there- Ellesmere and 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for Gyn Valley 
making a Railway from Ellesmere to Llansaint- 
ffraid Glyn Ceiriog, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Arthur Hill- 

Trevor and Colonel Biddulph. 


A Petition of the Wrezham, Mold, and Connah’s Wrexham, 
Quay Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Mold, and 
Bill for the Extension of the Wrexham, Mold, and sg 
Connah’s Quay Railway to Bettisfield, Waverton, (New Lines.) 
and the Chester and West Cheshire Junction Rail- 
way, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir John Hanmer, Colonel Biddulph, 
and Mr. Barnes. 


A Petition of the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Wrexham, 

Quay Railway Company, and the Hoylake Rail- — and 
sal ‘ , onnah’s 

way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Quay ana 
Extension of the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Hoylake Rail- 
Quay Railway to Neston, and to the Hoylake ¥*7* 
Railway, near Birkenhead, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Richard 
Grosvenor and Mr. Tollemache. , 


A Petition of the Drayton Junction Railway Drayton June- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Ex- tion Railway 
tension of the Drayton Junction Railway to Can- ee 
noch Chase, and for deviating the Extension Rail- 
way between Prees and Bettisfield, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Hanmer and Mr. Barnes. 


A Petition of John Biyle and Charles Stuart, Bute Docks, 
Trustees of the Most Honourable John Crichton Cardiff. 
Stuart, late Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dum- 
fries, for leave to bring in a Bill for conferring on 
the Trustees and others claiming under the Will 
of the late Marquess of Bute Powers with respect 
to the reclaiming of Mud Land, and the making 
and maintaining of Docks anda Pier and Railways 
and other Works at Cardiff, and for the diversion 
of a Public Sewer there, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Crichton 
Stuart and Colonel William Stuart. 


A Petition of Subscribers to and Promoters of Merrybent and 
the Undertaking thereinafter referred to, for leave a 
to bring in a Bill to incorporate a Company for eae 
making a Railway, to be called “ The Merrybent 
and Darlington Railway,” and a Branch therefrom, 
to authorize Working and Traffic Arrangements 
with the North Eastern Railway Compary, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Milbank and Mr. Pease. 


A Petition of Subscribers to and Promoters of wigton Water. 
the Undertaking thereinafter referred to, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for supplying the Town of 
Wigton, and other Places in the County of Cum- 
berland, with Water, and for other purposes, was 








D presented. 




















Cornwall 
County Lu- 
natic Asylum. 


Buckley 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers.) 


Buckley Rail- 
way (Docks, 
&amp;c.) 


Shrewsbury 
and Potteries 
Junction 
Railway. 


Exe Valley 
Railway. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Poole and 
Bournemouth 
Junctions.) 


Sheffield 
United Gas. 


18 


omer omg and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Mr. Howard and Mr. 
Percy Wyndham. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of 
Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the County of 
Cornwall, situate at Bodmin, in the said County, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the con- 
struction of Waterworks for the supply of Water 
to the Lunatic Asvlum for the County of Cornwall, 
situate at Bodmin in the said County, and for 
other purposes connected therewith, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Robartes and Mr. St. Aubyn. 


A Petition of the Buckley Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Buckley 
Railway Company to carry Passengers upon their 
Railway, and to raise further Moneys, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Richard Grosvenor and Sir John Hanmer. 


A Petition of the Buckley Railway Company, 
and the Wrexham, Mold, and Connalh’s Quay Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
confirming certain Articles of Agreement between 
the Buckley Railway Company and the Wrexham, 
Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway Company, and 
for authorizing the last mentioned Company to 
construct Docks and Works connected therewith 
at Connal’s Quay and River Walls on either side 
of the River Dee and Railways in connection with 
the Docks, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Lord Richard Grosvenor and 
Sir John Hanmer. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Potteries 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to authorize the Shrewsbury and Potteries 
Junction Railway Company to deviate from and 
alter parts of their authorized Works, and to make 
new Branch and Junction Railways and diversions 
of roads in connection with their authorized Works, 
and to amend “The Shrewsbury and Potteries 
Junction Railway Act, 1865,” and to authorize 
the admission of the said Company to participate 
in the Ownership of the Wellington and Drayton 
Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Tomline and Mr. Clement. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the 
objects thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for making Railways from the Eveter and 
Crediton Railway to Tiverton, in the County of 
Devon, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Walrond and Mr. Trefusis. 


A Petition of the London and South Western 
Railway Company, for leave to wring in a Bill 
for authorizing the London and South Western 
Railway Company to construct Railways from 
their Southampton and Dorchester Railway to the 

oole and Bournemouth Railway, and the Ring- 
wood, Christchurch, and Bournemouth Railway, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Dutton and Mr. Serjeant Gaselee. 


A Petition of the Sheffield United Gas Light 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for ex- 
tending the limits of “The Sheffield Gas Act, 
1855,” and for authorizing “ The Sheffield United 
Gas Light Company” to extend their Works and 
increase their Capital, and for other purposes, was 
—— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Mr. Hadfield, Viscount 
Milton, and Mr. Henry Beaumont. 


7th February. 








1866. 


A Petition of the Leicester Waterworks Com= feicester 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending Water. 
the limits within which the Leicester Waterworks 
Company may supply Water, and for empowering 
the Company to construct further Works and to 
raise Additional Capital, and for authorizing a 
further arrangement between the Company and 
the Local Board of Health for the Borough of 
Leicester, and the raising of Money by the Local 
Board to effectuate that arrangement, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Harris. 


A Petition of the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Brecon and 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in Merthyr 
a Bill to authorize the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil gb mel 
Junction Railway Company to construct new (Northern 
Lines in connection with the Northern part of Lines.) 
their Undertaking, to provide for the Joint Owner- 
ship by that Company and the Mid- Wales Railway 
Company of parts of their respective Undertakings, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Major Morgan and Mr. Crawshay Bailey. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave Cannock 
to bring in a Bill for making a Railway to connect nny ae 
the South Staffordshire Railway with the Cannock (orion. 
Chase Railway in the County of Stafford, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Clarence Paget and Sir George Bowyer. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of Birmingham 

the Birmingham Waterworks, for leave to bring W#e™ 

in a Bill to authorize the Company of Proprietors 

of the Birmingham Waterworks to extend their 

Limits of Supply, to construct further Works, and 

to raise additional Capital, and.for other j-urposes, 

was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 

to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Scholefield 

and Mr. Bright. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, Brynmawr and 
and of the London and North Western Railway Blaenavon 


° ° We - © Railway. 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making y 


a Railway from the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Aber- 
gavenny Railway, near the Brynmawr Station 
thereof, to Blaenavon, and for otlier purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Major Morgan and 
Colonel Somerset. 


A Petition of the Newark Gas Company, for Newark Gas. 

leave to bring in a Bill to confer further Powers 
upon the Newark Gas Company, to authorize 
them to purchase additional Lands, to raise further 
Moneys, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Barrow and Lord Arthur 
Pelham Clinton. 


A Petition of the Vale of Neath Railway Com- vale of Neath 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Amalga- Railway 
mation of the Vale of Neath Railway Company (Transfer, &amp;c-) 
with 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. Bruce and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the Severn Junction Railway Com- gevern June- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the tion Railway. 
Severn Junction Railway Company to construct 
Branch Railways to the South Wales Railway and 
the Forest of Dean Central Railway, and to lay 
down additional Rails upon those Railways, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Holford, Mr. Rolt, and Mr. Kennard. 

_ A Petition 








nd 


ath 


5C.) 





Caledonian 
Railway 
(Greenock 
and Gouroc 
Extensions.) 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway. 


London and 


99 Vicrortia. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Cale- 


; donian Railway Company to make Railways to the 


Albert Harbour at Greenock, and to Gourock, in 
the County of Renfrew, with a Pier at Gourock, 
and to acquire the Undertaking of the Gourock 
Harbour Company, and for other purposes, was 
resented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
sneer in accordingly, by Mr. Baillie Cochrane 
and Sir James Fergusson. 


A Petition of the South Staffordshire Railway 
Company and the London and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
conferring further Powers on the South Stafford- 
shire Railway Company with respect to their 
Capital, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. George Carr Glynn and Mr. 


Graves. 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 


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


Railway (New 


Works, &amp;c.) 


London and 


conferring additional Powers on the London and 
North Western Railway Company in relation to 
their own Undertaking, and the Undertakings of 
other Companies, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. George Carr Glyn 
and Mr. Graves. 


A Petition of the London and North Western 


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


Railway (New 


Lines.) 


Manchester 


enabling the London and North Western Railway 
Company to construct New Railways, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brougbt in accordingly, by Mr. George 
Carr Glyn and Mr. Graves. ‘ 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citi- 


Improvement. zens of the City of Manchester, for leave to bring 


Mid-Hants 
Railway. 


Pembroke and 


Tenby Rail- 
way. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 
Water. 


in a Bill for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Citizens of the City of Manchester to erect a Town 
Hall, Police Court and other Buildings ; to acquire 
additional Lands, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bazley and Mr. 
James. 


A Petition of the Mid~Hants Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Mid- 
Hants Railway Company to make a Deviation of 
their authorized Mid-Hants Line, and to raise 
further Moneys, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beach and Mr. 
Sclater- Booth. 


A. Petition of the Pembroke and Tenby Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to change 
the name of the Pembroke and Tenby Railway 
Company, and to enable them to extend their Rail- 
way to Caermarthen and to Milford Haven; to 
Lease their Undertaking, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Sir ZZugh Owen, 
Mr. Pugh, and Mr. William Morris. 


A Petition of the Cambridge University and 
Town Waterworks Company, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for extending the limits of the District within 
which the Cambridge University and Town Water- 
works Company may supply Water, and for em- 
powering the Company to raise additional Capital, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read: 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Walpole, Mr. Charles Selwyn, Mr. Forsyth, 
and Mr. Powell. 

Vou. 12). 





7th February. 19 


A Petition of the Chester and West Cheshire Chester and 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in West Cheshire 
a Bill for authorising the Chester and West Cheshire =" —_ 
Junction Railway Company to make Extensions of 
their Railway at Chester, and to ‘the River Dee 
and to Neston respectively, and to raise further 
Moneys, and for changing the Name of the Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir John Hanmer and Mr. Taverner 
John Miller. 


A Petition of the Banbury Gas Light and Coke Banbury Gas. 
Company, Limited, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
incorporate the Banbury Gas Light and Coke 
Company, Limited, and to make further Provision 
for lightmg Banbury and Places in the Neighbour- 
hood thereof, in the Counties of Ozford and 
Northampton, with Gas, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Colonel North and Mr. Samuelson. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the Mid London 
objects thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring Railway. 
in a Bill for making Railways from the West 
London Railway at Shepherd’s Bush to the London, 
Chatham and Dover Railways in the City of Lon- 
don, and for making new Streets from New Bond- 
street to Hanover-square, and from Oxford-street 
to Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, and from Lincoln’s-Inn 
Fields to High Holborn, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Vale of Crickhowell Railway yale of cricke 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the howell Rail- 
Vale of Crickhowell Railway Company to divert ¥Y- 
portions of their Railway, and to extend it to the 
Town of Brecon, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Pugh and Mr. 

William Hughes. 


A Petition of the Most honourable George Augus- Whitby, Red- 

tus Constantine Phipps Marquess of Normanby and ©; and 

. . . ‘ ‘ Middles- 
others, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a porough 
Railway in the North Riding of the County of Union Rail- 
York, to be called “ The Whitby, Redcar and Mid- ¥*Y- 
dlesborough Union Railway,” and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mil- 
bank and Mr. Bagnall. 


A Petition of the several Persons and Com- Aberdare and 
panies whose names and seals are thereunto peerage a4 
respectively subscribed and attached, for leave to way, 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Taff 
Vale Railway at Aberdare to the Neath and Brecon 
Railway at Capel Coelbren, and a Branch to the 
Vale of Neath Railway, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Richard 
Green Price and Mr. Clement. 


A Petition of the New Milford Docks Company, New Milford 
for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Pe 
Powers of “ The New Milford Docks Company,” 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. DuCane and 
Mr. Shaw Lefevre. 


A Petition of the Zlantrissant and Taff Vale Uantrissant 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in SS bd 
a Bill to enable the Liantrissant and Taff Vale way. 
Junction Railway Company to make oe to 
join the Railway of the Penarth Harbour Dock and 
Railway Company, and the Ely Valley Railway, 
and to form an additional Junction with their 
Llantrissant Common Branch, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 

D2 ordered 











South Devon 
Railway. 


North Eastern 
Railway (Dur- 
ham New 
Lines, &amp;c.) 


North Eastern 
Railway 
(Yorkshire 
New Lines, 
&amp;c.) 


Caledonian 
and Scottish 
North Eastern 
Railway Com- 
panies. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway (Ex- 
tension of 
Time, &amp;c.) 


Cambrian 
Railways 
(Steamboats. ) 


Barry Railway 
(Penarth and 
Cardiff Ex- 
tension.) 


Devon and 
Somerset 
Railway 
(Amendment 
of Acts.) 


20 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Crawshay Bailey and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the South Devon Railway Com- 
any, for leave to bring in a Bill to confer further 
Seam on the South Devon Railway Compauy for 
the acquisition of Land and construction of Works 
and otherwise, in relation to their own Undertaking 
and the Undertakings of other Companies, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Massey Lopes and Mr. Kekewich. 


A Petition of the North Eastern Railway Com- | 


any, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
North Eastern Railway Company to construct 
Branch Railways and other Works in the County 
of Durham, to acquire additional Lands, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Mr. Pease and Mr, Hartley. 


A Petition of the North Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
North Eastern Railway Company to construct 
Branch Railways and other Works in the County 
of York, and at and near the City of York, to acquire 
additional Lands, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. James Lowther and 


M r. Leem an. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company. 
and of the Scottish North Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing 
the amalgamation of the Scottish North Eastern 
Railway Company with the Caledonian Railway 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Baillie Cochrane and Sir 
James Fergusson. 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Time for the construction of certain 
Railways authorized by “The Lancashire and 
Yorkshire Railway (Dewsbury, &amp;c., Branches) 
Act, 1861,” and “ The Lancashire and Yorkshire 


Railway (Additional Powers) Act, 1862,” to em- | 


power the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 
Company to acquire additional Lands, and to raise 


additional Capital, and for other purposes, was | 


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


A Petition of the Cambrian Railways Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Cam- 
brian Railways Company to provide and work 
Steam and other Vessels between Aberdovey and 
certain other places in Wales and Dublin, and cer- 
tain other places in Jre/and, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Charles 
Wynn and Mr. Hanbury Tracy. 


A Petition of the Barry Railway Company, for 
leav&gt; to bring in a Bill for enabling the Barry 
Railway Company to construct additional Rail- 
ways, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Talbot and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the Devon and Somerset Railway 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
repeal of “ The Ilfracombe dow Act, 1865,” 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Sir Alexander Hood, Mr. Kekewich, and 
Mr. Acland. 


7th February. 


1866. 


A Petition of the Devon and Somerset Railway Devon and _ 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize Er 
Arrangements of the Capital of the Devon and “*Y aay 
Somerset Railway Company, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Alexander Hvod, Mr. Keke- 
wich, and Mr. Acland. . 


A Petition of the Devon and Somerset Railway Devon and _ 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable — ~~ 
the Devon and Somerset Railway Company to jo? ~~ 
make Deviation and Extension Railways, and to” 
abandon a portion of their authorized Railway, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Sir Alexander Hood, Mr. Kekewich, and 
Mr. Acland. 





A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Dublin Corpo- 
| Burgesses of Dublin, for leave to bring in a Bill tation Water. 
to enable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

gesses of Dublin to enlarge portions of the Dublin 
Corporation Waterworks, to erect Telegraphic 

Poles and Wires, to borrow Money, and for other 

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

ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Guinness and Mr. Pim. 


A Petition of the Maryport and Carlisle Rail- Maryport and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to ©@tlisle Rail- 
enable the Maryport and Carlisle Railway Com- "**’ 
pany to construct Dock Branch Railways at 
Maryport, to raise further Moneys, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Percy Wyndham and Mr. Edmund Potter. 


A Petition of the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Fieetwood, 
Riding Junction Railway Company, for leave to Preston, and 
bring in a Bill to enable the Fleetwood, Preston, bee hay 
and West Riding Junction Railway Company to a ‘ 
extend their Railway to Clitheroe, Elslack and 
Whalley, to enlarge their Stations in Preston, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Thomas Hesketh, Captain Stanley, and Mr. 

Fort. 





A Petition of the Promoters of the Undertaking gyansea and 

thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Clydach Rail- 
for making a Railway from the South Wales Rail- way. 
'way, near Swansea, to Clydach, and for other 
| purposes, was presented, oan read; and a Bill was 
| ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
| Dillwyn and Mr. Sherriff. 

A Petition of the Mold and Denbigh Junction yoja ana 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Denbigh 
‘enable the Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway — 
ly : ee y 

Company tomake Branch Railwaysand a Deviation, (Branches, 
|and to alter their authorized Railway, and for &amp;c.) 
|other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
_ Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Mr. Tomline and Mr. Clement. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking a perdare 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Valley and 
for making Railways in the County of Glamorgan, Caerphilly 
_to be called “ The Aberdare Valley and Caerphilly caboe. 
Junction Railway,” and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertakings Birkenhead 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill and Liverpool 
to authorize the Construction of Railways in B#ilways. 
Cheshire and Lancashire, to be called “ The Bir- 
kenhead and Liverpool Railways,” was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, 





A Petition 








.) 


]- 





Ely Valley 


and Vale of 
Neath Junc- 
tion Railways. 


London, Chat- 


ham, and 
Dover, an 


South Eastern 


99 VicToRIA. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertakings 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways in the County of Glamorgan, 
to be called “ The Ely Valley and Vale of Neath 
Junction Railways,” and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the London, Chatham, and Dover, 
and South Eastern Railway Companies, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making Railways from the 


(Kennington, South Eastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover 
Clapham, and Railways to Kennington, Clapham, and Brixton, in 


Brixton) Rail- 


ways. 


London and 
Worthing 
Direct Rail- 
way. 


Skipton and 
Wharfdale 
Railway. 


South Eastern, 
and London, 
Chatham, and 
Dover (Lon- 


don, Lewes, 


the County of Surrey, and for conferring upon 
the London, Chatham, and Dover, and South East- 
ern Railway Companies, Powers with reference 
thereto, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways from /Vorthing, in the County 
of Sussex, to the South Eastern, and London, 
Brighton, and South Coast Railways, to be called 
* The London and Worthing Direct Railway,” and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the Skipton and Wharfdale Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to au- 
thorize the Skipton and Wharfdale Railway Com- 
pany to extend their Railway to Léyburn, and to 
Middlesborough, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the South Eastern, and London, 
Chatham, and Dover Railway Companies, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making Railways from the 
South Eastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover 


and Brighton) Railways to various Districts and Places in Kent, 


Railways. 


Wimbledon 
Railways. 


Halesowen and 


romsgrove 


Branch Rail- 


ways, 


Crystal Palace 


and South 


London June- 
tion Railway. 


Brecon and 
Merth 
Tydfil Junc- 


Surrey, and Sussex, and to the Towns of Lewes 
and Brighton, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the 
objects thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for making Railways from the Fulham 
Railway to Wandsworth, Wimbledon, and Kingston, 


with Branches to and Junctions with the Kingston 


Further Extension, and Richmond and Windsor 
Lines of the London and South Western Railway 
Company, and the Wimbledon and Croydon Rail- 
way, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Halesowen and Bromsgrove 
Branch Railways Company, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to enable the Halesowen and Bromsgrove 
Branch Railways Company to make certain 
Branch Lines of Railway in the County of Wor- 
cester, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Crystal Palace and South 
London Junction Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to enable the Crystal Palace and 
South London Junction Railway Company to 
make certain new Railways, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in 
a 7 to authorize the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil 

OL. 121. 


7th February. 21 


Junction Railway Company to construct new tion Railway 
Lines in connection with the Southern part of (Southern 
their Undertaking, and to use certain Railways of *) 
other Companies, and to vest in them the Bargoed 

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


A Petition of the London, Chatham, and Dover tondon, Chat- 
Railway Company, and the Kent Coast Railway ham, and. 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize —_— = 

A ‘ y (New 
the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com- Lines, &amp;c.) 
pany to make new Railways and alterations of au- 
thorized Railways in Surrey and Kent, and new 
Streets and alterations of Streets near their Far- 
ringdon-street Terminus, and to use the West ' 
London Railway, and the West London Extension 
Railway; to authorize the Kent Coast Railway 
Company to make a new Road at Ramsgate, and 
to confer Powers and impose obligations on the 
| Corporation of the City of London with respect to 
| the new and altered Streets, and for other pur- 
| poses, was presented, and read; and referred to 
| the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 





A Petition of the several Persons whose names City, Kingston 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a #4 Richmond 
Bill for making Railways from Streatham and ®*!*y. 
| Clapham to Kingston-upon- Thames and Petersham, 
and short connecting Lines with other Railways, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
| Orders. 


A Petition of the Devon.and Cornwall Railway pevon and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for autho- Cornwall Rail 
rizing the Devon and Cornwall Railway Company “*% 
to make and maintain Railways at Devonport and 
Plymouth, and a Station at Plymouth, and to raise 
further Moneys, and for the laying down of narrow- 
gauge Rails on parts of the Cornwall Railway, and 
the Launceston and South Devon Railway, and for 
arrangements between the Company and other 
Railway Companies, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read: and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the’South Eastern Railway Com- south Eastern 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for conferring Railway. 
further Powers upon the South Eastern Railway ~ 
Company for the construction of Works and the 
acquisition of Lands, and otherwise in relation to 
their Undertaking, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Sirhowy Ex- 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill tension Rail- 
for making certain Railways in extension of the “* 
Sirhowy Railway, in the County of Monmouth, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the Great Western and Brentford Great Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for and Brentford 
the extension of the Great Western and Brentford ®*!¥*y- 
Railway to Twickenham, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Kingsbridge Railway Com- Kingsbridge 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Railway. 
Kingsbridge Railway Company to extend their 
Railway to Salcombe; to make Deviations in, and 
to alter the levels of their authorized Railway, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and sek 3 
_ referred to the Select Committee on Standing 

ers. 





D3 A Petition 





South Eastern 
Railway (Lon- 
don, Croydon, 
and Caterham 
Junction 
Railways. 


Bridgwater 
Ulection. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


Nottingham 
Town Election. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide First 
Report. 


92 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the | 


South Eastern Railway Company to construct 
Railways from their Mid-Kent ( Addiscombe) Rail- 
way to Croydon, and to their Caterham Railway, 
and to 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 William Dougal Christie, who was 
a Candidate at the last Election for the Borough 
of Cambridge, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said ‘Borough, was presented, 
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 John Lovell Sealy, of Saint 
Mary-strcet, in the Borough of Bridgwater, in the 
County of Somerset, banker ; James Haviland, of 
The Square, in the same Borough, surgeon, and 
James Wood Sully, of the Riverside, in the same 
Borough, merchant, whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, and who are respectively Electors of 
the Borough of Bridgwater, 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. 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 of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of Lewis Rooke, of Newport, in the 
parish of Bishops Tawton, in the Borough of 
Barnstaple, in the County of Devon, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Borough, was presented, and read (vide Appendix 
to Votes, No. 3). 

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 Charles Paget, of Ruddington, in 
the County of Nottingham, Esquire; Wilham 
Vickers, of Nottingham Park, in the said County, 
Esquire ; Lewis Heymann, of West Bridgford, in 
the same County, merchant ; Anthony John Mun- 
della, of Nottingham Park, aforesaid, merchant ; 


Edward Gripper the younger, of the Town of | 


Nottingham, brick manufacturer, and Joseph Sturge 
Gilpin, of the Town of Nottingham aforesaid, 
sharebroker, complaining of an undue Election and 


Return for the said Town, was presented, and read | 


(vide Appendix to Votes, No. 4). 

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. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


7th February. 





1866. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithe Tithe Commu- 
Commutation, which was presented upon the 6th tation. 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 2. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Charitable charitable 
Funds, which was presented upon the 6th day of Funds. 
this instant February, be printed. No. 3. 


Ordered, That the Copies of Orders in Council cattle Plague. 
relative to the Cattle Plague, which were presented No, 4, 
upon the 6th day of this instant February, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Small Pox sman Pox in 
in Sheep, which was presented upon the 6th day Sheep. 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 5. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Irish Repro- 
Irish Reproductive Loan Fund, which was pre- ductive Loan 
sented upon the 6th day of this instant February, und. 
be printed. No. 6. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Russian- 
Russian-Dutch Loan, which was presented upon Dutch Loan. 
the 6th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 7. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Sardinian 
Sardinian Loan, which was presented upon the Loan. 
6th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 8. 


Ordered, 'That the Account relative to the Greek Greek Loan. 
Loan, which was presented upon the 6th day of No.9, 
this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Public Debt. 
Public Debt, which was presented upon the 6th No. 10. 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, mint. 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this No, 11. 
instant February, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jamaica, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of the Correspondence in relation to 
the Removal of Mr. G. W. Gordon from the Magis- 
tracy in Jamaica, and the circumstances connected 
with the Morant Bay Lock-up Case. 

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


A Motion being made, That this House will, National Debt 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to Acts. 
consider the National Debt Acts ; 

Mr. Adderley, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. , 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, Savings Banks 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 404 Post Office 
Savings Banks Acts, and the Post Office Savings \*v78 oe 
Banks Acts. ° 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased cen 
to give directions, that there be laid before this -°°*""? - 
House, Return of Expenditure in England and 
India, on account of the Electric Telegraphs in 
India; showing the Amount expended yearly on 
account of permanent Works and Annual Mainte- 
nance and Expenses :——Account of the Annual 
Receipts from the Telegraphs, and of the Number 
of Miles of Telegraph and of Stations open in 
each year (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 287, of Session 1863): And, Copy of the 
Annual Reports of the Indian Telegraph Depart- 
ment from the year 1862. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her 














ebt 





SQ VicTorRIA. Tih—sth 


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


Kitchen and Ordered, That a Standing Committee be ap- 
Refreshment pointed to control the Arrangements of the Kit- 
Rooms (House D 


chen and Refreshment Rooms, in the Department 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this House :— 
And a Committee was appointed of Colonel 
French, Lord Robert Montagu, Mr. Dalglish, Mr. 
Onslow, Mr. Adam, General Dunne, and Mr. Al- 
derman Lawrence. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


of Commons.) 





Thursday, 8th February, 1860. 


PRAYERS. 


New Milford HE Order, that Mr. Du Cane and Mr. Shaw 
_— Lefevre do prepare, and bring in the New 
Milford Docks Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That Mr. George Phillips and Mr. 
Shaw Lefevre do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 
ne ae The Order, that Lord Ernest Bruce and Mr. 
sall Railway. Benyon do prepare, and bring in the West Bromwich 


and Walsall Railway Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That Mr. Meller and Mr. Brooks do 
prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


Cefn, Acrefair, 
and Rhosy- 
medre Water. 


A Petition of the Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying with Water Cefn, and Places 
adjacent, in the County of Denbigh, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Barnes and Mr. 


Whalley. 
————- A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin- 
— colnshire Railway Company, the Great Northern 


Railway Company, and the Midland Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for trans- 
ferring to the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- 
shire, the Great Northern, and the Midland Rail- 
way Companies, the Powers of the Liverpool 
Central Station Railway Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Rill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Turner, Mr. Watkin, and Colonel Packe. 


Wivenhoe and 
Briglttlingsea 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea 
Railway Company and the Great Eastern Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea 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 Sir Thomas 
Western and Mr. Rebow. 


Drayton Junc- 


ton Railway. A Petition of the Drayton Junction Railway 


ompany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Drayton Junction Railway Company to raise 
additional Capital, and to divide their Shares, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir John Hanmer and Mr. Barnes. 


Hounslow and 
etropolitan 
way. 


A Petition of the Persons whose names are 
thereunto affixed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the Acton and Brentford 
Railway to Hounslow, and for other purposes, was 
—— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Viscount Enjield and 
Mr. Hanbury. 
VoL, 121, 





23 


A Petition of the Beddgelert Railway Company, Beddgelert 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Beddgelert ®ailway. 
Railway Company to extend their Railway to 

Llyn Gwynant, to make a deviation in their au- 
thorized Railway, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 

be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Biddulph 

and Colonel Pennant. 


February. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway cheshire 
Company, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- Lines. 
shire Railway Company, and the Midland Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting 
to the Great Northern Railway Company Running 
Powers over a portion of the Newton and Comp- 
stall Branch Railway of the Manchester, Sheffield, 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company, and for au- 
thorizing the said two Companies and the Midland 
Railway Company to execute certain Works, and 
for authorizing the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany and the Midland Railway Company to be- 
come Joint Owners with the Manchester, Sheffield, 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company of that Com- 
pany’s Godley and Woodley Branch Railway, and 
for transferring to the said three Companies the 
Powers of the Chester and West Cheshire Junction 
Railway Company, and for other purpdses, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Turner, Mr. 
Watkin, and Colonel Packe. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan and Saint John’s Metropolitan 
Wood Railway Company, for leave to bring in a and Saint 
Bill to authorize the Metropolitan and Saint John’s —— 
Wood Railway Company to extend their Railwa ” 

y pany e y 
so as to join the Watford and Edgware Junction, 
the Midland, the Edgware, Highgate and London, 
and the London and North Western Railways, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. William Lee and Mr. Sherriff. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, midland 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Mid- Railway 
land Railway Company to construct Branch = 
Railways and other Works, for conferring Powers ~ 
on them with reference to the Undertakings of 
other Companies, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Price and 
Mr. Monk. 


A Petition of the Neath and Brecon Railway Neath and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize Brecon Rail- 
the Neath and Brecon Railway Company to raise “*Y as 
additional Capital, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Richard Green 
Price and Mr. Clement. 


A Petition of the Morayshire Railway Com- Morayshire 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Railway. 
Morayshire Railway Company to raise Capital by 
creating new Shares or Stock, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Major 
Cumming Bruce and Mr. Grant Duff. . 


A Petition of the Colchester Gas Light and Colchester 
Coke Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for Gas. 
incorporating the Colchester Gas Company and 
defining the limits for the Supply of Gas by them, and 
regulating their Capital, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Taverner 
John Miller and Mr. Rebow. 


A Petition of the Commissioners for executing Paisley Water. 
and carrying into effect the purposes of “ The 
Paisley Waterworks Act, 1854,” for leave to 





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24, 8th February. 


bring in a Bill to authorize the Paisley Water 
Commissioners to make and maintain additional 
Reservoirs and other Works, and to give an in- 
creased Supply of Water, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Crum Ewing 
and Mr. Bouverie. 


Harborne A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave 
Railway. to bring in a Bill to incorporate the Harborne 
Railway Company, and to authorize the makin 
and maintaining of a Railway, to be called “ The 
Harborne Railway,” and for other purposes, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
ws in accordingly, by Mr. Scholefield and 
Mr. Bright. 
Glasgow and =©.A Petition of the Glasgow and South Western 
— Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
(Ayrshire, &amp;c. enable the Glasgow and South Western Railway 
Lines. ) Company to make and maintain certain Railways 
in the Counties of Ayr, Lanark, and Dumfries, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Sir James Fergusson and Mr. Dailglish. 


Vale of Lian- A Petition of the Vale of Llangollen, the Lilan- 

gollen, Llan- gollen and Corwen, and the Corwen and Bala Rail- 

nig way Companies, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 

Railway Com- amalgamation of the Vale of Llangollen, Llan- 

panies. gollen and Corwen, and the Corwen and Bala Rail- 
way Companies; for authorizing Arrangements 
between the Amalgamated Company and the Great 
Western Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented and read; and a Biil was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Watkin Williams Wynn and Mr. Ralph Ormsby 
Gore. 


MidiandRail- A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, 


way (Ashby for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Mid- 


=  oataaay land Railway Company to construct Railways for 


improving the communication between Ashby-de- 
la- Zouch and Nuneaton, and other Places, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. William Price and Mr. Monk. 


Midland Rail- A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, 

way (Settle to for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Mid- 

Cuiee.) land Railway Comp.ny to construct Railways from 
Settle to Hawes, Appleby, and Carlisle, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. William Price and Mr. Monk. 


Upavon and A Petition of the several Persons whose names 

Andover Rail- are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 

_— Bill for making a Railway, to be called “ The 
Upavon and Andover Railway,” and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in aecordingly, by Mr. 
Dudley Fortescue and Mr. Humphery. 


East London &lt;A Petition of the East London Railway Com- 

Railway pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the East 

wl Ex. endon Railway Company to extend their Rail- 

tension. ) way to the London and South Western and Lon- 
don, Chatham, and Dover Railways, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Doulton and Mr. Thomas Hughes. 


Rathminesand A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Land 
Rathgar Im- and Houses within the Townlands of Cherry Or- 
Provement, = chard, Argos, Harolds Cross, Mount Jerome, 
Rathland East, and Rathland West, in the Barony 
of Upper Cross, and County of Dublin, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to extend the Rathmines and 
Rathgar Township, so as to include therein the 





1866. 


Townlands of Cherry Orchard, in the Parish of 
Saint Nicholas, of Argos, Harold’s Cross, Mount 
Jerome, Rathland East and Rathland West, in the 
Parish of Saint Catherine, all in the Barony of 
Upper Cross, and County of Dublin, was pre- 
sented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Pim and Sir John 
Gray. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names North Metro- 

are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a politan Rail- 
Bill for the construction of Railways between the “*): 
Great Western Railway near Southall, and the 
River Thames near the Victoria Docks, to be 
called “The North Metropolitan Railway,” and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Bovill and Mr. Harvey Lewis. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names fast London 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Eastern Ex- 
Bill for the Construction of Railways in connection — _ 
with the East London Railway, to be called “ The 
East London Eastern Extension Railway,” and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. William Lee and Mr. Chambers. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Ca/e- Railway (Cor- 
denian Railway Company to make a connecting Somdten 
Branch between their Railway and the North 
British Railway Company’s Edinburgh and Glas- 
gow Line, near Edinburgh, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Baillie Coch- 
rane and Sir James Fergusson. 


A Petition of the North Eastern Railway Com- North Eastern 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the (Leeds ana 
North Eastern Railway Company to construct a Wetherby 
Railway from their Leeds and Selby Branch at Branch.) 
Austhorpe, to their Church Fenton and Harrogate 
Branch at Wetherby, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Baines and Mr. 

Leeman, 


A Petition of the Canterbury Gas Light and Canterbury 
Coke Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Gasand Water. 
enable the Canterbury Gas Light and Coke Com- 
pany to raise further Sums of Money for their 
Gas and Water Undertakings; to construct and ~ 
maintain a new system of Waterworks; to supply 
the City of Canterbury and Suburbs, and other 
Places, and to abandon their existing Water- 
works; to change the name of the Company, and 
to repeal, consolidate, and amend the Acts relat- 
ing thereto, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Butler-Johnstone and Mr. 
Huddleston. 


A Petition of the North Eastern Railway Com- North Eastern 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Lay Aare 
North Eastern Railway Company to construct &amp; ani Pickering’ 
Railway from Gilling to Helmsley and Pickering, Branch.) 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 


ingly, by Mr. Milbank and Mr. Leeman. 


A Petition of the Afon Valley Railway Com- Afon Valley 
any, for leave to bring in a Bill to confer further ®*!"*¥- 
owers on the Afon Valley Railway Company, 

was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 

to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hussey 


Vivian and Mr. Ayrton. 


A Petition of the Forth and Clyde Junction Forth and 
Railway Company, and of the Caledonian Railway oe 
Company 








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29 VicrorRIA. 


Caledonian Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 

noon Com- the amalgamation of the Forth and Clyde Junc- 

cumeaie tion Railway Company with the Caledonian Rail- 
way Company, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Baillie Cochrane, 
Admiral Erskine, and Mr. Oliphant. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Edinburgh 
Station.) 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the 
Caledonian Railway Company to alter the Ter- 
minus of their Railway at Edinburgh, to enlarge 
and improve their Station there, and to erect a 
Hotel in connection therewith, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Baillie Cochrane and Sir James Fergusson. 


Wrexham and &lt;A Petition of the Wrexham and Minera Rail- 

Minera Rail- way Company, the Great Western Railway Com- 

—_ pany, and the London and North Western Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to vest in 
the Great Western Railway Company, and the 
London and North Western Railway Company, 
jointly, a portion of the Wrexham and Minera 
Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and 
Mr. Ralph Ormsby Gore. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield, and 

Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, and the Great 

—* Eastern Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 

Eastern Rail- Dill for empowering the Manchester, Sheffield, and 

wayCom- Lincolnshire, and the Great Eastern Railway Com- 

_— panies to enter into working Agreements, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Turner and Mr. Watkin. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield, and 

Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, the Great North- 

ag ern Railway Company, and the Midland Rail- 

ay (New P ° 4 

Lines.) way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
empowering the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin- 
colnshire Railway Company, the Great Northern 
Railway Company, and the Midland Railway 
Company, to make new Lines of Railway in con- 
nection with the Railways authorized by the 
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway 
(Extension to Liverpool) Act, 1865, and to abandon 
and divert a portion of the Line of Railway 
authorized by that Act, and to stop up and divert 
a part of the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Turner, Mr. 
Watkin, and Colonel Packe. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield, and 
ae Lincolnshire Railway Company, for leave to bring 
Railway (Cen. 2 &amp; Bill for empowering the Manchester, Sheffield, 


tral Station and Lincolnshire Railway Company to make a 


and Lines.) Central Station and Railways in Manchester, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 

by Mr. Turner and Mr. Watkin. 
nchester, A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin- 
ae colnshire Railway Company, the Great Northern 


Railwa: Railway Company, and the Midland Railwa 
ilway y pany A a y 
(Liverpool Ex- Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for consti- 
tension.) tuting the Great Northern and Midland Railway 
Companies, joint Owners of the Railway autho- 
rized by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- 
shire Railway (Extension to Liverpvol) Act, 1865, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Turner, Mr. Watkin, and Colonel 


Packe. 


Vou. 121. 





8th February. 25 


A Petition of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bristol and 
Company, and the Brean Down Harbour Com- omar ag 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the ps Aor 
Bristol and Exeter idng Company to construct Powers.) 
Railways and Works, and purchase additional 
Lands in the Parish of Bridgwater, in the 
County of Somerset, for transferring to the Com- 
pany the Powers of constructing and working the 
Brean Down Railway, for extending the time for 
purchase of Lands, and completing the Works for 
that Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
- accordingly, by Mr. Berkeley and Sir Morton 

eto. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bristol and 
Company, and Tiverton and North Devon Railway Exeter Rail- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making Valley Hail 
a Railway from the Bristol and Exeter Railway, ways.) 
near Ezeter, to Tiverton, and for altering a part of 
the Line of the Tiverton and North Devon Rail- 
way, and for conferring Powers on the Bristol and 
Exeter Railway Company, and Tiverton and North 
Devon Railway Company, with reference thereto, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Walrond. 


A Petition of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Bridgwater 
and Stolford Railway and Harbour Company, and #14 Taunton 
of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, for pert eon 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the transfer Exeter Rail- 
to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company of Way- 
the Undertaking of the Bridgwater and Taunton 
Canal, and Stolford Railway and Harbour Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Neville-Grenville and Captain 
Paget. ' 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Bridgnorth, 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Wolverhamp- 
for making Railways from Bridgnorth in Shrop- bow ao A 
shire, to Wolverhampton and Kingswinford, and Railway. 
other Districts, in Staffordshire, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Acton and Mr. More. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Great North- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize ern Railway 
the Great Northern Railway Company to construct | seen tr ) 
in Hertfordshire a Railway from Hertford to r 
Stevenage, and to abandon the construction of a 
short Line of Railway near Welwyn, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Colonel Packe and Mr. Edward 
Egerton. 


A Petition of the Newcastle and Gateshead Newcastle and 
Waterworks Company, for leave to bring in a Bill Gateshead 
to authorize the Newcastle and Gateshead Water V***- 
Company to construct Additional Works; to 
extend the Time limited for completing and pur- 
chasing the Lands for certain Works; 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. 
Headlam and Mr. Cowen. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking North Wales, 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill ee , 
to authorize the construction of the North Wales, aoa 
Birkenhead, and Liverpool Railway, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. Meller and Mr. Earle. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the sheffield 
Sheffield Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Bill Water. 
to remove certain Restrictions on the Company of 

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26 


Proprietors of the Sheffield Waterworks, with 
respect to the taking of the Waters of the River 
Rivelin and its Tributaries; and to authorize the 
Company to construct further Works, and to raise 
additional Capital, and for other purposes, was 

resented, me read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Seana in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Beaumont 


and Mr. Cheetham. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, and of the Great Eastern 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the Great Eastern Rail- 
way to Watton, in the County of Norfolk, to be 
called “ The Thetford and Watton Railway,” was 
yresented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
ere in accordingly, by Mr. De Grey and Mr, 
Bagge. 


Thetford and 
Watton Rail- 
way. 


Ebbw Vale, A Petition of the several Parties whose Names 

Beaufort, &amp;. are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 

Water. Bill for better supplying with Water Ebbw Vale, 
Beaufort, Sirhowy, Victoria, and the adjoining 
Districts, within the Parishes of Bedwelly, Aberyst- 
with, Llangattock,and Llangunnider, in the Counties 
of Monmouth and Brecon, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Crawshay 
Bailey and Mr. Beecroft. 


. A Petition of the Tyne Improvement Commis- 
sioners, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Tyne Improvement Commissioners to borrow 
further Sums of Money for the purposes of the 
Piers at the Mouth of the River Tyne ; toalter the 
Pier Rates; to amend the Acts relating to those 
Commissioners, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cowen, Sir William 
Hutt, and Mr. Ingham. 


Tyne Im- 
provement. 


A Petition of the London, Chatham, and Dover 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail- 
way Company to make a Branch Railway to 
Chatham Dockyard, and to make Arrangements 
with the Admiralty, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Brooke Bridges and 
Sir Edward Dering. 


London, Chat- 
ham and 
Dover Railway 
(Chatham 
Dockyard 
Branch.) 


A Petition of the London, Chatham, and Dover 
Railway, and the Sevenoaks, Maidstone, and Tun- 
bridge Railway Companies, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to authorize the London, Chatham, and Dover 
Railway Company to execute Works in Kené and 
Surrey, and to abandon their Farnborough Exten- 
sion Railway ; to authorize the acquisition of addi- 
tional Lands in London, Middlesex, Surrey, and 
Kent, and of the Undertakings of the Sittingbourne 
and Sheerness Railway Company; to extend the 
Time for completing and purchasing Lands for 
Undertakings in London, Surrey, and Kent; to 
amend the Acts relating to the Company, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Brooke Bridges and Sir Edward Dering. 


London, Chat- 
ham, and 
Dover Rail- 
way (Various 
Powers. ) 


A Petition of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company to make 
a Railway to connect the Salisbury and Yeovil 
Railway with the Somerset and Dorset Railway, 
and to acquire additional Lands in the parish of 
Templecombe, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Henry Thynne 
and Mr. Marsh. 


Salisbury and 
Yeovil Rail- 
way. 


A Petition of Suitors fora Bill, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the 


8th February. 





1866. 


Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway 
at Deepcar to Stocksbridge, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hadfield and 
Mr. Parry. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of yuntley, 
the Act therein firstly mentioned, being Suitors Mitcheldean, 
for a Bill, for leave to bring in a Bill to continue wel gues 
the Huntley, Mitcheldean, and Elton Turnpike an 
Roads Trust, in the Counties of Gloucester and 
Hereford, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Colonel Kingscote and Mr. 

Rolt. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Kingsbridge and Kingsbridge 
Dartmouth Turnpike Roads, acting under and and Dart- 
in execution of the Act firstly thereinafter men- ™Ut® Roads. 
tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the 
Kingsbridgeand Dartmouth Turnpike Roads Trust, 
in the County of Devon, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 


to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Lawrence 
Palk and Mr. Kekewich. . 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Stockton Gas, 

gesses of the Borough of Stockton, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to amend “ The Stockton Gas Act, 
1857,” and to authorize the Stockton Municipal 
Corporation te raise more Money for the purposes 
of their Gas supply, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Charles Surtees and Mr. Pease. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Bridgwater 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Railway. 
Bill for making a Railway from the Town of 
Bridgwater to the Somerset and Dorset Railway at 
Shapwich, in the County of Somerset, to be called 
“The Bridgwater Railway,” and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Henry Seymour and Mr. Alexander Kinglake, 


A Petition of the Central Cornwall Railway Central Corn- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for autho- wall Railway. 
rizing the Central Cornwall Railway Company to 
run over divers Railways, and for authorizing 
arrangements between them and other Railway 
Companies, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Kendall, Mr. 
Kekhewich, and Mr. Campbell. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the Hampstead, 


objects thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring ae tees 
in a Bill for making Railways from the North Railway. 
Western and Charing Cross Railway to the 

Camden Town Railway Station of the London and 

North Western Railway Company, and to the 
Hampstead Junction and North London, Highgate, 

and Alexandra Park Railways, and for other pur- 

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


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Bovill and Mr. Samuelson. ; 


A Petition of the Glasgow and South Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill ny y 
for conferring additional Powers on the Glasgow ditional 
and South Westen Railway Company, for the Powers.) 
construction of Railways and Works, and other- 
wise in relation to their Undertaking, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Castle Cary 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 8d Lan 
Bill for making a Railway in the County of ®#l!¥4y- 
Somerset, to be called “The Castle Cary and 
Langport Railway,” was presented, and send ; and 

referred 


Glasgow and 








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29 VicroriIA. 


referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 
Watford and 


Edgware 
J caolien Rail- 
way. 


A Petition of the Watford and Edgware Junc- 
tion Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to authorize the Watford and Edgware Junc- 
tion Railway Company to extend their Railway 
to the Midland Railway, 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 supplying with Water the 
Town of Peterborough, and certain Parishes and 
Places adjacent thereto, in the County of North- 
ampton, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Peterborough 
Water. 


Solway Junc- &lt;A Petition of the Solway Junction Railway 

tion aw Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for autho- 

nae rizing the Solway Junction Railway Company to 
make and maintain a Railway from their autho- 
rized Line at Abbey Holme to Maryport, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


LouthandLine A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave 

coln Railway. to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 
Louth to the Five-Mile House Station of the 
Great Northern Railway (Loop Line), to be called 
* The Louth and Lincoln Railway,” was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. 


East and West A Petition of the East and West Junction 
Junction Rail Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
oe Amey authorizing the East and West Junction Railway 


Extension.) - mn , aeete 
Company to extend their Railway to Hitchin, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

Carmarthen A Petition of the Carmarthen and Cardigan 


— Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
_ separate the Kidwelly Branch and Extension from 
the rest of the Undertaking of the Carmarthen 

and Cardigan Railway Company, and to incor- 

porate a Company for the purposes of the said 

Branch and Extension, was presented, and read ; 


and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Bute Docks, 


A Bill for conferring on the Trustees and others 
Cardiff, Bill. 


claiming under the Will of the late Marquess of 
Bute Powers with respect to the reclaiming of 
mud land, and the making and maintaining of 
Docks, and a Pier and Railways, and other works 
at Cardiff, and for the diversion of a public Sewer 
there, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Cambrian A Bill for empowering the Cambrian Railways 

(New Works) Company to make certain Railways and other 

Bill, Works in connection with their Undertaking, and 
to subscribe towards Porthdinlleyn Harbour, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Cambrian and =A Bill to authorize the vesting of the Carnar- 
— hee waa vonshire Railway, the Nantlle Railway, the Bedd- 
ool gelert Railway, and the Corris Railway in the 
tion, &amp;c.) Bill. Cambrian Railways Company by Amalgamation, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Drayton Junc- A Bill for the extension of the Drayton Junc- 
md tion Railway to Cannock Chase, and for deviating 
il. the Extension Railway between Prees and Bettis- 
Jield, and for other purposes, was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

VoL, 121. 


8th February. 37 


A Bill for making a Railway from Ellesmere Enesmere ana 
to Llansaintffraid-Glyn-Ceiriog, and for other Glyn Valley 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to ®#i!lway Bill. 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for the extension of the Hoylake Rail- Hoylake Rail- 
way to Parkgate, and for other purposes, was read way Bill. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Maidstone Maidstone and 
to Ashford, and for other purposes, was read the nn epg 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. “*” ™ 


A Bill for conferring additional Powers on the Manchester, 
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Sheffield, and 
Company with respect to the widening of part of jinconshire 
their Main Line of Railway ; and for constructing (Additional 
anew Branch Railway; and for granting Running Powers) Bill. 
Powers over a portion of the Midland Company’s 
Undertaking, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. . 


A Bill for making a Railway from Macclesfield Macclesfield, 
to Knutsford and Warrington, and for other pur- Knutsford,and 
p Warrington 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be Railway Bill 


read a second time. 


A Bill for empowering the Ogmore Valley Rail- Ogmore Val- 
ways Company to connect their Undertaking with po Rare 
the Undertakings of the Taff Vale, the Penarth,* — ue 
the Rhymney, and the Ely Valley (Mwyndy 
Branch) Railway Companies, and to exercise Run- 
ning Powers over the Undertakings of those Com- 
panies, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to Ne read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from near Beck- Winchcomb 
ford to Winchcomb, and for other purposes, was *"4 Midland 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- Seteny Oe 
cond time. : 


A Bill for the extension of the Wrexham, Mold, Wrexham, 
and Connah’s Quay Railway to Buckley, Brymbo, pred mae 
and Minera, and for other purposes, was read the Railway 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. (Additional 

Powers) Bill 

A Bill to enable the Wrexham, Mold, and Con- Wrexham, 
nah’s Quay Railway Company to make Deviations —— and 
° p ‘ aye onnah’s Quay 
in their authorized Railways, and for other pur- Railway (De- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be viations) Bill. 


read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Wrexham, Mold, and Con- Wrexham, 
nah’s Quay Railway Company to extend their Mold, = 
Railway to Connah’s Quay ; to make a Deviation Connah's Quay 
: : , , y (Ex- 
in their authorized Railway, and for other pur- tensions) Bill. 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


A Bill for the extension of the Wrexham, Mold, Wrexham, 
and Connah’s Quay Railway to Bettisfield, Waver- Mold, and 
ton, and the Chester and West Cheshire Junction Railway (ew. 
Railway, and for other purposes, was read the first Lines) Bill. 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the extension of the Wrexham, Mold, Wrexham, 
and Connah’s Quay Railway to Neston, and to Mold, and 
the Hoylake Railway, near Birkenhead, and for Sune pe 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- Hoylake Rail- 


dered to be read a second time. ways Bill. 


A Bill for making a Railway in the West Brhdford, 
Riding of Yorkshire, from Bradford through Ec- Pecleshitl, and 
cleshill to Idle, was read the first time ; and ordered pj), ~ 


to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Cannock Chase and Wol- Cannock 


Chase and 





verhampton Railway Company to extend their 
E2 Railway Wolverhamp- 





ton Railway 
(Hednesford 
Extension) 
Bill. 


Cannock 
Chase and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Midland 
Railway Ex- 
tension ) Bill. 


Childwall 
Gas Bill. 


Coventry 
and Midland 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Dublin Port 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Dublin Port 
(Docks) Bill. 


East Glou- 
cestershire 
Railway Bill. 


Edgware, 
Highgate, 
and London 
Railway Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Potter's Bar, 
Barnet, and 
Hendon) Bill. 


Holyhead 
Water Bill. 


Huddersfield 
Water Bill. 


28 


Railway to Hednesford, and to the Norton Branch 
of the South Staffordshire Railway, in the County 
of Stafford, to dissolve the Cannock Chase Exten- 
sion Railway Company, and for other — 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Cannock Chase and Wol- 
verhampton Railway Company to extend their 
Railway to the Midland Railway, and for other 

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


A Bill for granting certain Powers to “ The 
Childwall Gas Company (Limited),” was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the construction of a Railway 
from Coventry tothe Whitacreand Nuneaton Branch 
of the Midland Railway, with Branches therefrom, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for enabling the Corporation for pre- 
serving and improving the Port of Dudlin to re- 
duce Rates and Duties charged by them; to levy 
other Rates and Duties, and to borrow further 
Sums of Money; for amending the Provisions of 
former Acts relating to the supply of Ballast by 
the said Corporation, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for enabling the Corporation for pre- 
serving and improving the Port of Dublin to pur- 
chase the Custom House Docks and Premises, the 
Grand Canal Docks and Warehouses, at Dublin, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the East Gloucestershire 
Railway Company to make Works and Deviations, 
and for other purposes relating to the same Railway, 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Edgware, Highgate, and 
London Railway Company to extend their Rail- 
way to the Town of Barnet, in Hertfordshire, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Great Northern Railway 
Company to construct a Railway from their Main 
Line of Railway at Potter’s Bar, in Middlesex, 
through Barnet to Hendon, and to abandon the 
construction of a short Line of Railway and other 
Works at Barnet, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for better supplying with Water the 
Parish of Holyhead, in the County of Anglesey, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time, 


A Bill for extending the Limits within which 
the Commissioners for the Huddersfield Water- 
works may supply Water, and for altering the con- 
stitution of the Commissioners and incorporating 
them as re-constituted, and for empowering the in- 
8 ee Commissioners to execute new Works, 
and to raise further Money, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Dock Company at Kings- 
ton-upon-Hull to enlarge the Western Dock, and 
to raise further Sums of Money; to extend the 
Time for the completion of the Works, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


8th February. 





1866. 


A Bill for the amalgamation of the Kidwelly aud Kidwelly and 
Burry Port Railway Company and the Burry Burry Port 5 
Port Company, and for other purposes, was read Burry So 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Amalgama- 
time. tion Bill. 


A Bill to authorize the Lancashire and York- Lancashire — 
shire Railway Company to construct in Lanca- 6 Sama 
shire a Loop Line between Blackburn and Burn- (North Lane 
ley, and also a short Branch Railway near Bolton, cashire Loop 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Line) Bill. 


second time. 


A Bill for empowering the Corporation of the Leicester 
Borough of Leicester to remove the Cattle Market Seni Sa, 
of the Borough to another Site, and to erect a “°° 
Town Hall and other public Buildings, and for 
conferring other Powers on the said Corporation, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to amalgamate the Lynn and Sutton Lynn and 
Bridge and the Spalding and Bourn Railway ae — 
Companies, and for a Lease of the Norwich and ecg By 
Spalding Railway to the amalgamated Company, Norwich and 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; Spalding. 
and ordered to be read a second time. panies Bill. 

A Bill to enable the Lynn and Sutton Bridge Lynn and 
Railway Company to extend their Undertaking Sutton Bridge 
at. King’s Lynn, and for other purposes, WAS (worke at 
read the first time; andordered to be read a second King’s Lynn) 
time. Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Proprietors of the Man- Manchester 
chester Royal Exchange to pull down and rebuild pel = 
the same, and for other purposes with respect to© 
the said Exchange, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to confer additional Powers on the Me- Metropolitan 

tropolitan Railway Company, to enable such Com- Railway 
: . : (Additional 

pany to alter and improve Portions of their au- powers) Bill, 
thorized Works, and to acquire additional Lands, 
to confirm or authorize Agreements with other 
Parties, to extend the Time for completing certain 
Works, to amend the Acts relating to the Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Newport Pagnell Rail- Newport Pag- 
way Company to extend their Railway to the = Railway 
Northampton and Peterborough Line of the London” 
and North Western Railway Company, to the 
Leicester and Hitchin Line of the Midland Rail- 
way, and to the authorized Bedford and North- 
ampton Railway, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

A Bill to authorize the Northampton and Ban- Northampton 
bury Junction Railway Company to extend their pa 
Railway from Blockley to Ross, and for other pur- Railway Bill. 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the construction of Railways Presteign, 
between Presteign and Clun and the Craven Arms, Sl and 
° Bishops Castle 
and for other purposes relating to the Undertak- Raitway Bill. 
ing, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for effecting Improvements in the Parish Saint Mar- 
of Saint Margaret, in the City of Westminster, and S5tet®. _ 
for giving Powers to a Company and other Parties provements 
with reference thereto, and for other pyrposes, was Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to authorize the Spalding and Bourn Spalding and 


Railway Company to extend their mang Dm voy Bill 








ket, 


dge 


in) 


d 





Wiltshire 


29 Victoria. 


Bourn to the Midland Railway at Sazby, in Lei- 
cestershire, and to form Junctions with the Great 
Northern and the Norwich and Spalding Railways, 
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 transfer to the Wiltshire Railways 


Railways Bill. Company the Powers of “ The Wiltshire Railway 


Caledonian 


Act, 1865,” and of “ The North and South Wilt- 
shire Junction Railways Act, 1865,” and to facilitate 
the communication between the Midland Counties 
and Southampton and Portsmouth, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the amalgamation of the 


and Scottish =©Seottish North Eastern Railway Company with 


North Eastern 
Railway Com- 


panies Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Greenock 
and Gourock 
Extensions ) 
Bill. 


Ogmore Valley 


Railway 
(No, 1) Bill. 


Fleetwood, 
Preston, and 
West Riding 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Maryport 


Improvement, 


Harbour, and 
Dock Bill. 


Maryport 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Aberdare 
and Central 
wake Junc- 
ion Railw; 
= 


Pembroke 
and Tenby 
Railway Bill, 


Vale of 
Crickhowell 
Railway Bill. 


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


A Bill for enabling the Caledonian Railway 
Company to make Railways to the Albert Har- 
bour at Greenock, and to Gourock, in the County 
of Renfrew, with a Pier at Gourock, and to ac- 
quire the Undertaking of the Gourock Harbour 
Company, and for other purposes, was read the 
first. time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Ogmore Valley Rail- 
ways Company to make Extension Railways into 
the Garw Valley, and to the Llantrissant Common 
Branch of the Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junc- 
tion Railway, to raise additional Moneys, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Fleetwood, Preston, and 
West Riding Junction Railway Company to ex- 
tend their Railway to Clitheroe, Elslack, and 
Whalley ; to enlarge their Stations in Preston, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for defining and extending the Powers 
of the Trustees of the District and Harbour 
of Maryport, in the County of Cumberland, 
and for enabling them to improve the Streets 
and Buildings within the District, and to sewer 
and drain the same; to establish Waterworks, 
Gasworks, and Police; to construct a Dock and 
other Harbour Works, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to enable the Maryport and Carlisle 
Railway Company to construct Dock Branch Rail- 
ways at Maryport; to raise further Moneys, 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 Taff 
Vale Railway at Aberdare to the Neath and 
Brecon Railway at Capel Coelbren, and a Branch 
to the Vale of Neath Railway, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to change the name of the Pembroke and 
Tenby Railway Company, and to enable them to 
extend their Railway to Caermarthen and to Mil- 
ford Haven; to lease their Undertaking, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Vale of Crickhowell Rail- 
way Company to divert portions of their Railway, 
and to weak it to the Town of Brecon, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 

Vou. 121, 








8th February. QYy 


A Bill for making a Railway in the North whitby, 
Riding of the County of York, to be called “ The Redcar, and 
Whitby, Redcar, and Middlesborough Union Rail- eae 9 
way,” and for other purposes, was read the first Railway Bill. 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Cambrian Railways Cambrian 
Company to provide and work Steam and other Railways 
Vessels between Aberdovey and certain other places ons —-. 
in Wales and Dublin, and certain other Places in 
Ireland, and for other purposes, was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Liantrissant and Taff Vale Liantrissant 
Junction Railway Company to make Railways to 84 Taff Vale 
join the Railway of the Penarth Harbour Dock Railway Bill 
and Railway Company, and the Ely Valley Rail- ; 
way, and to form an additional Junction with their 
Llantrissant Common Branch, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time ;"and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Mold and Denbigh Junc- Mold and Den- 
tion Railway Company to make Branch Railways —— 
and a Deviation, and to alter their authorized (Branches, 
Railway, and for other purposes, was read the &amp;c.) Bill. 


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


A Bill to enable the Mid-Hants Railway Com- Mid-Hants 
pany to make a deviation of their authorized Mid- Railway Bill. 
Hants Line, and to raise further Moneys, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Company of Proprietors Birmingham 
of the Birmingham Waterworks to extend their ter Bill. 
limits of Supply, to construct further Works, and 
to raise additional Capital, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Brecon and Merthyr Brecon and 
Tydfil Junction Railway Company to construct Herliyr Tydal 
new Lines in connection with the northern part wap Chesthane 
of their Undertaking, to provide for the Joint Lines) Bill. 
Ownership by that Company and the Mid-Wales 
Railway Company of parts of their respective 
Undertakings, 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 Merthyr, Brynmawr 
Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway, near the 2nd Blaenavon 
Brynmawr Station thereof, to Blaenavon, and for ®*!w*y Bill. 
other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Buckley Railway Com- Buckley 
pany to carry Passengers upon their Railway, and Railway 
to raise further Moneys, and for other purposes, Gowers) Bill 
was read the first timé; and ordered to be read 


a second time. 


A Bill for confirming certain Articles of Agree- Buckley Rail- 
ment between the Buckley Railway Company and yey oo 
the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway — 
Company, and for authorizing the last-mentioned 
Company to construct Docks, and Works con- 
nected therewith, at Connah’s Quay, and River 
Walls on either side of the River Dee, and Rail- 
ways in connection with the Docks, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for extending the limits of the District Cambridge 
within which the Cambridge University and Town par yang 
Waterworks Company may supply Water, and water Bill. 
for empowering the Company to raise addition 
Capital, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

E3 A Bill 





30 


Cannock A Bill for making a Railway to connect the 

Chase Railway South Staffordshire Railway with the Cannock 

Extension Bill, Cpgse Railway, in the County of Stafford, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways from the Ezeter 
and Crediton Railway to Tiverton, in the County 
of Devon, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Exe Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Leicester 

Water Bill. ZT eicester Waterworks Company may supply Wa- 
ter, and for empowering the Company to construct 
further Works and to raise additional Capital, and 
for authorizing a further Arrangement between 
the Company and the Local Board of Health for 
the Borough of Leicester, and the raising of Money 


by the Local Board to effectuate that Arrange- | 


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


London and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Poole and 
Bournemouth 
Junctions) 
Bill. 


A Bill for authorizing the London and South 
Western Railway Company to construct Railways 


to the Poole and Bournemouth Railway, and the 


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


Newark Gas 


A Bill to confer further Powers upon the New- 
Bill. 


ark Gas Company; to authorize them to pur- 
chase additional Lands, to raise further Moneys, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Severn Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Severn Junction Railway 
Company to construct Branch Railways to the 
South Wales Railway and the Forest of Dean 
Central Railway, and to lay down additional Rails 
upon those Railways, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Sheffield 
United Gas 
Bill. 


A Bill for extending the Limits of “The Shef- 
field Gas Act, 1855,” and for authorizing “ The 
Sheffield United Gaslight Company” to extend 
their Works and increase their Capital, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Shrewsbury 
and Potteries 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


A Bill to authorize the Shrewsbury and Potteries 
Junction Railway Company to deviate from and 
alter parts of their authorized Works, and to make 
new Branch and Junction Railways and diversions 
of Roads in connection with their authorized 
Works, and to amend “ The Shrewsbury and 
Potteries Junction Railway Act, 1865,” and to 
authorize the admission of the said Company to 
participate in the Ownership of the Wellington 
and Drayton Railway, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Swansea and 
Clydach 
Railway Bill. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the South 
Wales Railway near Swansea to Clydach, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Vale of Neath 

Railwa 

a er, &amp;c.) 
ill, 


A Bill for the Amalgamation of the Vale of 
Neath Railway Company with the Great Western 
Railway Company, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Barry Railway 
(Penarth and 
Cardiff Ex- 
tension) Bill, Other pur 


to be 


A Bill for enabling the Barry Railway Com- 
pany to construct additional Railways, and for 

es, was read the first time ; and ordered 
a second time. 


Sth February. 


A Bill for extending the limits within which the 


from their Southampton and Dorchester Railway | 


Ringwood, Christchurch, and Bournemouth Rail- | 


1866. 


| A Bill to extend the time for the construction Lancashire 
of certain Railways authorized by “The Lan- 8nd Yorkshire 


_cashire and Yorkshire Railway (Dewsbury, &amp;c. a 


Branches) Act, 1861,” and “The Lancashiré and Time, &amp;c.) 

| Yorkshire Railway (Additional Powers) Act, 1862,” Bill. 

to empower the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 
Company to acquire additional Lands and to raise 
additional Capital, and for other purposes, was 

read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

_ second time. 


A Bill for conferring Powers on the Lancashire Lancashire 
and Yorkshire Railway Company for the construc- 4nd Yorkshire 
tion of Branch Railways and Works and the ac- Riding. a 
quisition of Lands in the West Riding of the Branches, &amp;c.) 
County of York, and for other purposes, was read Bill. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for conferring further Powers on the Launceston 
Launceston and South Devon Railway Company in 824 South 
° ° : . . . - , Devon Rail- 
relation to their Capital, for the transfer of their yay pin, 
Undertaking to the South Devon Railway Com- ~ 
pany, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enabling the Zondon «nd North London and 
North Western 
Railway (New 
Lines) Bill. 


Western Railway Company to construct new Rail- 
ways, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


__ A Bill for conferring additional Powers on the London and 
London and North Western Railway Company in North Western 
z . . Railway (New 
relation to their own Undertaking and the Under- works: gc.) 
takings of other Companies, and for other pur- Bill. 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 


_read a second time. 
| 
_ A Bill for vesting the Undertaking of the London and 
| Whitehaven Junction Railway Company in the North Western 
London and North Western Railway Company, bing 
and for conferring upon the last-named Company tion Railway 
Running Powers over a portion of the Whitehaven Companies 
and Furness Junction Railway, and for other pur- ~" 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 
| &lt;A Bill for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen, and Manchester 
Citizens of the City of Manchester to erect a Town Improvement 
Hall, Police Court, and other Buildings, to ac- —_ 
quire 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 North Eastern 
Company to construct Branch Railways and other Railway 

“ae er . + (Durham New 
Works in the County of Durham, to acquire addi- j ines, &amp;e.) 
tional Lands, and for other purposes, was read the Bill. 


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


A Bill to enable the North Eastern Railway North Eastern 
Company to construct Branch Railways and other Railway 
Works in the County of York, and at and near the {orkenire 
City of York; to acquire additional Lands, and &amp;c.) Bill. 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to confer further Powers on the South South Devon 
Devon Railway Company for the acquisition of Railway Bill. 
Land and construction of Works, and otherwise, 
in relation to their own Undertaking and the Un- 
dertakings of other Companies, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for conferring further Powers on the south staf-_ 
South Staffordshire Railway Company with re- fordshire Rail- 
spect to their Capital, and for other purposes, was *Y &gt; 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 

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A Bill for extending the Limits within which 
the West Middlesex Waterworks Company may 
supply Water, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


West Middle- 
sex Water 
Bill. 


Chester and A Bill for authorizing the Chester and West 

West ~~ Cheshire Junction Railway Company to make 

vay Bill Rail- FE xtensions of their Railway at Chester, and to the 
River Dee, and to Neston respectively, and to 
raise further Monies, and for changing the Name of 
the Company, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Banbury Gas _ A Bill to incorporate the Banbury Gaslight and 

Bill. Coke Company (Limited), and to make further 
Provision for lighting Banbury and Places in the 
Neighbourhood thereof, in the Counties of Oxford 
and Northampton, with Gas, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Devon and A Bill for the repeal of “ The Ilfracombe Rail- 
Saeer way Act, 1865,” and for other purposes, was read 
al 


(Amendment the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
of Acts) Bill, time. 


A Bill to authorize Arrangements of the Capi- 


Devon and 

Somerset tal of the Devon and Somerset Railway Company, 

(capil) pi. Ws read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 

, " second time. 

Devon and A Bill to enable the Devon and Somerset Rail- 

oe way Company to make Deviation and Extension 

ao ay Railways, and to abandon a portion of their autho- 

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


time. 


Dublin Corpo. A Bill to enable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, 

ration Water and Burgesses of Dublin to enlarge portions of the 

Bill. Dublin Corporation Waterworks ; to erect Tele- 
graphic Poles and Wires; to borrow Money, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Aberdeen A Bill for erecting and maintaining a new 
County and §=Court-house, Town-house, County and Town 
Municipal 


~~ », Hall, Police, and other County and Municipal 
B [_—— y 1clp 
—— Buildings and Offices for the County and City of 
Aberdeen, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Highland A Bill for enabling the Highland Railway 

Railway Bill. Company to make and maintain new Lines of 
Railway, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Cornwall A Bill to authorize the Construction of Water- 

County Lu- works for the supply of Water to the Lunatic 

Bi" ~Asylum for the Connaty of Cornwall, situate at 
Bodmin, in the said County, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith, was read the frst time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Wigton Water A Bill for supplying the Town of Wigton and 

Bill. other Places in the County of Cumberland with 
Water, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Merrybent A Bill to incorporate a Company for making a 

ae Railway, to be called “ The Merrybent and Dar- 

Bil, _—_ ington Railway,” and a Branch therefrom; to 
authorize Working and Traffic Arrangements 
with the North Eastern Railway Company, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

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


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Vou. 121. 





8th February. 31 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Peter- 
borough Water Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from London, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Chatham, and 
7 Y ‘ : -__ Dover and 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing coin Rastern 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the London, (Kennington, 
Chatham, and Dover and South Eastern (Kenning- Clapham, and 
ton, Clapham, and Brixton) Railways Bill. a —_ 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Sirhowy Ex- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, tens Baik 
4 - a - ? way. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Sirhowy 
Extension Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,---Report from Great Western 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 4 Brentford 
‘ ‘ “ . Railway. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Great 
Western and Brentford Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from London, Chat- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, »®™, 2"4 . 
: : : ~ - ~ Dover Rail- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing yay (New 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the London, Lines, &amp;c.) 
Chatham, and Dover Railway (New Lines, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ely Valley 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, = oe 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing tion Railways. 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Ely 
Valley and Vale of Neath Junction Railways Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Wimbledon 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ®#i!¥ays- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Wimble- 
don Railways Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Aberdare 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Pen, Bm 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Sead” 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Aberdare Railway. 
Valley and Caerphilly Junction Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from South Eastern 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, a 4 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing fever (ham 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the South don, Lewes, 
Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover (London, wd Brighton) 
Lewes, and Brighton) Railways Bill. apie: 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Birkenhead 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, »»4 Liverpool 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ““"”*™ 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Birken- 
head and Liverpool Railways 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-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Mid- 
London Railway Bill. 

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


Mid-London 
Railway. 


Crystal Palace 
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 Crystal 
Palace and South London Junction Railway Bill. 

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


South Eastern Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Railway (Lon- one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
don, Croydon, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Junction Orders in the case of the Petition for the South 
Railways.) Eastern Railway (London, Croydon, and Caterham 
Junction 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 Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Louth 
and Lincoln Railway Bill. 

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


Louth and 
Lincoln 
Railway. 


East and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
West Junction one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
tHitehon in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Extension.) Orders in the case of the Petition for the East and 
West Junction Railway ( /itchin Extension) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 

Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Brecon and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Merthyr Tydfil one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Bailes in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
(Southern Orders in the case of the Petition for the Brecon 
Lines.) and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (Southern 
Lines) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Halesowen 
and Bromsgrove Branch Railways Bill. 

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


Halesowen and 
Bromsgrove 
Branch Rail- 
ways. 


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 Devon 
and Cornwall Railway Bill. 

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


Devon and 
Cornwall 
Railway. 


Glasgow and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
South Western one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Railway ° ° ° ° 
(Additional it respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Powers.) Orders in the case of the Petition for the Glasgow 
and South Western Railway (Additional Powers) 
Biil. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, 


Wexford 
Borough 
Election. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Wez- 
ford, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said Borough, was presented, and read 
(vide Appendix to Votes, No. 5). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 


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1866. 


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 Boyle Smollett, Esquire, pumbarton- 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for shire Election, 
the Shire of Dumbarton, was presented, 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 Henry Whitmore, of Sunnyside, in Bridgnorth 
the County of Salop, Esquire, complaining of an Election. 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Bridgnorth, was presented, and read (vide Appendix 
to Votes, No. 7). 

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. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had pymbarton- 
this day received a Letter from Mr. Ja. Stirling, shire Election, 
informing him that it is not his intention to defend 
his Return for the Shire of Dumbarton :—And the 
said Letter was read, as followeth :— 

. Cordale, Dumbartonshire, 
Sir, 8th February 1866. 
I beg to inform you that it is not my intention 
to defend my return for the County of Dumbarton. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
Ja. Stirling. 
To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Vide First 
Report. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, The “ Duncan 
a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken and to 
the Report made to the Board of Trade upon the phn oie 
loss of the “ Duncan Dunbar,” and of any Corre- 
spondence with the Board of Trade consequent 
thereon: —— And, the same on the Loss of the 
** Barbadienne.” 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented yong Kong. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extracts of all Correspondence 
in the Colonial Office respecting the rendition by 
the Acting Governor of Hong Kong, Mr. Mercer, 
to the Chinese Authorities at Canton, of a Person 
described in the Public Journals as the Mo-Wong, 
and his Execution. 

Ordered, That 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 sheffield 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Reservoirs. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Report of the Engineers 
employed by the Sheffield Waterworks Company 
to report on the Dale Dyke and Agden Reservoirs, 
which bears date November 1864, and was for- 
warded to the Home Office on the 29th of that 

month :— 








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month :-——-Of the Correspondence which passed 
between the Sheffield Waterworks Company and 
the Right Honourable Sir George Grey during the 
months of November and December 1864, and the 
Correspondence which has since passed between the 
Mayor of Sheffield and the Home Office and Board 
of Trade, in regard to the Sheffield Reservoirs and 
the Government Waterworks Bill, such Corre- 
spondence commencing the 7th day of August 1865, 
and terminating the 21st day of December 1865 : 
And, of any other Reports and Correspondence 
relating 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. 





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10n, 





Bradford Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Reservoirs. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
h to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Correspondence which has 
been addressed to or from the Home Office, and 
any Reports relating to the unsafe state of the 
Bradford Waterworks Reservoirs since the 1st 

day of December 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. 


Mortality in Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Troops (China to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
and Japan.) to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Correspondence which has 
taken place relative to the Sickness and Mortality 
in the 2d Battalion of the 9th Regiment and 2d 
Battalion of the llth Regiment in China and 
Japan. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


n- 
tion, 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 


Local Govern- 
ment Act. 


dated the 16th day of June, in the last Session of 


Parliament, for a Return of the Expenses attend- 

ing the Audit of the Accounts of the several 
7 Places under the Local Government Act, for the 
‘ year 1864; stating the Name of the Auditor; his 
Place of Residence; the Date of each Audit; the 
Distance of the Place where the Audit was held 
from his Place of Residence; the Amount of Fees 
charged for each Audit; the Amount of the 
Annual Expenditure of each Local Board so 
audited ; the Amount of the Travelling Expenses 
charged for each Audit, stating whether the 
Auditor travelled specially from his Place of 
Residence to attend such Audit, and, if not, how 
the Travelling Expenses were incurred. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—A Return 
from the Accountant General of the High Court 
of Chancery, showing the state of the several 
Funds in his name, called “ The Suitors’ Fund,” 
and “The Suitors’ Fee Fund,” and the Charges 
upon the same respectively. 

Return to the Lord Chancellor, under the Act 
8 &amp; 9 Vie. 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 1865. 

s, 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 Commis- 
sioners in Lunacy during the Six Months ending 
on the 31st December 1865. 
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Court of 
Chancery, 


Lunacy. 





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Return to the Lord Chancellor, under the Act 
8 &amp; 9 Vie. c. 100, s. 88, of all Sums received by the 
Commissioners in Lunacy for travelling and per- 
sonal Expenses during the year ending 31st De- 
cember 1865. 

Accounts of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Mersey Docks 
Board, from the 25th June 1864 to the 24th June 294 Harbour 
1865. — 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, National 
a Copy of Report of the Keeper of the National Gallery. 
Gallery to the Lords of the Treasury, for the No. 12. 
year ended the 31st day of December 1865. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India East India 
(Bootan), which was presented upon the 6th day ~~, 
of this instant February, be printed. _— 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Queen’s 
the adjourned Debate on tlie Question proposed Speech. 
upon the 6th day of this instant February, 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: 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing 
us that She has recently declared Her consent to 
a Marriage between Her Majesty’s Daughter the 
Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schles- 
wig-Holstein Sonderbourg-Augustenburg, and to as- 
sure Her Majesty that, with Her, we trust that 
this union may be prosperous and happy: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we par- 
ticipate in the profound grief felt by Her Majesty 
at the death of Her Majesty’s beloved Uncle the 
King of the Belgians ; but that we feel confident 
that the wisdom which he evinced during his 
Reign will animate his Successor, and preserve for 
Belgium her Independence and Prosperity : 

Humbly to express our gratification at learning 
that Her Majesty’s relations with Foreign Powers 
are friendly and satisfactory, and that Her Majesty 
sees no cause to fear any disturbance of the 
general Peace: 

To assure Her Majesty that we trust that the 
meeting of the Fleets of France and England in 
the Ports of the respective Countries has tended 
to cement the amity of the two Nations, and to 
prove to the World their friendly concert in the 
promotion of Peace : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we learn 
with satisfaction that the United States, after ter- 
minating successfully the severe struggle in which 
they were so long engaged, are wisely repairing 
the ravages of Civil War; and that, with Her 
Majesty, we regard the abolition of Slavery as an 
event calling forth the cordial sympathies and 
congratulations of this Country, which has always 
been foremost in showing its abhorrence of an 
institution repugnant to every feeling of justice 
aud humanity : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that the exertions and perseverance of Her Majesty’s 
Naval Squadron have reduced the Slave Trade on 
the West Coast of Africa within very narrow 
limits: ; 

To thank Her Majesty for directing Copies to 
be laid before us of the Correspondence which has 
taken place between Her Majesty’s Government 
and that of the United States, with respect to 
injuries inflicted on American Commerce by 
Cruisers under the Confederate Flag: 

To express our thanks to Her Majesty for in- 
forming us that ee geen Relations with Brazil 
have been renewed, and that the good offices of 
Her Majesty’s Ally the King of Portugal have 
contributed essentially to that happy result: 

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34. 


To assure Her Majesty that, with Her Majesty, 
we regret the interruption of Peace between Spain 
and Chili, and that we earnestly trust that through 
the good offices of Her Majesty’s Government, in 
conjunction with those of the Emperor of the 
French, the causes of disagreement may be re- 
moved in a manner honourable and satisfactory 
to both Countries: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that the 
Negotiations which have long been pending in 
Japan, have been brought to a conclusion in such 
a manner as to receive Her Majesty’s entire 
approbation ; that the existing Treaties have been 
ratified by the Mikado; and that stipulations have 
been made for the revision of the Tariff in a 
manner favourable to Commerce, and for the 
punctual discharge of the Indemnity due under 
the terms of the Convention of October 1864 : 

Humbly to express our thanks to Her Majesty 
for informing us that Her Majesty has concluded 
a Treaty of Commerce with the Emperor of Austria, 
which Her Majesty trusts will open to that Empire 
the blessings of extended Commerce, and be pro- 
ductive of important benefits to both Countries : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing 
us that in consequence of the deplorable events 
which have occurred in the Island of Jamaica, 
Her Majesty has been induced to provide at once 
for an impartial Inquiry, by appointing a dis- 
tinguished Military Officer as Governor and Com- 
mander of the Forces; that Her Majesty has given 
him the assistance of two able and learned Com- 
missioners, who will aid him in examining into the 
origin, nature, and circumstances of the recent 
Outbreak, and the measures adopted in the course 


of its suppression; and that the Legislature of 


Jamoica has proposed that the present Political 
Constitution of the Island should be replaced by 
a new form of Government: 

To assure Her Majesty that we will give our 
careful consideration to the Bill on this subject, 
which is to be submitted to us: 

To thank Her Majesty for directing Papers on 


these occurrences, and on the present state of | 


New Zealand, to be laid before us: 
To convey our thanks to Her Majesty for in- 


forming us that directions have been given for the | 


return to this Country of the greater portion of 
Her Majesty’s Regular Forces employed in the 
Colony of New Zealand: 

To assure Her Majesty that, with Her, we 
watch with interest the proceedings which are 
still in progress in British North America with a 
view to a closer union among the Provinces, an 
object to which Her Majesty continues to attach 
great importance : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we have 
observed with great concern the extensive pre- 
valence, during the last few months, of a rl ne 
Distemper among Cattle in Great Britain; and 
that it is with deep regret, and with sincere sym- 
pathy for the sufferers, that we have learnt the 
severe losses which it has caused in many Counties 
and Districts: while it is satisfactory to know that 
Ireland and a considerable part of Scotland are as 
yet free from this calamity, which gives us reason 
to trust, with Her Majesty, that by the precautions 
suggested by experience, and by the Divine 
»lessing on the means which are now being em- 
plored, its further extension may be arrested : 

o thank Her Majesty for directing the Orders 
which have been made by the Lords of Her 
Majesty’s Privy Council by virtue of the powers 
vested in them by Law, with a view to prevent 
the spreading of this disease, to be laid “a us; 
and to assure Her Majesty that our best attention 
shall be given to the expediency of an Amendment 
of the Law relating to a subject so deeply affecting 
the interests of the People: 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for having di- 


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1866. 


rected that the Estimates of the ensuing year 
shall be laid before us, and for having caused them 
to be prepared with a due regard to economy, and 
to the maintenance of efficiency in the Public 
Service : ‘ 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that 
the condition of Trade is satisfactory : 

Humbly to express our thanks to Her Majesty 
for informing us that a Conspiracy, adverse alike 
to Authority, Property. and Religion, and dis- 


‘approved and condemned alike by all who are 
‘interested in their maintenance, without distinction 


of creed or class, has unhappily appeared in 
Ireland, and that the Constitutional Power of the 
ordinary Tribunals has been exerted for its re- 
pression, and the authority of the Law firmly and 
impartially vindicated : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that our serious 
consideration shall be given to the Bill to be sub- 
mitted to us, founded on the Report of the Royal 


‘Commission on the subject of Capital Punishment; 
‘to the Bills for amending and consolidating the 
| Laws relating to Bankruptcy, and for other im- 
‘provements in the Law; to the measures for 


extending the system of Public Audit to branches 
of Receipt and Expenditure, which it has not 
hitherto reached, and for amending the provisions 
of the Law with respect to certain classes of Legal 
Pensions ; and to the subject of the Oaths taken 
by Members of Parliament: 

To thank Her Majesty for directing that in- 
formation should be procured in reference to the 
Rights of Voting in the Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for Counties, Cities, and 
Boroughs, and to assure Her Majesty that, when 
that information is complete, our earnest attention 
will be given to the result thus obtained : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that, with Her, 
we fervently pray that the Blessing of Almighty 
God may guide our Counsels to the promotion of 
the happiness of Her Majesty’s People ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ our,” 
in the twenty-second paragraph, to the end of the 
paragraph, in order to add the words “ deep regret 
“to Her Majesty that wide-spread disaffection 
* exists in Ireland, and humbly to represent to 
“ Her Majesty that this wide-spread disaffection 
‘is the result of grave causes, which it is the 
“ duty of Her Majesty’s Ministers to examine into 
“ and remove.” 

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 inserting after the same para- 
graph the words “ Humbly to express our deep 
*‘ regret to Her Majesty that wide-spread disaffec- 
‘tion exists in Jre/and, and humbly to represent 
“ to Her Majesty that this wide-spread disaffection 
‘¢ is the result of grave causes, which it is the duty 
“ of Her Majesty’s Ministers to examine into and 
** remove.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ yr" — mh 


Mr. Brand, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Adam: 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Friday, 9th February, 1866; 


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And the Question being again proposed, That 
an humbie Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, to convey the Thanks of this House for 
Her Mafesty’s most gracious Speech from the 
Throne: 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing 
us that She has recently declared Her Consent to 
a Marriage between Her Majesty’s Daughter the 
Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schles- 
wig-Holstein Sonderbourg-Augustenburg, and to 
assure Her Majesty that, with Her, we trust that 
this union may be prosperous and happy : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we parti- 
cipate in the profound grief felt by Her Majesty 
in the death of Her Majesty’s beloved Uncle the 
King of the Belgians; but that we feel confident 
that the wisdom which he evinced during his Reign 
will animate his Successor, and preserve for Bel- 
gium her Independence and Prosperity : 

Humbly to express our gratification at learning 
that Her Majesty’s relations with Foreign Powers 
are friendly and satisfactory, and that Her Majesty 
sees no cause to fear any disturbance of the ge- 
neral Peace : 

To assure Her Majesty that we trust that the 
meeting of the Fleets of France and England in 
the Ports of the respective Countries has tended 
to cement the amity of the two Nations, and to 
prove to the World their friendly concert in the 
promotion of Peace: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we learn 
with satisfaction that the United States, after ter- 
minating successfully the severe struggle in which 
they were so long engaged, are wisely repairing 
the ravages of Civil War; and that, with Her 
Majesty, we regard the abolition of Slavery as an 
event calling forth the cordial sympathies and 
congratulations of this Country, which has always 
been foremost ia showing its abhorrence of an 
institution repugnant to every feeling of justice 
and humanity : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing 
us that the exertions and perseverance of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Naval Squadron have reduced the Slave 
Trade on the West Coast of Africa within very 
narrow limits: 

To thank Her Majesty for directing Copies to 
be laid before us of the Correspondence which has 
taken place between Her Majesty’s Government 
and that of the United States, with respect to in- 
juries inflicted on American Commerce by Cruisers 
under the Confederate Flag : 

To express our thanks to Her Majesty for in- 
forming us that Diplomatic Relations with Brazil 
have been renewed, and that the good offices of Her 
Majesty’s Ally the King of Portugal have con- 
tributed essentially to that happy result: 

To assure Her Majesty that, with Her Majesty, 
we regret the interruption of Peace between Spain 
and Chili, and that we earnestly trust that, 
through the good offices of Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment, in conjunction with those of the Emperor of 
the French, the causes of disagreement may be 
removed in a manner honourable and satisfactory 
to both Countries : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that 
the Negotiations which have long been pending 
in Japan, have been brought to a conclusion in 
such a manner as to receive Her Majesty’s entire 
approbation; that the existing Treaties have been 
ratified by the Mikado; and that stipulations have 
been ot for the revision of the Tariff in a man- 
ner favourable to Commerce, and for the punctual 
discharge of the Indemnity due under the. terms 
of the Convention of October 1864 : 

Humbly to express our thanks to Her Majesty 
for informing us that Her Majesty has concluded 
a Treaty of _ Racthoned with the Emperor of Aus- 
tria, which Her Majesty trusts will open to that 
Empire the blessings of extended Commerce, and 
OL. 121. 


8th—Qth February. 





35 


be productive of important benefits to both Coun- 
tries : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing 
us that in consequence of the deplorable events 
which have occurred in the Island of Jamaica, 
Her Majesty has been induced to provide at once 
for an impartial Inquiry, by appointing a dis- 
tinguished Military Officer as Governor and Com- 
mander of the Forces; that Her Majesty has 
given him the assistance of two able and learned 
Commissioners, who will aid him in examining 
into the origin, nature, and circumstances of the 
recent Outbreak, and the measures adopted in the 
course of its suppression; and that the Legislature 
of Jamaica has proposed that the present Political 
Constitution of the Island should be replaced by 
a new form of Government: 

To assure Her Majesty that we will give our 
careful consideration to the Bill on this subject, 
which is to be submitted to us : 

To thank Her Majesty for directing Papers on 
these occurrences, and on the present state of 
New Zealand, to be laid before us: 

To convey our thanks to Her Majesty for in- 
forming us that directions have been given for the 
return to this Country of the greater portion of 
Her Majesty’s Regular Forces employed in the 
Colony of New Zealand : 

To assure Her Majesty that, with Her, we 
watch with interest the Proceedings which are 
still in progress in British North America with a 
view to a closer union among the Provinces, an 
object to which Her Majesty continues to attach 
great importance : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we have 
observed with great concern the extensive pre- 
valence, during the last few months, of a virulent 
Distemper among Cattle in Great Britain; and 
that it is with deep regret, and with sincere sym- 
pathy for the sufferers, that we have learnt the 
severe losses which it has caused in many Coun- 
ties and Districts; whilst it is satisfactory to 
know that Ireland and a considerable part of Scot- 
land are as yet free from this Calamity, which 
gives us reason to trust, with Her Majesty, that by 
the precautions suggested by experience, and by 
the Divine blessing on the means which are now 
being employed, its further extension may be 
arrested : 

To thank Her Majesty for directing the Orders 
which have been made by the Lords of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Privy Council by virtue of the Powers 
vested in them by Law, with a view to prevent 
the spreading of this Disease, to be laid before us; 
and to assure Her Majesty that our best attention 
shall be given to the expediency of an Amend- 
ment of the Law relating to a subject so deeply 
affecting the interests of the People : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for having di- 
rected that the Estimates of the ensuing year 
shall be laid before us, and for having caused them 
to be prepared with a due regard to economy, and 
to the maintenance of efficiency in the Public 
Service : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that 
the condition of Trade is satisfactory : 

Humbly to express our thanks to Her Majesty 
for informing us that a Conspiracy, adverse alike 
to Authority, Property, and Religion, and dis- 
approved and condemned alike by all who are 
interested in their maintenance, without distinction 
of creed or class, has unhappily appeared in Jre- 
land, and that the Constivational Power of the 
ordinary Tribunals has been exerted for its repres- 
sion, and the authority of the Law firmly and 
impartially vindicated : 

umbly to assure Her Majesty that our serious 
consideration shall be given to the Bill to be sub- 
mitted to us, founded on the Report of the Royal 
Commission on the subject of Capital Punishment; 








F2 to 








56 8th—9th 


to the Bills for amending and consolidating the 
Laws relating to Bankruptcy, and for other Im- 
provements in the Law; to the measures for 
extending the system of Public Audit to branches 
of Receipt and Expenditure, which it has not 
hitherto reached, and for amending the Provisions 
of the Law with respect to certain Classes of 
Legal Pensions; and to the subject of the Oaths 
taken by Members of Parliament : 

To thank Her Majesty for directing that infor- 
mation should be procured in reference to the 
Rights of Voting in the Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for Counties, Cities, and 
Boroughs, and to assure Her Majesty that, when 
that information is complete, our earnest attention 
will be given to the result thus obtained : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that, with Her, 
we fervently pray that the Blessing of Almighty 
God may guide our Counsels to the promotion of 
the happiness of Her Majesty’s People :—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, 
withdrawn. 


Resolution for = Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


Address. 


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

Humbly to thank Ter Majesty for informing 


us that She has recently declared Her consent to | 
a Marriage between Her Majesty’s Daughter the | 


Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schles- 
wig-Llolstein Sonderbourg- Augustenburg, and to as- 
sure Her Majesty that, with Her, we trust that 
this union may be prosperous and happy : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we par- 
ticipate in the profound grief felt by Her Ma- 
jesty in the death of Her Majesty’s beloved 
Uncle the King of the Belgians; but that we 
feel confident that the wisdom which he evinced 
during his Reign will animate his Successor, 
and preserve for Belgium her Independence and 
Prosperity : 


Humbly to express our gratification at learning 
that Her Majesty’s relations with Foreign Powers | 


are friendly and satisfactory, and that Her Ma- 
jesty sees no cause to fear any disturbance of the 
general Peace : 

To assure Her Majesty that we trust that the 
meeting of the Fleets of France and England in 
the Ports of the respective Countries has tended 
to cement the amity of the two Nations, and to 
prove to the World their friendly concert in the 
promotion of Peace: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we learn 
with satisfaction that the United States, after ter- 
minating successfully the severe struggle in which 
they were so long engaged, are wisely repairing 
the ravages of Civil War; and that, with Her 
Majesty, we regard the abolition of Slavery as an 
event calling forth the cordial sympathies and con- 
gratulations of this Country, which has always 
been foremost in showing its abhorrence of an in- 
stitution repugnant to every feeling of justice and 
humanity : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that the exertions and perseverance of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Naval Squadron have reduced the Slave 
Trade on the West Coast of Africa within very 
narrow limits : 

To thank Her Majesty for directing Copies to 
be laid before us of the Correspondence which has 
taken place between Her Majesty’s Government 
and that of the United States, with respect to in- 
juries inflicted on American Commerce by Cruisers 
under the Confederate Flag: 

To express our thanks to Her Majesty for in- 
forming us that Diplomatic Relations with Brazil 
have been renewed, and that the good offices of 


February. 1866. 


Her Majesty’s Ally the King of Portugal have 
contributed essentially to that happy result : 

To assure Her Majesty that, with Her Majesty, 
we regret the interruption of Peace between Spain 
and Chili, and that we earnestly trust, that through 
the good offices of Her Majesty’s Government, in 
conjunction with those of the Emperor of the 
French, the causes of disagreement may be removed 
in a manner honourable and satisfactory to both 
Countries. 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that 
the Negotiations which have long been pending 
in Japan, have been brought to a conclusion in 
such a manner as to receive Her Majesty’s entire 
approbation ; that the existing Treaties have been 
ratified by the Mikado; and that stipulations 
have been made for the revision of the Tariff in a 
manner favourable to Commerce, and for the 
punctual discharge of the indemnity due under the 
terms of the Couvention of October 1864 : 

Humbly to express our thanks to Her Majesty 
for informing us that Her Majesty has concluded a 
Treaty of Commerce with the Emperor of Austria, 
which Her Majesty trusts will open to that Em- 
pire the blessings of extended Commerce, and be 
| productive of important benefits to both Countries: 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that in consequence of the deplorable events which 
have occurred in the Island of Jamaica, Her Ma- 
jesty has been induced to provide at once for an 








‘impartial Inquiry, by appointing a distinguished 
Military Officer as Governor and Commander of 
the Forces; that Her Majesty has given him the 
assistance of two able and learned Commissioners, 
who will aid him in examining into the origin, 


| 
| nature, and circumstances of the recent Outbreak, 
| and the measures adopted in the course of its sup- 
pression; and that the Legislature of Jamaica has 
proposed that the present Political Constitution of 
|the Island should be replaced by a new form of 
| Government: 

To assure Her Majesty that we will give our 
careful consideration to the Bill on this subject, 
| which is to be submitted to us: 

To thank Her Majesty for directing Papers on 
these occurrences, and on the present state of 
| New Zealand, to be laid before us: 

To convey our thanks to Her Majesty for in- 
forming us that directions have been given for the 
return to this Country of the greater portion of 
| Her Majesty’s Regular Forces employed in the 
Colony of New Zealand: 

To assure Her Majesty that, with Her, we 
watch with interest the proceedings which are still 
in progress in British North America with a view 
to a closer union among the Provinces, an object to 
which Her Majesty continues to attach great im- 
portance : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we have 
observed with great concern the extensive pre- 
valence, during the last few months, of a virulent 
Distemper among Cattle in Great Britain; and 
that it is with deep regret, and with sincere 
sympathy for the sufferers, that we have learnt the 
severe losses which it has caused in many Counties 
and Districts: whilst it is satisfactory to know that 
Ireland and a considerable part of Scotland are as 
yet free from this calamity, which gives us reason 
to trust, with Her Majesty, that by the pre- 
cautions suggested by experience, and by the 
Divine blessing on the means which are now 
being employed, its further extension may be ar- 
rested : 

To thank Her Majesty for directing the Orders 
which have been made by the Lords of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Privy Council by virtue of the Powers 
vested in them by Law, with a view to prevent 
the spreading of this Disease, to be laid before us; 
and to assure Her Majesty that our best attention 
shall be given to the expediency of an Amend- 

ment 














29 VicToria. 8th —9th February. 37 


ment of the Law relating to a subject so deeply| The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

affecting the interests of the People : into a Committee on the Savings Banks and Post 
Humbly to thank Her Majesty for having di-| Office Savings Banks Acts. 

rected that the Estimates of the ensuing year ‘ 

shall be laid before us, and for having pF er (In the Committee.) 

them to be prepared with adue regard to economy,| Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 

and to the maintenance of efficiency in the Public| Laws relating to the Investments for Savings 


Service : Banks and for Post Office Savings Banks, and to 
To thank Her Majesty for informing us that | grant Powers for the conversion of certain Per- 
the condition of Trade is satisfactory : petual Government Annuities standing in the 


Humbly to express our thanks to Her Majesty | Names of the Commissioners for the Reduction of 
for informing us that a Conspiracy, adverse alike | the National Debt on account of the Fund for the 
to Authority, Property, and Religion, and dis-| Banks for Savings, and also on account of the Post 
approved and condemned alike by all who are} Office Savings Bank Fund, into certain other 
interested in their maintenance, without distinction | Stocks and Annuities; and to provide for due pay- 
of creed or class, has unhappily appeared in Jre- | ment thereof out of the Consolidated Fund. 
land, and that the Constitutional Power of the! Resolution to be reported. 
ordinary Tribunals has been exerted for its repres- | wees 

sion, and the authority of the Law firmly and | 
impartially vindicated : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that our serious | 
consideration shall be given to the Bill to be sub- 
mitted to us, founded on the Report of the Royal | 
Commission on the subject of Capital Punishment; | 
to the Bills for amending and consolidating the | 
Laws relating to Bankruptcy, and for other im- 
provements in the Law; to the measures for ex- | ly “—m Public. Monie: t 
tending the system of Public Audit to branches of t0¢Y, and Issue of Public J [onies, and to provide 
Receipt and Expenditure, which it has not hitherto | ge = a “ the Accounts thereof: And that 
reached, and for amending the Provisions of the | 7*" Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Childers 
Law with respect to certain classes of Legal Pen- do prepare, and bring it in. 
sions; and to the subject of the Oaths taken by | 
Members of Parliament: 

To thank Her Majesty for directing that infor- 
mation should be procured in reference to the 
rights of Voting in the Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for Counties, Cities, and 
Boroughs, and to assure Her Majesty that, when (In the Committee.) 
that information is complete, our earnest attention | 
will be given to the result thus obtained : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that, with Her, 
we fervently pray that the Blessing of Almighty 
God may guide our Counsels to the promotion of 
the happiness of Her Majesty’s People. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 








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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Audit Departments, to regulate the Receipt, Cus- 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the 
abolition of certain Declarations as a Qualification 
for Offices and Employments:—-The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, that leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to render it unnecessary to make and subscribe 
certain Declarations as a Qualification for Offices 
and Employments; to indemnify such Personsas 
have omitted to qualify themselves for Office and 


Committee ny ovme ‘ ‘or oy ‘noses relat: 
todrawup draw up an Address to be presented to Her Ma- wn and for other purposes relating 
Address. jesty upon the said Resolution:—And a Come | CPC's — 

mittee was appointed of Lord Frederick Cavendish, ltesolution to be reported. 





Mr. Graham, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, | 
Sir George Grey, Mr. Secretary Cardwell, Sir| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
Charles Wood, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Villiers, | son reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, | Resolution. 

Mr. Attcrney General for Ireland, The Lord Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Advocate, and Mr. Childers, or any Three of them: Mr. Dodson accordingly reported a Resolution ; 


—And they are to withdraw immediately. which was read, as followeth: 
Queen’sspecch . Ordered, That’ Her Majesty’s most Gracious) That the Chairman be directed to move the 
referred. Speech to both Houses of Parliament be referred | House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
to the Committee. render it unnecessary to make and subscribe certain 
' declarations as a Qualification for Offices and Em- 
National The House, according to Order, resolved itself) ployments; to indemnify such persons as have 
Debt Acts. into a Committee on the National Debt Acts. | omitted to qualify themselves for Office and Em- 


ployment, and for other purposes relating thereto : 
'—And he moved the House accordingly. 
Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the Laws! Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 

relating to Unclaimed Stock and Dividends and to, Bill: And that Mr. Hadfield, Sir Morton Peto, 
Donations and Bequests, and to grant Powers for | and Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring it in. 
cancelling certain Perpetual Stocks of Annuities | 

standing in the Names of the Commissioners for | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
the Reduction of the National Debt on account of | further to secure to the Public the Means of Tra- 
Unclaimed Stock and of Donations and Bequests; | yelling by Railway in Ireland: And that Sir Col- 
and to make provision, out of the Consolidated | may O’Loghlen, Major Gavin, and Captain Stac- 
Fund, for any Charge which shall arise in conse- poole do prepare, and bring it in. 

quence of the said Unclaimed Stock having been 


so cancelled. Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
Resolution to be reported. to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by Order of this House, and 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod-| for the purpose of selecting and arranging for 
son reported, That the Committee had come to a; Printing, Returns and Papers presented in pursu- 
Resolution. ance of Motions made by Members of this House: 


(In the Committee.) 





Savings Banks 
and Post Office 
Savings Banks 
Acts. e 


Exchequer 


to consolidate the Duties of the Exchequer and and Audit 


Departments. 


Qualification 
for Offices 
Abolition. 


Railway 
Travelling 
in Ireland. 


Printing. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. | —And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Bonham- 
Vor. 121. ; F 3 Carter, 





Qualification 
for Offices 
Abolition Bill. 


Bill 1. 


Railway 
Travelling 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 2. 


Exchequer 
and Audit 
es 
Bill. 


Bill 3. 


Reigate 
Election. 


Cattle Plague. 


Wrexham, 
Mold, and 
Connah’s Quay 


way 
Additional 
apital.) 


Stafford, 
Churchbridge, 
&amp;c. Roads. 


38 


Carter, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Henley, Mr. Secretary Cardwell, Mr. Gaskell, Sir 
Stafford Northcote, The O’Conor Don, Mr. Hast- 
ings Russell, and Mr. Childers. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Hadfield presented a Bill to render it un- 
necessary to make and subscribe certain Declara- 
tions as a Qualification for Offices and Employ- 
ments ; to indemnify such Persons as have omitted 
to qualify themselves for Office and Employment, 
and for other purposes relating thereto: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday, the 19th day of 
this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Sir Colman O’Loghlen presented a Bill further 
to secure to the Public the Means of Travelling by 
Railway in Ireland: And the same was read the 
first time ; aud ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 21st day of this instant Fe- 
bruary ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to consolidate the 
Duties of the Exchequer and Audit Departments, 
to regulate the Receipt, Custody, and Issue of 
Public Monies, and to provide for the Audit of 
the Accounts thereof: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday, the 22d day of this instant Fe- 
bruary; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Rei- 
gate, in the County of Surrey, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Bo- 
rough, 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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing cf the matter of the said 
Petition, 


Mr. Bruce presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order re- 
lating to the Cattle Plague, passed by the Lords 
of the Council, under the provisions of the 11th &amp; 
12th Victoria, cap. 107, dated the 6th February, 
1866. 

Ordered, That the said Paper 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. 








Friday, 9th February, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
A PETITION of the Wrexham, Mold, and 


Connah’s Quay Railway Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to enable the Wrexham, Mold, 
ant Connah’s Quay Railway Company to raise ad- 
ditional Capital, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mainwaring and 


Mr. Barnes. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Stafford, Church- 
bridge, Uttoxeter, and Newport Roads, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to amalgamate the Trusts of the 
Stafford, Sandon, and Eccleshall Roads, the Stone, 
Stafford, and Penkridge Road, and the Stafford, 
Churchbridge, Uttoxeter, and Newport Roads, to 
authorize the Construction of a new Road, and 


8th—9th February. 











‘1866. 


for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Michael Arthur Bass and Mr. Meller. 



























































A Petition of Trustees of the Stafford, Sandon, Stafford, 
and Eccleshall Roads, for leave to bring in a Bill to ae 
repeal the Act relating to the Stafford, Sandon, ponds, 
and Eccleshall Roads, to authorize the Construc- 
tion of a new Road, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Michael Arthur 
Bass and Mr. Meller. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking London and , 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bil] North Western 
for making Railways from Nuneaton to Ashby-de- — 
la-Zouch, Derby, Burton-on-Trent, and Whitwick, Coal Fields 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; Railway. 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Colvile and Mr. Michael Thomas 


ass. 


A Petition of the Frome Selwood Gas and Coke Frome Gas. 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to incor- 
porate the Frome Selwood Gas and Coke Com- 
pany, and to make further Provision for lighting 
with Gas the Town of Frome Selwood and certain 
Parishes and Places in the neighbourhood thereof, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 


ingly, by Sir Henry Rawlinson and Mr. Alfred 


Seymour. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave Teme Valley 
to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Wor- Railway. 
cester to Tenbury, to be called “ The Teme Valley 
Railway,” was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Thomas Winnington and Mr. Walsh. 


A Petition of the London, Worcester, and South London, 
Wales Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Worcester, 
sill for enabling the London, Worcester, and South a ng 
Wales Railway Company to make deviations and way. 
alterations in their authorized Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Thomas Winning- 
ton and Mr. Walsh. 


A Petition of the Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Uxbridge and 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for Rickmans- 
further extending the time for the Purchase of Worth Rail- 
Lands, and the completion of the Uxbridge and ~* 
Rickmansworth Railway, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Henry Brinsley Sheridan and Mr. 

Shaw Lefevre. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill, for leave to Ross and 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Tewkesbury 
Ross and Monmouth Railway to the Tewkesbury meme 
and Malvern Railway, with a Branch to the 
Worcester, Dean Forest, and Monmouth Railway 
(Extension to Gloucester), and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Biddulph 
and Mr. Clive. 


A Petition of the Gas Light and Coke Company, Gas Light and 
for leave to bring in a Bill for consolidating the — cm 
Acts relating to the Gas Light and Coke Company, . 
for regulating their — and for authorizing 
them to extend their Gas Works, and to raise 
further Monies, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Butler, Mr. Francis 


Russell and Mr. George Carr Glyn. 


A Petition of the Gas Light and Coke Com- Gas Light ae 
pany, and City of London Gas Light and Coke Cote si) 


Company, 








ad 


nd 
ity 





29 Victoria. 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
amalgamation of the Undertaking of the City of 
London Gas Light and Coke Company with that 
of the Gas Light and Coke Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in’ accordingly, by Mr. 
Butler, Mr. Francis Russell, and Mr. George Carr 
Glyn. 


Gas Light 
and Coke 
Companies. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of 
the Forth and Clyde Navigation, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to authorize the Company of Proprietors 
of the Forth and Clyde Navigation to make an 
extension of their Monkland Canal, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Crum 
Ewing and Mr. Frederick Dundas. 


Forth and 
Clyde Navi- 
gation. 


London and A Petition of the London and North Western Rail- 
North Western way Company and the Cockermouth and Workington 


——— Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
Workington vesting the Undertaking of the Cockermouth and 
amelie Workington Railway Company in the London and 


North Western Railway Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Stee/ 
and Mr. Nicholson Hodgson. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for authorizing the construction of 
a Railway in the County of Kent, to be called 
* The New Romney Railway,” was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Viscount Holmesdale, Sir Brooke Bridges, 
Mr. Butler-Johnstone, and Captain Mackinnon. 


New Romney 
Railway. 


wansea Vale A Petition of the Swansea Vale and Neath and 


and Neath = Brecon Junction Railway Company, and of the 
— Neath and Brecon Railway Company, for leave to 
Railway. bring in a Bill authorizing a Lease of the Swansea 
Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway to | 
the Neath and Brecon Railway Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hussey Vivian and 
Mr. Richard Green Price. 
Watling- A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act 
street Road = thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
tae to continue the Trust of the Wellington District of 
the Watling-street Road, in the County of Salop, 
and to make other Provisions in relation thereto, 
was presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Percy Herbert, 
Mr. Ralph Ormsby Gore, and Mr. Cust. 
Hull and A Petition of the North Eastern Railway Com- 
—s and pany and the Hull and Hornsea Railway Com- 
Railways. stern Hany, for leave to bring in a Bill for amalgamating 
the Undertaking of the Hudland Horzsea Railway 
Company with that of the North Eastern Railway 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Hotham and Mr. Leeman. 
East and West A Petition of the East and West Junction 


Junction Rail- Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
way (Capital) t+) enable the East and West Junction Railway 
Company to raise further Money, and to create 
Preference Shares, and for other purposes, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
ae ht in accordingly, by Sir Charles Mordaunt 


and Sir John Gray. 


A Petition of the Knighton Railway Company, 
and Central’ the Central Wales Railway Company, and the 
Wales Exten. Central Wales Extension Railway Company, for 
sion Railways. leave to bring in a Bill to enable the ~—— the 

Central Wales, and the Central Wales Extension 


Railway Companies to lease their Undertakings to 
the London and North Western Railway 
Vot. 121. 


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39 


pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Richard Green Price and Mr. Clement. 


A Petition of the Fochabers and Garmouth Rail- Fochabers 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend *"4 Garmouth 
the Time for the completion of the Fochabers and - 
Garmouth Railway, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir James Matheson and Mr. Matheson. 


A Petition of the Central Wales Extension Rail- Central Wales 
way Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to extend Railway. 
the Time for the completion of the Central Wales 
Extension Railway, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read: and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Richard Green 
Price and Mr. Clement. 


A Petition of the London and North Western Huddersfield 
and Midland Railway Companies, and of Pro- = Halifax 
moters of the Huddersfield and Halifax Railway, ““”*™ 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 
from Huddersfield to Halifax, with Powers in re- 
ference thereto to the London and North Western 
and Midland Railway Companies, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Akroyd and Colonel Crosland. 


A Petition of the Thames Tunnel Company, for Thames Tun- 
leave to bring in a Bill for the winding up of the 5! Company. 
Affairs and the dissolution of the Thames Tunnel 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Cobbold and Mr. Tite. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton, and South conten, 
Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in a jane 
Bill to enable the London, Brighton, and South Railway (Saint 
Coast Railway Company to make new Railways Leonard’s 
in substitution for portions of their Saint Leonard's ua 
Line, a new Railway at Hastings, and other , 
Works, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Barttelot and Mr. Paull. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Aldrington, 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill en and 

2 : - Brighton Gas. 
to incorporate a Company for the establishment of 
Gas Works in the Parish of Aldrington, in the 
County of Sussex, for more effectually lighting 
with Gas the Town of Brighton and various 
Parishes and Places in its vicinity, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Wickham and Mr. TVerrick Hamilton. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Croydon, 
: . : . &gt;:7; Mitcham, and 

thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Kingston 
for making a Railway from the Wimbledon and Railway. 
Croydon Railway at Mitcham to Kingston-upon- 
Thames, with Branches to Malden and Worcester 
Park, in the County of Surrey, to be called the 
Croydon, Mitcham, and Kingston Railway, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Clay, Mr. Kennard, and Mr. Grant Duff. 


A Petition of the Hull South Bridge Company, Hull South 
the Dock Company at Kingston-upon-Hull, and the Bridge. 
North Eastern Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to grant further Powers to the 
Hull South Bridge Company, and to facilitate the 
completion of the Approaches and Tramway con- 
nected with the Bridge, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Clay and Mr. Norwood. ; 

F4 


A Petition 











40 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring ina Bill 
for making a Railway from the Great Western 
Railway to Wantage in Berkshire, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Robert Loyd Lindsay and 
Mr. Benyon. 


Wantage and 
Great Western 
Junction 
Railway. 


Bishops Castle A Petition of the Bishops Castle Railway Com- 
Railway. pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the 
Bishops Castle Railway Company to use neigh- 
bouring Undertakings, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Whalley and Mr. 


Ayrton. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Portishead Pier 
and Railway Company, for leave tu bring in a Bill 
to authorize the AMristol and Portishead Pier and 
Railway Company to alter the Pier at Portishead, 
and to construct other Works, to extend the Time 
for the purchase of Lands and completion of 
Works, to amend the Act relating to the Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Berkeley, Sir Morton Peto, and 
Mr. Neville-Grenville. 


Bristol and 
Portishead 
Pier and 
Railway. 


Congleton 
Gas and Im- 
provement. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Congleton, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for empowering the Corporation of 
the Borough of Congleton to purchase the Gas 
Works of the Congleton Gas Light Company, and 
to supply Gas within the Borough and its Neigh- 
bourhood, in the County of Chester, and to pave 
and improve Streets and Highways in the Borough, 
and to improve and regulate Markets and Fairs in 
the Borough, and to take Tolls in the Markets and 
Fairs for a limited period, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Eger- 
ton and Mr. Tollemache. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for repairing the Road from the Gateshead and 
Hexham Turnpike Road at or near to Azwell Park 
Gate, on the River Derwent, in the Township of 
Winlaton, in the Parish of Ryton, in the County of 
Durham, to the Village of Shotley Bridge in the 
said County of Durham, was presented, -and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Sir Hedworth Williamson, Sir William 
Hutt, and Mr, Cowen. 


Derwent 
and Shotley 
Bridge Road. 


A Petition of the Bedford and Northampton 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
authorizing the Bedford and Northampton Railway 
Company to construct new Lines of Railway, to 
abandon portions of their authorized Line, to raise 
further Monies, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Cartwright and 
Mr. Whitbread. 


Bedford and 
Northampton 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for conferring 
further Powers on the Great Western Railway 
Company, in relation to their own Undertaking, 
and the Uadenshingy of other Companies, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Great Western 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Rhymney Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the 
Rhymney Railway Company to make and main- 
tain certain new Lines of Railway in connection 
with their Undertaking, and for other purposes, 
was, presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Rhymney 
Railway. 


9th February. 





1866. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Brixton, 
are thereunto subscribed, and of the Zondon, Clapham, 
Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, for —e 
leave to bring in a Bill for making Railways from kailways. 
Brixton and Clapham to Balham, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Croydon Di- 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a tect Railway. 
Bill for making a Railway from Herne Hill to 
Croydon, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. 


A Bill to enable the Beddgelert Railway Com- Beddgelert 
pany to extend their Railway to Llyn Gwynant, ®ilway Bill. 
to make a deviation in their authorized Railway, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for better supplying with Water Cefn Cefn, Acrefair, 
and Places adjacent, in the County of Denbigh, was peer by 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second iy) "° "8 
time. ; 


A Bill for granting to the Great Northern Rail- Cheshire 
way Company Running Powers over a portion of ‘ines Bill 
the Newton and Compstall Branch Railway of the 
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway 
Company, and for authorizing the said two Com- 
panies and the Midland Railway Company to 
execute certain Works; and for authorizing the 
Great Northern Railway Company and the Mid- 
land Railway Company to become Joint Owners 
with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 
Railway Company of that Company’s Godley and 
Woodley Branch Railway; and for transferring to 
the said three Companies the Powers of the Chester 
and West Cheshire Junction Railway Company, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Drayton Junctior Railway Drayton 
Company to raise additional Capital, and to divide Junction 
ofa oe : 5 ; Railway Bill. 
their Shares, 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 Acton Hounslow and 
and Brentford Railway to Hounslow, and for other ar ay 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to ny oe 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for transferring tothe Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool 
and Lincolnshire, the Great Northern, and the Central Sta- 
Midland Railway Companies, the Powers of the oa ay 
Liverpool Central Station Railway Company, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for empowering the Manchester, Sheffield, Manchester, 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company to make a Sheffield, and 
Central Station and Railways in Manchester, and Raltweg (Cute 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 


tral Station 
ordered to be read a second time. and Lines) 


Bill. 


A Bill for constituting the Great Northern and Manchester, 
Midland Railway Companies Joint Owners of the peer oe tng 
Railway authorized by “ The Manchester, Sheffield, Railay “a 
and Lincolnshire Railway (Extension to Liverpool) (Liverpool 
Act, 1865,” and for other purposes, was read the Extension) 


first time; and ordered to be read asecond time. ~” 


A Bill for empowering the Manchester, ~—— Manchester, 


and Lincolnshire Railway Company, the Great ——- and 
Northern Railway Company, and the Midland oboe (New 
Railway Company, to make new Lines of Railway Lines) Bill. 
in connection with the Railways authorized by the 
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway 
(Extension to Liverpool) Act, 1865, and to —_— 

an 








ir, 





99 VicTorRIA. 


and divert a portion of the line of Railway autho- 
rized by that Act, and to stop up and divert a 
part of the Duke of Bridgewater’s Canal, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Manchester, A Bill for empowering the Manchester, Sheffield, 
ee and Lincolnshire, and the Great Eastern Railway 
and Great + Companies to enter into Working Agreements, and 
Eastern Rail- for other purposes, was read the first time; and 


wae Bill ordered to be read a second time. 


Wivenhoe and _ A Bill to enable the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea 

Brightlingsea Railway Company to raise additional Capital, and 

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


Colchester A Bill for incorporating the Colchester Gas 

Geo Ba. Company, and defining the Limits for the supply 
of Gas by them, and regulating their Capital, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Afon Valley A Bill to confer further Powers on the Afon 

Railway Bill Volley Railway Company, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

New Milford A Bill for extending the Powers of the Mew 
Docks Bill. Milford Docks Company, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Neath and A Bill to authorize the Neath and Brecon Rail- 


mane hel way Company to raise additional Capital, and for 

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

East London =«=—- A: Bill for the construction of Railways in con- 

— nection with the East London Railway, to be 

vn pu. called “The East London Eastern Extension 
Railway,” and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


g 
A Bill to enable the East London Railway Com- 
pany to extend their Railway to the London and 
South Western, and London, Chatham, and Dover 
Railways, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


East London 
Railway 
(South Western 
Extension) 
Bill. 


Midland Rait- A Bill for enabling the Midland Railway Com- 
om oe pany to construct Railways for improving the 
&amp;c.) Bill. communication between &lt;Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 
Nuneaton, and other places, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 
Midland A Bill for enabling the Midland Railway Com- 
we a to construct Branch Railways and other 
¢.) Bill.” Vorks; for conferring Powers on them with re- 


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


Midland Rail- 


A Bill for enabling the Midland Railway Com- 
way (Settle to 


pany to construct Railways from Settle to Hawes, 


Carlisle) Bill. ae 
_ Appleby and Carlisle, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
North Metro A Bill for the construction of Railways between 


—— the Great Western Railway, near Southall, and 
F the River Thames, near the Victoria Docks, to be 

called “The North Metropolitan Railway,” and 
for other purposes, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

abarouand = A Bill for making a Railway, to be called 

Railway Bil, “ The Upavon and Andover Railway,” and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 

Vou. 121. 





Oth February. 41 


A Bill to enable the Glasgow and South West- Glasgow and _ 
ern Railway Company to make and maintain South Western 
certain Railways in the Counties of Ayr, Lanark, rym A ai 
and Dumfries, and for other purposes, was read Lines) Bill. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


A Bill for making Railways from the North Hampstead, 
Western and Charing Cross Railway to the Cam- pom fe 
den Town Railway Station of the London and Railway Bill 
North Western Railway Company, and to the 
Hampstead Junction and North London, Highgate, 
and Alexandra Park Railways, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to continue the Huntley, Mitcheldean, yuntiey, 
and Elton Turnpike Roads Trusts, in the Coun- Mitcheldean, 
ties of Gloucester and Hereford, and for other pur- = Eien 

‘ vade Bill. 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


A Bill to continue the Kingsbridge and Dart- Kingsbridge 
mouth Turnpike Roads Trust, in the County of aud ne ™ 
Devon, and for other purposes, was read the first = ™ 


time; and ordered to be read asecond time. 


A Bill to authorize the London, Chatham, and London, 

Dover Railway Company to execute Works in Chatham, and 
Kent and Surrey, and to abandon their Farn- tity a 
borough Extension Railway; to authorize the ac- rowers) Bill. 
quisition of additional Lands in London, Middlesex, 
Surrey, and Kent, and of the Undertakings of the 
Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway Company ; 
to extend the Time for completing and purchasing 
Lands for Undertakings in London, Surrey, and 
Kent; to amend the Acts relating to the Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the London, Chatham, and London, 
Dover Railway ee to make a Branch Rail- Chatham, and 
over Rail- 
way to Chatham Dockyard, and to make Arrange- way (Chatham 
ments with the Admiralty, and for other purposes, Dockyard 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 5ranch) Bill. 


second time. 


A Bill to enable the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail- salisbury 
way Company to make a Railway to connect the ae 
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway with the Somerset “”*Y 
and Dorset Railway, and to acquire additional 
Lands in the Parish of Templecombe, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Manches- stocksbridge 
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway at Deepcar Railway Bill. 
to Stocksbridge, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to amend “ The Stockton Gas Act, 1857,” Stockton Gas 
and to authorize the Stockton Municipal Corpora- ®" 
tion to raise more Money for the purposes of their 
Gas supply, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways from Bridgnorth, Bridgnorth, 
in Shropshire, to Wolverhampton and Kingswin- paleo 
ford, and other Districts, in Staffordshire, and for staffordshire 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- Railway Bill. 


dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill) to authorize the Transfer to the Bristo/ Bridgwater 
and Exeter Railway Company of the Undertaking 074 Taunton 
of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, and Stalford Bristol and 
Railway and Harbour Company, and for other Exeter Rail- 
gO was read the first time; and ordered to “Y 





e read a second time. 
G A Bill 





Bristol and 
Exeter Rail- 
way (Addi- 


tional Powers) 
Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter Rail- 
way (Exe 
Valley Rail- 
ways) Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Hertford to 
Stevenage) 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
and Saint 

John’s Wood 
Railway Bill. 


Newcastle 


and Gateshead Water 


Water Bill. 


North Wales, 
Birkenhead, 
and Liverpool 
Railway Bill. 


Sheffield 
Water Bill. 


Thetford 
and Watton 
Railway Bill. 


West Brom- 
wich and 
Walsall Rail- 
way Bill. 


Morayshire 
Railway Bill. 


42 


A Bill for enabling the Bristol and Ezeter Rail- 
way Company to construct Railways and Works, 
and purchase additional Lands in the Parish of 
Bridgwater, in the County of Somerset ; for trans- 
ferring to the Company the Powers of constructing 
and working the Brean Down Railway; for extend- 
ing the Time for the purchase of Lands and com- 
pleting the works of that 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 the Bristol 
and Exeter Railway, near Exeter, to Tiverton, and 
for altering a part of the Line of the Tiverton and 
North Devon Railway ; and for conferring Powers 
on the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company and 
Tiverton and North Devon Railway Company with 
reference thereto, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to authorize the Great Northern Railway 
Company to construct in Hertfordshire a Railway 
from Hertford to Stevenage, and to abandon the 
construction of a short Line of Railway near 
Welwyn, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Metropolitan and Saint 
John’s Wood Railway Company to extend their 
Railway so as to join the Watford and Edgware 
Junction, the Midland, the Edgware, Highgate, 
and London, and the London and North Western 
Railways, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Newcastle and Gateshead 
Company to construct additional Works; 
to extend the Time limited for completing and 
purchasing the Lands for certain Works; 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. 


A Bill to authorize the construction of the North 
Wales, Birkenhead, and Liverpool Railway, was 


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


time. 


A Bill to remove certain Restrictions on the 
Company of Proprietors of the Sheffield Water- 
works with respect to the taking of the Waters of 


the River Rivelin and its Tributaries; and to) 
authorize the Company to construct further Works | 


and to raise additional Capital, 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 Great 


Eastern Railway to Watton, in the County of | 
Norfolk, to be called “ The Thetford and Watton | 


Railway,” was read the first time; and ordered to 
‘J? * 
be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Tyne Improvement Com- |° 


missioners to borrow further Sums of Money for 
the purposes of the Piers at the Mouth of the 
River Tyne; to alter the Pier Rates; to amend 
the Acts relating to those Commissioners, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be a a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the construction of the West 
Bromwich and Walsall Railway, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Morayshire Railway Com- 

any to raise Capital by creating New Shares or 

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


9th February. 











1866. 


A Bill for extending the Rathmines and Rathgar Rathmines 
Township so as to include therein the Townlands 2"4 Rathgar 
of Cherry Orchard, in the Parish of Saint Nicholas ; a 
of Argos, Harold’s Cross, Mount Jerome, Rathland 
East, and Rathland West, in the Parish of Saint 
Catherine, all in the Barony of Upper Cross, and 
County of Dublin, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Paisley Water Com- Paisley 
missioners to make and maintain additional Re- Water Bill. 
servoirs and other Works, and to give an increased 
supply of Water, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for enabling the Caledonian Railway Com- Caledonian 
pany to alter the Terminus of their Railway at oes d 
Edinburgh, to enlarge aud improve their Station (iation) Bill 
there, and to erect a Hotel in connection there 
with, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enabling the Caledonian Railway Com- Caledonian 
any to make a connecting Branch between their iam ” 
tailway and the North British Railway Company’s name 
“ee . Junction) Bill. 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Line, near Edinburgh, ' 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Amalgamation of the Forth ana 
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Company with Clyde June- 
the Caledonian Railway Company, and for other fon amd 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to Railway Com. 
be read a second time. panies Bill. 


A Bill to incorporate the Harborne Railway Harborne 
Company, and to authorize the making and main- Railway Bill. 
taining of a Railway, to be called “ The Harborne 
Railway,” and for other purposes, was read the 


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


A Bill for the Amalgamation of the Vale of vate of Lian- 
Llangollen, Llangollen and Corwen, and the Corwen gollen, Lian- 
and Bala Railway Companies, for authorizing Ar- 20len = 
rangements between the Amalgamated Company Railway + ol 
and the Great Western Railway Company, and panies Bill. 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


‘ 
A Bill to vest in the Great Western Railway Wrexham 
Company, and the London and North Western 2nd Minera 


Railway Company, jointly, a portion of the Wrex- ®#ilway Bill. 


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


A Bill for better supplying with Water, £bbw rppw Vale, 
Vale, Beaufort, Sirhowy, Victoria, and the adjoin- Beaufort, &amp;c. 
ing Districts within the Parishes of Bedwellty, Watt Bill. 
Aberystruth, Llangattoch, and Llangunnider, in the 
Counties of. Monmouth and Brecon, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Town of Bridgwater 
Bridgwater to the Somerset and Dorset Railway at Railway Bill. 
Shapwickh, in the County of Somerset, to be called 
“The Bridgwater Railway,” and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Central Cornwall central Corn 
Railway Company to run over divers Railways, wall Railway 
and for authorizing Arrangements between them ®! 
and other Railway Companies, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Canterbury Gas Light and Canterbury 
Coke Company to raise further Sums of Money Sas and 
for Water B 











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29 VicTorIA. 


for their Gas and Water Undertakings, to con- 
struct and maintain a new system of Waterworks, 
to supp the City of Canterbury and Suburbs, and 
other Places, and to abandon their existing Water- 
works, to change the Name of the Company, and 
to repeal, consolidate, and amend the Acts re- 
lating thereto, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


North Easten A Bill to enable the North Eastern Railway 


Railway Company to construct a Railway from their Leeds 
—- and Selby Branch at Austhorpe to their Church 
Branch) Bill, Fenton and Harrogate Branch at Wetherby, and 


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


North Eastern A Bill to enable the North Eastern Railway 
Railway (Gill- Company to construct a Railway from Gilling to 
ing, Helmsley, : : d 

and Pickering 22elmsley and Pickering, and for other purposes, 
Branch) Bill. was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Londen, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report 
Brighton, and from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
South Coast Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 


a ey ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway 
(Surrey Lines) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Sesion ont Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report 


Worthing Di- from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
rect Railway. Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
London and Worthing Direct Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


City, King- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
ston, and one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
— Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 
“ ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
City, Kingston, and Richmond Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Kingsbridge Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Railway. one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Kingsbridge Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Skipton and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Wharfdale one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Railway. Bills, in respect of non compliance with the Stand- 


ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Shipton and Wharfdale Railway Bill. 

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


South Eastern 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 Stand- 
ing Orders 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. 
Solway Junc. § Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
fe one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 

ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 

Solway Junction Railway (Branches) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 

Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

VoL. 121. 


9th February. 











43 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table— Report from Watford 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private — 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- Railway. 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Watford and Edgware Junction Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Carmarthen 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private — 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- ai 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. haan 
Vide First 
Report. 
A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Tot- Totnes 
nes, in the County of Devon, complaining of an Election. 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Savings 
Returns in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, Banks. 
No. 250, of Session 1865, of Accounts relating to 
Savings Banks for the year ending the 20th day 
of November 1864:——And, in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 250-I of Session 1865, 
of Accounts relating to Savings Banks for the 
year ending the 20th day of November 1864. 


A Petition of Meaburn Staniland, who was Boston 
a Candidate at the last Election for the Borough Election. 
of Boston, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Borough, 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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


Ordered, That the Board of Trade do present Railway and 
to this House, a Report upon the Railway and — &amp;e, 
Canal Bills, and Bills relating to Harbours, Docks, “\" 
and Tidal Waters, of this Session. No. 15. 

Mr. Milner Gibson accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an East India 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of (Electric 
this instant February, for Returns relative to East T¢est#phs) 
India (Electric Telegraphs). 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Court of 
to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of March, in the Session (Scot- 
last Session of Parliament, for Returns of List of 
Cases decided in the Court of Session between the 
Ist day of January 1864 and the Ist day of January 
1865: Date when Summons signeted : 
G2 








Sum 





Burial Act. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appeals. 


Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land.) 


Australian 
Mails. 


No. 14. 
Local Govern- 
ment Act. 

No, 16. 


Court of 
Chaucery. 


No. 17. 


Cattle Plague. 
No. 4. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


44 


Sum decerned for:——Expenses decerned for: 
And, Date of final Decree or Judgment. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 23d day of March, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for Returns of all Monies borrowed and 
Rates levied under the Public Burial Act in every 
Parish in England and Wales, where the Act has 
been applied:——Of the Number of Chapels 
erected, and the Quantity of Land assigned to the 
use of the Church of England and to Non-con- 
formist Communities respectively, and the propor- 
tionate Cost to the Rates of providing the said 


Chapels and Land in each Parish:—And, of the ; 


Number of Interments annually in the Ground 
assigned to the Church of England and the Non- 
conformist Communities respectively (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 491, of Session 
1862). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 29th day of June, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for a Return of all Appeals in Ecclesias- 
tical Causes made to the Queen in Council, or to 
the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, from 
its substitution for the High Court of Delegates, 
by the 2d &amp; 3d Will. 4, cap. 92, A.D. 1832, until 
the present time; specifying,— 

1. Date of lodging Petition of Appeal ; 
2. The Names of the Parties ; 

. The Nature of the Cause ; 

. The Court appealed from ; 

. The Names and Descriptions of the Mem- 
bers of the Judicial Committee of the 
Privy Council who sate and voted on 
each Cause, with the mode of Summons; 
and also the Names and Descriptions of 
any other Members of the Privy Council 
who may have sate on any Cause, with 
the mode of Summons ; 

6. The Date of the Report tothe Crown; 
7. Date of Order in Council on Report ; 
8. Nature of Judgment. 

Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of 
Report of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 
1864-5. 

Account in Abstract, showing the Receipt and 
Expenditure, under several and distinct heads, of 
the Metropolitan Board of Works from the 26th 
March 1864, tothe 25th March 1865, with the State- 
ment of the Allowance of the Auditor :——Also, a 
Summary Statement of all Contracts entered into 
during such period, and of the Moneys owing to, 
and Debts and Liabilities owing by, the Board on 
the 25th March 1865. 

Return of the Number of Causes instituted and 
decided in the Court of Session in Scotland between 
the lst day of January 1865 and the Ist day of 
January 1866, showing the Number of Causes 
ready for Judgment but not disposed of at the last 
of these Dates. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Australian 
Mails, which was presented upon the 6th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Local 
Government Act, which was presented upon the 
8th day of this instant February, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court 


of Chancery, which was presented upon the 8th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle 
Plague, which was presented upon the 8th day of 
this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Jackson have leave of ab- 
sence for a month, on account of ill health. 


9th February. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cattle Plague 
that She will be graciously (Poland.) 








1866. 


to Her Majesty, 
pleased to give esti, that there be laid before 
this House, a Copy of any Reports made by Her 
Majesty’s Consul General in Poland in the year 
1857, on the subject of the Cattle Plague then 
raging in that Country. 

Ordered, That 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 Copy of Correspondence between the 
Archbishop of Canterbury and the Secretary of 
State for the Home Department relative to the 
Appointment of a Day of Humiliation. 

Ordered, That 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. 


Lord Frederick Cavendish reported from the Address 


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


Most Gracious Sovereign, 


We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and Loyal 
Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament as- 
sembled, beg leave to convey to Your Majesty 
our Thanks for the gracious Speech which Your 
Majesty has commanded to be made to both Houses 
of Parliament : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that you have recently declared Your consent 
to a Marriage between Your Majesty’s Daughter 
the Princess Helena and Prince Christian of 
Schleswig-Holstein Sonderbourg-Augustenburg, and 
we assure Your Majesty that with You we trust 
that this union may be prosperous and happy: 

We humbly assure Your Majesty that we par- 
ticipate in the profound grief felt by Your Ma- 
jesty at the death of Your Majesty’s beloved 
Uncle the King of the Belgians; but that we feel 
confident that the wisdom which he evinced dur- 
ing his Reign will animate his Successor, and 
preserve for Belgium her Independence and Pros- 
perity : 

We humbly express our gratification at learning 
that Your Majesty’s relations with Foreign 
Powers are friendly and satisfactory, and that 
Your Majesty sees no cause to fear any disturbance 
of the general Peace: 

We assure Your Majesty that we trust that the 
meeting of the Fleets of France and England in 
the Ports of the respective Countries has tended 
to cement the amity of the two Nations, and to 
prove to the World their friendly concert in the 
promotion of Peace : 

We humbly assure Your Majesty that we learn 
with satisfaction that the United States, after ter- 
minating successfully the severe struggle in which 
they were so long engaged, are wisely repairing the 
ravages of Civil War; and that, with Your Ma- 
jesty, we regard the abolition of Slavery as an 
event calling forth the cordial sympathies and 
congratulations of this Country, which has always 
been foremost in showing its abl orrence of an in- 
stitution repugnant to every feeling of justice and 
humanity : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that the exertions and perseverance of Your 

Majesty’s 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Day of Hu- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased miliation, 





it. 





29 VicroriA. 


Majesty’s Naval Squadron have reduced the Slave 
Trade on the West Coast of Africa within very 
narrow limits: 

We thank Your Majesty for directing Copies 
to be laid before us of the Corresponéeace which 
has taken place between Your Majesty’s Govern- 
ment and that of the United States, with respect 
to injuries inflicted on American Commerce by 
Cruizers under the Confederate Flag : 

We express our thanks to Your Majesty for 
informing us that Diplomatic Relations with 
Brazil have been renewed, and that the good offices 
of Your Majesty’s Ally the King of Portugal 
have contributed essentially to that happy result : 

We assure Your Majesty that, with Your Ma- 
jesty, we regret the interruption of Peace between 
Spain and Chili, and that we earnestly trust that, 
through the good offices of Your Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, in conjunction with those of the Em- 
peror of the French, the causes of disagreement 
may be removed ina manner honourable and satis- 
factory to both Countries: 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that 
the Negotiations which have long been pending 
in Japan, have been brought to a conclusion in 
such a manner as to receive Your Majesty’s entire 
approbation ; that the existing Treaties have been 
ratified by the Mikado; and that stipulations have 
been made for the revision of the Tariff in a manner 
favourable to Commerce, and for the punctual 
discharge of the Indemnity due under the terms of 
the Convention of October 1864 : 

We humbly express our thanks to Your Ma- 
jesty for informing us that Your Majesty has con- 
cluded a Treaty of Commerce with the Emperor 
of Austria, which Your Majesty trusts will open 
to that Empire the blessings of extended Com- 
merce, and be productive of important benefits to 
both Countries : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that in consequence of the deplorable events 
which have occurred in the Island of Jamaica, 
Your Majesty has been induced to provide at once 


. for an impartial Inquiry, by appointing a distin- 


guished Military Officer as Governor and Com- 
mander of the Forces; that Your Majesty has 
given him the assistance of two able and learned 
Commissioners, who will aid him in examining into 
the origin, nature, and circumstances of the recent 
Outbreak, and the measures adopted in the course 
of its suppression; and that the Legislature of 
Jamaica has proposed that the present Political 
Constitution of the Island should be replaced by a 
new form of Government : 

We assure Your Majesty that we will give our 
careful consideration to the Bill on this subject, 
which is to be submitted to us: 

We thank your Majesty for directing Papers 
on these occurrences, and on the present state of 
New Zealand, to be laid before us: 

We beg to convey our thanks to Your Majesty 
for informing us that directions have been given 
for the return to this Country of the greater por- 
tion of Your Majesty’s Regular Forces employed 
in the Colony of New Zealand : 

We assure Your Majesty that, with You, we 
watch with interest the proceedings which are 
still in progress in British North America with 
a view to a closer union among the Provinces, an 
object to which Your Majesty continues to attach 
great importance: 

We humbly assure Your Majesty that we have 
observed with great concern the extensive = 
valence, during the last few months, of a virulent 
Distemper among Cattle in Great Britain; and 
that it is with deep regret, and with sincere sym- 
pathy for the sufferers, that we have learnt the 
severe losses which it has caused in many Counties 
and Districts: whilst it is satisfactory to know 
that Ireland and a considerable part of Scotland 
VoL. 121. 








9th February. 45 


are as yet free from this calamity, which gives us 
reason to trust, with Your Majesty, that by the 
precautions suggested by experience, and by the 
Divine Blessing on the means which are now 
being employed, its further extension may be 
arrested : 

We thank Your Majesty for directing the Orders 
which have been made by the Lords of Your 
Majesty’s Privy Council by virtue of the powers 
vested in them by Law, with a view to prevent 
the spreading of this disease, to be laid before us; 
and we assure Your Majesty that our best attention 
shall be given to the expediency of an Amendment 
of the Law relating to a subject so deeply affecting 
the interests of the People: 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for having 
directed that the Estimates of the ensuing year 
shall be laid before us, and for having caused 
them to be prepared with a due regard to economy, 
and to the maintenance of efficiency in the Public 
Service : 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that 
the condition of Trade is satisfactory : 

We humbly express our thanks to Your Majesty 
for informing us that a Conspiracy, adverse alike 
to Authority, Property, and Religion, and dis- 
approved and condemned alike by all who are 
interested in their maintenance, without distinction 
of creed or class, has unhappily appeared in Ireland, 
and that the Constitutional Power of the ordinary 
Tribunals has been exerted for its repression, and 
the authority of the Law firmly and impartially 
vindicated : 

We humbly assure Your Majesty that our 
serious consideration shall be given to the Bill to 
be submitted to us, founded on the Report of the 
Royal Commission on the subject of Capital 
Punishment; to the Bills for amending and con- 
solidating the Laws relating to Bankruptcy, and 
for other improvements in the Law; to the measures 
for extending the system of Public Audit to 
branches of Receipt and Expenditure, which it has 
not hitherto reached, and for amending the pro- 
visions of the Law with respect to certain classes 
of Legal Pensions ; and to the subject of the Oaths 
taken by Members of Parliament: 

We thank Your Majesty for directing that in- 
formation should be procured in reference to the 
Rights of Voting in the Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for Counties, Cities, and 
Boroughs, and we assure Your Majesty that, when 
that information is complete, our earnest attention 
will be given to the result thus obtained : 

We humbly assure Your Majesty that, with 
You, we fervently pray that the Blessing of Al- 
mighty God may guide our Counsels to the pro- 
motion of the happiness of Your Majesty’s People. 

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 consideration upon Monday next. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on National 
the National Debt Acts, a Resolution ; which was Debt Acts. 


read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to amend the Laws relating 
to Unclaimed Stock and Dividends and to Dona- 
tions and Bequests, and to grant Powers for can- 
celling certain Perpetual Stocks of Annuities 
standing in the Names of the Commissioners for 
the Reduction of the National Debt on account of 
Unclaimed Stock and of Donations and Bequests 3 
G3 an 





Savings Banks 
and Post Office 
Savings Banks 


Acts. 


Record 
Commission 


46 Yth February. 


and to make provision, out of the Consolidated | 
Fund, for any Charge which shall arise in con- 
sequence of the said Unclaimed Stock having 
been so cancelled. 

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. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Mr. Childers do prepare, and bring | 
it in. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on 
the Savings Banks and Post Office Savings Banks 
Acts, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to amend the Laws relating | 
to the Investments for Savings Banks and for Post 
Office Savings Banks, and to grant Powers for the 
conversion of certain Perpetual Government An- 
nuities standing in the Names of the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt on account 
of the Fund for the Banks for Savings, and also on 
account of the Post Office Savings Bank Fund, 
into certain other Stocks and Annuities; and to 
provide for due payment thereof out of the Con- 
solidated Fund. 

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. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Mr. Childers do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Manuscripts, Historical or Legal, | 


1866. 


and Duty-paid respectively, from each Part of the 
United Kingdom to each of the other Parts :—— 
The Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits per- 


‘mitted from Distillers’ Stocks and Duty-free Ware- 


houses in each of the three Kingdoms, and in the 


_ United Kingdom, for Exportation to Foreign Parts, 


and the Amount of Drawback or Allowance paid 
thereon :——The Number of Proof Gallons of 
Spirits in Bonded Stores in each of the three 


'Kingdoms, and in the United Kingdom, on the 
| 31st day of December 1865: 


The Number of 
Gallons, at Proof Strength, of Foreign and Co- 
lonial Spirits respectively, received into Rectifiers’ 
Stocks for Rectification, and the Total Number 
of Gallons of Proof British Brandy permitted 
out of Rectifiers’ Stocks in each of the three King- 
doms, and in the United Kingdom, in the year 
ended the 31st day of December 1865 :—— 
The Number of Proof Gallons of British Spirits 
permitted from Rectifiers’ Stocks, in each of the 
three Kingdoms, and in the United Kingdom, for 
Exportation to Foreign Parts, and the Amount 
of Drawback or Allowance paid thereon :—— 
And, the Total Number of Gallons of Methylic 
Alcohol sold by the Excise, and the Total Num- 
ber of Gallons of Methylated Spirits sent out by 
Persons licensed to sell the same, under the Act 
18 &amp; 19 Vie. ce. 38, in each of the three King- 
doms, and in the United Kingdom, with the 
Amount of Drawback or Allowance paid thereon, 


for the year ended the 3lst day of December 


1865 (in continuation’ of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 177, of Session 1865). 


—w ee 


(Ireland.) edited and prepared, or partially prepared, for pub- | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Income and 


lication by the Zrish Record Commissioners, or any | a Return showing the Number of Persons charged Property Tax. 


Public 
Accounts. 


other persons employed by Government for that 
purpose, to the Ist day of January 1865; specify- 
ing the nature and character of each Manuscript: 
——And, similar Return tothe lst day of January 
1866. 


; , : 4 
The Committee of Public Accounts was nomi- 


nated of Mr. Walpole, Mr. Bouverie, Sir Stafford 
Northcote, Lord Robert Montagu, Mr. Howes, Mr. 
Pollard-Urquhart, Mr. Laing, Mr. Hankey, and 
Mr. Childers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Trust Deeds regis- 
tered under the provisions of “ The Bankruptcy 
Act, 1861,” during the Six Months commencing 
the llth day of April 1865, and ending the 11th 
day of October 1865 inclusive; distinguishing the 
Number of Deeds registered under Composition, 
the Amount of the Debts, and the Amount of 
Composition engaged to be paid upon the said 
Debts, and the Number of Deeds registered under 


to the Income Tax, for the years ending on the 
\5th day of April 1864 to 1865, under Schedule 
(D); distinguishing the Number charged in each 
of the following Classes; viz. under £. 100 a-year; 
&gt;. 100 and under £. 200; £. 200 and under £. 300 ; 
. 300 and under £. 400; £.400 and under £. 500; 
.500 and under £.600; £.600 andunder £. 700; 
. 700 and under £.800; £.800and 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 : 
| --—A’nd, similar Return for Jreland (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 469, of Session 
1865). 


eae Q@etan 2 


inspection and assignment, andshowing the Amount} Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a National Debt 
of Unsecured Debts stated in those Deeds (in| Bill for the cancellation of certain Capital Stocks Reduction Bill 


continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 478, 
of Session 1865). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Number of Gallons of Proof 
Spirits distilled in England, Scotland, Ireland, and 
the United Kingdom, the Gallons delivered, Duty 

aid, from Distillers’ Stocks, and the Gallons put 
into Bond, in the year ended the 31st day of De- 
cember 1865: The Number of Gallons of 
Proof British Spirits on which Duty was paid in 
eachof the three Kingdoms, and in the United 
Kingdom, with the Rate per Gallon and the 
Amount of Duty; also, the Total Number of 
Gallons and Duty in the United Kingdom :—— 
The Number of Gallons of Proof British Spirits 
consumed in each of the three Kingdoms, and in 
the United Kingdom, and the Net Amount of 
Duty retained thereon: The Number of Gal- 
lons of Proof British Spirits removed, Duty-free 





of Annuities standing in the names of the Com-  Bill4 


missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Savings Banks 


Bill for amending the Laws relating to the Invest- 
ments on account of Savings Banks and Post Office 
Savings Banks: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 


next, 





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hay Pe 








ad 
Tax, 


Debt 





Greenock 
and Ayrshire 
Railway. 


Thames and 
Severn Canal 
Navigation. 


Elham Valley 
Railway. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway (Ar- 
Tangements. ) 


Tain Water. 


Caledonian 

Railway (La- 

narkshire, &amp;c, 
ches.) 


Swansea 
Railway. vio 


ge 


99 VicTorRIA. 


Monday, 12th February, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of the Greenock and Ayrshire 
Railway Company, and the Glasgow and 
South Western Railway Company, for leave to 
bring ina Bill to enable the Greenock and Ayr- 
shire Railway Company to make certain Variations 
of their authorized Line, and to make and main- 
tain certain new Railways, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bouverie and 
Mr. Edward Craufurd. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Thames and Severn Canal Navigation, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for changing the name of “ The 
Company of Proprietors of the Thames and Severn 
Canal Navigation,” to the name “ The Thames 
and Severn Railway and Canal Company,” and for 
authorizing them to make and maintain the Thames 
and Severn Railway, and to abandon parts of their 
Canal, and to raise further Monies, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Dutton and Mr, Goldsmid. 


A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter 
referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
a Railway from Canterbury to Hythe, inthe County 
of Kent, with Branches to join the London, Chatham, 
and Dover and South Eastern Railways, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Brooke Bridges, 
Sir Edward Dering, and Mr. Mackinnon. 


A Petition of the Waterford and Limerick Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Waterford and Limerick Railway 
Company to make Working and other Agree- 
ments with the Great Southern and Western Rail- 
way Company, the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford 
Railway Company, and the Great Western Rail- 
way Company, or any of them, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. E'smonde and Mr. Blake. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Council of 
the Burgh of Zain, as Commissioners constituted 
under ‘*The General Police and Improvement 
( Scotland) Act, 1862,” for carrying the same into 
operation in the said Burgh, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for supplying with Water the Burgh of 
Tuin and Places adjacent, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Matheson and Mr. Laing. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Cale- 
donian Railway Company to make certain Branch 
Railways in the Counties of Lanark, Renfrew, and 
Midlothian, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Baillie Cochrane and Sir 
James Fergusson. 


A Petition of the Swansea Vale Railway Com- 
pany for leave to‘bring in a Bill for enabling the 
Swansea Vale Railway Company to construct ad- 
ditional Railways, to lay down narrow-gauge rails 
upon, and to run over and use other Railways, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was sone’ to be brought in accord- 
ing, by Mr. Hussey Vivian and Mr. Huddleston. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 


gesses of the Borough of Leeds, for leave to bring 


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47 


in a Bill for authorizing the Corporation of the 
Borough of Leeds to make certain cuts.and drains 
for the Improvement of the Borough, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Beecroft and Mr. Baines. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
gesses of.the Borough of Leeds, for leave to bring 
ina Bill for amending the Acts for the Improve- 
ment of the Borough of Leeds, and for conferring 
further Powers on the Corporation of Leeds for 
the Improvement of the Borough, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Beecroft and Mr. Baines. 


A Petition of the Economic Telegraph Com- 
pany (Limited), for leave to bring in a Bill for 
extending to the Economic Telegraph Company 
(Limited), the Powers of “ The Telegraph Act 
1863,” was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 


Morton Peto and Mr. Wyld. 


A Petition of the Local Board for the District 
of Nelson, in the County of Lancaster, under the 
seal of. the said Local Board, and the hands of 
seven members thereof, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Local Board for the District of 
Nelson, in the County of Lancaster, to provide a 
supply of Water and Gas for the District and its 
Neighbourhood, and to purchase the Undertaking 
of the Nelson Gas Company, Limited, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Colonel Wilson Patten and Mr. Hornby. 


A Petition of the Lancashire Union Railways 
Company, and the London and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
empower the Lancashire Union Railways Com- 
pany to construct new Railways in the Townships 
of Parr, Haydock and Ashton-in-Makerfield, in the 
County of Lancaster, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Wilson Patten 
and Mr. Algernon Egerton. 


A Petition of James Marshall, Robert M‘Clure, 
George Wilkinson, William Fenton, John Chapman, 
and of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Manchester to Stockport, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Watkin and 
Mr. Turner. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Greenwich and 


in a Bill for continuing the Term and Provisions 
of the several Statutes relating to the Greenwich 
and Woolwich Turnpike Lower Road. in the 
County of Kent, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Alderman Salomons, Viscount Holmesdale, and 
Sir Charles Bright. 


to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 
Bideford to Appledore, with a Branch to Westward 
Ho’, in the County of Devon, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir George 
Stucley and Mr. Kekewich. 


A Petition of Trustees for executin 
thereinafter mentioned, and some of the 


G4 of 











Leeds Im- 
provement 
Acts Amend- 
ment. 


Economic 
Telegraph 
Company. 


Nelson Local 


Board, 


Lancashire 
Union Rail- 
ways. 


Manchester 
and Stockport 
Railway. 


Greenwich 


Woolwich Turnpike Lower Road, for leave to bring #4 Woolwich 
© Lower Road. 


A Petition of Subscribers to and Promoters of Bideford, 


the Undertaking thereinafter referred to, for leave Appiedore, 
and Westward 
Ho’ Railway. 


the Act Bodmin 
romoters Roads. 








































































48 


of the Bill thereunto annexed, for leave to bring | 
in a Bill to grant a further Term in certain Roads 
leading to and from Bodmin and other Roads in 
the Neighbourhood thereof, all in the County of 
Cornwall ; to alter and improve one of those Roads, 
and grant further Powers for the Management of | 
the Trust; to alter the rights of Creditors, to repeal | 
the existing Act, and for other poss was | 
yresented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
lonaie in accordingly, by Mr. Robartes and Mr. 
Kendall, 


A Petition of the Town Council of the Borough 
of Belfast, acting as the Burial Board for the said 
Borough, for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate 
the Establishment of a Burial Ground by the Town 
Council of the Borough of Belfast, for the use of 


Belfast Burial 
Grourc. 


the Inhabitants of the said Borough, and for other | 


purposes, was eee ey and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Forde and Mr. Getty. 


A Petition of the Calne Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Calne Rail- 
way to the North and South Wiltshire Junction 
Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Lowe 
and Mr. Goldney. 


Calne Rail- 
way, 


A Petition of the Croydon Commercial Gas and 
Coke Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
granting further Powers to the Croydon Commercial 
Gas and Coke Company, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Locke King and Mr. Buxton. 


Croydon Com- 
mercial Gas. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany, and of the Great Eastern Railway Company, 


Great North- 
ern and Great 


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1866. 


leave to bring ina Bill for the’ Division of the 
Parish and Vicarage of Newchurch, in the Isle of 
Wight, into three distinct Parishes and Vicarages, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Burghley 
and Sir John Simeon. 


A Petition of the Brighton and Hove General Brighton ana 
Gas Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for Hove General 


extending the limits of the District within which &amp;* 
‘the Brighton and Hove General Gas Company 


may manufacture and supply Gas, and for em- 
powering the Company to raise additional Capital, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. White and Mr. Fawcett. 


A Petition of the I/fracombe Railway Company, rifracombe 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making further Pro- Railway. 
vision with respect to the Ilfracombe Railway 


Company, and the Rights and Liabilities of the 


London and South Western Railway Company, 
and the Devon and Somerset Railway 7 
respectively, in relation to the Ilfracombe Rail- 
way, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Dutton and Mr. Serjeant 


Gaselee. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and North Wales Shrewsbury 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to _ my} 
enable the Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway way (Meifod 


Company to make certain Railways, and also cer- Valley Ex- 


‘tain Deviations and Alterations in their authorized tension, &amp;c) 
| Line of Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 


mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton, and South London, 
Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill Brighton, and 
to authorize the London, Brightor, and South Coast Rallway (ue 
Railway Company to make New Railways; to rey Lines) 
improve their communications with the Crystal 
Palace, and to give a new route to the Metropolis; 
and to extend their South Croydon Railway to 
Banstead, and tor other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Southam Railway Company, goutham 
for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the Railway. 
Southam Railway Company to make a Branch 
Railway to the Stockton Lime Works, was pre- 


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


brought in accordingly, by Mr. Paull and Sir 


| John Gray. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Bromyard 
_are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill and Hereford 
‘for making Railways from the Worcester, Brom- ¥ailwsy. 
yard, and Leominster Railway at Bromyard to the 

| Worcester and Hereford Railway near Hereford, 

| with Branches, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Clive and Mr. Padmore. 


A Petition of the East and West Junction Rail- rast and West 
| way aware A for leave to bring in a Bill for Junction 
e 


East and West Junction Railway }°Y (Southam 


| authorizing t Extension.) 


| Company to make a Railway from Fenny Comp- 
ton to the Southam Railway, and for other pur- 
| poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Henry Surtees and Mr. Paull. 


A Bill for authorizing the construction of a New Romney 
Railway in the County of Kent, to be called “ The Railway Bill 


cn me for leave to bring in a Bill to vest in the Great 
panies Ar- Eastern Railway Company the Joint Ownership 
a of part of the Great Northern Railway; to authorize 
ay © the construction by them jointly of a New Line 
between Spalding and Lincoln, and for other pur- 
poses relating to the two Companies, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Packe and Mr. Goodson. 
Kensington A Petition of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 
Improvement. for leave to bring in a Bill toenable the Metropolitan 
Board of Works to make Improvements in the | 
Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington, in the 
County of Middlesex, by widening High-street and 
King-street, and forming New Lines of Streets 
connected therewith, and for other purposes, was 
wrought in accordingly, by Mr. Tite, Mr. Taverner 
John Miller, and Mr. Doulton. 
Tendon, A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, for 
Bucks, and ~— leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the communica- 
Gloucester- tion between London, Buckinghamshire, and the 
Rullway.  " West of England, by the construction of Railw 
Railway. est of England, by the construction of Railways 
between Bicester in Oxfordshire, and Hendon in 
Middlesex, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir William | 
Russell and Sir Michael Beach. 
South Staf- A Petition of the South Staffordshire Water- 
fordshire works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to} 
Water. confer further Powers on the South Staffordshire 
Waterworks Company with reference to their own 
and other Undertakings, and to enable them to 
extend their Works and District of Supply, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Foley and Mr. William Orme Foster. 
Newchurch A Petition of the Vicar and Ratepayers of the 
—. Parish of Newchurch, in the Isle of Wight, for 





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


swansea Vale A Bill authorizing a Lease of the Swansea Vale 

and _— and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway to the 

tien " Neath and Brecon Railway Company, was read 

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

fast and West &lt;A Bill to enable the East and West Junction 


Junction 


—_— Railway Company to raise further Money, and to 
(Capital) Bill. 


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


Aldrington, A Bill to incorporate a Company for the estab- 
Hove,and = Jishment of Gasworks in the Parish of Aldrington, 
Brighton Gas : 


Bill in the County of Sussex, for more effectually 
lighting with Gas the Town of Brighton, and 
various Parishes and Places in its vicinity, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


BishopsCastle A Bill to authorize the Bishops Castle Railway 

Railway Bill. Company to use neighbouring Undertakings, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Bristol and A Bill to authorize the Bristol and Portishead 
ee Pier and Railway Company to alter the Pier at 
way Bill. Portishead, and to construct other Works; to 


extend the time for the purchase of Lands and 
completion of Works; 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. 


A Bill for empowering the Corporation of the 
Borongh of Congleton to purchase the Gasworks 
of the Congleton Gas Light Company; and to 
supply Gas within the Borough and its Neigh- 
bourhood, in the County of Chester; and to pave 
and improve Streets and Highways in the Borough; 
and to improve and regulate Markets and Fairs 
in the Borough; and to take Tolls in the Markets 
and Fairs for a limited period, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Congleton Gas 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


a. ,_, &amp; Bill for making a Railway from the Wimble- 

Kiagston ame don and Croydon Railway at Mitcham, to King- 

Railway Bill. ston-upon- Thames, with Branches to Malden and 
Worcester Park, in the County of Surrey, to be 
called “ The Croydon, Mitcham, and Kingston 
Railway,” and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Derwentand A Bill for repairing the Road from the Gates- 
oe head and Hexham Turnpike Road at or near to 
"Axwell Park Gate, on the River Derwent, in the 
Township of Winlaton, in the Parish of Ryton, in 
the County of Durham, to the the Village of 
Shotley Bridge, in the said County of Durham, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time. 


Hull South A Bill to grant further Powers to the Hull 

Bridge Bill. South Bridge Company, and to facilitate the com- 
pletion of the Approaches and Tramway con- 
nected with the Bridge, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Wantage and A Bill for making a Railway from the Great 

mai Western Railway to Wantage in Berkshire, was 


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

une Valley A Bill for making a Railway from Worcester to 

y Bal, Bh to be called “ The Teme Valley Rail- 
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12th February. 


AY 


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


A Bill for enabling the London, Worcester, and London, 
South Wales Railway Company to make devia- Worcester, 
° P Z ° : : and South 
tions and alterations in their authorized Railway, wales Rail- 

was read the first time; and ordered to be read a way Bill. 


second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Company of Proprietors Forth and 
of the Forth and Clyde Navigation to make an Clyde Navi- 
extension of their Monkland Canal, and for other 842 Bill 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for consolidating the Acts relating to gas Light 
“ The Gas Light and Coke Company ;” for regu- and Coke Com- 
lating their Capital, and for authorizing them to P@"Y Bill 
extend their Gasworks and to raise further 
Moneys, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the amalgamation of the Undertaking Gas Light and 
of the City of London Gas Light and Coke Com- pave _ . 
. . . it &gt; 
pany with that of the Gas Light and Coke Com- @? Light and 
pany, and for other purposes, was read the first Coke Com- 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. panies Bill. 


A Bill to enable the London, Brighton, and London, 
South Coast Railway Company to make new Rail- Brighton, and 
a P ‘7 ‘ ° »_» , South Coast 
ways in substitution for portions of their Saint Rallwa 
° , é way 
Leonard’s Line, a new Railway at Hastings, and (Saint Leo- 
other Works, and for other purposes, was read the "d's and 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Lines) ail 


A Bill for vesting the Undertaking of the London and 
Cockermouth and Workington Railway Company North Western 
in the London and North Western Railway Com- dl a 
pany, and for other purposes, was read the first Workington 


time; and ordered to be read second time. Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


A Bill for the winding up of the Affairs and the Thames 
dissolution of the Thames Tunnel Company, was Tunnel Com- 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a P*y Bill. 
second time. 


A Bill to incorporate the Frome Selwood Gas Frome Gas 
and Coke Company, and to make further Pro- Bill. 
vision for lighting with Gas the Town of Frome 
Selwood, and certain Parishes and Places in the 
Neighbourhood thereof, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for making Railways from Nuneaton to London and 
Ashby de-la-Zouch, Derby, Burton-on-Trent, and North Western 
Whitwick, and for other purposes, was read the ede gg 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Coal Fields 

Railway Bill. 


A Bill to repeal the Act relating to the Stafford, staftora, 
Sandon, and Eccleshall Roads; to authorize the Sandon, and 
construction of a new Road, and for other pur- 8 

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


read a second time. 


A Bill to amalgamate the Trusts of the Stafford, Stafford, 
Sandon, and Eceleshall Roads; the Stone, Staf- Vhurchbridge, 
ford, and Penkridge Roads; and the Stafford, ae eee 
Churchbridge, Uttoxeter, and Newport Roads; to 
authorize the construction of a new Road, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for further extending the time for the Uxbridge and 
purchase of Lands and the completion of the Uz- ea 
bridge and Rickmansworth Railway, was read the pin, ~_ 


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





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50 . 19th February. 1866. 


Wrexham, A Bill to enable the Wrexham, Mold, and Con- 
Mold,and —nah’s Quay Railway Company to raise additional 
par Qny Capital, and for other purposes, was read the first 
(Additional time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Capital) Bill. 
Ross and A Bill for making a Railway from the Ross and 
Tewkesbury Monmonth Railway tothe Tewkesbury and Malvern 
Railway Bill. Railway, with a Rinnsh to the Worcester, Dean 
Forest, and Monmouth Railway (Extension to 
Gloucester), and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Watling-street _ A Bill to continue the Trust of the Wellington 
Road (Wel- District of the Watling-street Road, in the County 
mn of Salop, and to make other provisions in relation 
: thereto, was read the first time; and ordered to 

be read a second time. 


Hull and A Bill for amalgamating the Undertaking of the 
Hornsea and = F7ull and Hornsea Railway Company with that of 
North Eastern the North Eastern Railway Company, and for 
Railways Bill. ’ A 
other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Central Wales A Bill to extend the time for the completion of 

Extension the Central Wales Extension Railway, and for 

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


Fochabers A Bill to extend the time for the completion of 

and Garmouth the Fochabers and Garmouth Railway, was read 

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


Huddersfield A Bill for making a Railway from Huddersfield 

and Halifax to Halifax, with Powers in reference thereto, to 

Railway Bill. the London and North Western and Midland Rail- 
way Companies, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Knighton, A Bill to enable the Knighton, the Central 

Central Wales, Vales, and the Central Wales Extension Railway 

wy wl Companies to lease their Undertakings to the Lon- 

sion Railways don and North Western Railway Company, was 

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


Bedford and A Bill for authorizing the Bedford and North- 

Northampton ampton Railway Company to construct new Lines 

Railway Bill. of Railway, to abandon portions of their authorized 
Line, to raise further Moneys, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Standing The Select Committee on Standing Orders was 

Orders. nominated of Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. Bonham- 
Curter, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Edward Egerton, Mr. 
Gregory, Mr. Henley, Mr. Hankey, Lord Hotham, 
Mr. Lefroy, and Mr. Walpole. 


Committee of | Lhe Committee of Selection was nominated of 

Selection. Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Gregory, 
Lord Hotham, Mr. Mowbray, and the Chairman of 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Rhymney Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Railway. 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 Rhymney 
Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Second 

Report. 

Cattle Plague Mr. Layard presented,—Return to an Address 
(Poland.) to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of this instant 





February, for a Return relative to the Cattle 
Plague (Po/and). 

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


Sir George Grey pean by Her Majesty’s Cattle Plague, 
Command,—Copy of Second Report of the Com- 
missioners appointed to inquire into the origin and 

nature, &amp;c. of the Cattle Plague, with Minutes 

of Evidence. 

Copy of Twenty-first Annual Report of the Charitable 
Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Be--Ponations 
quests for Ireland. (inslenly 

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


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented, by Her New Zealand, 
Majesty’s Command,—Further Papers relative to 
the Affairs of New Zealand (in continuation of 
Papers presented 2d June 1865). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Qualification 
Monday next, the Qualification for Offices Aboli- for Offices 
tion Bill, was read, and discharged. sen aey 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary. 


A Petition of William Robert Seymour Vesey Horsham 
Fitzgerald, of Holbrook, in the County of Sussex, Election. 
Esquire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Horsham, was pre- 
sented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 
11). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


A Petition of James Clemow, of the Parish of Helston 
Sithney, in the County of Cornwall, Yeoman, Election. 
Thomas Jumes, of the Parish of Wendron, in the 
said County, Yeoman, and Richard Henry Cade, 
of the Borough of Helston, in the said County, 
Auctioneer, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Borough, was presented, and 
read (wide Appendix to Votes, No. 12). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, Tnat Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the seve- 
ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Maid- Maidstone 
stone, in the County of Kent, complaining of an Election. 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
was presented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes 
No. 13). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Sheriff Courts 
to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of June 1864, (Scotland) 
for a Return of the Districts into which Scotland 
is divided for the purposes of the Sheriff Courts ; 

showing 








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showing the Population, Extent, and Value of the 
Property in each District; the Number and Value 
of the various Actions brought therein, with the 
average Length of Time occupied, and Expenses 
incurred, in the Actions for Debt; the Number 





12th February. 


the Appeals 


51 


of, and average Length of Time occupied in, 
from ra Sheriff Substitute to the 
Sheriff; and other particulars, as per Schedule 
annexed: — 




































































































































































































































































TaB_e I. 
Name of Valuation pais ‘ , as 
Sheriff Substituteship. hoo Races Ten. Sheriff. Sheriff Substitute (receiving Salary). 
ee Number 
Population " 
in of 
at last Solicitors 
Court Square Schedule | Schedule poying = Pro- _ 
County. Census. Miles. . Name. Salary. | Name. : Salary. 
. Town, A. D. License. : Apples ” = fession Agyeet- ee 
ment. ment, 
: . ae Name of 
Sheriff Clerk. Commissary Clerk. Procurator Fiscal. Sheriff Substituteship. 
Fees Fees received 
due. 
D “y Fees d received = Fees a id a Court 
% ¢ Name. me Salary. gr te or due and | Name. be received | Name. per Salary. County. 
Appoint- or due and Appoint- Appoint- 
pe oxteiaiiie payable es or due. i From From Town. 
‘ * |to Exchequer. , ek Exche- | other 
| quer. | Sources. 
TaB_e IJ.—Actions ror Desr in Orprnary Court. 
Causes disposed of. 
Name of Cases pending Decrees in foro. 
Cases enrolled in 1863. ie 
Sheriff Substituteship. | 31st December 1862. ecrees in Absence Decress in whele or part for Pursuer- 
Actions above £. 25. 
Total Sum =| é | 
sued for “ 3 a 
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pa =&lt; co —" | 
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Causes disposed of. 
Decrees in foro. — 
Decrees in whole or part for Pursuer. Actions Sheriff Substitutesbip. 
_ dismissed 
Actions not above £. 25. Decrees wholly for Defender. ee Total 
a a - Actions 
Number where |Total Expenses Average 16 and 17 
# ’ full Expenses given in disposed 
) § a &gt; % given. these Cases. Expenees. Victoria, ” 
. &gt; Ss es 
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” 23 to | 2% 33 | ch. 80, wan 
a. 2s | 3 S184, on , : e % County. 
Se Se a $ ~ |Aeg oe a a , a Town. 
co pti ad | 2) Sas as 3 it ult - | g s. 15. 
sie 6 | " oes, | eva - R 8 
E)Qe) Sl gb leg| bl) s2/ 21882] 2 lag] 2 lag] 2g 
Pee) Sl BE BS) 81) SES12) see) F [2] &amp; | sh] 8 13h 
zlesl&lt;elaal/es|&lt;|&lt;28]2 &lt;&amp;2/ = |28) &lt;= |2a] &lt;= | 2% 
| 
\ | | 
























































Vou. 121. 






12th February. 





TaBLE III.—Smatut Dest Court. 


Causes disposed of. 


( 
| “ang gueys 4g 





"guoug 4g 





f 


*1VLOL 





“419.119 UD 





Total Actions 





*UMO[, 31N0D 3V 
\ 





“UL pazstsUr yOu 10 ‘pafijas SUOTIOY 








*sasuadx gy [e}0], 





*qedroutrg [ej07, 





*s0quin yy 


Wholly for Defender. 





*sasuadxy [230], 


Decrees in foro. 





*yedioutsgy [eI0y, 





In whole or part for 
Pursuer. 


*saquinyy 








‘sasuadxy [ej0], 





‘yediourtg [B30], 





8 
Fy 
2 
= 
&amp; 
i 


“19 quInN 











*40J pans wing 





Complaints 
and Summons 


*s9quinyy 








*UMOT, 31IN0D 





Name of Sheriff 
Substituteship. 











TaBLE IV.—BANKRUPTCY. 





Name of Sheriff 
Substituteship. 


*uMO, 34N0D 











‘aNINSqng yUsqg 





Appeals from ‘Trustee to 
Court disposed of by 


‘BYOdS 








( “amnsqng yuays 4g 








| 
‘puays Ag 


Bankrupts examined 








“81104 19430 
woy pajztuiad suorzesjsan bag 





“1VLOL, 





aynyysqng 
Bade t) 


Disposed of by 





‘B24 








“pasnjoy 





Number of Sequestrations applied for. 


*popiemy 








Number of 
Sequestrations 








pending 
31st December 1862. 


~ 
“ 


V.—Actions ad facta prestanda AND PETITIONS. 











TABL 


Petitions under Sec, 73 of Poor Law 


Act (8 and 9 Vict. cap. 83). 


| 





Decided in foro. 





| ‘anINSgNg Yusqg 


‘aNgusqny wo 
\ yeaddy uo griayg 








Name of Sheriff 


. Substituteship. 


*kyun0Z 





“UMOT, 3.100%) 





Disposed of by 


*aoue}s 
“UI 4say Ut yuayS 





*lapurazaqy ay} 10.) 














*g9RT ut pajjo1ug 


“Jansing 941 4107 | 





Miscellaneous 


Applications, 


“1VLO], 





‘auansqng yuaqg 





a, 


*jeaddy uo gusys 





Disposed of by 


*a0UBISUI 4814 UI Yuayg 





'ZORL Jaquiacag 381 ¢ Suipuag 





Petitions for Interdict. 


“IVLOJ, 








Decided in foro. 


‘AIMISQNS Busqg | 





aINIysSqng uI0I 
_yeaddy uo guays 
“aoue3s 

“UL 4say Ut Hl4aqS 


Disposed of by 





‘Jopuazagy 243 10,5 | 








“AONSIN&lt; IY} JOT 





"E981 BL payosng | 


Registration of Voters, 


‘aaagNsqng gays 





‘BYPqs 





* payjedoy 





*paureasng 





Number of Claims and 
Objections. 


“peSpoy 








*sossassy Aq yo yon2138 s9quinyy 


*1ossassyy Aq poppe saquinyy 





“Z9ST 40J [OY UO s18I04 Jo sdquINny 











‘E9QT Jaquiasag’ 381 ¢ Surpuag 





Actions ad facta prestanda. 


“1VLO]L, 





Decided in foro. 





‘amansqng yusys 


Services of 


“1VLO] 








"anyiasqng yuays | 





‘BY7qS | 





‘ayngusqng ww 
yeadd y uo griayg 





Disposed of by 
——o 


“Ul 481g Ul Bays 





*lapuajaqd] aq} 40.7 | 





“Jansing aq) 107 





*aouasqYy Ut saa190qq | 





“E981 Ut payosng 





"Z98T taquiaveg] 381. ¢ Surpuag 


Applications 
for Warrants to 


commit 
Lunatics to 


Asylums. 


“1VLOL, | 





"mNgNEGNg yusqs | 





‘BY2qS 








Name of Sheriff 


Substituteship. 


*uMOy, 34n075 








*Ayunod 








Petitions for Cessio Bonorum. 


“1VLOL, | 











“aangnsqng yliays 
‘aNSqng Woy 
feaddy uo yiseys 





*gouezs 
~Ur 38419 UI puayS 








"sapuazaqy 943 10,7 


Decided in foro. 





*JNSINg 943 104 





“E981 Ut parjosog 

















*Z98 I Jaquiaceg, ys, ¢ Suipueg 





7 








Sheffield 
Reservoirs. 


Day of Hu- 
miliation. 


am 
Certificates. 


99 VicToRIA. 


12th Fehruary. 





53 











TasBLE VI.—Commissary Court. 





























































































































































































































Name of Appointments of Executor Toventories Applications for Restriction of} Confirmations of 
Sheriff Substituteship. Dative. Recorded. Caution, Fixing Domicile, &amp;c. Executors. 
Disposed of by 
. 80 
2 a eas aia 
= ‘= : : 
3 5 5 
: 3 mg 3 
] : n a3 3 
3 = = $2 re re a g 
&amp; - a g = eS 3 5 2 a 4 3 = ~ 
S a mM a &lt; $8 8 = = = ~ ® g &lt; 
3 8 a “4 s 3 = 8 3 3 5 3 é 5 : 
.o) o = = &amp; A &lt; n ” &amp; = a o 
TaBLe VII.— APPELLATE JURISDICTION. 
Appeals Taken. Appeals Decided. L Name of 
* 3 Sheriff Substituteship. 
s Interlocutors. a 3 Fy 
© oi 38&gt; &amp; 
ws S38. 
em | 2s Fy = 
8 : . a . wo BS g 
g2/ 7] 4 s | 3 ‘ - | zeees| §&amp; 
= on ‘s P | e a) . 
a3 § = é = I = 3 2 3 | 3 | 3 &amp; ¢ 3 5 7 S 
miele lel elal2i eye] a) a| epee] &amp; | 
= - = = | te 
&lt; ei;o}ol;aeqzta lol States] se | 4¢/]/ a8 ese Ss) 5 
| \ 
TaBLe VIII.—DILIGENCE. 
Name of Sequestrations for Rent. Registration Decrees 
on Bonds, Protested Poindin W . 
: : ‘ ; . gs. arrants to Imprison, 
Sheriff Substituteship. | Amount Sequestrated for. Bills, &amp;c. 
ati Number. | : 
| 
County. Court Town. In Security. | In Payment. |Number.| Amount. | Number.| Amount, |Number.| Amount. 
hn oa gS “oe man as a 
| | 
| 
| 
TasLeE 1X.—CriminaL DEPARTMENT. 
ee Persons Persons Persons Persons Tried Summarily 
Inquiries into Judicially | Committed for} admitted to for Statutory or T Ra ey Sh aan bad hi 
Sudden Deaths, Examined, Trial. Bail. Common Law Offences. a oe SEE 
By Order of 3s 
. S &amp; s = 4 
&amp; ¥ 3 3 zg a 
2 3 3 3 3 ee | ey 
2 77 _ | @ 77) 77) itis é a 
3 | &amp; | | &amp; eat 1S si=i| 3 5 
ele (31S (S/S S/F sl /8l a) 8 | &amp; | as [STG | ol als] &amp; S 
ae eee ee ee eee F 
° &gt; Db | ob : &gt; &gt; 3 ° 
aia |lelal@lelalie@lela|elaelar | ae] 6 |s]al/ssess 5 5 


























































































Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 8th day of this instant February, for Returns 
relative to Sheffield Reservoirs. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 9th day of this instant February, for a Return 
relative to a Day of Humiliation. 

. — That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
~— Certificate lodged at the Board of Trade by 

OL. 121. 













the Promoters of the “ Ogmore Valley Railways 
Extension,” and Copy of the Notice of Opposition 
thereto given by the Great Western Railway 
Company. 

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


Lord Clarence Paget presented, pursuant to the Naval Agency 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy fri on ‘act. 
of Order in Council, dated 5 December 1865," 
relative to the Naval Agency and Distribution 
Act, 1864. 





H3 Copy 





Naval and 
Marine Pay 
and Pensions 
Act. 


Navy and 
Marines( Wills) 
Act. 


Navy and 
Marines (Pro- 
perty of De- 
ceased) Act. 


Augmentation 
of Benefices. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Voters. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bills. 


Metropolitan 
Assessments. 


‘of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 


54 


Copy of Order in Council, dated 5 December 
1865, relative to the Naval and Marine Pay and 
Pensions Act, 1865. 

Copy of Order in Council, dated 11 December 
1865, relative to the Navy and Marines ( Wills) 
Act, 1865. 

Copy of Order in Council, dated 28 December 
1865, relative to the Navy and Marines (Property 
of Deceased) Act, 1865. 

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


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 


Table by the Clerk of the House,—Summary of 
Return of Proceedings under the Augmentation 
of Benefices Act since same came into operation 
(1st November 1863), up to and inclusive of the 
Ist February 1866 :—And, Return of all Sales that 
have been effected under the powers of the said | 
Act, and of the terms on which such Sales have | 
been effected, and of all Monies received under the | 
authority of the Act, and of the Application there- 
of from the 13th day of February 1865 up to and 
inclusive of the Ist day of February 1866. 

Copy of Order of the High Court of Chancery 
granting an Annuity or Superannuation Allowance | 
to Robert Logan, junior. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously | 
pleased to give directions that there be laid before | 
this House, Returns of the Number of Persons | 
on the last Register as Voters in the represented | 
Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales in| 
right of being Freemen, Scot and Lot Voters, or | 
of other ancient rights, who occupy premises of | 


the gross estimated rental of £.6 and under £.7 ; | 
of £.7 and under £.8; of £.8 and under £.9; of | 
£.9. and under £.10 a year: —~— And, of the same | 
classes of Voters who occupy premises at £.10, 
gross estimated rental and upwards, anc of those | 
who occupy premises below the gross estimated | 
rental of £.6 a 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 the undermentioned Bills be 
reprinted, wiz.: “ A Bill to extend the Right of | 
Voting for Members of Parliament, and to amend 
the Laws relating to the Representation of the 
People in Parliament, 1852 ;” “ A Bill further to 
amend the Laws relating to the ‘Representation | 
of the People in England and Wales, 1854 ;” 
* 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, 1859 ;” and “ A Bill further 
to amend the Laws relating to the Representa- 
tion of the People in England and Wales, 1860.” 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will ke graciously 
pleased to give directions that there be laid before 
this House, Returns from each Parish and extra- 
parochial Place within the Metropolitan area 
under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Board 
of Works, of the Assessment upon which such 
Parishes and Places were assessed to the Property 
Tax, Schedule (A), Police Rate, County Rate, 
and Poor’s Rate, for the years ending Lady-day 
1864 and 1865: And, from the City of London 
of the Assessment upon which such City was 
assessed to the Property Tax, Schedule (A), and 
the Consolidated Rate, for the same years (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 321, of 
Session 1864). 

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














12th February. 


Numbers estimated to be Recruited during 


1866. 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be oudiale pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of Commission or- 
dered by the Government of Bengal to inquire 
into the Cattle Plague which hesiee out in Cal- 
cutta in 1864. 

Ordered, That 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 Male Occu- 
piers resident in the Boroughs and Cities of Eng- 
land and Wales, or within Seven Miles thereof, at 
the several Rentals hereunder mentioned: at 
£.10; over £.10 and less than £.11; at £.11 
and less than £.12; at £.12 and less than £. 13; 
at £.13 and less than £.14; at £.14 and less than 
£.15; at £.15 and less than £.16; at £.16 and 
less than £.17; at £.17 and less than £.18; at 
£.18 and less than £.19; at £.19 and less than 
£.20; at £.20. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, Army : Returns of the Number of Men 
under Establishment on the 3lst day of March 
1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865: Of the Num- 
ber of Men under Establishment on the Ist day of 
April 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1865 :——Of 
the Number of Men under Establishment on the 
31st day of December 1865:——Of the Numbers 
estimated to be Recruited during the same years: 
——Of the Numbers actually raised during the 
same years:——QOf the difference between the 
the 
years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865, and the 
Numbers actually raised during the same years: 
—— And, of the Number of Desertions during the 
same years; according to the following Form :— 


East India 
(Cattle 
Plague.) 


Occupiers. 





Es- 
recruited 
actually 
between 


estimated 
during the year. 


be 


Number under Fs- 
tablishment on the 
3lst March. 

Number under 
tablishment on the 
Ist April. 
raised during the 

Difference 
Number to be raised 


Number 
Numbers 


to 


and Number ac- 
tually raised during 
the year. 


of De- 
sertions during the 


year. 


Number 





1861-62 
1862-63 
1863-64 
1864-65 
1865 - 














Ordered, That 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 Copy of Report relative to 
the Metropolitan Board of Works, which was pre- 
sented upon the 9th day of this instant Fes: 
ary, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Me- 
tropolitan Board of Works, which way presented 
upon the 9th day of this instant February, be 
printed. 

Ordered, 





Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works. 


No, 18. 


Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works. 


No. 19. 














East India 
Electric 
elegraphs.) 
No. 20. 
Burial Act. 


No. 21. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appeals 
No. 22. 


Scientific 
Institutions 
and Instruc- 
tifn (Dublin.) 


King’s County 


Election. 


Queen’s 
Speech con- 
sidered, 


Cattle 
Diseases. 


bt Ait le, idl 


year. 


Pensions. 


Labouring 
Classes 
Dwellings. 





29 Vicrorta. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Electric Telegraphs), which was presented upon 
the 9th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the 
Burial Act, which was presented upon the 9th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Eccle- 
siastical Appeals, which was presented upon the 
9th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Mr. Bruce presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Minute by the Right honourable 
the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most honourable 
Privy Council on Education, relative to Scientific 
Institutions and Instruction in Dublin. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 

a That the Sheriff for the King’s County 

e called to the Bar and examined in relation to 
the Return for the said County ; 

Sir Patrick O’Brien, one of the Members for 
the King’s County, was heard in his place :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration Her Majesty’s most gra- 
cious 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, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider that 
Motion. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee, to consider the 
Law relative to Contagious or Infectious Diseases 
in Cattle and other Animals:—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, that leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to amend the Law relating to Contagious 
or Infectious Diseases in Cattle and other Ani- 
mals, 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to Contagious or Infec- 
tious Diseases in Cattle and other Animals :—And 
he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Sir George Grey, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, and Mr. Baring, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law relating to the granting of Pen- 
sions and Superannuation Allowances to Persons 
holding certain Offices connected with the Ad- 
ministration of Justice in England: And that Mr. 
Attorney General, Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer, and Mr. Childers, do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Public Works Loan Commissioners 
VoL. 121. 





12th February. 








55 


tomake Advances towards the erection of Dwellings 
for the Labouring Classes in populous Places: 
And that Mr. Childers, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, and Mr. Bruce, do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee, to consider the 
means of checking the spread of the Cattle Plague in 
Great Britain:—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 check the spread of the Cattle Plague in 
Great Britain. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Dodson 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 
check the spread of the Cattle Plague in Great 
Britain :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Hunt, Mr. Holland, Mr. Banks 
Stanhope, and Sir James Fergussun, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented 
to the House, with the exception of such as com- 
plain of undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills; 
and that such Committee do classify and prepare Ab- 
stracts of the same, in such form and manner asshall 
appear to them best suited to convey to the House 
all requisite information respecting their contents, 
and doreport 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. 
Charles Forster, Mr. Bonham-Carter, Sir James 
Fergusson, Major Gavin, Mr. Taverner John Mil- 
ler, Sir Colman O’Loghlen, Mr. Hastings Russell, 
Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. 
Kinnaird, Mr. Reginald Yorke, Mr. Robert Tor- 
rens, Mr. M‘Lagan, Mr. Sanford, and Sir Charles 
Russell. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Public Offices 
to authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s (Site) 


Works and Public Buildings to acquire, by com- 
pulsory Purchase or otherwise, certain Lands, 
Houses, and Premises in the Parish of Saint Mar- 
garet, Westminster ; and for other purposes: And 
that Mr. Cowper and Mr. Childers, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House Railways. 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 456, 
of Session 1865): 


I. 

Return by the Board of Trade of the Number 
and Nature of the Accidents and Injuries to Life 
and Limb which have been reported to the Board 
of Trade, as having occurred on all the Railways 
open for Traffic in England and Wales, Scotland, 
and Ireland respectively, during the year ended 
the 3lst December 1865 ; 





H4 II. Returns 


Cattle Plague. 


12th February. 1 866. 


upon their respective Railways in Passengers and 
Goods, during the year ended 31st December 1865, 


56 


II. 
Returns by the several Railway Companies and 


other Proprietors of Railways in England and| and setting forth the several Particulars mentioned 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, showing the Traffic! in the annexed Form, viz. : 





Passenger Traffic. 
Length of Line 


Number of Trains 


Goods Traffic. Run. 








open on 
31st December 
1865. 


Number of Passengers 
(exclusive of Holders 
of Season and 
Periodical Tickets). 











Periodical Tickets. 


Parliamentary. 
Number of Holders of Season and 


3d Class, including 


Carriages. 


Live Stock. 


Minerals. 





Coal and Coke. 
Other Minerals, 
General Merchandise. 
Passenger Trains. 
Goods Trains. 














= | Double. 

| Ist Class. 

| Total Passengers. 
# | Sees. 


Z 
9 



































Number of 
Miles Travelled 
by Trains. 


Average Fares per Mile. 
































Receipts (Gross) from Passenger Traffic. 


Receipts (Gross) from Goods 
Traffic. 








Receipts from 


8. 
Expres Passengers. 


Ordinary. 


| 


| 


g Par- 


3d Class or Parlia- 








Rennes 


liamentary. 
olders of Season and 
Periodica! Tickets. 


mentary. 
3d Class, includin 


a 
co 
‘3s 
£ 
al 
be 
o 
Hy) 
= 
&amp; 
4 
— 
Lal 
= 


By Good Trains. 
Ist Class. 


Lug- 


Minerals. 





Carriages, Horses, 
Total Receipts from Passenger 


&amp;c. conveyed in Passenger 


gage, Parcels, 
Trains. 


Dogs, 
‘Traffic. 


Total Receipts from Excess 
Live. Stock. 


Coal and Coke. 














x | Ist Class. 
x | 2d Class. 
th | Ist Class 
&amp; | 2d Class. 


| 4 


&amp; 
| ° 




















Returns by the several Railway Companies and 
other Proprietors of Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, of their respective 
Working Expenditure during the year ended 31st 
December 1885, showing the Length of Line open 
at that period, and divided under the following 
Heads, v7z.: 

Maintenance and Renewal of Way and 
Works; 
Locomotive Power (including Stationary En- 
gines ) ; 
Repairs and Renewals of Carriages and 
Waggons ; : 
Traftic Charges (Coaching and Merchandise) ; 
Rates and Taxes; 
Government Duty ; 
Compensation for Personal Injury, &amp;c. ; 
Compensation for Damage and Loss of Goods ; 
Legal and Parliamentary Expenses ; 
Miscellaneous Working Expenditure, not 
included in the foregoing; 
Total Working Expenditure : 
—And, of the whole of the Rolling Stock of the 
several Railway Companies, and other Proprietors 
of Railways, divided under the following Heads, 
viz.: 


% | Total from Passengers. 





% ) Total Receipts fron all Sources of Traffic. 


t Total Receipts from Goods Traffic. 


&amp; | General Merchandise. 


th | Receipts from Mails. 
&amp; | Other Minerals. 


= 
&amp; 
&amp; 
&amp; 
































of Live Stock, Minerals, or General Mer- 
chandise ; 

Any other Carriages or Waggons used on the 
Railway, not included: in the preceding 
Columns ; 

Total of the Five preceding Columns: 


IV. 


Returns by the several Railway Companies of 
their authorized Share and Loan Capital, and of 
the Sums received in respect of their Ordinary 
Capital and Preferential Capital, and Debenture 
Stock or Funded Debt on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1865, specifying the Rate per Cent. of 
the Dividends for the year 1865 on each of the 
said Capitals ; showing also the Loans outstand- 
ing on the 3lst day of December 1865, classified 
according to the several Rates per Cent. of In- 
terest; and the Capital authorized and Capital 
paid up, for Subscriptions to other Undertakings, 
whether such Undertakings are on Lease to or 
worked hy the subscribing Company, or are in- 
dependent :—And, of any Amalgamation, Work- 
ing Arrangement, or Sale or Lease of their Un- 
dertaking, carried into effect by them during the 
year 1865, under the authority of an Act of Par- 
liament. 


Mr. Brand presented a Bill to amend the Law Gattle Dis- 
relating to Contagious or Infectious Diseases in eases Bill. 
Cattle and other Animals: And the same was read Bill 6. 
the first time; and ordered to be read asecond 
time upon Wednesday next; and to be —., 

I. 


Locomotives ; 

Carriages used for the Conveyance of Pas- 
sengers only ; 

Other Vehicles attached to Passenger Trains ; 

Waggons of all kinds used for the Conveyance 








Pensions Bill. 


Bill 8. 


Labouring 

Classes Dwel- 

lings Bill. 
Bill 9. 


Cattle Plague 
Bill. 


Bill 7. 


Public Offices 
Site Bill. 


Bill 10. 


Answer to 
Address. 


Public 
Petitions 


29 Victoria. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relating to the granting of Pensions and 
Superannuation Allowances to “Persons holding 
certain Offices connected with the Administration 
of Justice in England: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to enable the 
Public Works Loan Commissioners to make Ad- 
vances towards the erection of Dwellings for the 
Labouring Classes in populous Places: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday, the 26th day of 
this instant February; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to check the spread 
of the Cattle Plague in Great Britain: 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 authorize the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and Public 
Buildings to acquire, by compulsory Purchase or 
otherwise, certain Lands, Houses, and Premises in 
the Parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster, 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. 


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 sincere satisfaction your 
loyal and dutiful Address. The assurance of your 
continued interest in all matters which concern the 
domestic happiness of Myself and My Family is 
most gratifying to My feelings. 

I rely with confidence on your attentive con- 
sideration of the measures which will be submitted 
to you. And your endeavours to improve the 
Law and to advance the welfare of My People 
will always receive My cordial co-operation. 


And then the House adjourned till To- 
morrow. 








Tuesday, 13th: February, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they 


(first Report.) ad examined the Petitions presented upon the 7th, 


Bradford 
- Corporation. 





8th, and 9th days of this instant February, and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
esses of the Borough of Bradford, for leave to 
acme in a Bill for authorizing the Mayor, Alder- 
men, and Burgesses of the Borough of Bradford, 
in the County of York, to acquire and to regulate 
the Markets and Fairs in the Borough, and to pro- 
vide places for holding the Markets and Fairs, and 
to take Tolls for the same; and for extending the 
periods for the completion of their Waterworks, 
and for authorizing them to acquire Lands, and to 
raise further Moneys, and for regulating their 
Borrowing Powers and Debt, and for the establish- 
ing of the Bradford Corporation Savings Bank, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
VoL. 121. 


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57 


by Mr. Wickham and Mr. William Edward 
Forster. 


A Petition of the Reverend William Gilson Saint Martin- 
Humphry, Clerk, Vicar, and Joseph Henry Gar- in-the-Fields 
lant, and James Henderson Watherston, Church- 9 Rune. 
wardens of the Parish of Saint Martin-in-the- ing. 
Fields, in the City of Westminster, and County 
of Middlesex, of Guardians of the Poor of the same 
Parish, ot Treasurers and Governors of the Pa- 
rochial Schools of the same Parish, and of Trustees 
of Archbishop Tenison’s Charity, in the same 
Parish, for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for 
the re-erection of the Workhouse and Offices, and 
Parochial Schools of Saint Martin-in-the- Fields, 
in the City of Westminster, and of Archbishop 
Tenison’s School, upon new Sites, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
. aaa by Captain Grosvenor and Mr. 

wl, 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave Bodmin 
to bring in a Bill for better supplying with Water ter. 
the Borough and Parish of Bodmin, in the County 
of Cornwall, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Edward Leveson Gower and Mr. Wyld. 


A Petition of the Dundee Water Company, for Dundee 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Dundee Water. 
Water Company to execute additional Works, 
and to: raise a further, Sum of Money, and “or 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir John Ogilvy and Mr. Carnegie. 


A Petition of the Ayr Harbour Trustees ap- Ayr Harbour. 

pointed and acting under the Act 18 &amp; 19 Victoria, 
chapter 119, thereinafter mentioned, and of the 
Glasgow and South Western Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for the construction 
of a Wet Dock and Railways at the Harbour 
of Ayr, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; anda Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir James Fergusson and Mr. 
Edward Craufurd. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- newport 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing (Monniouth) 
the formation of a new Street in the Borough of Borough. 
Newport, Monmouthshire, in lieu of a level crossing 
there of the South Wales Line of the Great 
Western Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Gooch and Mr. Dillwyn. 


A Petition of the Ely Valley Railway Company, Ely Valley 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Ely Ruilway. 
Valley Railway Company to make new Railways 
to the Ogmore Valley Railway and to the Lian- 
trissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Gooch and Mr. Dillwyn. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates, Glasgow 
and Council of the City of Glasgow, for leave to (City) Im. 
bring in a Bill for the improvement of the City of — 
Glasgow, and the construction of new, and wiki 
ing, altering, and diverting of existing Streets in 
the said City, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dalglish and Mr. 

Graham. 


A Petition of the Solway Junction Railway solway June- 
Company, the North British Railway Company, tion Railway 
the Glasgow and South oo Railway Com- (*Pital.) 

pany, 





















































Lianelly 
Railway and 
Dock. 


North 
Walsham 
and Dilham 
Canal. 


East Norfolk 
Railway. 


Dryclough, 
Shaw, and 
Rochdale 
Roads. 


South York- 
shire Railway. 


Stourbridge 
Railway. 


Worcester, 
Bromyard, 
and Leomin- 
ster Railway. 


Ross and 
Cromarty 
Roads. 


58 


pany, and the Whitehaven Junction Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Solway Junction Railway Company to raise further 
Capital, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Ewart and Mr. Edmund 
Potter. 


A Petition of the Llanelly Railway and Dock 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
the Llanelly Railway and Dock Company to con- 
struct a Pier at the Mumbles, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Pugh and Mr. William Morris. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
North Walsham and Dilham Canal, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to amend certain of the Provisions 
of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal Act, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Howes and 
Sir Edmund Lacon. 


A Petition of the Great Eastern Railway Com- 
pany and the East Norfolk Railway Company, for 
eave to bring in a Bill to authorize the East 
Norfolk Railway Company to make new Railways, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
anda Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Howes and Mr. Goodson. 


A Petition of Trustees sof the Dryclough, Shaw, 
and Rochdale Roads, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to repeal an Act passed in the seventh year of the 
Reign of His Majesty King Wéilliam the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act for improving and maintaining 
the Road from Dryclough, through Shaw, New 
Hey, and Milnrow to Rochdale, and other Roads in 
the County of Lancaster,” and to grant more 
effectual Powers in lieu thereof, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Turner, Mr. Algernon Egerton, and Mr. James. 


A Petition of the South Yorkshire Railway and 
River Dun Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the South Yorkshire Railway and 
River Dun Company to widen and improve a por- 
tion of their Railway, and to abandon other por- 
tions thereof, and for other purposes relating to the 
same Railway, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Childers and Mr. Turner. 


A Petition of the Stourbridge Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Stour- 
bridge Railway Company to construct Railways to 
Amblecote and Cookley, and Branches at Spon-lane 
and Stourbridge, and to raise additional Capital, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ing, by Mr. Vernon, Mr. Calthorpe, and Mr. 
Sherriff. 


A Petition of the Worcester, Bromyard, and 
Leominster Railway Company, for leave to bring 
ia a Bill to enable the Worcester, Bromyard, and 
Leominster Railway Company to raise further 
Sums of Money, to extend the Time limited for 
the purchasing of Lands for and for completing 
that Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. King King and 
Mr. Sherriff. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of 
the several Acts of Parliament relating to the 
making, maintaining, and keeping in repair the 





13th February. 












1866. 


Roads, Highways, and Bridges in the Counties 
of Ross and Cromarty, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually maintaining and keeping in 
repair the Roads, Hi hways, and Bridges in the 
Counties of Ross and Cromarty, for making new 
Roads and Bridges in the said Counties, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 


‘| a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Sir James Matheson and Mr. Matheson. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Saint George's 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for Parish, County 
altering the Vestry of the Parish of Saint George, * Gloucester. 
in the County of Gloucester, and for making 
further Provision as to the Election and Appoint- 
ment of Overseers of the Poor and Church- 
wardens of the said Parish, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Morton Peto 
and Colonel Kingscote. 


A Petition of the Teign Valley Railway Com- qTeign Vaney 
pany, for leave to bring a Bill for authorizing the Railway. 
Teign Valley Railway Company to make and 
maintain an xtension of their Railway to Exeter; 
to raise further Moneys, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 


to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Lawrence Palk, 
Mr. Coleridge, and Mr. Fleming. 


A Petition of the Mid-Kent Railway Company, yia-Kent 
for leave to bring in a Bill to make further Pro- and South — 
vision for completing Amalgamation of the Mid- mene. Rail- 
Kent Railway Company with South Eastern —_ 
Railway Company, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Lee and 
Mr. Sherriff. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- north pritish 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amalgamate and Leadburn, 
the Leadburn, Linton, and Dolphinton Railway oe and 
Company with the North British Railway Com- ca" 
pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- Companies. 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Adam 


and Sir Graham Montgomery. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- North British 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Railway | 
North British Railway Company to make certain rem 
Railways in connection with their System in the 
Counties of Linlithgow, Stirling, and Edinburgh, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Billwas ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Adam and Sir Graham Montgomery. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- North British 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Railway: 
North British Railway Company to make a Rail- oats Di 
way between the two several points in their main version.) 
Line in the Parish of South Leith, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be er in accordingly, by Sir Gra- 


ham Montgomery and Mr. ‘Adam, 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- Forth and 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Soa 
North British Railway Company to run over the North British 
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway ; also Working Railway. 
and Traffic Agreements between that Company Co™pames: 
and the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Com- 
pany» and Powers of Amalgamation, Sale, or 

ease of the Undertaking of the Forth and Clyde 
Junction Railway Company, was presented, and 
read; anda Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Ellice and Sir Graham Mont- 


gomery. 


A Petition of the Esk Valley Railway Com- Esk Valley 
pany, and of the North British Railway Com- ¥ailway- 


pany, 





ges 


er, 


tish 
urn, 
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ish 


r- 


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99 Vicroria. 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for leasing the 
Esk Valley Railway to 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. Adam and Sir Graham 
Montgomery. 


Great Yar- A Petition of Commissioners appointed for 
mouth ~ on executing the Powers conferred by “ The Great 
Fort, as Yarmouth Haven, Bridge, and Navigation Act, 


_— 1835,” and “‘ The Great Yarmouth Haven, Bridge, 
and Navigation Improvement Act, 1849,” for leave 
to bring in a Bill for the conservancy and im- 
provement of the Port and Haven of Great Yar- 
mouth, and the Rivers connected therewith, for 
the levying and extinguishing of Tolls and Duties, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Sir Edmund Lacon, Mr. Goodson, and 
Mr. Howes. 

Aberdare and _ Lhe Aberdare and Central Wales Junction 

Central Wales Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 

unction : 

Salwar Bill. mitted. 

Aberdeen The Aberdeen County and Municipal Buildings 

paar hoy Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


Buildings Bill. 
Banbury Gas Lhe Banbury Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
Bill. 


and committed. 


Barry Railway The Barry Railway (Penarth and Cardiff Ex- 
(Penarth and tension) Bill was read a second time; and com- 


Cardiff Ex- ‘ 
tension) Bill. mitted. 


Birmingham The Birmingham Water Bill was read a second 
Water Bill. time; and committed. 

Bradford, The Bradford, Eccleshill, and Idle Railway 
Eccleshill, and Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

— Railway 

Brecon and The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Rail- 


Merthyr Tydfil way (Northern Lines) Bill was read a second 


falter time; and committed. 

(Northern 

Lines) Bill. ; ; 
Brynmawr The Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Bill 
and Blaenavon was read a second time; and committed. 

Railway Bill. 


Buckley The Buckley Railway (Additional Powers) Bill 

Railway was read a second time; and committed. 

(Additional 

Powers) Bill. 

Buckley The Buckley Railway (Docks, &amp;c.) was read 
wa : . ° 

Docks, &amp;e) second time ; and committed. 

Dato Docks, The Bute Docks, Cardiff, Bill was read a 

Cardiff, Bill. second time; and committed. 

Caledonian The Caledonian and Scottish North Eastern 

and Scottish Railway Companies Bill was read a second time ; 

North Eastern d . 7 

Railway Com. 22 committed. 


panies Bill, 

Caledonian The Caledonian Railway ( Greenock and Gourock 
7 Extensions) Bill was read a second time; and 
pe committed. 

Extensions) 

Bill. 

Cambrian The Cambrian and other Railway Companies 
agg (Amalgamation, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; 
a and committed. 

(Amalgama- 

tion, &amp;c.) Bill, 

Cambrian The Cambrian Railways (New Works) Bill 
New Wr was read a second time; and committed. 

i" Works) 

Cambrian The Cambrian Railways (Steamboats) Bill was 


Railways ™ read a second time; and committed. 
Vor. 121. 





13th February. 59 


The Cambridge University and Town Water Cambridge 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. University 
and Town 
Water Bill. 

The Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Rail- Cannock 
way (Hednesford Extension) Bill was read a Chase and 


second time ; and committed. oe Rater 


(Hednesford 
Extension) 
Bill. 


The Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Rail- Cannock 
way (Midland Railway Extension) Bill was read Chase and 
a second time; and committed peg te mn g 
3 . ton Railway 
(Midland 
Railway Ex- 
tension) Bill, 
The Cannock Chase Railway Extension Bill Cannock 
was read a second time; and committed. Chase Railwa. 
Extension Bill. 
The Childwall Gas Bill was read a_ second childwall 
time; and committed. Gas Bill. 


The Cornwall County Lunatic Asylum Bill Cornwall 


was read a second time; and committed. County Lu- 
natic Asylum 
Bill. 


The Coventry and Midland Junction Railway Coventry 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. and Midland 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 
The Devon and Somerset Railway (Amendment Devon ard 
of Acts) Bill was read a second time; and com- Somerset 


2 Railway 
mitted. (Amendment 


of Acts) Bill. 
The Devon and Somerset Railway (Capital) Bill Devon and 
s 


was read a second time; and committed. somerset 
Railway 


(Capital) Bill. 
The Devon and Somerset Railway (Deviation, Devon and 


&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Somerset 
Railway 


( Deviation, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
The Drayton Junction Railway (Extension) Drayton 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Junction 
Railway (Ex- 


tension) Bill. 
The Dublin Corporation Water Bill was read a Dublin 
second time; and committed. Corporation 
Water Bill. 
The Dublin Port Acts Amendment Bill was Dublin Port 


read a second time; and committed. Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


The Dublin Port (Docks) Bill was read a second Dublin Port 
time; and committed. (Docks) Bill. 


The East Gloucestershire Railway Bill was read 5st Glou- 
‘ : ‘ cestershire 
a second time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Edgware, Highgate, and London Railway Edgware, 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Highgate, and 


London Rail- 
way Bill. 
The Ellesmere and Glyn Valley Railway Bill rtesmere and 
was read a second time; and committed. Glyn Valley 
Railway Bill. 


The Eze Valley Railway Bill was read a second Exe Valley 
time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junc- Fleetwood, 
Preston, and 


tion Railway Bill was read a second time; and wee Riding 
committed. Junction 
Railway Bill. 


The Great Northern Railway (Potter's Bar, Great North- 
Barnet, and Hendon) Bill, was read a second time; (Pe bay 
and committed. Barnet, and ’ 
Hendon) Bill. 
Ordered, That the —— Railway Bill be Highland 


read a second time upon Tuesday next. Railway Bill. 


The Holyhead Water Bill was read a second Holyhead 
time ; and committed. Water B. 


The Hoylake Railway Bill was read a second Hoylake 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill, 
12 The 





60 
The Huddersfield Waiter Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 


Huddersfield 
Water Bill. 


The Hull Docks Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


Hull Docks 
Bill. 


The Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway, and 
Burry Port Amalgamation Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Kidwelly and 
Burry Port 
Railway and 
Burry Port 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


Lancashire 
and York- 
shire Railway 
(Extension 
of Time, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Exten- 
sion of Time, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (North 
Lancashire Loop Line) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Lancashire 
and York- 
shire Kailway 
(North Lan- 
cashire I.oop 
Line) Bill. 


Lancashire 
and York- 
shire Railway 
(West Riding 
Branches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Launceston 
and South 
Devon Rail- 
way Bill. 


Leicester The Leicester Cattle Market, &amp;c. Bill was read 


Cattle Market, g second time ; and committed. 
&amp;c. Bill. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (West 
Riding Branches, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 


The Launceston and South Devon Railway Bill 
waa read a second time; and committed. 


The Leicester Water Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Leicester 
Water Bill. 


The Liantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Rail- 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


Liantrissant 
and Taff Vale 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


London and The London and North Western and Whitehaven 
North Western Junction Railway Companies Bill was read a second 


and White- ° . 
haven Junc. time; and committed. 


tion Railway 

Companies 

Bill. 

London and The London and North Western Railway (New 
— Lines) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
(New Lines) mitted. 

Bill. 


London and The London and North Western Railway (New 
North Western 


ea Works, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and 


(New Works, committed. 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Poole and 
Bournemouth 
Junctions) 
Bill. 

Lynn and 
Sutton Bridge 
Railway 
(Works at 
King’s Lymn) 
Bill. 


Lynn and 
Sutton Bridge 
Spalding and 
Bourn, and 
Norwich and 
Spalding 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Macclesfield, 
Knutsford, 
and Warring 
ton Railway 
Bill. 
Maidstone 
and Ashford 
Railway Bill. 


The London and South Western Railway (Poole 
and Bournemouth Junctions) Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 


The Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway (Works 
at King’s Lynn) Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 


The Lynn and Sutton Bridge, Spalding and 
’ Bourn, and Norwich and Spalding Railway Com- 
panies Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 


The Macclesfield, Knutsford, and Warrington 
_ Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 


The Maidstone and Ashford Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 


Manchester The Manchester Improvement Bill was read a 
a second time ; and committed. 


13th February. 





1866. 


The Manchester Royal Exchange Bill was read Manchester 
a second time ; and committed. Royal Ex. 
change Bill. 
The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 
way (Additional Powers) Bill was read a second Sheffield, ang 
time ; and committed. i—_- 
Additional 
owers) Bill. 
The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill was Maryport 
read a second time; ard committed. and Carlisle 
Railway Bill, 
The Maryport Improvement, Harbour, and Dock Maryport 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. Improvement, 
Harbour, and 
Dock Bill. 


The Merrybent and Darlington Railway Bill Merrybent 


was read a second time ; and committed. and Darling. 
ton Railway 


Bill. 
The Metropolitan Railway (Additional Powers) Metropolitan 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


The Mid-Hants Railway Bill was read a second Mid-Hants 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill, 


The Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway Mold and 
(Branches, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and sien Seon 
committed. (Branches, 

The Newark Gas Bill was read a second time ; Newark Gas 
and committed. Bill. 


The Newport Pagnell Railway Bill was read a Newport Pag- 
second time ; and committed. = Railway 
The Northampton and Banbury Junction Rail- Northampton 


way Bill was read a second time; and com- #"d Banbury 
itted Junction 

ml . Railway Bill 

The North Eastern Railway (Durham New North Eastern 


Lines, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and com- Railway 
mitted. (Durham New 


Lines, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 
The North Eastern Railway (Yorkshire New North Eastem 


Lines, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and com- Railway 
mitted (Yorkshire 
; New Lines, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 
The Ogmore Valley Railway (No. 1) Bill was Ogmore valky 
read a second time; and committed. Railway 
(No. 1) Bill. 
The Ogmore Valley Railway (No. 2) Bill was Ogmore Valley 
read a second time ; and committed. Railwoy 
{No. 2) Bill. 
The Pembroke and Tenby Railway Bill was read pembroke 
a second time; and committed. and Tenby 
Railway Bill. 
The Presteign, Clun, and Bishops Castle Rail- Presteign, 


f i i : _ Clun, and 
— was read a second time; and com Bichope Cost 


Railway Bill. 


The Saint Margaret’s Westminster Improve- Saint Mar- 
ments Bill was read a second time; and com- —_ 
mitted. oaevanaall 
Bill. 


The Severn Junction Railway Bill was read a Severn June 


second time ; and committed. a Railway 


The Sheffield United Gas Bill was read a se- Sheffield 


cond time; and committed. — Gas 


The Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Rail- Shrewsbury 
way Lill was read a second time; and com- pny 
mitted. Railway Bill. 

The South Devon Railway Bill was read a se- South Devon 
cond time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The South Staffordshire Railway Bill was read South Staf- 


4 ° ; fordshire 
a second time; and committed. . Railway 











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West- 


ents 


June 
ilway 





99 Vicroria. 


Spalding The Spalding and Bourn Railway Bill was read 
= ye 2. &amp; second time; and committed. 

Swansea The Swansea and Clydach Railway Bill was 
oe Bill read a second time; and committed. 

Vale of The Vale of Crickhowell Railway Bill was read 
er oe a second time; and committed. 

Vale of Neath The Vale of Neath Railway (Transfer, &amp;c.) Bill 
a was read a second time; and committed. 

&amp;c.) Bill 

West Middle- The West Middlesex Water Bill was read a se- 
Vata cond time; and committed. 

Whitby, The Whitby, Redcar, and Middlesborough Union 
a Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 


borough Union mitted. 


Railway Bill. 
Wigton The Wigton Water Bill was read a second time ; 
Water Bill. and committed. 

Wiltshire The Wiltshire Railways Bill was read a second 


Railways Bill. tine; and committed. 


—— The Winchcomb and Midland Railway Bill was 
Sawer pi, read a second time; and committed. 

Wrexham, The Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay, and 
—— Hoylake Railways Bill was read a second time; 
Quay, and and committed. 

Hoylake Rail- 

ways Bill. 

Wrexham, The Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Rail- 
Mold,and | = way (Additional Powers) Bill was read a second 
Connah’s Quay |. F 

Railway time ; and committed. 

(Additional 

Powers) Bill. 

Wrexham, The Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Rail- 
Mold, and 


Connah's Quay W2Y (Deviations) Bill was read a second time; and 

Railway (De- committed. 

viations) Bill. 

ergy The Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Rail- 
, an : , —— 

cen Quay Way (Extensions) Bill was read a second time; and 


Railway (Ex- committed. 
tensions) Bill. 


Wrexham, The Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Rail- 
te way (New Lines) Bill was read a second time ; 
Railway (New and committed. 

Lines) Bill. 

Waterford A Bill to authorize the Waterford and Limerick 
iceecae Railway Company to make Working and other 
rangements) Agreements with the Great Southern and Western 


Bill. Railway Company, the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wex- 
ford Railway Company, and the Great Western 
Railway Company, or any of them, was read the 
first time: and ordered to be read asecond time. 


Brighton and A Bill for extending the Limits of the District 
Hove General within which the Brighton and Hove General Gas 


wen Company may manufacture and supply Gas, and 
for empowering the Company to raise additional 
Capital, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Ilfracombe A Bill for making further Provisions with respect 


Railway Bill. to the I/fracombe Railway Company, and the Rights 
and Liabilities of the London and South Western 
Railway Company and the Devon and Somerset Rail- 
way Company respectively, in relation to the I/fra- 
combe Railway, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for changing the Name of the Com- 


Thames and 


Severn Canal &gt; i 
Navigation pany of Proprietors of the Thames and Severn 


anal Navigation tothe Name “ The Thames and 
Severn Railway and Canal Company,” and for au- 
thorizing them to make and maintain the Thames 
and Severn Railway, and to abandon Parts of 
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13th February. 61 


their Canal, and to raise further Moneys, and for 
other —— was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enabling the Caledonian Railway caledonian 
Company to make certain Branch Railways in the Railway 


Counties of Lanark, Renfrew, and Midlothian, and epee 


for other purposes, was read the first time; and or- ij, 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Southam Railway southam 
Company to make a Branch Railway to the Long Railway Bill. 
Itchington and Stockton Lime Works, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the East and West East and West 
Junction Railway Company to make a Railway Junction 
from Fenny Compton to the Southam Railway, and eukae Ba, 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and tension) Bill. 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the Division of the Parish and Vicar- Newchurch 
age of Newchurch, in the Isle of Wight, into three Parish Divi- 
distinct Parishes and Vicarages, was read the first %? Bil. 
‘time; and ordered to be read asecond time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Canterbury to Eiham Valley 
Hythe, in the County of Kent, with Branches to Railway Bill. 
join the London, Chatham, and Dover, and South 
Eastern Railways, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways from the Worcester, Bromyara 
Bromyard, and Leominster Railway at Bromyard and Hereford 
to the Worcester and Hereford Railway, near ®*!4y Bill. 
Hereford, with Branches, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enabling the Swansea Vale Railway gwansea Vale 
Company to construct additional Railways, to lay Railway Bill. 
down Narrow Gauge Rails upon and to run over 
and use other Railways, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Corporation of the reeds Bo- 
Borough of Leeds to make certain Cuts and Drains rough Bill, 
for the Improvement of the Borough, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for amending the Acts for the Improve- feeds tm. 
ment of the Borough of Leeds, and for conferring provement 
further Powers on the Corporation of Leeds for the a ha 
Improvement of the Borough, and for other pur- ” 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for extending to the Economic Telegraph Economie 
Company (Limited) the Powers of “ The Telegraph Telegraph __ 
Act, 1863,” was read the first time; and ordered ©°™P@®Y Bill. 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Local Board for the District Nelson Loca} 
of Nelson, in the County of Lancaster, to provide Board Bill. 
a supply of Water and Gas for the District and its 
Neighbourhood, and to purchase the Undertaking 
of ** The Nelson Gas Company, Limited,” and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to empower the Lancashire Union Rail- Lancashire 
ways Company to construct new Railways in the ee 
Townships of Parr, Haydock, and Ashton-in- ——— 
Makerfield, 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 a Railway from Manchester Manchester 
to Stockport was read the first time; and ordered and —— 
to be read a second time. ee 

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62 


Belfast Burial A Bill to facilitate the Establishment of a Burial 

Ground Bill. Ground by the Town Council of the Borough of 
Belfast for the use of the Inhabitants of the said 
Borough, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Culne Railway to the North 
and South Wiltshire Junction Railway, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Calne Rail- 
way Bill. 


A Bill for granting further Powers to the 
Croydon Commercial Gas and Coke Company, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Croydon Com- 
mercial Gas 
Bill. 


Great North- A Bill to vest in the Great Eastern Railway 
ern andGreat Company the Joint Ownership of part of the Great 
= mg Northern Railway; to authorize the construction 
panies Ar- by them jointly of a new Line between Spalding 
rangements and Lincoln, and for other purposes relating to the 
aeoin) Bill two Companies, was sok the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Kensington A Bill to enable the Metropolitan Board of 
Improvement Works to make Improvements in the Parish of 
Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington, in the County 
of Middlesex, by widening High-street and King- 
street, and forming new Lines of Streets connected 
therewith, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time, 
London, A Bill to facilitate the communication between 
Bucks,and = London, Buckinghamshire, and the West of Eng- 
a on Land, by the construction of Railways between 
Railway Bill, Bicester in Oxfordshire, and Hendon in Middlesex, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to confer further Powers on the South 
Staffordshire Waterworks Company with reference 
to their own and other Undertakings, and to enable 
them to extend their Works and District of Supply, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Water Bill. 


Greenock A Bill to enable the Greenock and Ayrshire 

and Ayrshire Railway Company to make certain Variations of 

Railway Bill. their authorized Line, and to make and maintain 
certain new Railways, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for supplying with Water the Burgh of 
Tain and Places adjacent, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Tain Water 
Bill. 


Bodmin 


A Bill to grant a further Term in certain Roads 
Roads Bill. 


leading to and from Bodmin and other Roads in 
the Neighbourhood thereof, all in the County of 
Cornwall; to alter and improve one of those Roads, 
and grant further Powers for the management of 
the Trust; to alter the rights of Creditors; to 
repeal the existing Act, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
_ second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Bideford to 
Appledore, with a Branch to Westward Ho’, in the 
County of Devon, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Bideford, Ap- 
pledore, and 
Westward Ho’ 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewebury 
ang North 
Wales Rail- 
way (Meifod 
Valley Exten- 
sion, &amp;c.) 


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 Shrews- 
bury and North Wales Railway (Meifod Valley 
Extension, &amp;c.) Bill. 

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


13th February. 


1866. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Brixton, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Clapham, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Fytension 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Brixton, Railways. 
Clapham, and Balham Extension Railways Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Croydon Di- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, tect Railway. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Croydon 
Direct Railway Bill. 

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

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Great Westem 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ®ailway. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for 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 Bristol Port 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, a 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing “““"*” 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Bristol 
Port Extension Railway Bill. 

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


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Mersey 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Pneumatic 
for the construction of Railways, whereby Liver- B#llway- 
pool will be connected with Birkenhead, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Horsfall and Mr. 

Laird. 


A Petition of the Birmingham and Sutton Cold- Birmingham 
field Extension Railway Company, for leave to -_ Sutton 
bring in a Bill to enable the Birmingham and seca sl 
Sutton Coldfield Extension Railway Company to Railway. 
make certain new Railways, and also a Deviation 

of their authorized Line, and for other purposes, 

was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 

to be brought in aecordingly, by Mr. Paull and 

Mr. Baines. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hastings Russell be added standing 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Orders. 


Several Public Petitions were 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


a and Public 


able. 


Petitions. 


Vide Second 
Report. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army (Hong 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &amp;°8-) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Mean Annual Strength, 
Total Annual Sickness, Mortality, and Invaliding 
of the Troops of each Arm, Officers and Men, at 
Hong Kong, from the year 185 to 1865, both 
inclusive : And, of the Number of Deaths 
annually on the Voyage to England of the Troops 
invalided, in the following form :— 





Mean Annual 
Strength. 
Died on the 


Passage to 
England 























Ordered, That 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, 











29 Vicrorta.. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be ondvalle pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Accommodation for 
the Troops of all Arms at Hong Kong and Kow- 
loon at the time of the arrival of the 2d Battalion 9th 
Regiment, and 2d Battalion 11th Regiment; spe- 
cifying the nature of the Accommodation, and 
Number of Cubic Feet allowed per Man. 

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


Army (Hong 
Kong and 
Kowloon.) 


Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at ‘lwo 


of the clock. ' 


Church Rates 


ch Ordered, 'That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Abolition. 


for the abolition of Church Rates: And that Mr. 
Hardcastle, Mr. Dillwyn, and Mr. Baines do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 

Education. Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the constitution of the Committee 
of Council on Education, and the system under 
which the business of the Office is conducted; .and 
also into the best mode of extending the benefits 
of Government Inspection and the Parliamentary 
Grant to Schoolsat present unassisted by the State. 


County 
Infirmaries 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better regulation of County Infirmaries in 
Ireland: And that Mr. Pollard-Urquhart and Mr. 
O’ Reilly do prepare, and bring it in. 


Church Rates Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Commutation. for the Commutation of Church Rates: And that 
Mr. Newdegate and Lord Robert Montagu do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Tests Abo- The House was moved, That the several Acts 
lition(Oxford.) yelative to certain Tests in the University of 
Ozford, might be read; and the same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
said Acts:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to provide for the abolition of Religious 
Tests in connexion with Academical Degrees and 
Offices in the University of Oxford. 


Resolution to be reported. 


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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Dodson 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 
provide for the abolition of Religious Tests in con- 
nexion- with Academical Degrees and Offices in 
the University of Oxford:—And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be givenyto bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Grant 
Duff do prepare, and bring it in. 





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

minal Cases. odify and amend the Law in relation to the keeping 
together and discharge of Juries on the Trial of 
Criminal Cases: And that Sir Colman O’Loghlen 
and Colonel French do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of the Committee convened 
OL. 121. , 


Cattle 
(irelandye 


13th February. 





63 


by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to consider the 
measures that might be adopted for arresting the 
progress of the Cattle Plague, in case of its ap- 
pearance in Ireland. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Parliamentary 
relating to Parliamentary Oaths, might be read ; ths. 
and the same being read ; , 
Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee, to consider the said 
Acts:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to. amend the Law relating to Parliamentary 
Oaths. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the 
Hoase, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to Parliamentary Oaths: 
—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Sir George Grey and Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House Supply. 
to resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 


Motion, That a Supply so to Her Majesty; 


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


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


(In the Committee.) 
Queen’s Speech read. 
Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her 
Majesty. 
Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


A Petition of Richard Axford, Surgeon, Henry Bridgwater 
Clement Heard, Chemist, and Robert Ford, Timber Becton. 
Merchant, all of Bridgwater, in the County of 
Somerset, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Bridgwater, was pre- 
sented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 14). 

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. Hardcastle presented a Bill for the Abolition Church Rates 
of Church Rates: And the same was read the first 4vlition Bill. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon _ Bill 11. 
Wednesday the 7th day of March next; and to be 
printed. 

Mr. Newdegate presented a Bill for the Commu- church Rates 
tation of Church Rates: And the same was read Commutation 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second . 
time upon Wednesday the 7th day of March next; Bill 12. 
and to be printed. 

14 Sir 





Parliamentary 
Oaths Amend- 
Bill. 


Bill 13. 


County 
Infirmaries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 14. 


Tests Abo- 
lition (Oxford) 
Bill. 


Bill 15. 


Juries in Cri- 
minal Cases 
Bill. 


Bill 16. 


Private Bills. 


64 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to amend the 
Law relating to Parliamentary Oaths: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 26th day of 
this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Pollard-Urquhart presented a Bill for the 
better regulation of County Infirmaries in Jreland: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 14th 
day of March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Coleridge presented a Bill to provide for the 
abolition of Religious Tests in connexion with 
Academical Degrees and Offices in the University 
of Oxford: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 21st day of March next; and to be 
printed. 


Sir Colman U’Loghlen presented a Bill to codify 


and amend the Law in relation to the keeping | 


together and discharge of Juries on the Trial of 
Criminal Cases: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 21st day of this instant February ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported, That in accordance with 
Standing Order 81, it had been determined, with 
the concurrence of the Chairman of Committees 
of the House of Lords, that the Bills contained 
in the following List should originate in the House 
of Lords; viz.: 

. Aldershot Gas. 

. Aldershot Gas and Water. 

. Alliance and Dublin Consumers’ Gas. 

. Amicable Life Assurance Society. 

. Anglesey Central Railway. 

. Ardmore Harbour. 

. Ardrishaig and Loch Awe Railway. - 

. Bank of Hindustan, China, and Japan. 

. Barry Harbour. 

. Barry Railway (Alteration). 

. Belfast Gas. 

. Belgravia and South Kensington New 
Road. 

. Bray and Enniskherry tailway. 

. Brean Down Docks. 

. Brighton West Pier. 

. Bristol Port Extension Railway. 

. Britishand Canadian Telegraph Company. 

. Caithness Railways. 

. Calcutta and South Eastern Railway 
Company. 

. Cashel Junction Railway. 

. Central Ireland Railways. 

. City and London Bridge Railways. 

. Clevedon and Portishead Railway. 

. Clyde Navigation. 

. Columbia (Bethnal Green) Market and 
Approaches. 

. Commercial Union and Argus Assurance 
Companies. 

. Contract Corporation. 

. Cork and Youghal Railway. 

. Cork Harbour. 

. Cork Harbour and Curraghbinny Ex- 
tension Railway. 

. Cork Port Conservancy. 

. Dagenham Dock Railways. 

. Dagenham ( Thames) Dock. 

. Delubole Railway and Bossinney Harbour. 

. Discount Corporation. 

. Downpatrick, Dundrum, ard Newcastle 
Railway. 

. Downs Docks. 

. Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway. 

. Dublin and Kingstown Railway (Lease). 

. Dublin, Rathmines, §c. Railway. 


13th February. 


- Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway. 

. East Barnet Gas and Water. 

. Eastern Bengal Railway Company. 

. East India Irrigation and Canal. 

. East London Railway( Additional Powers). 
. Equitable Gas Company. 

. Flintshire Oil and Cannel Company. 

. Furness Railway. 

. Furness and Whitehaven and Furness 


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1866. 


Junction Railway Companies. 


. Grange and Cartmell District Gas and 


Water. 


. Great Southern and Western Railway. 
. Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Com- 


pany. 


. Harwich Harbour Estate and Lands Im- 


provement Company. 


. Hatfield Chase Warping and Improve- 


ment (Railway). 


. Herne Bay Fishery. 
. Holderness Embankment and Reclama- 


tion. 


. Holy Island, &amp;c. Reclamation. 

. Hornsey Gas. 

. Imperial Gas Company. 

. International Communication between 


England and the Continent. 


. Letterkenny and Londonderry and Lough 


Swilly Railways. 


. Limerick and Castle Connell Railway. 

. Liverpool Sewage Utilization. 

. Liverpool Tramways. 

. London Gas. 

. London Railways Gas. 

. Longton Gas. 

. Madras Irrigation and Canal. 

. Magdalen Hospital. 

. Medway Docks (No. 1). 

. Medway Docks (No. 2). 

. Mercers’ Company (Saint Paul’s School). 
3. Merchant Shipping Company. 

. Metropolis Sewage and Esser Reclama- 


tion. 


. Metropolitan Tramways. 
. Midland Counties and Shannon Junction 


Railway. 


. Midland Great Western Railway (of Ire- 


land). 


. Montrose Harbour. 

. New River Company. 

. Newry and Armagh Railway. 

. Pagham Harbour. 

. Pneumatic Despatch Company. 

. Putney and Fulham New Bridge. 

. Redheugh Bridge and Approaches. 

. Roach Oyster Fishery. 

. Roach River Fishery. 

. Rochester Docks (Railway, &amp;c.). 

. Ryde Gas. 

. Ryde Pier Tramways. 

. Ryde Station and Railway. 

. Saint Bride’s Bay Railway. 

. Saint Luke’s, King’s Cross, Church Fund. 
. Sandown and Newport (Isle of Wight 


Railway. 


. Shrewsbury Bridges. 
. Sligo and Ballughaderreen Junction Rail- 


way. 


. Southern Railway. 

. South Essex Estuary and Reclamation. 

. South Essex Railway, 

. Southgate and Colney Hatch Gas. 

. South Kensington New Road. 

. South Kensington Road. 

. Sutherland Railway. 

. Swansea Canal Transfer. 

. Swansea General Railway Station and 


Hotel. 
Swansea Harbour Trust. 
Talacre Pier and Harbour (Railway). 
107. Thames 








Private Bills. 
No. 23. 


Railway 
Travelling 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Dover Pier. 


Russia. 


East India 
(Cattle 
Plague.) 


East India 
(Revenues.) 


East India 
(Loan. ) 


Revenue 
Departments. 


Naval Receipt 
and Expen- 
diture. 


Navy. 


99 VicroRIA. 


107. 
108, 
109. 
110. 
111. 
112. 
113. 
114. 


Thames Ironworks, &amp;c. Company. 
Thames Subway. 
Titanic Steel and Iron Company. 
United General Gas Company (Dublin). 
United General Gas Company (Limerick). 
Ventnor Gas and Water. 
Wandsworth Canal. 
Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford Junc- 
tion Railway. 
Weaver River Navigation. 
Wesleyan and General Assurance Society. 
Whitehaven and Furness Junction, and 
Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont 
Railway. 
118. Whitstable Fishery Extension. 
119. Worcester and Birmingham Canal. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


115. 
116. 
117. 


Mr. Dodson presented,—Rules for the Practice 
and* Procedure of the Referees under Standing 
Orders 90-97. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Wednesday the 21st day of this instant February, 
the Railway Travelling (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 14th day of March next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Admiralty, 
the Board of Trade, and the Treasury, concerning 
the Completion of the Admiralty Pier at Dover, 
with a Copy of the Plan adopted. 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report on the present State of 
the Trade between Great Britain and Russia. 

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


Mr. Stansfeld presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of this instant 
February, for a Return relative to East India 
(Cattle Plague). 

Mr. Stansfeld also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Return 
of all Stocks, Loans, Debts, and Liabilities, 
chargeable on the Kast India Revenues at Home 
and Abroad up to the latest period of time to 
which such Return, can be made out; viz. England, 
3lst December 1865; India, 30th April 1864. 

Return of all Moneys raised on Loan under the 
Provisions of the East India (Loan) Acts, 21 Vie. 
ce. 3; 22 Vic. c. 11; 22 &amp; 23 Vie. c. 29; 23 &amp; 24 
Vie. c. 130; and 24 &amp; 25 Vice. c. 25. 

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


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Accounts 
showing the Appropriation of the Sums granted 
by Parliament for the Salaries and other Effec- 
tive Services, and for the Superannuations and 
other Non-effective Services of the several Revenue 
Departments, for the year ended on the 31st day 
of March 1865. 

Copy of an Account of the Naval Receipt and 
Expenditure, for the year ended the 3lst March 
1865. 

Statement of the Savings and Deficiencies upon 
the Grants for Navy Services, in the year ended 
the 31st day of March 1865; showing all Cases 
in which the Navy Department has obtained the 
Sanction of the Treasury to Expenditure not pro- 
vided for in the Grants for that year, together 
with Copies of the Representations made to the 
ie a, the Board of Admiralty; also the 

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65 


Balance Sheet, showing the Ledger Balances on 
the 30th September 1865, the Date on which the 
Annual Account of Naval Receipt and Expen- 
diture for the year 1864-65 was closed. 

Abstract Accounts of the Commissioners of Her Woods, Fo- 
Majesty’s Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, "ss, and Lana 
for the year ended on the 3lst March 1865. tt” 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Army (Arm- 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Special Arm- ‘trons and 
strong and Whitworth Committee. Commision) 

Copy of Third Report by the Council of Mili- Military 
tary Education on Army Schools, Libraries, and Fducation. 
Recreation Rooms. 


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


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Divorce and 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the M*ttimonial 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return of _ 
Rules and Regulations concerning Practice or 
Procedure or fixing or regulating Fees, made by 
the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. 

General Return for the year ending 11th day of Bankruptey 
October 1865, of all matters Judicial and Finan-©™* 
cial within “ The Bankruptcy Act, 1861,” framed 
by the Chief Registrar of the Court (in pursuance 
of Section 67 of such Act, and of a General Order 
made under it dated the 18th day of July 1863). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheriff Sheriff Courts 
Courts (Scotland), which was presented upon the aig 
12th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 24. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheffield Sheffield 
Reservoirs, which was presented upon the 12th arene 
day of this instant February, be printed. No, 25, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to a Day Day of Hu- 
of Humiliation, which was presented upon the ™iation. 
12th day of this instant February, be printed. No, 26. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Aug- Augmentation 
mentation of Benefices, which was presented upon fe, 
the 12th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 27, 


And then the Howse adjourned till To-morrow. 








) Wednesday, 14th February, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That, in the case of the Petition Craven June- 
for the Craven Junction Railway Bill, Stand- tion Railway. 
ing Order 183 be suspended, and that leave be 
given to present the Petition for the Bill. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining a 
Railway from the Ribblesdale Railway, in the 
Parish of Gisburne, to the Leeds. and Bradford 
Extension of the Midland Railway, at or near 
Early, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
and for other purposes, was accordingly presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Fort and Colonel Wilson 
Patten. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- North British 
pany, and the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway 4 Edinburgh 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amal- ey ond 
gamate the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Com- panies.” 
pany with the North British Railway Company, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Graham 
Montgomery and Mr. Adam. 


A Petition of the Great Northern and Western Great Northern 
(of Ireland) Railway Company, for leave to bring °"4 Western 
in a Bill to extend fora further period the Powers «sa 
of the Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) 

K Railway 


Barnsley Local 
Board of 
Health. 


Peterborough, 
Wisbeach, and 
Sutton Rail- 
way. 


Truro Water. 


Weardale and 
Shildon Dis- 
trict Water. 


Brecon and 
Llandovery 
Junction Rail- 
way. 


Aberavon Local 


Board. 


66 


Railway Company for the construction of their 
Railways to Westport and Ballina respectively, 
and to enable the said Company to raise further 
Sums of Money, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Bingham and Mr. 
Clive. 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health of the 
District of the Township of Barnsley, in the Parish 
of Silkstone and West Riding of the County of 
York, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend 
the time limited by “ The Barnsley Local Board 
Act, 1862,” for the completion of the Water- 
works thereby authorized, and to enable the Local 
Board of Health for the District of the Township 
of Barnsley, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, to raise further Moneys for the purposes of 
that Act, to amend the Acts relating to the said 
District, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered: to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Francis Crossley and Viscount 
Milton. 


A Petition of the Peterborough, Wisheach, and 
Sutton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for authorizing the Peterborough, Wisbeach, 


and Sutton Railway Company to regulate their | 


existing Share Capital, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Young and Mr. Waring. 


A Petition of the thereunto subscribed, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for better supply- 
ing with Water the Borough of Truro, in the 
County of Cornwall, and for other purposes, was 
sresented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
mre in accordingly, by Captain Vivian and 


Mr. Williams. 


A Petition of Subscribers to and Promoters of 
the Undertaking thereinafter referred to, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for better supplying the Wear- 
dale and Shildon District, and other Places in the 
County of Durham with Water, and for other pur- 


poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was| of an Act passed in the third year of the reign of Edenfield 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Captain 
Surtees and Mr. Pease. 


A Petition of the Brecon and Llandovery Junc- 
tion Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for extending the Powers of the Brecon and Llan- 
dovery Junction Railway Company, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Captain Jervis and Mr. Beecroft. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 


gesses of the Borough of Aderavon, in the County | 


of Glamorgan, as the Local Board for the District 
of Aberavon, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the 
Borough of Aberavon, as the Local Board for the 
District, to purchase the existing Gas Works of 
the Aberavon Gas and Coke Consumers’ Company 
(Limited), and to supply Gas within the said 
District, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Dillwyn and Mr. William Morris. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike Roads 
thereinafter referred to, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to extend the term and amend the pro- 
visions of the Act relating to the Abercarn Turn- 
pike Roads, was enn and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Octavius Morgan and Mr. Crawshay Bailey. 


Gas and Coke 


A Petition of the Briton Ferr 
Consumers’ Company (Limited), for leave to bring 
in a Bill for more effectually lighting Briton 


14th February. 


1866. 


Ferry with Gas, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Dillwyn and Mr. William Morris. 


A Petition of Addison Potter, of Heaton Hall, in 


Walker and 


the Borough and County of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Wallsend 


Gas Light Company (Limited), for leave to bring 
in a Bill for incorporating the Walker and Wallsend 
Union Gas Company; for enabling them to supply 
Gas to the Parish of Wallsend and parts of the 
Parishes of Long Benton and Tynemouth, in North- 
umberland, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Liddell and Mr, Wentworth 


Beaumont. 
A Petition of the West Riding and Grimsby 


Company, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- 
shire Railway Company, and the South Yorkshire 
Railway and River Dun Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to transfer the West Riding and 
Grimsby Railway to the Great Northern and 
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railwa 

Companies, jointly, and for other purposes wit 

respect to the said Undertaking and Companies, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Packe 
and Mr. Watkin. 


term and amend the provisions of the “ Act for 
more effectually repairing and improving the Road 
from Butterton Moor End to the Turnpike Road 
leading from Buxton to Ashbourne, and other 
Roads therein mentioned, in the Counties of 
Stafford and Derby, and for making several Di- 
versions or new Lines of Road to communicate 
therewith,” was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Adderley and Sir Edward Manningham Buller. 





Esquire, and of the Walker and Saint Anthony’s ©" Gas. 


West Riding 


Railway Company, the Great Northern Railway and Grimsby 


Railway 
er.) 


A Petition of Trustees of Butterton Moor End Butterton Moor 
Road, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 294 Road. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution Rochdale and 


| King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for ®°*4* 


more effectually repairing and improving the Road 
‘from Rochdale to Edenfield, in the Parish of Bury, 
allin the County Palatine of Lancaster,” for leave 
to bring in a Bill for repairing and maintaining 
the Road from Rochdale to Edenfield, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, and for other purposes, was 
| presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Algernon Egerton 


and Mr. Turner. 


Chapel-in-the-Frith Road, for leave to bring in 
Bill to repeal an Act passed in the third an 


William the Fourth, for more effectually repairing 
the Road from the Canal Bridge in Hurdsfield, in 
the County of Chester, to the Turnpike Road at 
Randle Carr Lane Head in Fernilee, in the County 
of Derby, leading to Chapel-in-the-Frith, in the 
same County, and another Act passed in the same 
year to rectify a mistake in the above-mentioned 
Act, and to make more effectual Provisions in lieu 
thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Edward Egerton and Mr. Wilbraham Egerton. 


ment Commissioners, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for authorizing the Bury Improvement Com- 
missioners to raise a further Sum of Money for 
their Gas Works, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 





be 


A Petition of Trustees of the Macclesfield and Macclesfield 
a, and Chapel-in- 
d the-Frith Road. 


fourth years of the reign of His Majesty King 


A Petition of Trustees of the Bury Improve- Bury Gas. 











ng 
by 


foor 


od 








Bromsgrove 
and Droitwich 
Water. 


Manchester, 

Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire 

Railway. 


Congleton and 
Buxton Road. 


Hexham and 
Allendale Rail- 
way. 


Stourbridge 
Gas Act 
Amendment. 


Afon Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Beddgelert 
Railway Bill. 


Bridgnorth, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Staf- 
fordshire Rail- 
way Bill. 


Bridgwater and 
Taunton Canal 
and Bristol and 


29 Victoria. 


be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Robert Phillips 
and Mr. Turner. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for better supplying with Water 
the Towns of Bromsgrove and Droitwich, and cer- 
tain Parishes and Places adjacent thereto, in the 
County of Worcester, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 


ingly, by Sir John Pakington and Mr. Vernon. 


A Petition of Samuel Stock, Josiah Evans, and 
David Bromilaw, Suitors for a Bill for effecting 
the objects thereinafter mentioned, for leave to 
bring ina Bill for the substitution of a Swing or 
Opening Bridge for a Fixed Bridge for carrying 
the Liverpool Extension Railway of the Manches- 
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company 
over the Sankey Canal, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry 
Seymour and Mr. Goldney. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Congleton and 
Buxton Turnpike Road, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to extend the Term and amend the Provisions 
of “ An Act for repairing, amending, and main- 
taining the Road from Congleton, in the County of 
Chester, to a Branch of the Leek Turnpike Road 
at Thatchmarsh Bottom, in the Parish of Harting- 
ton, in the County of Derby, and from the Lowe 
to the Havannah Mills, in the said County of 
Chester, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ad- 
derley and Sir Edward Manningham Buller, 


A Petition of the Hexham and Allendale Rail- 
way Company and of the North Eastern Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Greenwich Hospital Estate and the North Eastern 
Railway Company to aid in the completion of the 
Hexham and Allendale Railway, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Lid- 
dell and Mr. Wentworth Beaumont. 


A Petition of the Stourbridge Gas Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Stour- 
bridge Gas Company to raise Additional Capital, 
was presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Vernon and 
Mr. Calthorpe. 


The Afon Valley Railway Bill was read a second 


time ; and committed. 


The Beddgelert Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


The Bridgnorth, Wolverhampton, and Stafford- 
shire Railway Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 


The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal and Bristol 
and Ezeter Railway Bill was read a second time; 


Soste Railway and committed. 


Bridgwater 
Railway Bill. 


Bristol and 


Exeter Railway 


peitticnel 
ers) Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter 


The Bridgwater Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


The Bristol and Exeter Railway (Additional 
Powers) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 


The Bristol and Exeter Railway (Exe Valley 


Valley Railways) Bill was read a second time; and com- 


Tail 
ways) Bill, mitted. 


Ss 
ton) Bi, 


The Caledonian Railway ( Corstorphine Junction) 


(Cors- Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


Vou. 121. 


14th February. 








i~ 
67 
The Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station) Caledonian 
Bill was read a second time ; and committad. Railway (Edin- 
burgh Station) 
Bill. 
The Canterbury Gas and Water Bill was read a Canterbury Gas 
second time; and committed. and Water Bill. 


The Cefn, Acrefair, and Rhosymedre Water Cefn, Acrefair, 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. and Rhosy- 
medre Water 


Bill. 
The Central Cornwall Railway Bill was read a Central Corn- 


second time; and committed. wall Railway 
Bill. 
The Cheshire Lines Bill was read a second time; Cheshire Lines 
and committed. Bill. 


The Chester and West Cheshire Junction Rail- Chester and 


way Bill was read a second time; and committed. West Cheshire 
Junction Rail- 


way Bill. 
The Colchester Gas Bill was read a second time; Colchester Gas 
and committed. Bill. 


The Drayton Junction Railway Bill was read a Drayton June- 
second time; and committed. oo Railway 
1. 
The East London Eastern Extension Railway fast London 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Eastern Ex- 
tension Railway 
Bill. 


The East London Railway (South Western Ex- fast London 


tension) Bill was read a second time; and com- Railway (South 
mitted. Western Exten- 
sion) Bill. 


The Ebbw Vale, Beaufort, &amp;c. Water Bill was Ebbw Vale, 
read a second time ; and committed. Beaufort, &amp;c. 
Water Bill. 
The Forth and Clyde Junction and Caledonian Forth and 


Railway Companies Bill was read a second time ; a a 
, . an edonian 
and committed. Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 
The Glasgow and South Western Railway (Ayr- Glasgow and 
shire, &amp;c. Lines) Bill was read a second time; and es hey 
i . al way ( Tr 
committed. shire, &amp;c. . 
: Lines) Bill. 
The Great Northern Railway (Hertford to Great Northern 
Stevenage) Bill was read a second time; and com- Railway (Hert- 
mitted ford to Steven- 
° age) Billi. 
Ordered, That the Hampstead, Highgate, and Hampstead, 
Charing Cross Railway Bill be read a second time fiishsate, and 


- ; haritig Cross 
To-morrow. Railway Bill. 


The Harborne Railway Bill was read a second Harborne Rail. 
time ; and committed. way Bill. 


The Hounslow and Metropolitan Railway Bil] Hounslow and 
was read a second time; and committed. Raley Ban 
The Huntley, Mitcheldean, and Elton Roads Bill Huntley, mit- 


was read a second time; and committed. cheldean, and 
Elton Roads 


Bill. 
The Kingsbridge and Da: tmouth Roads Bill was Kingsbriage 
read a second time; and committed. and Dartmouth 
Roads Bill., 
The Liverpool Central Station Railway Bill was Liverpool Cene 
read a second time; and committed. tral Station 
Railway Bill. 
The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway London, Chat- 
(Various Powers) Bill was read a second time ; bam, and Dover 
° Railway 
and committed. (Custom 
Powers) Bill. 
The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire and Manchester, 
Great Eastern Railway Companies Bill was read Sheffield, and 
a ‘ : Lincolnshire 
a second time ; and committed. ond Gana 
Eastern Rail- 
way Companies 


Bill. 
The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 
way (Central Station and Lines) Bill was read a Sheffield and 


P ° Lincolnshi 
second time ; and committed. Railway (Cen- 
tral Station and 


K 2 The lines) Bill, 





68 


Manchester, The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- 
Sheffield, and way (Liverpool Extension) Bill was read a second 
Railway (Liver- time; and committed. 

pool Exten- 

sion) Bill. 


Manchest } ; il- 
erp The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail 


Lincolnshire Way (New Lines) Bill was read a second time; and 
Railway (New committed. | 
Lines) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Metropolitan and Saint John’s | 
Wood Railway Bill be read a second time To-. 
morrow. | 


| 





Metropolitan 
and Saint 

John’s Wood 
Railway Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Ashby and 
Nuneaton, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The Midland Railway (Ashby and Nuneaton, &amp;c.) 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
The Midland Railway (Branches, &amp;c.) Bill was | 


read a second time; and committed. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Branches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Settle to 
Carlisle) Bill. 


The Midland Railway( Settle to Carlisle) Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 


The Morayshire Railway Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 


Morayshire 
Railway Bill. 


Neath and 
Brecon Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 


The Neath and Brecon Railway (Capital) Bill 


was read a second time; and committed. 


The Newcastle and Gateshead Water Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


Newcastle and 
Gateshead 
Water Bill. 


New Milford 


The New Milford Docks Bill was read a second 
Docks Bill. ; 


time ; and committed. 
North Eastern The North Eastern Railway (Gilling, Helmsley, 
ee Hedcley, and Pickering Branch) Bill was read a second time; 
and Pickering and committed. 

Branch) Bill. 

North Eastern = The North Eastern Railway (Leedsand Wetherby | 


mrp —~y Branch) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
er . . 
Branch) Bill. mitted. 





Ordered, That the North Metropolitan Railway | 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


North Metro- 
olitan Railway 
ill. 


North Wales, 
Birkenhead, 

and Liverpool 
Railway Bill. 


The North Wales, Birkenhead, and Liverpool | 
Railway Bill was read a second time ; and com- | 
mitted. 

| 

The Paisley Water Bill was read a second time; | 
and committed. | 


Paisley Water 
Bill. 


Rathmines 


and Rathgar 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Salisbury and The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill was read | 

— Railway a second time ; and committed. 
lil. 

Sheffield Water The Sheffield Water Bill was read a second time; 

Bill. and committed. 


The Rathmines and Rathgar Improvement Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 


Stocksbridge 


The Stocksbridge Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. 


time; and committed. 


Stockton Gas 


es The Stockton Gas Bill was read a second time; 
lil. 


and committed. 


Thetford and 
Watton Rail- 
way Bill. 


lhe Thetford and Watton Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


The Tyne Improvement Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Tyne Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Upavon and 
Andover Rail- 
way Bill. 


Vale of Lian- 
an- 
gollen and Cor- 
wen, &amp;c. Rail- 
7 Companies 


The Upavon and Andover Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


The Vale of Llangollen, Llangollen and Cor- 
wen, &amp;c. Railway Companies Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


14th February. 


several points in their main Line, 


| for other purposes, was read the first time; an 





1866. 


The West Bromwich and Walsall Railway Bill west Brom. 
was read a second time; and committed. wich and Wal. 
sall Railway 
Bill. 
The Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway Bill Wivenhoe and 
- . . rightlin 
was read a second time; and committed. Railway = 

The Wrexham and Minera Railway Bill was read Wrexhom and 
a second time; and committed. Minera Rail- 

way Bill. 

A Bill for continuing the Term and Provisions Greenwich 
of the several Statutes relating to the Greenwich pe bao 
and Woolwich Turnpike Lower Road, in the gy” 
County of Kent, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for more effectually maintaining and Ross and Cro. 
keeping in repair the Roads, Highways, and = Roads 
Bridges in the Counties of Ross and Cromarty, * 
for making new Roads and Bridges in the said 
Counties, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorise the North British Railway North British 
Company to make certain Railways in connection Railway 
with their System in the Counties of Linlithgow, Branches) Ri 
© ze ° ill. 
Stirling and Edinburgh, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to authorize the North British Railway North British 
Company to make a Railway between the two Railway (Saint 
in the Parish of Margaret's Di- 
South Leith, and for other purposes, was read the ne 


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


A Bill to amalgamate the Leadburn, Linton, and North British 

Dolphinton Railway Company with the North and Leadburn, 
Fe P ‘ : , Linton, and 
British Railway Company, was read the first time; Hoiphinton 

and ordered to be read a second time. Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


A Bill for leasing the Esk Valley Railway to Esk Valley 


| the North British Railway Company, and for other Railway Bill. 


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


A Bill to authorize the North British Railway Forth and Clyde 
Company to run over the Forth and Clyde Junc- Junction and 
tion Railway; also Working and Traffic Agree- poeta 
ments between that Company and the Forth and panies Bill. 
Clyde Junction Railway Company; and Powers 
of Amalgamation, Sale, or Lease of the Under- 


| taking of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway 


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


A Bill to make further Provision for completing ia Kent and 
Amalgamation of the Mid-Kent Railway Com- South Eastern 
pany with South Eastern Railway Company, and Railway Com- 

q Panies Bill. 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the Conservancy and Improvement Great Yar- 
of the Port and Haven of Great Yarmouth and mouth Haven, 
the Rivers connected therewith, for the levying and at 
extinguishing of Tolls and Duties, and for other 
8 was read the first time ; and ordered to 

e read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Zlanelly Railway and Lianelly Rail- 
Dock Company to construct a Pier at the Mumbles, way and Dock 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; Bill. 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to amend certain of the Provisions of the North wal- 
North Walsham and Dilham Canal Act, was read sham and Dil- 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second »*™ Canal Bill. 
time. 


A Bill to authorize the South Yorkshire Rail- south Yorke 
way and River Dun Company to widen and im- shire Railway 
prove 








1. 


il. 


de 





29 VicToRIA. 


prove a portion of their Railway, and to abandon 
other portions thereof, and for other purposes re- 
lating to the same Railway, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Stourbridge 


A Bill to authorize the Stourbridge Railway 
Railway Bill. p 


Company to construct Railways to Amblecote and 
Cookley, and Branches at Spon Lane and Stour- 
bridge, and to raise additional Capital, and for | 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- | 
dered to be read a second time. 





Worcester, A Bill to enable the Worcester, Bromyard, and 

—— Leominster Railway Company to raise further 

Railway Bill. Sums of Money; to extend the Time limited for 
the purchasing of Lands and for completing that | 
Railway, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Glasgow (City) 
Improvements, 
&amp;e, Bill. 


A Bill for the Improvement of the City of 
Glasgow, and the construction of new, and widen- 
ing, altering, and diverting of existing Streets in 
the said City, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 








time. 
East Norfolk A Bill to authorize the East Norfolk Railway 
Railway Bill. “Company to make new Railways, and for other | 
urposes, was read the first time; and ordered to | 
e read a second time. 
Birmingham A Bill to enable the Birmingham and Sutton 
ater Coldfield Extension Railway Company to make 
olane. X- 


certain new Railways, and also a Deviation of | 
their authorized Line, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


tension Railway 
Bill. 


Dundee Water A Bill to enable the Dundee Water Company 

Bill. to execute additional Works, and to raise a further 
Sum of Money, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Solway Junc- A Bill to enable the Solway Junction Railway 
{Copital) Bi Company to raise further Capital, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to 

be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen, 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Bradford, in the 
County of York, to acquire and to regulate the 
Markets and Fairs in the Borough, and to provide 
Places for holding the Markets and Fairs, and to 
take Tolls for the same, and for extending the 
Periods for the completion of their Waterworks, 
and for authorizing them to acquire Lands, and to 
raise further Moneys, and for regulating their 
Borrowing Powers and Debt, and for the esta- 
blishing of “The Bradford Corporation Savings 
Bank,” and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Bradford Cor- 
poration Bill. 


Ely Valley 


Rallway Bill A Bill to enable the Ely Valley Railway Com- 


a to make new Railways to the Ogmore Valley 
ailway and to the Lilantrissant and Taff Vale 
Junction Railway, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Newport (Mon- 
mouth) 
Borough Bill. 


A Bill for authorizing the formation of a new 
Street in the Borough of Newport, Monmouthshire, 
in lieu of a level crossing there of the South 
Wales Line of the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Dryclough, A Bill to repeal an Act passed in the seventh 
Romine ear of the reign of his Majesty King William the 
Bill, Roads ourth, intituled, “An Act for improving and 





14th February. 69 


maintaining the Road from Dryclough, through 
Shaw, New Hey, and Milnrow to Rochdale, and 
other Roads in the County of Lancaster,” and to 
grant more effectual Powers in lieu thereof, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the construction of Railways whereby Mersey Pnen- 
Liverpool will be connected with Birkenhead, was Rx" Railway 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


A Petition of Henry Dean and John William Cheltenham 
Austin, Electors of the Borough of Cheltenham, "4 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, was presented, and read (vide 
Appendix to Votes, No. 15). 

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 Pope Hennessy, Esquire, of King’s County 
the Inner Temple, London, complaining of an undue Election. 
Election and Return for the King’s County, was 
presented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, 

No. 16). 

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 Wilson and Wilson Barker, Lancaster 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for Borough Elec- 
the Borough of Lancaster, was presented, and read "™ 
(vide Appendix to Votes, No. 17). 

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 the Return relative to East India East India 
(Cattle Plague), which was presented upon the (Cattle Plague.) 
13th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 28. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India fast India 
(Revenues), which was presented upon the 13th (Revenues.) 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 29. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Fast East India 
India (Loan), which was presented upon the 13th (Lea.) 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 30. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relatives to the Revenue De- 
Revenue Departments, which were presented upon P#rtments. 
the 13th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 31. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval Naval Receipt 
Receipt and Expenditure, which was presented on Expendi- 
upon the 13th day of this instant February, be. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Navy, Navy. 
which was presented upon the 13th day of this No, 33. 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Woods, Woods, 
Forests,and Land Revenues, which were presented Forests, and 
tale Land Revenues, 
upon the 13th day of this instant February, be 
. No, 34, 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bank- Bankruptcy 
ruptcy Court, which was presented upon the 13th 
No. 365. 


No. 32. 














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day of this instant February, be printed. 
K3 Several 





Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Second 
Report. 


‘ Juries. 


Cattle Diseases 
Bill. 


Cattle Plague 
Bill. 


Northallerton 
Election. 


London (City) 
Traffic Regula- 
tion. 


70 


Several Public Petitions were 


—— and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Places in England and 
Wales, the Inhabitants of which are exempt from 
serving upon Juries by any Prescription, Charter, 
Grant, or Writ. 

Ordered, That 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 Cattle Diseases Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Cattle Plague Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. Dodson 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 Reso- 
lution, 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 3lst day of March 1867, 
be laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1867, 
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. 


A Petition of Jasper Wilson Johns, who was a 


Candidate at the last Election for the Borough of 


Northallerton, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said Borough, was presented, 
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. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Thursday, 15th February, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
4% HE House being informed, That the Sheriffs 
of the City of London attended at the door, 
they were called in; and at the Bar presented,— 
A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons of the City of London, in Common Council 
assembled :—And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for the better Regulation of the Traffic in the 


Streets of the City of London and for the preven- 
tion of Obstructions therein, and for amending 





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1866. 


the City of London Police Act, and for other pur- 
poses, was read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Baron Lionel de Roths- 
child, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Alderman Lawrence. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton and South London, Brigh. 
Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in a ton, and South 


Bill for defining the Undertaking and Railways of 
the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
Company and for defining and regulating their 
Capital and Mortgage Debt and their Powers of 
raising Moneys, and for authorizing them to make 
and maintain new Lines of Railway, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Bartte‘ot and Mr. Henry Wyndham. 


( 


Coast Railway 


Various 


Powers.) 


A Petition of the Devon Valley Railway Com- Devon Valley 


pany, and of the North British Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Devon 
Valley Railway Company to raise additional r 
Share Capital, and to confirm Agreements and 

make Provision for an Amalgamation 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. 

Adam and Mr. Ellice. 


and North 
British Railway 
Companies (Ar« 


angements. ) 


A Petition of proposed Trustees for executing Combmartin 


the Act to authorize the making and maintaining # 
anew Road between Combmartin and Ilfracombe, 
both in the County of Devon, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for making and maintaining a new Road 
between Combmartin and Ilfracombe, both in the 
County of Devon, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Acland and Mr. Trefusis. 


nd Ilfracombe 
oad, 


A Petition of the Hadlow Railway Company, for Hadlow Rail- 
leave to bring in a’ Bill for authorizing an Exten- way- 


sion of the Hludlow Railway, for abandoning a 
portion of the authorized Line of that Railway, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Hartopp and Colonel Knoz. 


A Petition of the Parsons'own and Portumna Parsonstown 


Bridge Railway Company, 
Southern and Western Railway Company, for 
leave to bring ina Bill to authorize the Parsons- 
town and Portumna Bridge Railway Company to 
extend the Time for completion of their Works ; 
to raise further Capital; to issue Preference 
Shares in lieu of Cancelled Shares; to sell or 
lease their Undertaking to the Great Southern 
and Western Railway Company; to enable the 
Great Southern and Western Railway Company 
to subscribe to the Company’s Undertaking, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Lord Dunkellin and Mr. Michael Morris, 


P 4 . and Portumna 
and of the Great Bridge Rail- 
way. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- North British 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
North British Railway Company to make severa 
Railways and purchase Lands in various Counties; 
to extend the times for purchase of Land and con- 
struction of Works, with respect to part of their 
Railway system across the Frith of Forth; to 
make certain alterations in their Capital; to autho- 
rize Agreements with the Corporation of Edin- 
burgh as to a Fruit and Vegetable Market at 
Edinburgh, and with the Midland Railway Com- 
pany as to a Goods Station at Carlisle, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Graham Montgomery and Mr. Ellice. 


authorize the Railway (New 
l Works, &amp;c.) 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- north Briti 


any, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Railway 
North British Railway Company to make several ( 


Railways in connection with their system in the 
County 


Wishaw, &amp;c. 
ranches. 








ay 
Te 





29 Victoria. 


County of Lanark, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Edward Colebrooke and Mr. Graham. 


A Petition of the Wandsworth and Putney Gas 
Light and Coke Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to extend the Limits within which the Wands- 
worth and Putney Gas Light and Coke Company 
are authorized to supply Gas; and to enable the 
Company to acquire additional Lands, to erect 
additional Works, to capitalize Money expended 
by them out of Revenue, 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. Locke King and Mr. Buxton. 


Wandsworth 
and Putney 
Gas. 


A Petition of the Berwickshire Railway Com- 
pany and of the North British Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Ber- 
wichshire 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 Sir Graham Montgomery and Mr. 
Adam. 


Berwickshire 
Railway. 


Brampton and A Petition of Persons thereunder signed and of 

Longtown Rail- the Glasgow and South Western Railway Com- 

_ pany and the North British Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 
from the North British (Border Union) Railway, 
near Longtown, to Brampton, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Steel 
and Mr. Edmund Potter. 


Great Northen A Petition of the Great Northern Railway 
Railway (Ad- Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to confer 


_ additional Powers on the Great Northern Railway 

oa Company with respect to their Undertaking, was 
presented, and'read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Packe and Mr. 
Edward Egerton. 

North British A Petition of the North British Railway Com- 


Railway (Stir- pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the 
4 oa ) North British Railway Company to make several 
, Railways in the Counties of Lanark, Dumbarton, 
and Stirling, in connection with the late Edinburgh 
and Glasgow and Monklands Railways, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Edward Colebrooke and Mr. Graham. 


Swindon,Calne, A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike Roads 
and Cricklade thereinafter referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill 
a to extend the Term and amend the Provisions of 
the Act relating to the Roads leading from Swindon 
to the centre of Christian Maljord Bridge, from 
Calne to Lyneham-green, and from the Direction 
Post in Long Leaze-lane, near Lydiard Marsh, to 
Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, was presented, 
‘and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Lowe, Mr. Goddard, and Mr. 

Gooch. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Metro- 
politan Board of Works to widen and improve 
Park-lane, in the Parish of Saint George, Hanover- 
square, in the County of Middlesex, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Tite, Mr. Taverner John 
Miller, and Mr. Doulton. 


Thames Em- A Petition of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 
— for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Metro- 
=e politan Board of Works to construct an Embank- 


Park Lane Im- 
provement, 


ment of the River Thames with Roadways in con- 
e nection therewith, between the Royal Hospital 
at Chelsea and Battersea Bridge, in the County of 
Middlesex, was presented, and read; and a Bill 

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15th February. 3 71 


was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Tite, Mr. Taverner John Miller, and Mr. Doulton. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Board of Works, Thames Em- 
for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the Metro- bankment 
politan Board of Works to alter the Streets and (North) 
Roadways in communication with the Thames 
Embankment on the north side of the River 
Thames, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Tite, 
Mr. Taverner John Miller, and Mr. Doulton. 


A Petition of the Great Eastern Railway Com- Great Eastern 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the ae a 
Great Eastern Railway Company to make certain Branches.) 
Railways to connect their system with the Alez- 
andra Palace, in the Parish of Tottenham, in the 
County of Middlesex, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Goodson and Mr. 

Kennard. 


A Petition of the Great Eastern Railway Com- Great Eastern 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the — ane 
Great Eastern Railway Company to make certain powers.) 
Railways and Tramways, and to purchase certain 
Lands and Buildings for Station purposes, and to 
alter the Levels of their Ramsey Branch, and part 
of one of their Metropolitan Branches, between 
Hanger-lane and West Green-road, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Goodson and Mr. Kennard. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, Silloth Police. 

for leave to bring in a Bill to make better Pro- 
vision with respect to matters appertaining to 
Police in the Town of Silloth, in the County of 
Cumberland, and the Neighbourhood thereof, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Graham Mont- 
gomery and Mr. Adam. 


A Petition of the Rochdale Waterworks Com- Rochdale 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Water. 
Rochdale Waterworks Company to furnish a better 
supply of Water, and to execute further Works, 
and to raise further Moneys, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read, and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Bright and Mr. Thomas Potter. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- North British 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Railway (Coat- 
North British Railway Company to make certain Donte} 
Railways in connection with their system in the 
Counties of Lanark, Linlithgow, and Stirling, and 
a Deviation in the Forth and Clyde Canal, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Edward Colebrooke and Mr. Graham. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Bray Improve- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for ment. 
the Improvement of the Town and District of 
Bray, in the Baronies of Ratidown, and Counties 
of Dublin and Wicklow respectively, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be . 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Colman O’ Loghlen 
and Mr. Verner. 


A Petition of the British Gas Light Company, pritish Gas 
Limited, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and Company (Staf- 
amend certain of the Provisions of “ The British = Pot- 
Gas Light Company, Limited (Staffordshire Pot-‘"™ 
teries) Act, 1858,” was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Grenfell and Sir Edward Manningham 
Buller. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- Devon Valley 
pany, and of the Devon Valley Railway Dompeny, Sritis Raflweg 
K4 or 





72 


Companies 
(Branches.) struction of Branch Railways from the Devon 
Valley Railway into the Mineral Districts of Fife 
and Clackmannan, and for other purposes, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Secs in accordingly, by Mr. Adam and Mr. 


Ellice. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Tynemouth, in 
the County of Northumberland, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for empowering the Corporation of Tywne- 
mouth to make new Streets; for amending the 
Rating Powers of the Corporation, as the Local 
Board for the Borough, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ingham and 
Mr. Trevelyan. 


Tynemouth 
Improvement. 


Muswell Hill 
Estate and 
Railways 


A Petition of the Muswell-hill Estate Company 
(Limited), for leave to bring in a Bill to dissolve 
and reincorporate the Muswell-hill Estate Company 
(Limited), with Powers to make certain Railways 
over their Estate, for giving access thereto from 
neighbouring Railways, and to enter into arrange- 
ments for the use thereof, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. M*‘Cullagh 
Torrens and Mr. Goodson. 


A Petition of the Crofthead and Kilmarnock 
Extension Railway Company, and of the Glasgow 
and South Western Railway Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for sanctioning the construction 
of certain Deviations of the authorized Lines of the 
Crofthead and Kilmarnock Extension Railway, and 
of the Glasgow and South Western (Atimarnock 
Direct) Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Baillie Cochrane 
and Sir James Fergusson. 


Crofthead and 
Kilmarnock 
Extension 
Railway. 


Caledonian A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 

Railway (Kil- for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Cade- 

syth Branches.) donian Railway Company to make Railways for 
connecting their Castlecary Branch, and their 
Denny Branch with Kilsyth and Dumbreck, in the 
County of Stirling, and for other purposes, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
wv in accordingly, by Mr. Baillie Cochrane 
and Sir James Fergusson. 


Birkenheadand A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the 

Liverpool §  objectsthereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in 

_— Rail- 4 Bill for making Railways between Birkenhead 
and Liverpool, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


London, Chat- A Petition of the London, Chatham, and Dover 
ham, and Dover, and South Eastern Railway Companies, for leave 
Testes (ecu. to bring in a Bill to enable the London, Chatham, 
ley, Farn- and Jover and South Eastern Railway Companies 
borough, and to make Railways in the County of Aent for im- 
ca Railways swroving the communication with the Towns and 

"Districts of 
Wickham, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 

on Standing Orders. 


Hampstead, The Order of the day being read, for the se- 
Highgate, and cond reading of the Hampstead, Hiyhgate, and 
Thailwes gg Charing Cross Railway Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the se- 
cond reading of the Metropolitan and Saint John’s 
Wood Railway Bill ; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Metropolitan 
and Saint 

John’s Wood 
Railway Bill. 


15th February. 


for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the con-| 


Bromley, Farnborough, and West | 


1866. 


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 
the Question:—It was resolved in the Affir- 
| mative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The North Metropolitan Railway Bill was, ac- North Metro. 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ponten Railway 
mitted. 


A Bill for the construction of a Wet Dock and Ayr Harbour 
Railways at the Harbour of Ayr, and for other ®# 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for better supplying with Water the Bodmin Water 
Borough and Parish of Bodmin, in the County of 3! 
Cornwall, was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill to provide for the re-erection of the Saint Martin. 
Workhouse and Offices and Parochial Schools of Se Pn 
Saint Martin-in-the- Fields, in the City of West- &amp;e. Rebuilding 
minster, and of Archbishop 7enison’s School, upon Bill. 
new Sites, was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Mayor, Aldermen, and Aberavon Local 
Burgesses of the Borough of Aberavon, as the Bord Bill 
Local Board for the District, to purchase the exist- 
ing Gasworks of the Aberavon Gas and Coke Con- 
sumers’ Company (Limited), and to supply Gas 
within the said District, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Term and amend the Pro- Abercarn Roads 
visions of the Act relating to the Abercarn Turn- Bill 
pike Roads, was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for extending the Powers of the Brecon Brecon and 
and Llandovery Junction Railway Company, was Llandovery’ 


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


A Bill for more effectually lighting Briton Briton Ferry, 
Ferry with Gas, was read the first time; and or- © Bill. 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Stourbridge Gas Company Stourbridge 

to raise additional Capital, was read the first time ; Gas Act 
. . : Amendment 
and ordered to be read a second time. Bill, 

A Bill to transfer the West Riding and Grimsby West Riding 
Railway to the Great Northern and Manchester, 4 pone 
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies fer) Bile 
| jointly, and for other purposes with respect to the 
said Undertaking and Cenaeion was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 





A Bill for authorizing the Peterborough, Wis- Peterborough, 


Wisbeach, and 
Sutton Railway 
Bill. 


beach, and Sutton Railway Company to regulate 
their existing share capital, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 





A Bill for the substitution of a Swing or Open- Manchester, 
ing Bridge for a Fixed Bridge for carrying the peer Ps 
Liverpool Extension Railway of the Manchester, Railway Bill. 
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company over 
the Sankey Canal, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. ° 
A Bill to amalgamate the Edinburgh and Bath- North British 
gate Railway Company with the North British sn¢ Edinburgh 
Railway “ 











way 


iter 





Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Teign Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Saint George’s 
Parish, County 
of Gloucester, 
Bill. 


Hexham and 
Allendale Rail- 
way Bill. 


Walker and 
Wallsend 
Union Gas 
Bill. 


Rochdale and 
Edenfield 
Roads Bill. 


Bromsgrove 
and Droitwich 
Water Bill. 


Craven Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Butterton Moor 
End Road Bill. 


Congleton and 
Buxton Road 
Bill, 


Macclesfield 
the. 


29 VicroRIA. 


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


A Bill for authorizing the Tetgn Valley Railway 
Company to make and maintain an Extension of 
their Railway to Exeter, to raise further Moneys, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for altering the Vestry of the Parish of 
Saint George, in the County of Gloncester, and for 
making further Provision as to the Election and 
Appointment of Overseers of the Poor and Church- 
wardens of the said Parish, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Greenwich Hospital Estate, 
and the North Eastern Railway Company, to aid 
in the Completion of the Hexham and Allendale 
Railway, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for incorporating the Walker and Walls- 
end Union Gas Company, for enabling them to 
supply Gas to the Parish of Wallsend, and parts 
of the Parishes of Zong Benton and Tynemouth in 
Northumberland, and tor other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for repairing and maintaining the Road 
from Rochdale to Edenfield, in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for better supplying with Water the | 


Towns of Bromsgrove and Droitwich, and certain 
Parishes and Places adjacent thereto, in the 
County of Worcester, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a Railway 
from the Ribblesdale Railway, in the Parish of 
Gisburne, to the Leeds and Bradford Extension 
of the Midland Railway, at or near Earby, 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 extend the Term and amend the Pro- 
visions of “ An Act for more effectually repairing 
and improving the Road from Butterton Moor End 
to the Turnpike Road leading from Buzton to 
Ashbourne, and other Roads therein mentioned, in 
the Counties of Stafford and Derby, and for making 
several Diversions or new Lines of Road to com- 
municate therewith,” was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read second time. 


A Bill to extend the Term and amend the Pro- 
visions of “ An Act for repairing, amending, and 
maintaining the Road from Congleton, in the 
County of Chester, to a Branch of the Leek Turn- 
pike Road, at Thatchmarsh Bottom, in the Parish 
of Hartington, in the County of Derby, and from 
the Lowe to the Havannah Mills, in the said 
County of Chester,” was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to repeal an Act passed in the third 


and Chapel-in- and fourth years of the reign of his Majesty 
Bi’ Road King William the Fourth, “ for more effectually 


repairing the Road from the Canal Bridge, in 
Hurdsfield, in the County of Chester, to the Turn- 

ike Road at Randle Carr Lane Head, in Fernilee, 
in the County of Derby, leading to Chapel-in-the- 
Frith, in the same County,” and another Act 


passed in the same year, “to rectify a mistake 

in the above-mentioned Act, and to make more 

effectual Provisions in lieu thereof,” was read the 

first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
VoL, 121. 


15th February. 


} 
| 





73 


A Bill for authorizing the Bury Improvement Bury Gas Bill. 
Commissioners to raise a further Sum of Money 
for their Gasworks, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 


A Bill for better supplying with Water the Truro Water 
Borough of Truro, in the County of Cornwall, and Bill. 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Time limited by “ The Barnsley Local 
Barnsley Local Board Act, 1862,” for the Com- Board of Health 
pletion of the Waterworks thereby authorized, and - 
to enable the Local Board of Health for the dis- 
trict of the Township of Barnsley, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, to raise further 
Moneys for the purposes of that Act; to amend 
the Acts relating to the said District, and for cther 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for better supplying the Weardale and Weardale and 
Shildon District and other Places, in the County Shildon Dis- | 
of Durham, with Water, and for other purposes, ""* 1 eases 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


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

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Aldershot Gas. 
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 Alder- 
shot Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—Report from London, Chat- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ham, and Dover 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing = og 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the London, Shecuad 
Chatham, and Dover and South Eastern (Bromley, and West 
Farnborough, and West Wickham) Railways Bill. —" 

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


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public Petitions 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had (Second 
examined the Petitions presented apon the 12th, ®?) 
13th, and 14th days of this instant February, and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


A Petition of Robert Curteis Stileman and John Rye Election. 
Bellingham, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Town and Port of Rye, was pre- 
sented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 19). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


A Petition of Michael Wills, Esquire, complaining Harwich Elec 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough tio. 
of Harwich, was presented, and read (vide Appen- 
dix to Votes, No. 20). 
L Ordered, 


74 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


15th February. 1866. 


the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee 
of the Privy Council on Education. 
Ordered, Vhat the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- Entails, &amp;. 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of (Scotland.) 
Warrant granting Compensation Allowance to 
William Pitt Dundas, for loss of Fees sustained by 
him as Keeper of the Register of Entails, &amp;c., in 
Scotland, year ending 15th November 1865. 

Copy of Warrant granting Compensation Allow- Court of 
ances to Hector Mason, William Shiell, Assistant Session and 
Clerks in the Court of Session, and to John Barron, a te 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Third 
Report. 
(Scotland.) 


Bridget 
M‘Creedy. 


Burghs (Scot- 
land. ) 


Metropolitan 
Workhouses. 


Prisons Act. 


Education. 


Name of Sheriff 
Substituteship. 


County. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of all Correspondence upon the subject 
of Bridget M‘ Creedy, who was committed to Ne- 
nagh Gaol as adangerous Lunatic, and transferred 
to the Clonmel Lunatic District Asylum by War- 
rant from the Lord Lieutenant. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of all Burghs of 
Regality or Barony in Scotland the Magistrates or 
Town Councillors of which are not elected by 
popular Election of the Feuars or Householders 
or Occupiers; and the Population and Persons 
qualified to vote in Parliamentary Elections within 
such Burghs. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Persons of each Sex 
admitted to the Casual Wards of Metropolitan 
Workhouses during each Night in the Months of 
January 1864 and 1866. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Letters addressed by the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department to Chair- 
men of Quarter Sessions of Counties and Mayors 
of Boroughs: And, of Correspondence with 
the Inspectors of Prisons on the subject of carrying 
into effect the Provisions of the Prisons Act, 
1865. 

Ordered, That 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. Bruce presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Revised Code of Regulations by 





Depute Clerk of the Teind Court, Scotland, year 
1865. 

An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements 
of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the year ended on 
the 21st December 1865: Also, a separate Ac- 
count of the Capital of the said Duchy, to same date. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Sums 
received and paid by the Commissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt, on account of 
Banks for Savings and Friendly Societies in Great 
Britain and Ireland, from their commencement at 
6th August 1817 to the 20th November 1865, 
inclusive: Of the aggregate Amount of the 
separate Surplus Fund of all Savings Banks at 
20th November 1865, and of the Gross Amount of 
all Sums transferred to or paid out of such Surplus 
Fund in the course of the year ending 20th No- 
vember 1865 : And, of all Expenses incurred 
by the said Commissioners, for Salaries of Clerks 
or other Incidental Expenses, during the year 
ending 20th November 1865:——An Account 
setting forth in detail, the whole of the several 
Transactions which have taken place during the 
year ended 20th November 1865, in the Invest- 
ment of all Monies which came into the hands of 
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt, for Savings Banks and Friendly Societies, 
and of all the Variations which have taken place 
during such year, in the Securities held by the said 
Commissioners for those Institutions : And, an 
Account showing the Aggregate Amount of the 


Duchy of Lan- 


caster. 


National Debt 
(Savings Banks 
and Friendly 


Societies.) 


Liabilities of the Government to the Trustees of . 


Savings Banks and Friendly Societies respectively, 
on 20th November 1865; and the Nature, Amount 
and Value of the Securities (taken at the price of 
that day) held by the Commissioners for the Reduc- 
tion of the National Debt to meet the same, and 
the Amount of the Deficiency thereon. 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of July 1864, 
for Returns from each Sheriff Court in Scotland, 
containing the following particulars :— 


TABLE I. 


Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland. ) 





Valuation 
for Income Tax. 


Popula- Number 


Sheriff. Sheriff Substitute (receiving Salary). 





of 
Solicitors 
paying 
License. 


tion 


at last Schedule 


A. 


Schedule 
D. 


Court 


. Census, 


Date 


Appoint- 
ment 


Fees in 
Bank- 
ruptcy, 
Cases, 
&amp;e. 


Date 
of 
Appoint- 


ment, 


Pro- 


fession. 


of Salary. Salary. 


Fees in 
Bank- 
ruptcy 
Cases. 


&amp;e. 
























































Sheriff Clerk. 


Commissary Clerk. 


Procurator Fiscal. Name 


of 


Sheriff Substituteship. 





Fees 
received 
or due and 
payable 
to Exchequer. 


Date 
of 

*| Appoint- 

ment, 


Fees 
received 
or due and 
retainable. 


Date 
of 
Appoint- 
ment, 


Fees received 


or due. Court 





From 
other 


Sources. 


From 
Exche- 
quer. 


Town. 


County. 



























































29 Victoria. 





15th February. 


75 





TaBLE IJ.—Actions oF DEBT IN ORDINARY COURT, EXCLUSIVE OF THOSE ENTERED IN 
TABLEs IV., V., anp IX. 












































































































































































































































































































































7 
Causes disposed of. 
Name of Cases pending Decrees in foro, 
Cases enrolled in 1863. : 
Sheriff Substituteship. | 31st December 1862. Decrees in Absence. Decrees in whole or part for Pursuer. 
Actions above £. 25. 
| Total Sum $ 
sued for a - 2 * 
. 4 in Actions. F Sy R 4 , a af 
} TEES ot = ol 
a na s n 4 — zz 2 eo a 
. Court : a le “a &amp;.. 4 i. 53 23 s i 
County. 6 iS an S155 | x 35 a &amp; 2 5 
Town br $ Sié on) &gt; 2s a | £= Ee RO 2 a : 
. &gt; ° oe ° Pp y a) roy be ney 3 he 2 2 » 
S/S] a PSISlal] © [2.7 E/E SEL S] &amp; [ae] &amp; | BE) RE) &amp; [Ss3 
5 s 18 =| 8 1Ss8lelasi3el51 2 |38| &amp; | eal Se] &amp; [5BR 
3 ) § 3 ) } = oN S Ss 2 3¢ 2 3 38 2 SK S &gt; Ss S 
&lt; a - IOIAle| &lt; |42s a2 esl es,;ay 42 les| &lt; |42ea/e8)] &lt; \&lt;35 
t “ie ae EERE ® 
ks 
Causes disposed of. 
Decrees in foro. Wemeet 
Decrees in whole or part for Pursuer. ’ Sheriff Substituteship. 
anascahhe Actions 
Actions not above £. 25. Decrees wholly for Defender. dismissed Total 
| a ne Number where | Total Expenses —— under Adtaes 
* ' | § a 2 4 full Expenses given in 38 16 and 17 | ,. 
=a .1/|2 é 4 Bo - : Expenses. disposed 
as | Se x Ss given. these Cases, Victori 
f oa 2 ao 33 ictoria, 
\ # ea ee 1 2\|ea. Pf. ‘ = il ' ch. 80 of. Court 
So 8 aee|sei|eiAgé s3 PS S| 2 ? County. 
ae B® / 65/8 i1%&amp;8 as ef 2 ~ |e "7 2 
ee - . 3 | of Ps es 2 —= cy &gt; a | &amp; a ES s. 15. Town. 
Bimse!|&amp;) $2 |g] &amp;| esis] BE 3. 3. 3. 
eIzElLE ISS | BEE | ESElE| ESS] &amp;€ | es] &amp; | es! &amp; [ss 
} $2 7) a | os o 2B gy ow 5s ° on ° 2 3 oN 
o 3 &gt; | ° &gt; a e 5 &gt; 29 = A = ° oe 
2\/Ss |) |4e F814 | &lt;2 )4)/&lt;6e2 |] &lt; | AR) &lt;&lt; | AR] &lt; | 42a 
\ 
TaBLeE III].—Smatt Dest Court. 
Causes disposed of. 
Complaints Decrees in foro. 
Name of Sheriff Total Actions 
Pet . and Summons Decrees &amp; disposed of, Disposed of | Disposed of 
Substituteship. Actions where Debt | exclusive of those at on 
Issued. in Absence, [In whole or part Wholly admitted and s settled Court Town.| Circuit. 
for Pursuer. | for Defender, Payment by Z| or not insisted in. 
[nstalments allowed. | = 
a 
_— &amp; 
af|¢ ae aig 2 s| ¢ 4 3 
: ° s 3s 3 a 
oh ol ‘ 2/8] |2/f] |B] 8] &amp; esi. a 3 
2 - Pa S a. a &amp; e | | a] s bred &amp; s we | a 
° Se . 3 - | ‘s * . | ‘eS ra . |e x 2 2 2 :- = ‘ | ‘es ‘o 5 | 
slelssle| Blglelslglelalglela| &amp; | 2 lal B] 2] 5/8/84) 35/3, 
e/ EB EEL Ee | ec JEIBIZISB/Z/S/E1212/ &amp;S | &amp; 18/9 1S] &amp; [2] 2s | 2| a3 
ont S s Ss » a = ° bad &gt;= = 
S818 |zo5}2|a]2leleljzlelelizlele| &lt;= 6 |4)/2)/6 | &amp; |f| es) F| 8 
TaBLeE IV.—BanxKRvpTCcyY. 
Ps ; — = Semen ined Appeals from Trustee to 
umber o uestrations applied for. ankrupts examin y . 
. asian q PP £ P Court disposed of by Name of Sheriff 
umber o 3 3 - . 
. . b=) 2 Substituteship. 
Sequestrations Disposed of by F| = 3 
; See, Ee - B 3S 
pending 2. 3 3 
‘ 3? ‘ = 3 3 
Bist December 1862.) 3 F $ ; #3 = = ; B S 
5s | BS | we | eS = 3° a a i Pe te 4 pa S 
1/212) 32) e] be Pe] 2] Pe eG] dd gs 3 
° a &gt; ° 
&lt;|@/af/ae|ea] é2 |] a |r | &amp; | &amp;é| a] eé 8 8 















































Vot, 121. 





*Ayun0g 








ship. 


*“IV10O], “1VLOY, 


Name of 
Sheriff 
Substitute- 


*“UMOT, 34N0D 


&gt; 
3 
= 
S 
- 
RY 
— 
~ 
pT) 
_— 





Taste V.—Actions ad facta prestanda AND PETITIONS. 


Petitions for Interdict. 





Decided in foro. 


‘aangiyeqng BLaqS 





*ayNzySqNg Woy 
yeeddy uo grays 


Services of 





‘aNNSqNS Buayg 








“Beds 








Disposed of by 


*g0uejs 
war 4sag ur guaqs 








*lapuajac, 34} 107 





Applications 
for Warrants to 


commit 
Lunatics to 
Asylums. 


*“IVL0], 








"AANINSGNS BUYS | 


Miscellaneous 


Applications, 


“1VLOL 








‘aMINSGNS YuIyg | 





‘jeaddy uo yuayg | 





Disposed of by 


*QURISUT JSIQ UI YIIIYS 


7 








“BLegs 








“Jansing 3q} 10g 





wouasqy Ut sa9109(7 





“E98T Ot perjoug 





"Z98I J9qQwasag 381g Surpuag 





Actions ad facta prestanda. 


“IVL0O], 





Decided in foro. 


*9INIVISANS PIS 
ainNsqng wo 
yeaddy uo yuays 





Disposed of by 


*a0ue4ys 
“Ur say UL YrIaqg 





Petitions for Cessio Bonorum. 


“1IVLOY, 





Decided in foro. 





‘aMyNSqng BUays 





‘angynEqng wor 
eeddy uo yuayg 





Disposed of by 


*g0uRrys 
| “UE sag ur grays 








“Japuajaqy ay} 107 





*sansINg 343 105 








*aouasqy UL 8991997 





“E98T UI pajjosug 





‘S981 Jequiavag 381 ¢ Suipuag 








*sapuajead] 94} 10,7 








“Jansing 24} 10.7 





“aouasq YY Ul 899199] 





“SORT Ut parjouugq 





*S98T 49qQmMII00q ys, ¢ Furpuag 








Name of Sheriff 


Substituteship. 


*anoy, yang 











*Ayunog 





Petitions under Sec. 73 of Poor Law 


Act (8 and 9 Vict. cap. 83). 


“IVLO], 





Decided in foro. 


"aaNyNSqNS Buys 





"agnzWsqng Wo0Iy 
jeaddy uo yuays 


Disposed of by 


“200818 
“Ur 981y UY BLIayg 





L 





“Japuazac] 243 404 








*sansindg 9q} 107 








“souasqy Ur $99.199(] 








"E981 Ut pazjorny 








“S981 Jequiadaq ys[¢ Zurpuag 





Registration of Voters. 


For Burghs- 


"aaMINSqng BII98q4g 





Bees 





“parjaday 





*paureysng 





Number of Claims and 
Objections. 


“pe3poy 








‘amnsqns yueyg Ag 





tions on 
Revisal of 


"gueys Ag 


Number 
of Correc- 





*aossassy Aq go yonays Jaquinyy 





‘1ossassy Aq poppe soquinyy 





“GOST 405 
SOY YSing ur siajoq jo saquinyy 





“Ayunod ayy urqyim *ysing jo saquiny) 











For County. 





"aINISGNS YUsyg | 





BHeqS | 





*parreday 





Objections. 


*peurejysng 





Number of Claims and 








*paspoy 


| 





‘amansyng Buays 4g | 





Number 
of Correc- 
tions, &amp;c 
at Revisal 


‘pegs 4g | 





*sossassy Aq yo yona3s saquuny 





*sossassy Aq pappe saquinyy | 





"GOR 4105 
[1OY 943 UO s1az0q JO Aaqranyy 


“play szan0g 
uOlIVIsLBay aiaym sad", Jo JaquInyy 








* 


* 


TABLE VI.—Commissary CourRT. 





*ayBUIUIO NT 





“aalqegd 


Confirmations of Executors. 








‘amgnsqng 
gieqs 


ons for Restriction of 
Fixing Domicile, &amp;c. 





Applicati 
Caution, 








*qunouly 





Recorded. 


Inventories 


*Jaquan yy 








“papsooayy 
sSuntsy Arejuawezsay, 








"angnsqng 
yuaysg 4g 


Dative. 





Appointments of Executor 


“pays Ag 








*uMOT, 71N0D 





Sheriff Substituteship. 




















99 Vicrorta. 





15th February. 


77 





TasBLE VIL—APPELLATE JURISDICTION. 















































































































































7 
Appeals Taken. Appeals Decided. Average Number of Days between} 5% .| Name of 
2 the Interlocutor appealed from|Q &amp; + Sheriff 
3 8 8 and that deciding the Appeal. BND Substituteship. 
&amp;, o be: Interlocutors. 2 REE 
S = s ‘ee 
a z I Sig Cases where |° _ 
&amp; gio o aun 3 5 Reclaiming | 2 z 3 
&lt;2|2 45 “4 3h Petition. z Se) g 
Selea! s Sa] 4 i SEf13 | sleek edl 2 
s21s5 5 ; | 25) 5 ;|} Bla | 2 | s ese lee! €) 88 |esé &amp; | 
. a7) 2 &amp; P = oe MY P 3 £ 3 = I m.5 an! ¢ Pa bs z BS) = 
s |fe)/e= 2 3 : i = igizs]}]sj]2{ 3 s | ee | 23/24/24 1883) 3 3 
= = =_ = 
Siazslé4 6/8 |} é&amp; les} é |S5'E] 2) 2) 2) &amp; 18éd\S2 | 52 ]e4 leks] 8 | 8 
TaBLE VIII.—ApvocarTions TO THE CourRT OF SESSION FROM THE SHERIFF CourRT. 
2 4 , 
Pa 5 ow Result of Advocation. wd Result of Advocation. te: Result of Advocation. 
S 8 S‘c b Bes 
&gt; tee © 5 ees ‘ 
= 3 oa as E @e=3 = “ Se. 3 
~ ~~ Ss = » &amp; 
s | 222 | ¥y e. | sé &gt; | , | se] 2 | a | ebxg 
= gos 23 =e 33 5 z £30 a HS 5 ga3 
. ae ie. se * “a #s = 3 g°&amp; % = 2 ‘5 552 
a &lt;M S i) Erect 3 a toe o =| eI 
° C&amp;S +3 #2 s - + ~°s +s 23 ecu ess 
. Se &amp; = 3 &amp; 3 22? S P 5 en Ss e 3 2223 
gs a = 33 g = &amp; 2 ES S&amp; 
F og Sac 53 Ee ges &gt;) ) 28 ms | 22 2g 
= = 2 s = S Ss = 2 = 32 
- &lt;3 a8 Sas 5a a3 - 5 aes | 43 | sas | 4443 
TaBLE 1X.—DILIGENCE. 
Sequestrations for Rent. ' ’ 
Name of Registration Decrees 


Sheriff Substituteship. 








on Bonds, Protested 


Poindings. 


Warrants to Imprison. 












































































































































Amount Sequestrated for. Bills, &amp;c. 
Number. 
County. Court Town. In Security. | In Payment. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. 
TABLE X.—CRIMINAL DEPARTMENT. 
ee Persons Persons Persons Name 
Inquiries into | Judicially | Committed for | admitted to | Num per of Cases Cases ordered to be Tried by Jury. of Sheriff 
Sudden Deaths. | yamined. Trial. Bail. = 7 Substituteship. 
By Order of Where Plea of ‘ 
— P 3 3 3 Guilty at First Diet J been d 
a a ] = s before Citation ai Di ; wan 
8 3 3S 5 zg lof Witnesses or Jury. _ 
S. 3 3 2 2 
3S 3 se &amp; ss ~ 
4 : “ ° be P n Nn n F ia - 
a es | | &amp; Hs s] eg | &amp; [#3 S| &amp; 
‘ P ro ‘ = a 7 - |e » Ps ~ 3 &gt;} eS —- eS ota = ° 
. we e Lv ) eo vo eo zy v : eo — oe 22 &gt; 
eel E222) e]elelelalad/slala)e,e] 4 | #3 | 4 |ae)ele] ~_] 3 
fo &gt; . . 3 
» |4) G4 lela |Flelaelselela|slelseliFsFls&amp;ls] sF aa |e | ee 8/8] 8 5 
Record of Title Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the direc- | have been purchased by the Governor and Com- 


(Ireland) Act. tions of several Acts of Parliament,— Copy of 
General Rules, Directions, and Forms under the 


Peace Preserva- 
tion (Ireland) 


Bank of Eng- 
land, 





Record of Title (Jreland) Act. 


Copy of Proclamations issued by the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland under the Peace Preserva- 


tion (Ireland) Act, 28 &amp; 29. Vie. c. 118. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
arliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An 
of the Amount of all Exchequer Bills or Treasur 
Bills, and other Government Securities, which 


of several Acts of 


Vou. 1 


21. 


ccount 





L3 





pany of the Bank of England, or on which any 
Sum or Sums have been lent or advanced for 
the Public Service by the Governor and Company 
of the said Bank, in the year ending the 5th 
January 1866,showing what Amount of such Bills, 
before the making up of this Account, has been 
aid off and discharged, and the Amount of such 

xchequer Bills or Treasury Bills, or other Go- 
vernment Securities, which was in the hands of 
the Governor and Company of the said Bank on 
the 5th day of January 1866, 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 






























78 


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 undermen- 
tioned days, being those next before the issue from 
the Exchequer of Money for the Payment of Di- 
vidends on account of the National Debt, for each 
of the four preceding Quarters respectively. 

An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of 
£. 2,673,962. 6. 9. in one year, from the 31st 
December 1864 to the 31st December 1865, by the 
Commissioners appointed by Act 26 Geo. 3, for the 
Reduction of the National Debt. 

An Account of all Receipts and Disbursements 
by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, 
for the year ending the 3lst day of December 
1864. 


Ordered, That the first Three Orders of the day 
be postponed till after the other Orders of the day. 


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


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 3, postponed. 

CiaAuseE, N° 4, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5 (Local authority in counties in 
Scotland). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 26: To leave | 
out from the word *“ Scotland” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to add the words “ and agri- 
** cultural tenants of farms entered on the valuation 


* roll at or over one hundred pounds of rental 
« 


a 


15th February. 





shall hold a meeting on such day and at such 
hour and place as are publicly notified, by the | 
Lord Lieutenant of the county and the convener | 
of the Commissioners of Supply, by advertise- | 


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. 


€ 


nn 


€ 


*" 


¢ 


- 


ment, at least six days previous to the meeting, | 
in some newspaper or newspapers published in | 
the county, or, if there is no such newspaper, | 
then in a newspaper or newspapers published in 
some adjoining county or counties; and every 
such meeting shall appoint certain of their own 
number, being not more than twenty and not less 
than ten, of whom one-half shall be Commis- | 
sioners of Supply and the other half tenant far- 
mers qualified as aforesaid, and the persons so ap- 
pointed, along with the convener and the sheriff 
of the county and the provost or chief magistrate 
of each Royal or Parliamentary burgh in the | 
county, shall form the County Board to execute | 
this Act; the convener shall be ex officio chair- | 
man of the County Board of each county, and | 
five members of the Board shall be a quorum 
and entitled to exercise all the powers of the 
Board, and at all meetings of the Board the 
majority present and voting shall rule the de- 
cision, and where the votes of those present are 
equal, the chairman for the time being shall 
“ have a casting vote in addition to his own vote; 
“ the first meeting of each County Board shall be 
* held at such time and place as the first meeting 
“held under this Act shall direct, and meet- 
“ings of the Board shall be held thereafter 
“‘ from time to time at a time and place fixed b 

“ the chairman of the Board or by the clerk of 
* the Board on the requisition of any three mem- 
** bers thereof; the County Board appointed for 
* each county at the first meeting under this Act 
** shall continue in office until the first day of 
** March One thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
* seven, and on that day a like meeting notified 
“in like manner as aforesaid shall be held, and 
* that meeting may either appoint a like Board 
“ for a period of one year from that day or not as 
“ the meeting determine, and any Board then ap- 
* pointed shall have and perform the like powers 


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1866. 


“and duties as the Board appointed at the first 
* meeting under this Act.” 

Question, That the words “ shall meet and nomi- 
nate,” stand part of the Clause——put, and nega- 
tived. 

Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the last Amendment, to add the words “the 
* powers of each County Board shall extend over 
* the whole of the county for which it is appointed, 
“and over all burghs situate therein, and each 
“ burgh in a county shall contribute such fair pro- 
* portion of the expenses and charges incurred by 
* the County Board of the county as are incurred 
* on account of that burgh, and shall also provide 
“ for the compensation due in respect of any beasts 
** slaughtered under this Act within the limits of 
*“ that burgh; and if any dispute shall arise between 
*€ any county and any burgh with respect to the pro- 
* portion to be contributed by the burgh as afore- 
* said, the same shall be settled by the sheriff of 
“ the county, whose decision thereon shall be final 
** and binding on both parties.” 

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

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 6 to N° 11, postponed. 

Cause, N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 13 (Slaughter of diseased animals), 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be postponed :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 22: After the 
word “ be” to insert the word “immediately.” 

Question, That the word “immediately” be there 
inserted put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 24: 
To leave out from the. word “ such” to the end of 
the Clause, in order to add the words “ amount as 








| is named in the Schedule.” 


Question proposed, That the word ‘ sum” stand 
part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 24: 
To leave out the words “not exceeding twenty 
* pounds.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed 
to. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauseg, N° 14 (Burial of diseased animals). 

Amendment proposed at the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ below the surface of the earth.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the “ma “to the satisfaction of 
* the local authority.” 

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

Another Amendment proposed, at the end the 
Clause, to add the words “and every inspector, 
* cattle overseer, or other officer appointed by the 
* local authority, shall report weekly to the local 
* authority the number of animals that have 
“died of cattle plague, or been slaughtered in 
** consequence of line affected with cattle plague 
** within its district, and also shall certify that 
“such animals have been buried as directed in 
“ Clause 14; and such report shall be forwarded 
*‘ to the Home Secretary.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

CrausE, N° 15 (Purification of sheds, &amp;c. of 
diseased animals). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5,1. 33: To leave out 
the word “ field.” 

Question, 

















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99 VicTorIA. 15th—16 


Question, That the word “field” stand part of | 


the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “that no medical prac- 
“titioner, veterinary surgeon, inspector, cattle 
“overseer, or other officer appointed by any 
* local authority, shall visit or inspect cattle at 
** more than four separate farms or homesteads in 
** one day of twenty-four hours, or within less than 
“six hours between any two visits or inspections ; 
“and no such medical practitioner, veterinary 
“surgeon, inspector, cattle overseer, or other 
* officer, shall visit, attend, or inspect cattle in 
“any two farms or homesteads consecutively in 
* the same suit or part of the same suit of clothes, 
** in any one day of twenty-four hours ; and that the 
* local authorities shall have power to inflict a 
“ penalty not exceeding £. 10 fer every such offence ; 
“and that each medical practitioner, veterinary 
** surgeon, inspector, cattle overseer, or other officer 
** shall make a separate return to the local autho- 
* rities for each visit or inspection that he shall 
“ make, stating the date and hour in which each 
* such visit was paid.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 16 (Slaughter of cattle herded with 
diseased animals). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 9: To leave 
* out the words “if it thinks fit.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committce divided. 

Tellers for thefMr. Brand, 388 

Yeas, Mr. Adam: ; 

Tellers for thef Mr. Bright, 50 

Noes, (Sir Francis Crossley : } . 

Another Amendment proposed, in p, 6,1. 14: 

After the word “ account ” to insert the words 


* The hide being previously taken off, slashed and | 


** buried, or thoroughly disinfected and laid by.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 18, disagreed to. 
Ciauses, N° 19 and N° 20, postponed. 
CiauseE, N° 21 (Regulations as to movement of 
cattle). 





Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 30: After the 


word “ Great Britain” to insert the words “ ex- 
“cepting the Orkney or Shetland Islands, or the 
* Islands forming part of the counties of Argyll, 
* Inverness, or Ross.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 35: 
To leave out the word “ except.” 

Question put, That the word “ except” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Brand, 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr, ils 

Mr. Hunt, 
Tellers for the N 08851 Mr Dent: } 264. 

Another Amendment made (such Amendment 
being to insert the words “ on any Railway before 
the 25th day of March 1866”). 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 35, 
in last Amendment: After “1866” to add the 
words “no cattle shall be moved along any high- 
‘* way, or on any canal, navigation or river, except 
* as in this Act expressly authorized.” 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report progress, and ask leave 


181. 





th February. 79 


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


Friday, 16th February, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

” Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cattle Plague 
| mittee on the Cattle Plague Bill. Bill. 

| Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 





| The National Debt Reduction Bill was, accord- National Debt 


ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Reduction Bill. 
'to 2 Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 








The Savings Banks and Post Office Savings Savings Banks 
Banks Bill was, according to Order, read a second pin Coe 
‘time; and committed to a Committee of the whole i. 


| House, for Monday next. 


The Pensions Bill was, according to Order, read Pensions Bill. 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Jamaica 
to make Provision for the Government of Jamaica; Government. 
And that Mr. Secretary Cardwell and Mr. Wil- 
liam Edward Forster do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Mines. 
to inquire into the operation of the Acts for the 
Regulation and Inspection of Mines, and into the 
Complaints contained in Petitions from Miners of 
Great Britain with reference thereto, which were 
presented to the House during the last Session. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Court of Chan- 
to amend the Constitution, Practice and Proce- °*Y (Ireland. 
dure of the Court of Chancery in Ireland: And 
that Mr. Attorney General for Zreland and Mr. 

Solicitor General for Ireland do prepare, and 
bring it in. . 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Common Law 
| to amend the Pleading, Practice, and Procedure Courts (ise- 
| of the Courts of Common Law in Jreland: And ~ 
that Mr. Attorney General for Ireland and Mr. 
| Solicitor General for Jreland do prepare, and 
| bring it in. 
| 5 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sugar, &amp;e, 
a Tabular Return showing the Quantities of Sugar 
of the several sorts imported into the United 
Kingdom, and the Quantities retained for Home 
Consumption; together with the Rates of Duty 
charged thereon, and the Net Revenue accruing 
therefrom in each year, from 1844 to 1865 inclu- 
sive; followed by a Comparative Statement of the 
Average Prices of British Plantation and Foreign 
Sugar (ordinary Yellow Havannah) for the same 
series of years :—— Account of the Imports into 
the United Kingdom of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, 
Coffee, Cocoa, and Cotton, from the West Indies, 
British Guiana, the Mauritius, and British Posses- 
sions in India, for the years 1845 to 1865 inclu- 
sive; distinguishing the Quantities imported from 
each Colony and each Possession in each year: 
——Similar Account of the Quantities of Forei 


Sugar imported, stating from whence, and the 








to sit again——put, and agreed to. 
VoL. 121. 


| 








Quantities from each Place or Country :——Ac- 
counts of the Quantity of Refined Sugar and 
L4 Sugar 





80 


Sugar Candy imported into the United Kingdom 
in the years 1848 to 1865 respectively; stating 
the Quantity retained for Home Consumption, 
the Rates of Duty paid, and the Quantity ex- 
orted : And, of the Quantity and declared 
Value of. British Refined Sugar exported from 
the United Kingdom in the years 1844 to 1865 
respectively (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 235, of Session 1865). 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar en- 
tered for Home Consumption during each year, 
from 1844 to 1865 inclusive; distinguishing Re- 
fined from Unrefined; and also the several Places 
from whence such Sugar was imported (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 236, of 
Session 1865). 


Foreign Sugar. 


Immigrantsand Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Liberated Afri- 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, from 
the year 1843 to the end of the year 1856, and in 
each year since the Ist day of January 1857 to 
the end of the year 1864 :—--Similar Return for 
Mauritius :——And, Return of the Number of 
those who have returned from each Place in each 
year to their own Countries, and (as far as can be 
ascertained) the Amount of Earnings remitted 
through Government Agency in their behalf (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 194, of 
‘Session 1865). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Jamaica Mr. William Edward Forster presented a Bill | 
Government tg make Provision for the Government of Jamaica: 
a. : And the same was read the first time; and ordered | 

Bill 17. to be read a second time upon Monday next; and | 


to be printed. 


Common Law Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a 


Courts (Ire- = Bill to amend the Pleading, Practice, and Pro- 
land) Bill. vading : 
Bill 18 cedure of the Courts of Common Law in Jreland: | 


And the same was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time upon Thursday the 
8th day March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a 
Bill to amend the Constitution, Practice, and Pro- 


Court of Chan- 
cery (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Bill 19. And the same was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
the 8th day of March next; and to be printed. 

Neath and A Petition of the Neath and Brecon Railway 


Brecon Railway 
and other Com- 


panies. 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to provide 
for the Amalgamation of the Neath and Brecon 
and other Welsh Railway Companies, and to 
confer further Powers upon such Companies, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bil! was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Richard Green Price and Mr. Clement. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates, 
and Council of the City of Glasgow and of the 
Board of Police of Glasgow, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to regulate the Police and Statute Labour 
of the City of Glasgow, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dalglish 
and Mr. Graham. 


Glasgow Police. 


15th—16th February. 





cedure of the Court of Chancery in Ireland : | 














1866. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Bridge of Allan 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a W#r 
Bill for supplying with Water the Town of Bridge 
of Allan, and Places adjacent, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to fe brought in 
accordingly, by Admiral Erskine and Mr. Oli- 
phant. 


Mr. Dodson reported, That, in accordance with Private Bills, 
Standing Order 81, it had been determined, with 
the concurrence of the Chairman of Committees 
of the House of Lords, to strike the Bristol Port 
Extension Railway Bill out of the List, reported 
to the House on the 13th instant, of Bills intended 
to originate in the House of Lords. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Peter Warburton, Edward Abley, Hereford City 
John Burdett Parry, and Joseph Carless, all of Election. 
the City of Hereford respectively, in the County 
of Hereford, complaining of an undueElection and 
Return for the said City, 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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the seve- 
ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the 
said Petition. 


A Petition of Samuel Broom, of Comberton Hall, 
in the Foreign of the Parish of Kidderminster, in 
the County of Worcester, Esquire, Justice of the 
Peace for the Borough of Aidderminster ; Jabez 
Morgan, of Lark Hill, in the Borough of Kidder- 
minster, in the said County of Worcester, Foreman 
of Tin Works; Henry Grant, of Habberley-street, 
in the said Borough of Kidderminster, Doorkeeper, 
and Samuel John Cooper, also of Habberley-street, in 
the said Borough, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the said Borough, was pre- 
sented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 
22), 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 


Kidderminster 
Election. 


' the General Committee of Elections. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such. persons, papers, and 


| records as shall be thought necessary by the seve- 


ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the 
said Petition. 


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





Friday, 16th February, 1866. 


PRAYERS, 
PETITION ofthe Tottenham and Hamp- Tottenham 
stead Junction Railway Company, and the and Hamp- 
Great Eastern Railway Company, and the Midland —” 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
authorizing the 7ottenhamand Hampstead Junction 
Railway Company to raise further Moneys, and for 
making Provision with respect to a Lease, Sale, or 
Amalgamation of the Undertaking of the Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Jill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. William Philip Price and Mr. 
Marsh. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned and of Burntisland 
the North British Railway Company, for leave Harbour and 
to bring in a Bill for improving the Harbour 
and making a Dock and other Works at Burntis- 
land, and for other purposes, was presented, and 





read ; 




















Middles- 


brough Ex- 


tension and 


Improvement. 


Saltash Road, 


Heywood 
Water. 


Tonbridge 
and Ightham 
Road. 


Midland 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers. ) 


Metropolitan 
District 


way. 


ments with the 


29 VicTrorIiA. 


read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Adam and Mr. Sinclair 
Aytoun. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Middlesbrough, acting in 
their corporate capacity, and also as the Local 
Board of Health of the District of the said Borough, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to extend and alter the 
Boundaries of the Municipal Borough and District 
of Middlesbrough, in the North Riding of the County 
of York; to extend the Time for the Completion 
of the Market-place ; to construct additional Gas 
Works and light adjoining Townships; to authorize 
the compulsory Purchase of the Rights of the West 
Hartlepool Harbour and Railway and North 
Eastern Railway Companies in the Port Clarence 
Landing-place, and the construction of a Landing- 
place at Newport, and the Purchase of Lands for 
the same; to extend the Powers of the Burial 
Board, provide a Public Park, and additional 
Burial Ground, and a Town Hall and Police Sta- 
tion; to improve certain Streets and Roads, and 
Purchase a Private Road, and divert Public Foot- 
paths ; to raise further Moneys, to alter and amend 
the existing Acts relating to the Borough and 
District, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. William Duncombe, Mr. 
Milbank, and Mr. Pease. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to repeal an Act passed in the third year of the 
reign of his Majesty King William the Fourth, in- 
tituled, “ An Act for more effectually repairing and 
improving several Roads in the Counties of Corn- 
wall and Devon, leading to the Borough of Saltash, 
in the County of Cornwall,and for making a new 
Branch and Deviations of Roads to communicate 
therewith,” and for granting more effectual Powers 
in lieu thereof, was presented, and read; anda Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Robartes and Mr. Kendail. 


A Petition of the Heywood Waterworks Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Heywood Waterworks Company to raise Additional 
Capital, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Turner and Mr. Robert Philips. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act 
thereinafter mentioned, for leaye to bring in a Bill 


to repeal an Act passed in the ‘eleventh year of 


the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act for amending and improving 
the Road from Tonbridge to Ightham, and other 
Roads communicating therewith, in the County of 
Kent,” and for granting more effectual Powers in 
lieu thereof, was presented, and read; anda Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Brooke Bridges and Viscount Holmesdale. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for conferring Additional 
Powers on the Mid!and Railway Company for the 
acquisition of Lands and the increase and regula- 
tion of their Capital, for giving effect to Arrange- 
reat Western Railway Company 
in reference to Lines and Stations at Malvern, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. William Price and Mr. Monk. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan District Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to en- 
= the Metropolitan District Railway Company 

OL. 121. 





16th February. 81 


to acquire Additional Lands, and for other pur- 
poses relating to the Undertaking of the same 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Naas and Mr. Sherriff. 


A Petition of Owners, Ratepayers, and In- Stourbridge 
habitants of the Township of Stourbridge, in the I»provement. 
County of Worcester, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for the improvement of Stourbridge, in the County 
of Worcester, and for the regulation of Markets 
there, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Foster and Mr. Calthorpe. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Slough, Dat- 
bring in a Bill for incorporating a Company for chet and Dit 
better supplying with Gas, Slough, Upton-cum-‘'* — 
Chalvey, Datchet, and the Neighbourhood thereof, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Disraeli, 

Mr. Du Pré, and Mr. Bateson Harvey. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Great Yar- 
gesses of the Borough of Great Yarmouth, in the —— s 
County of Norfolk, for leave to bring in a Bill for Desewe 
the construction of Fish Wharves and Tramways, 
and for the execution of other Works at Great 
Yarmouth, and for other purposes, was presented. 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Sir Edmund Lacon and Mr. 

Goodson. 


A Petition of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Mersey Docks 
Board, for leave to bring in a Bill to confirm an = yo 
Agreement entered into by “ The Mersey Docks poaq — 
and Harbour Board,” for the purchase of certain chase, &amp;c.) 
Lands at Birkenhead, and for other purposes in- 
cidental thereto, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Graves, Mr. Turner, and Mr. 


Laird. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- North British 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the pete 
North British Railway Company to make Railways acme, oid ) 
in and near Glasgow, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Graham Mont- 
gomery and Mr. Adam. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Liverpool 
gesses of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to — 
bring in a Bill to empower the Mayor, Aldermen, 7 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool to con- 
struct a Reservoir, Roads, and other Works, to . 
obtain Water from the River Roddlesworth, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Horsfall and Mr. Graves. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and North Wales Shrewsbury 
and Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Railway gene 
Companies, for leave to bring in a Bill to amal- Gaveteat 
gamate the Shrewsbury and North Wales and and Potteries 
Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Railway Com- Junction Rail- 

‘ : way Com- 
panies, was presented, and read; and a Bill was panies Amal- 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Tom- gamation. 
line and Mr. Clement. 


A Petition of the Great Eastern, the Great Great Eastern, 
Northern, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin- Great North- 


; ; ; “fever d 
colnshire Railway Companies, for leave to bring in ententen 


a Bill to authorize the Great Eastern, the Great sheffield, and 

Northern, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin- | oem 
; ° ° P - Railway 

colnshire Railway Companies to enter into certain Companies. 


M Agreements, 

































Glasgow 
Houses of 
Refuge. 


Blackwater 
(Youghal) 
Wooden 
Bridge. 


Leven and 
East of Fife 
Railway. 


Vale of Towy 
Railway. 


Greenock 
Harbour. 


Hemel Hemp- 
sted and 
London and 
North Western 
Railway. 


North British 
(Tay Bridge) 
Railway. 


Thorpe and 
Great Clacton 
Railway and 
Pier, 


82 


Agreements, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read, and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Goodson, Mr. Ken- 
nard, Colonel Packe, and Mr. Watkin. 


A Petition of Commissioners for the Repression 
of Juvenile Delinquency in the City of Glasgow, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act for 
repressing Juvenile Delinquency in the City of 
Glasgow, was presented; and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Dailglish, Mr. Graham, and Sir Edward Colebrooke. 


A Petition of the Youghal Bridge Commis- 
sioners and Inhabitants of Youghal and its Vici- 
nity, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the 
Transfer to the Grand Juries of the Counties of 
Cork and Waterford of the Wooden Bridge across 
the River Blackwater, near the Town of Youghal, 
in the County of Cork, to the opposite side, in the 
County of Waterford, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Leader and Mr. M‘Kenna. 





A Petition of the Leven and East of Fife Rail- | 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
authorizing the Leven and East of Fife Railway 
Company to make afd maintain certain Branches 
in the Parishes of Markinch and Wemyss, in the 
County of Fife, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert Anstruther 
and Sir John Ogilvy. 





A Petition of the Vale of Towy Railway Com- | 
pany, the Anighton Railway Company, the Central | 
Wales Railway Company, and the Central Wales 
Extension Railway Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to enable the Vale of Towy Railway 
Company to lease their Undertaking, was pre-| 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Richard Green 
Price and Mr. Clement. | 

| 

A Petition of Trustees of the Port and Harbours | 
of Greenock, for leave to bring in a Bill to con- | 
solidate and amend the Acts relating to the Port 
and Harbours of Greenock, to authorize the con- | 
struction of new Quays and Harbour and Graving | 
Dock, and other Works, and for other purposes, | 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered | 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dunlop and 
Mr. Spiers. 


A Petition of the Hemel Hempsted and London 
and North Western Railway Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to confer further Powers upon 
the Hemel Hempsted and London and North 
Western Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
William Cowper and Mr. Henry Surtees. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 

always to connect the North British Railway 
with Dundee, and with the other Railways ter- 
minating there, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir John Ogilvy and 
Mr. Ellice. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the 
Tendring Hundred Railway at Thorpe-le-Soken 
to Great Clacton and a Pier there, all in the 
County of Essex, and for other purposes, was pre- 


16th February. 











1866. 


sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Du Cane and Sir 
Thomas Western. 





A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Longton, Ad- 
and Suitors for the Bill thereinafter mentioned, for detley Green, 


leave to bringin a Bill for making a Railway from 
Longton through Adderley Green to Bucknall, with 
Branches, all in the County of Stafford, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Michael Bass and Mr. Grenfell. 


A Petition of the Great North of Scotland Rail- 
way Company, and of the several other Companies 
whose seals are thereunto affixed, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to provide for the Sale or Lease to 
the Great North of Scotland Railway Company of 
the Undertakings of various neighbouring Com- 
panies, or the Amalgamation of those Companies 
with the Great North of Scotland Railway Com- 
pany ; to authorize the Abandonment of the Ex- 
tensions of the Banff, Macduff, and Turriff Ex- 
tension Railway to Macduff; to extend the Time 
for making the Extension of the Banffshire Rail- 
way to Buckie, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Leslie and 
Colonel Sykes. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Newport Railway, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 
from the North British Railway to Newport, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Robert Anstruther, Sir John Ogilvy, and Mr. 
Waldegrave- Leslie. 


A Petition of the Liynvi Valley Railway Com- 
pany, and the Ogmore Valley Railways Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for the Amalgamation 


Ogmore Valley Railways Company, and for other 

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

ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Yrosland and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the Liynvi Valley Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing 
the Liynvi Valley Railway Company to make Ex- 
tension Railways, to acquire additional Lands for 
their Undertaking, to raise further Moneys, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Colonel Crosland and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, and of the 
North British Railway Company, Promoters of 
the North British and Bridge of Allan Railway, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railwa 
from the North British Railway to Bridge of Allan, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Sir Graham Montgomery and Mr. Adam. 


A Petition of the Mersey Docks and Harbour 
Board, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board to improve their 
Docks at Birkenhead, by converting the existing 
Low Water Basin and the Morpeth Basin into Wet 
Docks, and altering other Works connected there- 
with, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Horsfall, Mr. Graves, Mr. Turner, and Mr. Laird. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Bo'ness, Grange- 
mouth, and South Alloa Junction Railway, for 


an 


leave *4 


Bucknall 
Railway. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway. 


Newport 
Railway. 


Llynvi Valley 
and Ogmore 
Valley Rail- 
way Com- 


of the Lilynvi Valley Railway Company and the panies. 


Llynvi Valley 
Railway. 


North British 
and Bridge 
of Allan 
Railway. 


Mersey Docks 
and Harbour 
Board (Outer 
Works Altera- 
tion.) 


Bo'ness, 
Grangemouth, 
South 





—S 





Alloa Junc- 
tion Railway. 


Bristol Port 
Extension 
Railway. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
Additional 
owers) Bill, 


Swindon, 
Calne, and 
Cricklade 
Roads Bill. 


London (City) 


39 Vicroria. 


leave to bring in a Bill for making Railways 
from the North British Railway to Bo’ness, Grange- 
mouth, South Alloa, and Stirling, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Bristol Port Extension Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to em- 
power the Bristol Port Extension Railway Com- 
pany to extend their Railway by means of a Tram- 
way to the Wapping Dry Dock in the City of 
Bristol, and to divide the Shares in their Capital 
into Half Shares, and to extend the time limited 
by “ The Bristol Port Extension Railways Act, 


1864,” for the purchase of Lands, and the com-| 
pletion of the Railways thereby authorized, and | 


to repeal the 61st Section of that Act, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Bill to confer additional Powers on the Great 
Northern Railway Company with respect to their 
Undertaking, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the term and amend the Pro- 
visions of the Act relating to the Roads leading 
from Swindon to the centre of Christian Malford 
Bridge, from Calne to Lyneham Green, and from 
the direction post in Long Leaze-lane, near Lydiard 
Marsh, to Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 


A Bill for the better regulation of the Traffic 


Traffic Regu- in the Streets of the City of London, and for the 


lation Bill. 


Park-lane 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Thames Em- 
bankment 


(Chelsea) Bill. 


Thames Em- 
bankment 

(North) Ap- 
proaches Bill. 


Combmartin 


and Ilfracombe 


Road Bill. 


Neath and 
recon Rail- 


way and other 


yompanies 


Bridge of 


Allan Water 
Bill. 


prevention of Obstructions therein, and for amend- 
ing the City of London Police Act, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Metropolitan Board of 
Works to widen and improve Park-lane, in the 
Parish of Saint George, Hanover-square, in the 
County of Middlesex, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Metropolitan Board of 
Works to construct an Embankment of the River 
Thames, with Roadways in connection therewith, 
between the Royal Hospital at Chelsea and Bat- 
tersea Bridge, in the County of Middleser, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to enable the Metropolitan Board of 
Works to alter the Streets and Roadways in com- 
munication with the Thames Embankment, on the 
north side of the River Thames, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a new Road 
between Combmartin and Ilfracombe, both in the 
County of Devon, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to provide for the Amalgamation of the 
Neath and Brecon and other Welsh Railway Com- 
panies, and to confer further Powers upon such 
Companies, and for other purposes, was read the 
first. time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for supplying with Water the Town of 
Bridge of Allan, and Piven adjacent, was read 
the first, time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

VoL. 121. 





16th February. 83 


A Bill to regulate the Police and Statute Labour Glasgow 
of the City of Glasgow, and for other purposes, Police Bill. 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to authorize the North British Railway North British 
Company to make several Railways, and purchase Railway 
Lands in various Counties; to extend the Times a ee 
for Purchase of Land and Construction of Works ~ 
with respect to part of their Railway system 
across the Frith of Forth; tomake certain Altera- 
tions in their Capital; to authorize Agreements 
with the Corporation of Edinburgh as toa Fruit 
and Vegetable Market at Edinburgh, and with the 
Midland Railway Company as to a Goods Station 
at Carlisle, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the North British Railway North British 
Company to make several Railways in connection Rvtway . 
with their system, in the County of Lanark, was poet ae 

¢ Branches) Bill. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 


A Bill to authorize the North British Railway North British 
Company to make several Railways in the Coun- Railway 
ties of Lanark, Dumbarton, and Stirling, in con- Branches) Bil 
nection with the late Edinburgh and Glasgow and 
Monklands Railways, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 


cond time. 


A Bill to authorize the North British Railway North British 
Company to make certain Railways in connection Railway 
with their system, in the Counties of Lanark, age 
Linlithgow, and Stirling, and a Deviation in the Bill. 

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


A Bill to make better Provision with respect to Silloth Police 
matters appertaining to Police in the Town of Bill. 
Silloth, in the County of Cumberland, and the 
Neighbourhood thereof, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Great Eastern Rail- Great Eastern 
way Company to make certain Railways to Railway 
connect their system with the Alexandra Palace, Park Branches) 
in the Parish of Tottenham, in the County of Mid- gin, 
dlesex, and for other purposes, was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Great Eastern Railway Great Eastern 

Company to make certain Railways and Tramways, Railway 
¢ on ye . ~ (Additional 

and to purchase certain Lands and Buildings for powers) Bin. 
Station purposes, and to alter the Levels of their 
Ramsey Branch, and part of one of their Metro- 
politan Branches, between Hanger-lane and West 
Green-road, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to dissolve and re-incorporate the Mus- Muswell-hill 
well-hill Estate Company (Limited), with Powers — and | 
to make certain Railways over their Estate; for “”*"* _ 
giving access thereto from neighbouring Railways, 
and to enter into Arrangements for the use thereof, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enabling the Rochdale Waterworks Rochdale 
Company to furnish a better supply of Water, Water Bill. 
and to execute further Works, and to raise further 
Moneys, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

M2 A Bill 





























































Great Northern 

and Western 
of Ireland) 

Railway Bill. 


British Gas 
Company 
(Staffordshire 
Potteries) Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Kilsyth 
Branches ) 
Bill. 


Crofthead and 
Kilmarnock 
Extension 
Railway Bill. 


Hadlow Rail- 
way Bill. 


Bray Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Tynemouth 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Parsonstown 
and Portumna 
Bridge Rail- 
way Bilt. 


Wandsworth 
and Putney 
Gas Bill. 


London, 
Brighton, and 
South Coast 
Railway 
Various 
owers) Bill. 


Devon Valley 
and North 
British 


84 


A Bill to extend for a further period the 
Powers of the Great Northern and Western (of 
Ireland) Railway Company for the construction of 
their Railways to Westport and Ballina respec- 
tively, and to enable the said Company to raise 
further Sums of Money, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to alter and amend certain of the Pro- 
visions of “The british Gas Light Company, 
Limited ( Staffordshire Potteries) Act, 1858,” was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 


A Bill for enabling the Caledonian Railway 
Company to make Railways for connecting their 
Castlecary Branch and their Denny Branch with 
Kilsyth and Dumbreck, in the County of Stirling, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for sanctioning the construction of certain 
Deviations of the authorized Lines of the Croft- 
head and Kilmarnock Extension Railway, and of 
the Glasgow and South Western (Kilmarnock 
Direct) Railway, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for authorizing an Extension of the Had- 
low Railway; for abandoning a portion of the 
authorized Line of that Railway, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for the Improvement of the Town and 
District of Bray, in the Baronies of Rathdown, 


and Counties of Dublin and Wicklow, was read | 


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


A Bill for empowering the Corporation of Tyne- 
mouth to make new Streets; for amending the 
Rating Powers of the Corporation as the Local 


Board for the Borough, and for other purposes, | 


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


A Bill to authorize the Parsonstown and Por- 
tumna Bridge Railway Company to extend the 
Time for the completion of their Works ; to raise 
further Capital; to issue Preference Shares in 
lieu of cancelled Shares ; to sell or lease their Un- 
dertaking to the Great Southern and Western 
Railway Company ; to enable the Great Southern 
and Western Railway Company to subscribe to 
the Company’s Undertaking, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Lands within which the 
Wandsworth and Putney Gas Light and Coke Com- 
pany are authorized to supply Gas, and to enable 
the Company to acquire additional Lands; to erect 
additional Works; to capitalise Money expended 
by them out of Revenue, and toraise further Capital, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and orderd to be read a second time. 


A Bill for defining the Undertaking and Rail- 
ways of the London, Brighton, and South Coast 
Railway Company, and for defining and regulating 
their Capital and Mortgage Debt, and their 
Powers of raising Moneys, and for authorizing 
them to make and maintain new Lines of Railway, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the construction of Branch 
Railways from the Devon Valley Railway into the 


16th February. 



























1866. 


Mineral Districts of Fife and Clackmannan, and Railway 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and a 
ordered to be read a second time. Bil. ” 
A Bill to authorize the Berwickshire Railway Berwickshire 
Company to raise additional Capital, and for other Sailway Bill. 
urposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to 
e read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Devon Valley Railway 
Company to raise additional Share Capital, and to #X. ; 

. ritish Rail- 
|confirm Agreements and make Provision for an way Com- 
Amalgamation with the North British Railway panies (Ar- 
Company, and for other purposes, was read the Tngements) 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Devon Valley 
and North’ 


A Bill for making a Railway from the North Brampton 
British (Border Union) Railway, near Longtown, — Longtown 
ailway Bill. 
to Brampton, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bo'ness, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ey aaa 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ‘4iloa Junetion 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Bo’ness, Railway. 
i and South Alloa Junction Railway 

lil, 

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


A Petition of Patrick Tiernan, of the ‘Twenties, Drogheda 
in the County of the Town of Drogheda, Farmer ; Election. 
Patrick M*Cullen, of Beamore, in the County of 
Meath, Farmer; Michael Joseph Lynch, of Peter- 
street, Auctioneer, and Richard Harvey, of Saint 
| Laurence’s-street, Hat Manufacturer, both in the 

County of the Town of Drogheda, complaining of 
‘an undue Election and Return for the Borough 





of Drogheda, was presented, and read (vide Ap- 
pendix 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. 


A Petition of Edward Lyne Parsons, of East Taunton 
Reach, formerly of South Field, Silver-street, in the Election. 
Parish of Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen, in the 
Borough of Taunton, Tanner; William George 
Carter, of North-street (East Side), in the said 
Parish, in the said Borough, Innkeeper; William 
Mattocks Chapman, of Saint James-street, in the 
Parish of Taunton Saint James, in the said 
Borough, Sexton; William Cousins, of Footlands, 
Sherford, in the Parish of Wilton, in the said 
Borough, Fruiterer ; and Thomas Stiling, of Fore- 
| street (West Side), in the Parish of Taunton Saint 
Mary Magdalen, in the said Borough, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Borough, was presented, and read (vide Appendix 
to Votes, No. 24). 

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 Marsden, Alfred Riley, wakefield 
William Hay, and John Collinson, complaining of Election. 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Wakefield, was presented, and read (vide Ap- 
pendix to Votes, No. 25). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 








Ordered, 

















Police (Coun- 
ties and Bo- 
roughs.) 


West India 
Islands, &amp;c. 
Relief. 


n 


mn 





Duchy of Lan- 
caster. 


No. 36. 


National Debt 
(Savings 
Banks and 
Friendly So- 
cieties. ) 

No. 37. 


Bank of Eng- 
land. 
No. 38, 


Queen Anne's 
Bounty. . 


No. 39. 


Scientific In- 
stitutions and 
Instruction 
(Dublin. ) 


No. 42. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Third 
Report. 


Wycombe 
Railway. 


Navy. 
No. 40. 


Greenwich 
ospital and 
School. 


No. 41. 








99 Vicroria. 


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. Baring presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Reports 
of the Inspectors of Constabulary for the year 
ended 29th September 1865,made to Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State, under the Provisions 
of the Statute 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 69, “ torender more 
effectual the Police in Counties and Boroughs in 
England and Wales.” 

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


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Account 
(pursuant to the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 63, intituled, 
“An Act for granting Relief to the Islands of 
Antigua, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Dominica and Mont- 
serrat,”) of all Sums advanced to those Islands; 
and of Sums repaid by reason of such Advances, 
with the Interest paid thereon, during the year 
ending 5th January 1866. 

Account (pursuant to Act of 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 22, 
intituled, “ An Act for granting Relief to the Is- 
land of Tobago, and for aiding the Colonies of Bri- 
tish 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 1866. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to the 
Duchy of Lancaster, which was presented upon 
the 15th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to National 
Debt (Savings Banks and Friendly Societies), 
which was presented upon the 15th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank 
of England, which were presented upon the 15th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, which was presented upon the 
15th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Scientific 
Institutions and Instruction (Dudblin,) which was 
presented upon the 12th day of this instant 
February, be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Wycombe Railway Company, 
for leave to bring ina Bill to confirm an Agreement 
for the Transfer of the Wycombe Railway to the 
Great Western Railway Company, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Brooks and Major Dickson. 


Lord Clarence Paget presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Navy Estimates for the year 
1866-67; with Appendix. [ Account of Naval Old 
Store Moneys pom Extra Receipts in 1864-65. ] 

Estimate for Greenwich Hospital and School, for 
the year 1866-67. (The Expenditure to be repaid 
from Greenwich Hospital Funds, per Act 28 &amp; 29 
Vic. c. 89.) [Separated from the Navy Estimates, 
but prepared by the Naval Department. | 

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

VoL. 121. 


16th February. 


85 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy (Dock- 
a General Abstract, with Balance Sheets, of the ~— = 
Cost of Conversion of Timber in Her Majesty’s costes.) = a 
Dockyards, and of Manufactures in Her Majesty’s wo, 43, 
Dockyards and Steam Factories at Home, together 
with their Value as per Rate Book, for the year 
1864-5. 

Lord Clarence Paget 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, Navy (ock- 
Accounts showing the Value of the Stock of Timber yard Stock, 
and Stores in Her Majesty’s Dockyards at Home, Yluation and 
on the 31st day of March 1864:——Of the Receipts on Ships, &amp;c.) 
and Issues during the year, and of the Remains on No, 44, 
the 25th day of March 1865:—— And, of Dock- 
yard Expenditure and Production for Ships, Ser- 
vices, and Conversions, and of Expenses incurred 
on Her Majesty’s Ships, Building, Converting, 

Fitting, Repairing, &amp;c., for the year 1864-5. 

Lord Clarence Paget accordingly presented the 
said Accounts. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy (Edu- 
a Statistical Abstract of Education and Religious ¢@tion and 


‘ ‘ ‘ ligi - 
Denominations in the Royal Navy. cain 
Lord Clarence Paget accordingly presented the wo 45, 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy (Health.) 
a Statistical Abstract of the Health of the Royal No, 46, 
Navy from the lst day of July 1864 to the 30th 
day of June 1865. 

Lord Clarence Paget 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, Navy (Crime 
a Copy of the Report on Crime and Punishment #4 Punish- 
in the Royal Navy and in the Marine Forces on a a 
Shore in the year 1864. — 
Lord Clarence Paget 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 Cattle Plague 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Poland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Reports made in the years 
1858 and 1859 by Her Majesty’s Consul General 
in Poland, on the subject of the Cattle Plague. 
Ordered, That 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. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Civil Services. 
mand,—Estimates for Civil Services, for the year No. 48. 
ending 31st March 1867 : 


Class I. Public Works and Buildings. 

Class II. Salaries and Expenses of Public De- 
partments. 

Class III. Law and Justice. 

Class IV. Education, Science, and Art. 

Class V. Colonial, Consular, and other Foreign 
Services. 

Class VI. Superannuation and Retired Allow- 


ances, and Gratuities for Charitable 
and other purposes. 
Class VII. Miscellaneous, Special and Tempo- 
rary Objects. 
And, General Abstract of Estimates for Civil Ser- 
vices for 1866-7, compared with the Grants for 
1865-6. 








M3 Supplementary 



































































86 16th February. 1866. 








— Supplementary Estimate, of Sums required to | mittee had made Progress in the matter to them 
mentary Esti- be voted in the year ending 31 March 1866, to| referred; and that he was directed to move, That 
mate.) make good Deficiencies on Votes of Parliament | the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
No. 49. for Civil Services to,31 March 1865. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
New Zealand. Supplementary Estimate for the New Zealand | next, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
No. 50. War, year 1865-6. " - ‘ mittee. 

Usti y partments, Effective an . 
ae Pn a gen We &lt; Post Office Packet|, The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cattle Diseases 
sary eng Service, for the year ending 31st March 1867. into a Committee on the Cattle Diseases Bill. 

No. 51. ({n the Committee. ) 
Army. Army Estimates of Effective and Non-Effective Cause, N° 21 (Regulations as to movement of 
No. 53. Services, for 1866-67. cattle). 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred} Amendment again proposed, after the word 

to the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. | 1866,” to insert the words “no Cattle shall be 


“moved along any highway, or on any canal, navi- 
Bullion. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | “ gation or river, except as in this Act expressly 
a Return of the Amount of Bullion purchased | “ authorized.” 
and sold by the Bank of England, distinguishing | Question proposed, That those words be there 
Gold from Silver, and Bar Gold from Foreign | inserted :— Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Gold Coin, in each Month from the 31st day of; Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
December 1864 to the 31st day of December! (Czyausxs, N° 22 to N° 30, disagreed to. 


1865; also the Excess of Payments to, or Re-| Cyause, N° 31 (Expenses of local authority). 
ceipts from, the Public of British Gold Coin; and | Amendment proposed, in p. ll 1. 38: To leave 
also the Amount received from the Mint during | ; : 


~ 4 . - Parl; out the words “ local rate.” 
the same period (in continuation of Parliamentary Question proposed, That the words “local rate” 
Paper, No. 76, of Session 1865). 


stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, 








: . withdrawn. 
Harbour Ordered, That there be laid before this House,| An Amendment made. 


Provisions of “ The Harbours and Passing Tolls,) After the word “ defrayed” to insert the. words 
&amp;c. Act, 1861,” which have been decided on by | « as to three-fourths thereof.” 


the Public Works Loan Commissioners, with the | Question, That those words be there inserted 
Result ; and stating the Amount of the Loan ®p-| put, and negatived. 
plied for and granted, and the Nature and Object,” Another Amendment made. 





of the Works in each Case. Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
. . | Clause: To add the words “ in the case of counties 
Dublin Port. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, « which, previous to the passing of this Act, had 


a Return of the Total Receipts of the Dublin | « entered into a voluntary assessment on account of 
Ballast Corporation for Tonnage and Quay Wall | « the Cattle Plague, it shall be in the discretion of 
Dues levied on all Vessels entering the Port of | « the local authority to consider such assessments 
Dublin in the year ending the 31st day of De-| « as have been paid previous to the passing of the 
cember 1865, and stating separately the Amount | « Act as part and portion of the cattle rate under 
of such Dues received from—l. Steam Vessels; | « this Act, and to make regulations accordingly.” 


2. Vessels laden with Coals; 3. Vessels laden} Question proposed, That those words be there 
with Timber; 4. Vessels laden with Corn and! added; 
other Descriptions of Cargo: And, Account of | Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
Receipts and Disbursements by the Corporation | ment, at the end of the paragraph: To leave out 
for preserving and rg cen) the Port of Dublin | « accordingly,” in order to add the words “ con- 
from the 31st day of December 1864 to the 31st. « sistently with the purposes of this Act.” 

day of December 1865, and of Monies borrowed, | Question proposed, That the word “ accordingly” 
stating the Annual Amount of Interest payable stand part of the proposed Amendment :—Amend- 
thereon, and Surplus Receipts above Disburse-| ment to the proposed Amendment, by leave, with- 
ments, &amp;c. (in continuation of Parliamentary | drawn. 

Paper, No. 415, of Session 1865). Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 











" Betton A Petition of Matthew Hale, of New North | CrauskE, N° 32. disagreed to 
ection. : . , : . a a ae ne a ; ; 
Road, in the Borough of Huddersfield, in the Crausg, N° 33 (Power to remit rate in certain 

West Riding of the County of York, Gentleman, | cases) 

and John Eastwood, of Commercial-street, in| ~ 4.” 


: : -- An Amendment made 
the Borough of Huddersfield aforesaid, Builder,|  * : a 
two of the Electors of the said Borough of Hud- | Another Amendment proposed, st the end of the 


. ~- +}..4:...| Clause: To add the words “ Who may also have 
dersfield, complaining of an undue _ Election |&lt; power to remit the whole or portion of local rate 
and Return for the said Borough, was presented, | ,, equivalent to sums already assessed for the ob- 
and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 26). « jects contemplated in this Act.” 

oc "ny .: &gt; *,* ‘ . Ae . 
Ordered, Phat the said Petition be referred to Question proposed, et these weele bo Guns 


pa re an a a his W ‘ added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
rdered, That Mr. Speakerdo issue his Warran 7 OE ners agence 


or Warrants for such persons, papers and records Chane. an amneniiel. cen tn 
Bes, ’ &gt; ° 


as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties ‘ — " 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. gg N® 34 and N° 35, amended, and 


Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of CiaussE, N° 36, agreed to. 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at] CLAusE, N° 37, amended, and agreed to. 








Twelve of the clock. Crauses, N° 38 and N° 39, disagreed to. 
Criauses, N° 40 and N° 41, amended, and 
Supply. The House, according to Order, resolved itself | agreed to. 


into the Committee of Supply; and, after some Cravuses, N° 42 and N° 43, disagreed to. 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the| C1iAuseE, N° 44, amended, and agreed to. 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com-| Cxausz, N° 45, disagreed to. 





CLAUSE, 































st Par 
Bill 20, 


New Windsor 
Election. 





99 VicTorRIA. 


CuiavseE, N° 46, agreed to. | 

Ciauses, N° 47 and N° 48, amended, and | 
agreed to. | 

Criause, N° 49 (Appeal). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 17, 1. 35: To leave | 
out the words “ With two sufficient sureties.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to. 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to, 

Crause, N° 50, postponed. 

Cxiause, N° 51, agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. | 

Postponed Clause, N° 6, disagreed to. 


] 
} 


Postponed Clause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Postponed Clauses, N° 8 and N° 9, disagreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 10,amended, and agreed to. | 

Postponed Clause, N* 11 (Power of entry for 
Inspectors, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5,1. 7: After the | 
word “ Act” to insert the words “and before 
‘ entering he shall be bound to produce an affidavit | 
sworn before a justice of the peace, to the effect | 
“ that he has such reasonable grounds for supposing | 
“‘ that cattle affected by the cattle plague are there | 
* to be found.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Postponed Clauses, N° 19 and N° 20, disagreed to. 


Postponed Clause, N° 50, agreed to. | 


Clauses added. 

Schedule 1, Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 19, 1. 21: 
To insert the words “ counties including any town 
* or place which does not return, or contribute to 
“ return a Member to Parliament.” 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, by adding, at*the end thereof, the 
words “ and which has not a population of twenty 
thousand inhabitants.” 


Question put, That those words be there added ; 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for - Sir James Fergusson, 
Yeas, Mr. Stirling : 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Brand, 
Noes, Mr. Adam : 
Another Amendment made. 
Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 
Schedule 2, disagreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


} 24. 
} 26. 





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


Saturday, 17th February, 1866: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, Dod- 


son reported, That the Committee had gone through | printed. 


the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Cattle Piague Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, \.r. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of New 
Windsor, in the County of Berks, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Bo- 
rough, was presented, and read (vide Appendix to 
Votes, No. 27). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 


16¢th—17th February. | 87 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the se- 
veral Parties on the hearing@f the matter of the 
said Petition. 


A Petition of James Scott, of No. 22, King- Great 
street, Great Yarmouth, Shipowner ; John Clowes, Yarmouth 
of No. 56, South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Solicitor ; Election. 
and Garson Blake, of No. 74, High-road, South- 
town, in the County of Suffolk, Merchant and 
Shipowner, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Great Yarmouth, 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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the se- 
veral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the 
said Petition. 


A Petition of Robert Richard Torrens, of Fen- Cambridge 
ton’s Hotel, Saint James’s-street, in the County Borough 
of Middlesex, Esquire, complaining of an undue "ction 
Election and Return for the Borough of Cam- 
bridge, 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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 
| records as shall be thought necessary by the se- 
'veral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the 
| said Petition. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








| Saturday, \7th February, 1866. 
| PRAYERS. 
T HE Order that Sir Robert Anstruther and Sir teven and 
John Ogilvy do prepare, and bring in the East of Fife 
Leven and East Fife of Railway Bill, was read, and 4!way. 
discharged. 
| Ordered, That Sir Robert Anstruther and Mr. 
Waldegrave-Leslie do prepare, and bring in the 
Bill. 


(Counties and Boroughs), which was presented ties and Bo- 
upon the 16th day of this instant February, be '¥S5*) 
printed. No. 54. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to West west India 
India Islands, &amp;c. Relief, which was presented Islands, &amp;c. 


upon the 16th day of this instant February, be &lt; a 
Oo 





Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 

'read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Third 
Report. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being Habeas Corpus 
put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to em- Suspension 
power the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Go- oo 
vernor or Governors of Ireland to apprehend and 
detain, for a limited time, such Persons as he or 
they shall suspect of conspiring against Her Ma- 
jesty’s Person and Government; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 





Tellers for thef Mr. Brand, 
Yeas, {Me Adam: }364. 
Tellers for thefThe O’ Donoghue, 6 


Noes, (Mr. Maguire : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And 





Vou. 121. 


M4 that 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Police Police Coun- — 


i 
| 
| 














Cattle Diseases 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Habeas Corpus 
Suspension 
(Ireland) Bill, 


88 


that Sir George Grey, Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer, and Mr. Attorney General for Zreland do 
prepare, and bring in the Bill. 

Sir George Grey accordingly presented the said 
Bill: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

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

Resoived, 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 Cattle Diseases Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (The powers of each Cattle Plague 
Board shall extend over the whole of the county 
for which it is appointed, and over all burghs 
situated therein, excepting cities and burghs which 
have the right toelect Members to Parliament, and 
whereof the population within the Parliamentary 
boundaries of any such burgh exceeds ten thousand) 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes 10 the Left. 


Tellers for the { Sir James Fergusson, 1100 
Yeas, \ Mr. Stirling : as 
Tellers for the f Mr. Brand, ) 146 
Noes, Mr. Adam: ame 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 7, 1. 30, by leaving out the words 
** place in,” and inserting the words “ part of the 
* mainland of,” instead thereof. 

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

‘Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, in respect of Clauses 
35 and 37, and the last Clause. 

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. Dodson reported, 
That the Committee had amended the said Clauses. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
co.sideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

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. 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 Habeas Corpus Sus- 
pension (Jreland) Bill, without any Amenleant, 


17th February. 








13866. 


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


(In the Committee. ) 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had made 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

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


A Petition of Benjamin Igglesden, of Hougham, 
in the County of Kent, Gentleman, and John Agate, 
of 128, Snargate-street, in the Borough of Dover, 
Draper, Free Barons and Electors of Barons to 
serve in Parliament for the Port of Dover, com- 
jlaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Town and Port of Dover, 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 War- 
rant 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. 















Cattle Plague 
Bill. 


Dover 
Election. 


A Petition of James Lloyd, of Beacon-street, in Lichfield 
the Parish of Saint Chad, in the City and County Election. 


of Lichfield, Victualler, and of John Butler, of the 
same place, Gentleman, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of Lichfield, was 
presented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 31). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant 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 Lawrence Torr, John Brownsord, 
John Buttery, and George Baker Tutin, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Town of Nottingham, was presented, and read 
(vide Appendix to Votes, No. 32). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant 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. Milner Gibson presented,—Return to an 
Ordey, dated the 8th day of this instant February, 
for Returns relative to the “ Duncan Dunbar” 
and * Barbadienne.” 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
Message had been brought from the Lords by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords request that this House will con- 
tinue sitting for some time. 

Resolved, That this House will continue sitting 
for some time, as desired by their Lordships. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them, That this House will continue 
sitting for some time, as desired by their Lord- 
ships: And that the Clerk do carry the said 
Message. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Monday next, the Jamaica Government Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, 


Nottingham 
Town Election. 


The “ Duncan 
Dunbar” and 
** Barbadienne,” 


Message from 
the Lords. 


The Lords 
desire the 
House to sit. 


Jamaica 
Government 
Bill. 




















29 Vicroria. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


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


Sunday, 18th February, 1866 : 


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 
an Act agreed upon by both Houses, desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House 
of Peers, where a Commission under the Great 
Seal was read, giving, declaring and notifying 
the Royal Assent to the Act therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Act, as followeth : 


HabeasCorpus An Act to empower the Lord Lieutenant or 

aor other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to 

¢ — apprehend, and detain for a limited Time, such 
Persons as he or they shall suspect of conspiring 
against Her Majesty’s Person and Government. 





Royal Assent. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Sunday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Monday, 19th February, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


Public M R. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
—. ‘ Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
oe *- had 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. 


Hull South 


Mr. Dodson reported, in pursuance of the 83d 
Bridge Bill. 


Standing Order, upon the Hull South Bridge Bill, 
in relation to a proposed further Contract with the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, 
and Land Revenues, for an advance of Public 
Money towards the completion of the Bridge and 
the Approaches thereto. 

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


Bristol and 
North Somer- 
set Railway 
(Deviation. ) 


A Petition of the Bristol and North Somerset 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
authorizing the Bristol and North Somerset Rail- 
way Company to make and maintain a Railway to 
Writhlington, in the County of Somerset, to deviate 
their authorized Line at Radstoch, to raise addi- 
tional Capital, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Berkeley and Sir 
Morton Peto. 


Kilmarnock 


A Petition of the Kilmarnock Water Company, 
Water. 


for leave to bring in a Bill for supplying with 
Water the Town of Kilmarnock, suburbs thereof, 
and Places adjacent, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Sir James Fergusson and Mr. Bouverie. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates, 
and Council of the City of Glasgow, as Commis- 
— appointed and acting under “ The Glasgow 

OL. 121. 


Glasgow 
Corporation 
Water. 









17th—18th—19th February. 89 


Corporation Waterworks Act, 1855,” and the other 
Acts thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to authorize the Commissioners of the Glas- 
gow Corporation Waterworks to construct Reser- 
voirs and other Works, and to take Water from 
the River Clyde; to provide for the removal of 
the Weir across the said River, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Dalglish and Mr. Graham. 


A Petition of Henry Naylor, of Worksop, in the worksop and 
County of Nottingham, Veterinary Surgeon; George Shireoaks 
Rock Lucas, of the same place, Farmer; and George &amp;*- 
Mayor, of the same place, Auctioneer and Valuer, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating and 
granting Powers to the Worksop and Shireoaks 
Gas Consumers Company, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Viscount Galway and Mr. Foljambe. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Chatham, 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill ao 
to incorporate a Company for better supplying and ~~~ 
lighting with Gas Chatham, Rochester, and cer- 
tain neighbouring Towns and Places, in the 
County of Kent, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hartopp and 
Colonel Knoz. 


A Petition of the Neath New Gas Company, Neath New 
Limited, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting “&gt; 
certain Powers to the Neath New Gas Company, 
Limited, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hus- 
sey Vivian, Mr. Bruce, and Mr. Huddleston. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Bridges over the Glasgow 
River Clyde at Glasgow, appointed and acting Bridges. 
under the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vie. c. 133, thereinafter 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Acts relating to the Bridges over 
the River Clyde at Glasgow, to provide for the 
Union of the Trusts and the Rebuilding of the 
Hutchisontown Bridge, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dailglish and 
Mr. Graham. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Waveney 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Valley 
better Drainage of the Valley of the River Wa-*™™*8* 
veney, in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Lord Henniker and Mr. Howes. 


A Petition of the Belfast Central Railway Belfast Cen- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to empower ae 
the Belfast Central Railway Company and the em is 
Corporation of Belfast to make a new Street, and 
to alter and improve certain Streets in the Borough 
of Belfast, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Colonel Forde and Mr. Getty. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- quill Corpora- 
esses of the Borough of Kingston-upon- Hull, for tion and Dock 
ave to bring in a Bill for transferring the Docks ~°P*"Y- 
at Kingston-upon-Hull to, and vesting the Control 
and Management thereof in, a body of Public 
Trustees, to extend the Time for completing the 
Western Dock, Amendment of Acts, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Clay 
and Mr. Norwood. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill, for leave to Barnet, Hen- 
bring in a Bill for making Railways from the ae — 
N Midland Railway. 


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90 


Midland Railway (Extension to London) to Chip- 
ping Barnet, and to join the Edgware, Highgate, 
st 4 London Railway, and the Midland and South 
Western Junction Railway, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry 
Seymour and Mr. M‘Cullagh Torrens. 


A Petition of the Brecon Markets Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to supply with Water 
and to drain the Borough of Brecon, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Brecon Water 
and Drainage. 


A Petition of the London and South Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
authorizing the London and South Western Rail- 
way Company to make and maintain the Brentford 
Curve and the Kew Bridge Curve, and other 
Works, and for authorizing Arrangements be- 
tween them and other Companies, and for autho- 
rizing a Lease or Transfer to them of the Oke- 
hampton Railway, and for the increase of their 
Capital, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Dutton and Mr. Serjeant 
Gaselee. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers.) 


Banftshire 


— A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of 
oads, 


the several Acts of Parliament relating to the 
making, maintaining, and keeping in repair the 
Roads, Highways, and Bridges within the County 
of Banff, for leave to bring in a Bill for more 
effectually maintaining and keeping in repair the 
Roads, Highways, and Bridges in the County of 
Banff, for making new Roads in the said County, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 


ingly, by Mr. Robert Duff and Mr. Grant Duff. 


Mid-Wales 


A Petition of the Mid-Wales Railway Company, 
Railway. J 


for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the Mid- Wales 
Railway Company to raise further Sums of Money, 
and to subscribe to the Undertaking of the Brecon 
and Llandovery Junction Railway Company, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Whalley and Mr. Ayrton. 


Sunningdale A Petition of the Sunningdale and Cambridge 


and Cam- Town Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 

bridge Town Bill f “ot lg gn Pp, dinuieen thoanth &gt;. | 

Railway. ill for altering in some Particulars the authorizec 
Mode of Construction of the Sunningdale and 
Cambridge Town Railway and its Extensions, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Briscoe and Mr. Kennard. 

Aldrington, The Aldrington, Hove, and Brighton Gas Bill 

Se tats was read a second time; and committed. 

Bill. 

Bedford and The Bedford and Northampton Railway Bill was 

Northampton read a second time; and committed. 


Railway Bill. 


Belfast Burial 


The Belfast Burial Ground Bill was read a 
Ground Bill. 


second time ; and committed. 


The Bideford, Appledore, and Westward Ho’ 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 


Bideford, Ap- 
pledore, and 
Westward Ho’ 


Railway Bill. mitted. 

Birmingham §$ The Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield Extension 
oa Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Extension mitted. 

Railway Bill. ’ 

Bishops Castle The Bishops Castle Railway Bill was read a 
Railway Bill, second time; and committed. 

Bodmin The Bodmin Roads Bill was read a second time; 
Roads Bill. and committed. 


19th February. 











1866. 


The Bradford Corporation Bill was read a second Bradford Cor. 


time ; and committed. poration Bill, 


The Brighton and Hove General Gas Bill was Brighton and 
read a second time ; and committed. ove General 


Gas Bill. 
The Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway ee 
Bill d d time; and committed sagrenry 
ill was read a secon e; om . Pier and Rail- 
way Bill. 


The Bromyard and Hereford Railway Bill was ey bse 

: a ° ar €reford 

read a second time ; and committed. Railway Bill, 
The Caledonian Railway (Lanarkshire, &amp;c, Caledonian 


Branches) Bill was read a second time; and com- Railway 
itted (Lanarkshire, 

7” ° Pe Branches) 
ill. ' 


The Central Wales Extension Railway Bill was Central Wales 


° &gt; : Extension 
read a second time; and committed. Railway Bill, 


Congleton 
Gas and Im- 
provement 
Bill. 

The Croydon Commercial Gas Bill was read a Croydon 


second time; and committed. Commercial 
Gas Bill. 


The Congleton Gas and Improvement Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 


The Croydon, Mitcham, and Kingston Railway Croydon, 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. Mitcham, 
and Kingston 


: Railway Bill, 
The Derwent and Shotley Bridge Road Bill was Derwent and 


read a second time; and committed. Shotiéy Bridge 
Road Bill. 


The Dryclough, Shaw, and Rochdale Roads Bill Pryclough, 
was read a second time ; and committed. enero Ney 
Roads Bill. 

The Dundee Water Bill was read a second time; Dundee 
and committed. Water Bill. 


East and West 
Junction Rail- 
way (Capital 
Bill. = 
The East and West Junction Railway ( Southam East and 
Extension) Bill was read a second time; and com- West Junction 


x Railway 
mitted. (Southam Ex. 


tension) Bill. 
East Norfoik 
Railway Bill. 


The East and West Junction Railway (Capital) 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


The East Norfolk Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


The Economic Telegraph Company Bill was Economic 
read a second time; and committed. Telegraph 
Company Bill. 

The Elham Valley Railway Bill was read a Elham Valley 
second time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Ely Valley Railway Bill was read a second Fly Valley 
. o4 Railway Bill. 
time; and committed. 


The Esk Valley Railway Bill was read a second Esk Valley 
time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Fochabers and Garmouth Railway Bill was Fochabers 


read a second time; and committed. and Garmouth 
Railway Bill. 


The Forth and Clyde Junction and North British Forth and 
Railway Companies Bill was read a second time ; Clyde Junc- 


: tion and North 
and committed. British Rail- 


way Com- 
panies Bill. 
The Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill was read Forth and 


asecond time; and committed. Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill. 


The Frome Gas Bill was read a second time ; Frome Gas 
and committed. Bill. 


Gas Light 
and Coke, and 
City of London 
Gas Light and 
Coke Com- 
panies Bill. 
Gas Light and 
Coke Com- 
The Py Bi 


The Gas Light and Coke, and City of London 
Gas Light and Coke Companies Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


The Gas Light and Coke Company Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 














Cor. 
Bill, 


and 
eral 


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est 
il. 


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99 VicroRIA. 


Glasgow The Glasgow (City) Improvements, &amp;c. Bill 
(City) Im- = was read a second time; and committed. 

— 

&amp;c. Bill. 


Great North. | The Great Northern and Great Eastern Railway 
ern and Great Companies Arrangements (Spalding to Lincoln) 
— Bill was read asecond time ; and committed. 

panies Ar- | 

rangements 

(Spalding to 

Lincoln) Bill. : 
Great Yar- The Great Yarmouth Haven, Port, and Rivers 
mouth Haven, Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Port, and 

Rivers Bill. 


Greenock The Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Bill was 
and Ayrshire yead a second time ; and committed. 

Railway Bill. 

Huddersfield The Huddersfield and Halifax Railway Bill was 
and Halifax yeada second time; and committed. 

Railway Bill. 

Hull and The Hull and Hornsea and North Eastern Rail- 


Hornsea and . ‘ . a itted. 
North Rastern 7*Y Bill was read a second time; and committe 


Railway Bill. 


Hull South 
Bridge Bill. 


The Hull South Bridge Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 


Ilfracombe The Ilfracombe Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 


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

Lil. 
Knighton, The Knighton, Central Wales, and Central 
— Wales Extension Railways Bill was read a second 
Wales Exten- time; and committed. 

é ‘ 


sion Railways 
Bill. 
The Lancashire Union Railways Bill was read 


Lancashire ; 4 
Union Rail- asecond time; and committed. 
ways Bill. 
The Llanelly Railway and Dock Bill was read a 
Llanelly &lt;. 
Railway and second time ; and committed. 
Dock Bill. 
London and The London and North Western and Cocker- 


North Western mouth and Workington Railway Companies Bill 


— = was read a second time; and committed. 


Workington 

Railway Com- 

panies Bill. 4 
London and The London and North Western and Midland 


North Western Counties Coal Fields Railway Bill was read a 


a: a second time ; and committed. 

Coal Fields 

Railway Bill. 

London, The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway 


Brighton, and (Saint Leonard’s and Hastings Lines) Bill was 


South Coast ° . 
Railway read a second time; and committed. 
(Saint Leo- 
nard’s and 
Hastings 
Lines) Bill. 
London, 
Bucks, and 
Gloucester- 
shire Junction 
Railway Bill. : 
London, The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway 
Chatham, (Chatham Dockyard Branch) Bill was read a 


ee" second time ; and committed. 
(Chatham 
Dockyard 
Branch) Bill. 
London, Wor- 
cester, and 
South Wales 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the London, Bucks, and Glouces- 
tershire Junction Railway Bill be read a second 
time To-morrow. 


The London, Worcester, and South Wales Rail- 
way Bill was read asecond time; and committed. 


Manchester The Manchester and Stockport Railway Bill was 
and Stockport 


Railway Bill. read a second time ; and committed. 


a. The Mersey Pneumatic Railway Bill was read a 


Railway Bil, Second time; and committed. 


amen ond Ordered, That the Mid-Kent and South Eastern 
Railway Com- way Companies Bill be read a second time To- 
panies Bill. morrow. 


Vou. 121. 





19th February. 91 


_ The Nelson Local Board Bill was read a second Nelson Local 
time ; and committed. Board Bill. 


The Newchurch Parish Division Bill was read a Newchureh 
second time ; and committed. Parish Divi- 
sion Bill. 
The Newport (Monmouth) Borough Bill was Newport 
read ‘ ‘ ] ( Monmouth) 
ead a second time; and committed Borough Bill. 
The New Romney Railway Bill was read a se- New Romney 
cond time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The North British and Leadburn, Linton, and North British 
Dolphinton Railway Companies Bill was read a Tome 
second time ; and committed. Dolphinton 
Railway Come 
panies Bill. 


The North British Railway (Camps, &amp;c.) North British 


Branches) Bill was read a second time; and com- (anon a 
mitted. Branches) Bill. 


The North British Railway (Saint Magaret’s — British 
Diversion) Bill was read a second time; and com- (Saint Mar- 


mitted. garet’s Diver- 
sion) Bill. 
The North Walsham and Dilham Canal Bill North Wals- 


was read a second time; and committed. a — i 


Bill. 
The Ross and Cromarty Roads Bill was read a Ross and 
second time ; and committed. Cromarty 
Roads Bill. 


Ross and 
Tewkesbury 
Railway Bill. 


The Solway Junction Railway (Capital) Bill Solway Junc- 


¥ : tion Railway 
was read a second time; and committed. (Capital) Bill. 


The Ross and Tewkesbury Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


The Southam Railway Bill was read a second Southam 
time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The South Staffordshire Water Bill was read a South Staf- 
second time; and committed. fordshire 
Water Bill. 


The South Yorkshire Railway Bill was read a South York. 


second time; and committed. i Railway 


The Stafford, Churchbridge, &amp;c. Roads Bill was Stafford, 
sec . ‘ : Churchbridge, 
read a second time ; and committed. he Besant 
The Stafford, Sandon and Eccleshall Roads Bill er P 
- , e Sandon, an 
was read a second time; and committed. Becleshall 
‘ . Roads Bill. 
The Stourbridge Railway Bill was read a second Stourbridge 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junc- Swansea Vale 
tion Railway Bill was read a second time; and 24 Neath 
sted and Brecon 
comm ‘ Junction 
Railway Bill. 
The Swansea Vale Railway Bill was read a se- Swansea Vale 


cond time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Tain Water Bill was read a second time; Tain Water 
and committed. Bill. 


The Teme Valley Railway Bill was read a se- Teme Valley 
cond time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Thames and Severn Canal Navigation Bill Thames and 
was read a second time; and committed. Navigation 
Bill. 

The Thames Tunnel Company Bill was read a Thames Tun. 
second time; and committed. nel Compavy 

The Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway Bill Uxbridge and 
was read a second time; and committed. worth Kaliway 

ill. 

The Wantage and Great Western Junction Wantage and 

Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- Great Western 


. Juncti 
mitted. ietew 
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92 


The Waterford and Limerich Railway (Arrange- 
ments) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway (Ar- 
rangements) 
Bill. 


Watling-strect 


Road (Wel The Watling-street Road (Wellington District) 


‘.. Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


lington Dis- 
trict) Bill. 
Worcester, 
Bromyard, and 
Leominster 
Railway Bill. 


The Worcester, Bromyard, and Leominster Rail- 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


Wrexham, 


The Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Rail- 
Mold, and 


way (Additional Capital) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

(Additional 
Capital) Bill. 
Hampstead, 
Highgate, and 
Charing Cross 
Railway Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Hampstead, Highgate, and Charing 
Cross Railway Bill; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, adding the words 
* upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now ” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

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 week.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
~vord “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
suid 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. 


Longton, Ad- 
derley Green, 
and Bucknall 
Railway Bill. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Zongton 
through Adderley Green to Bucknall, with Branches, 
all in the County of Stafford, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Great Eastern, the 
Great Northern, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire Railway Companies to enter into cer- 
tain Agreements, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Great Eastern, 
Great North- 
ern, and 
Manchester, 
Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and North 
Wales and 
Shrewsbury 
and Potteries 
Junction Rail- 
way Compa- 
nies Amalga- 
mation Bill. 


Blackwater 
(Youghal) 
Wooden 
Bridge Bill. 


A Bill to amalgamate the Shrewsbury and North 
Wales and Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction 
Railway Companies, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the transfer to the Grand 
Juries of the Counties of Cork and Waterford of 
the Wooden Bridge across the River Blackwater, 
near the Town of Youghal, in the County of Cork, 
to the opposite side, in the County of Waterford, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to enable the Metropolitan District Rail- 
way Company to acquire additional Lands, and 
for other purposes relating to the Undertaking of 
the same Company, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Metropolitan 
District Rail- 
way Bill. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Bailway Bill. 


A Bill to provide for the sale or lease to the 
Great North of Scotland Railway Company of the 
Undertakings of various neighbouring Companies, 
or the Amalgamation of those Companies with the 


19th February. 





1866. 


Great North of Scotland Railway Company ; to 
authorize the abandonment of the Extensions of 
the Banff, Macduff, and Turriff Extension Rail- 
way to Macduff; to extend the Time for making 
the Extension of the Banffshire Railway to Buckie, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Heywood Waterworks Heywood 
Company to raise additional Capital, was read the Water Bill. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to confirm an Agreement for the Trans- Wycombe 
fer of the Wycombe Railway to the Great Western Railway Bill. 
Railway Company, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the Improvement of Stourbridge, in stourbridge 
the County of Worcester, and for the Regulation Improvement 
of Markets there, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for incorporating a Company for better Slough, 
supplying with Gas Slough, Upton-cum-Chalvey, Vatchet, and 
Datchet, and the Neighbourhood thereof, was read pin!*t 48 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


A Bill to repeal an Act passed in the third year gaitash Road 
of the reign of his Majesty King William the Bill. 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually 
repairing and improving several Roads in the 
Counties of Cornwall and Devon leading to the 
Borough of Saltash, in the County of Cornwall, 
and for making a new Branch and Deviation of 
Roads to communicate therewith,” and for grant- 
ing 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 eleventh Tonbridge 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the ¢n4 fetham 
Fourth, intituled “ An Act for amending and “°° 
improving the Road from Tonbridge to Ightham, 
and other Roads communicating therewith, in the 
County of Kent,” 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 confer further Powers upon the Hemel Hemel Hemp- 
Hempsted and London and North Western Rail- sted and 
way Company, and for other purposes, was read xr Western 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Railway Bill. 


time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Tendring Thorpe and 
Hundred Railway at Thorpe-le-Soken to Great Great ~~) 
Clacton, and a Pier there, all in the County of Railway os 

ss Pier Bill. 
Essex, and for other purposes, was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the Amalgamation of the Ldynvi Liynvi Valley 
Valley Railway Company and the Ogmore Valley 24 a 
Railways Company, and for other purposes, was may 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second panies Bill. 
time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Llynvi Valley Rail- Liynvi Valley 
way Company to make Extension Railways; to Railway Bill. 
acquire additional Lands for their Undertaking ; 
to raise further Moneys, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to Be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Tottenham and Hamp- Tottenham 
stead Junction Railway Company to raise further od ye 
Moneys, and for making Provision with respect to Railway Bill. 
a Lease, Sale, or Amalgamation of the Undertakin 
of the Company, and for other purposes, was .: 

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North British 
Railway 
(Glasgow 
Branches) ‘Bill. 


Burntisland 
Harbour and 
Dock Bill. 


North British 
and Bridge of 
Allan Railway 
Bill. 


North British 
(Tay Bridge) 
Railway Bill. 


Newport 
Railway Bill. 


Liverpool 
Corporation 
Water Bill. 


Midland 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


Great Yar- 
mouth Fish 
Wharves and 
Tramways 
Bill. 


Mersey Docks 
and Harbour 
Board (Shore 
Road Pur- 
chase, &amp;c.) 
Bill, 


Mersey Docks 
and Harbour 
Board (Outer 
Works Alte- 
ration) Bill. 


Leven and 
East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Greenock 
Harbour Bill. 





929 Vicroria. 19th February. 93 


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


A Bill to authorize the North British Railway 
Company to make Railways in and near Glasgow, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for improving the Harbour and making 
a Dock and other Works at Burntisland, 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 North 

British Railway to Bridge of Allan, and for other 

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


A Bill for making Railways to connect the 
North British Railway with Dundee, and with the 
other Railways terminating there, 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 North 
British Railway to Newport, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to empower the Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool to construct 
a Reservoir, Roads, and other Works; to obtain 
Water from the River Roddlesworth, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for conferring additional Powers on the 
Midland Railway Company for the acquisition of 
Lands, and the increase and regulation of their 
Capital; for giving effect to Arrangements with 
the Great Western Railway Company in reference 
to Lines and Stations at Malvern, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for the construction of Fish Wharves 
and Tramways, and for the execution of other 
Works at Great Yarmouth, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to confirm an Agreement entered into by 
the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board for the pur- 
chase of certain Lands at Birkenhead, and for other 
purposes incidental thereto, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Mersey Docks and Harbour 
Board to improve their Docks at Birkenhead by 
converting the existing Low Water Basin, and the 
Morpeth Basin, into Wet Docks, and altering other 
Works connected therewith, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Leven and East of 
Fife Railway Company to make and maintain 
certain Branches in the Parishes of Markinch and 
Wemyss, in the County of Fife, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to consolidate and amend the Acts relating 
to the Port and Harbours of Greenock ; to autho- 
rize the Construction of new Quays and Harbour, 
and Graving Dock and other Works, and for other 
a was read the first time; and ordered to 

e read a second time. 


A Bill to amend an Act for repressing Juvenile 
Delinquency in the City of Glasgow, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
VoL. 121, 


A Bill to enable the Vale a Towy Railway Vale of Towy 
Company to lease their Undertaking, was read the Railway 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend and alter the Boundaries of the Middles- 
Municipal Borough and District of Middlesbrough, a — 
in the North Riding of the County of York; to Improvement 
extend the Time for the Completion of the Market Bill. 
Place; to construct additional Gasworks and 
light adjoining Townships; to authorize the com- 
pulsory Purchase of the Rights of the West Har- 
tlepool Harbour and Railway and North Eastern 
Railway Companies in the Port Clarence Land- 
ing-place, and the Construction of a Landing- 
place at Newport, and the Purchase of Lands 
for the same; to extend the Powers of the 
Burial Board, provide a Public Park, an addi- 
tional Burial-ground, and a Town Hall and Police 
Station; to improve certain Streets and Roads, 
and purchase a Private Road, and divert Public 
Footpaths ; to raise further Moneys; to alter and 
amend the existing Acts relating to the Borough 
and District, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Birkenhead 
one of the Examincrs of Petitions for Private «nd Liverpool 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- Railway. 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the Bir- 
henhead and Liverpool Junction Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Railways 
Command,—Copy of Evidence and Papers relat- (Iteland.) 
ing to Railways in Ireland. (Extracted from the 
Proceedings of the Commission. ) 

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


Mr. Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Fisheries 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Special Commis- (1reland.) 
sioners for Jr?sh Fisheries for 1865. 

Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the di- Peac? —— 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Pro- oa de 
clamations issued by the Lord Lieutenant of Jre- 
land, under the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act, 

28 &amp; 29 Vie. c. 118. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the “ Dun- The “Duncan 
can Dunbar” and “ Barbadienne,” which was pre- Dunbar” and | 
sented upon the 17th day of this instant February, i naemapemenn 
be printed. « o. 56. 


A Petition of Lorenzo Pastor Metham, John Devonport 
William Walters Ryder, Richard John Laity, Jo- ™®*#™- 
seph May, Alfred Norman, Richard Oram, John 
Rolston, and John Thuell, Electors of the Borough 
of Devonport, in the County of Devon, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said Bo- 
rough, was presented, and read (vide Appendix to 
Votes, No. 33). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


A Petition of Michael Wills, Esquire, complain- Harwich 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Election. 
ren of Harwich, 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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and 

nN 3 records 






















Hereford City 
Election. 


Carlow Bo- 
rough Election. 


Wareham 
Election. 


Sandwich 
Election. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fourth 
Report. 





Bank Notes. 


‘Return for the Borough of Carlow, was presented, 





94. 19th February. 1866. 


records as shall be thought necessary by the se- 
veral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the 
said Petition. 


A Petition of Electors of the City of Hereford, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said City, was presented, and read (vide Ap- 
pendix to Votes, No. 35). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant 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 George Langran and Richard 
Boardman, complaining of an undue Election and 


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 War- 


and the Denomination and Amount of the Notes in 
the hands of the Public: —— And, weekly Return, 
for the same periods, of the Notes issued by the 
Issue Department, with the Securities and Bullion 
held aguinst them (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 221, of Session 1860). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cattle ana 
a Copy of any Orders that have been issued by the — a 
Irish Government to the Constabulary and Reve- mea - 
nue Authorities with a view to enforcing the Or- 
ders in Council prohibiting the importation of 


Cattle and Sheep. 


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


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 3 and N° 4, postponed. 

Criause, N° 5 (Guardians of poor to appoint 
cattle overseers ). 





rant 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 James Stickland, of Rezworth, in 
the County of Dorset, and Jumes Arnold, of Bere 
Regis, in the County of Dorset, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Wareham, was presented, and read (vide Appendix 
to Votes, No. 37), 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant 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 George Driver, of Deal, in the 
County of Kent, Sawyer, and James White Eastes, 
of Deal, in the County of Kent, Labourer, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Town and Port of Sandwich, was presented, and 
read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 38). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant 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 Barn- 
staple, in the County of Devon, 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 War- 
rant 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. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 36: To leave 
out the words “ Guardians of the poor for each 
* union, parish or township,” in order to insert 
the words “ loca] authority.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be lett out stand part of the Clause :— Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 6 to N° 11, disagreed to. 

Cause, N° 12 (Overseers to provide slaughter- 
houses for parish). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 36: After the 
word “ England” to insert the words “ with the 
“ consent of the local authority.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. 

CLAusE, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 14 (Exception for movement 
where separate lands in same occupation). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “and with a license for 
** any longer distance and until such license shall 
** be revoked by any Justice of the Peace.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, to leave out the words “by any 
* Justice of the Peace.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the said proposed Amendment 
—— put, and negatived. 

Question put, That the words “and with a 
*‘ license for any longer distance and until such 
** license shall be revoked” be added at the end of 
the Clause; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the Mr. Bovill, 146 
Yeas, (Mr. Ayrton: } : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hunt, } 83 
Noes, (Mr. Banks Stanhope: ° 


Amendment proposed at the end of the Clause 
to add the words “ Provided that such distance 
** shall not exceed two miles.” 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Aménd- 
ment, to leave out the word “ Two,” in order to 
insert the word “ One.” 

Question, That the word “ Two” stand part of 
the proposed Amendment—— put, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House,| Question, That the proposed words be there 


a Return of the Bank Notes issued by the Issue | added 





- put, and agreed to. 


Department of the Bank of England in each week | Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
from the 11th day of April 1860 to the 17th day of | Cxausxr, N° 15, disagreed to. 


February 1866 inclusive, showing the Amount re-| | CLAusE, N° 16 (Exception for beasts going to 
maining in the Banking Department in each week, | slaughterhouse under Act). 








Amendment 


























29 Vicroria. 


Amendment proposed in p. 4, l. 33: To leave 
out the words “ live beast,” in order to insert the 
word ‘ cattle.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 35: 
To leave out the words “ Not exceeding two miles.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ Not ex- 
* ceeding two miles,” stand part of the Clause :— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 36: 
To leave out the words “ At a slaughterhouse.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause put, and 
agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiavuses, N° 17 to N° 19, disagreed to. 

Causes, N° 20 and N° 21, amended, and 
agreed to. 

Criause, N° 22, disagreed to. 

Cause, N° 23, amended, and agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 24, amended, and disagreed to. 

Criausr, N° 25 (Presumption against person 
moving). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the fMr. Ayrton, 





. ; L 25. 
Yeas, | Mr. Locke King: J 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hunt, 1} 117 

Noes, Mr. Banks Stanhope: J-°"’ 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
CiauseE, N° 26, amended, and agreed to. 
b &gt; &gt; oD 
CLAUSE, N° 27, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
I g g 





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


Tuesday, 20th February, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


National Debt Ordered, That the National Debt Reduction 
— Bill, and the Savings Banks and Post Office 


Savings Banks DaVings Banks Bill, be committed to the same 

and Post Office Committee. 

a Banks The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the said Bills; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 

National Debt and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee had 


Reduction gone through the National Debt Reduction Bill, 
° and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Savings Banks Mr. Dodson also reported, That the Committee 


gnd Fost Office had gone through the Savings Banks and Post 
Bil Office Savings Banks Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


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


mittee on the Pensions Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, Nhat this House will, upon Wednes- 
ommittee. 


next, resolve itself into the said 
OL. 121. 


Supply. 


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19¢h-—2Uth February. 


95 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one the Lords. 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Cattle Diseases Cattle Diseases 
Bill, without any Amendment. Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Telegraph Act 
Act to amend the Telegraph Act, 1863; to which Smendment 

- , ill [Lords.] 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Telegraph Act Amendment Bill was read Telegraph Act 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Amendment 
time this day ; and to be printed io" 

; printed. Bill 23. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had pridgwater 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Lovell Sealy and 
others, relating to the Borough of Bridgwater, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Dumbarton- 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of shire Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Patrick Boyle Smollett, 
relating to the Shire of Dumbarton, is unobjection- 
able. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Tuesday, 20th February, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of Justices of the Peace for Manchester 
_ the County Palatine of Lancaster, for leave ag 
to bring in a Billtoamend an Act of the seventeenth court, 
year of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter 
20, and to enable the Justices of the Division of 
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, to pro- 
vide Courts and other necessary Buildings, and to 
increase the Rate authorized to be levied by the 
said Act of the seventeenth year of Her present 
Majesty, and to increase the Remuneration of the ~ 
Stipendiary Justice for the said Division, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Algernon.Egerton and Mr. Hibbert. 


A Petition of the Cleethorpes Gas Company, Cleethorpes 
Limited, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting Gas. 
certain Powers to the Cleethorpes Gas Company, 
Limited, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Banks Stanhope and Mr. Seely. 


A Message was delivered by Colonel Clifford, Royal Assent. 

Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

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

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the ln 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 Act therein mentioned; and that 





n4 the 





Cattle Diseases 
Bill. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


Totnes 
Election. 


Boston 
Election. 


Colnbrook 
Railways. 


Harnham, 
Blandford, and 
Dorchester 
Road. 


wand 
Bridge. 


Wye Valley 
Railway. 


Heysham Pier 
Company 
(Railways). 


96 


the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Act, as followeth: 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Con- 
tagious or Infectious Diseases in Cattle and other 
Animals, 


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 Lewis Rooke, relating to 
the Borough of Barnstaple, 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 John Earle Lloyd and Ed- 
mund Tucker, relating to the Borough of Totnes, 
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 Meaburn Staniland, re- 
lating to the Borough of Boston, is unobjection- 
able. 


A Petition of Percy Grove Ibotson, junior, of 
Poyle Mill, Colnbrook, in the County of Middlesex, 
Paper Manufacturer; Edward Vavasour Henning- 
way, of Colnbrook aforesaid; and Charles Edward 
Barlow, of Streatham, in the County of Surrey, 
Gentleman, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
Railways from the Great Western Railway at or 
near West Drayton, in the County of Middlesex, 
to Colnbrook, and to the Windsor Branch of the 
London and South Western Railway at Staines, 
in the County of Middlesex, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Disraeli and Mr. Du Pre. 


A Petition of James John Farquharson, of Lang- 
ton Long Blandford, in the County of Dorset, 
Esquire; the Reverend Robert Farquharson, of the 
same place, Clerk; the Reverend James Penny, 
of Blandford Forum, in the said County, Clerk ; 
and the Reverend James Richard Quirk, of the 
same place, Clerk, four of the Trustees of the 
Turnpike Road thereinafter mentioned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for the Harnham, Blandford, and 
Dorchester Turnpike Road, in the Counties of Wilts 
and Dorset, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingiy, by Mr. 
Portman and Mr. Floyer. 


A Petition of Justices of the Peace for the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to enable the Justices of the County of 
Lancaster to erect a new Bridge over the River 
Trweill, in the Townships of Kearsley and Pilking- 
ton, in the Hundred of Salford, in lieu of an old 
Bridge there, called Ringley Bridge, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Al- 
gernon Egerton and Mr. Hibbert. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
therevinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways from the South Wales Line 
of the Great Western Railway to the Coleford, 
Monmouth, Usk, and Pontypool Railway, and to 
the authorized Line of the South Wales and Great 
Western Direct Railway, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Somerset 
and Mr. Hartopp. 


A Petition of the Heysham Pier Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Heysham 
Pier Company to construct Railways to the Mid- 


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1866. 


land and the Lancaster and Carlisle Railways, and 
for other purposes relating to the said Pier, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Brooks and Mr. 


Turner. 


A Petition of the North and South Wiltshire North ana 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in South Wilt. 
a Bill for enabling the North and South Wiltshire Rite Junction 

° ° ° A y- 
Junction Railway Company to make certain Rail- 
ways in the County of Wilts, in extension of the 
North and South Wiltshire Junction Railway, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


The Aberavon Local Board Bill was read asecond Aberavon 
time ; and committed. Eoeal Board 
The Abercarn Roads Bill was read a second time ; Abercarn 

and committed. Roads Bill. 


The Ayr Harbour Bill was read a second time ; Ayr Harbour 
and committed. Bill. 


The Barnsley Local Board of Health Bill was —- . 
4 i : ,ocal Moar 
read a second time; and committed. of Health Bill. 
The Bodmin Water Bill was read a second time ; Bodmin 
and committed. Water Bill. 


The Brecon and Llandovery Junction Railway |p 

. . . 4 e€ 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Junction 7 
Railway Bill, 
The Briton Ferry Gas Bill was read a second Briton Ferry 
time; and committed. a. 


The Bromsgrove and Droitwich Water Bill was Bromsgrove 
read a second time ; and committed. and Droitwich 
Water Bill. 
The Bury Gas Bill was read a second time ; Bury Gas 
and committed. Bill. 


The Butterton Moor End Road Bill was read a Butterton 
second time ; and committed. Moor End 
Road Bill. 
The Congleton and Buxton Road Bill was read a Congleton 
second time ; and committed. and Buxton 
Road Bill, 
The Craven Junction Railway Bill was read a Craven Junc- 
second time ; and committed. pg Railway 
lil. 
The Hexham and Allendale Railway Bill was Hexham and 
read a second time ; and committed. Allendale 
Railway Bill. 
The Macclesfield and Chapel-in-the-Frith Road Macclesfield 
° ° ts ° and Chapel- 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. in-the- Frith 
Road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Manchester, Sheffield, and Manchester, 
Lincolnshire Railway Bill be read a second time + ee oy 
To-morrow. Railway Bill. 
The North British and Edinburgh and Bathgate North British 
Railway Companies Bill was read a second time; — Sates 
and committed. Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 
The Peterborough, Wisbeach, and Sutton Rail- Peterborough, 
way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Wiebeach, 


and Sutton 
Railway Bill. 


The Rochdale and Edenfield Roads Bill was read Rochdale and 
a second time ; and committed. Edenfield 
Roads Bill. 
The Stourbridge Gas Act Amendment Bill was | ay a 
} ° ; as AC 
read a second time; and committed. poe 
Bill. 
The Truro Water Bill was read a second time; Trase Water 
i, 


and committed. 


The Walker and Wallsend Union Gas Bill was Walker and 


, A Wallsend 
read a second time; and committed. Union Gas 


The Bill. 





eae 












































Weardale 
and Shildon 
District 
Water Bill. 


West Riding 
and Grimsby 
Railway 
(Transfer) Bill. 


Highland 
Railway Bill. 


Kensington 
1mprovement 
Bill. 


London, 
Bucks, and 
Gloucester- 
shire Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Mid-Kent and 
South Eastern 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Barnet, Hen- 
don, and Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Sunningdale 
and Cambridge 
Town Rail- 
way Bill. 


Belfast Cen- 
tral Railway 
(Belfast Cor- 
poration) Bill. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


Mid- Wales 
Railway Bill. 


Waveney Val- 


99 Vicrortia. 


The Weardale and Shildon District Water Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 


The West Riding and Grimsby Railway 
(Transfer) Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 


The Highland Railway Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Kensington Improvement 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 London, Bucks, and Gloucestershire 


Junction Railway Bill ; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” 
and, at the end of the Question, adding the words 
“ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Mid-Kent and South Eastern Rail- 
way Companies Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


A Bill for making Railways from the Midland 
Railway (Extension to London) to Chipping 
Barnet, and to join the Edgware, Highgate, and 
London Railway, and the Midland and South 
Western Junction Railway, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for altering in some particulars the autho- 
rized mode of construction of the Sunningdale and 
Cambridge Town Railway and its Extensions, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to empower the Belfast Central Railway 
Company and the Corporation of Belfast to make a 
new Street and to alter and improve certain Streets 
in the Borough of Belfast, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the London and South 
Western Railway Company to make and maintain 
the Brentford Curve and the Kew Bridge Curve, 
and other Works, and for authorizing Arrange- 
ments between them and other Companies, and 
for authorizing a Lease or Transfer to them of the 
Okehampton Railway, and for the increase of their 
Capital, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Mid-Wales Railway Com- 
pany to raise further Sums of Money, and to sub- 
scribe to the Undertaking of the Brecon and Llan- 
dovery Junction Railway Company, and for other 

urposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
e read a second time. 


A Bill for the better Drainage of the Valley of 
an" River Waveney, in the Counties of Norfolk and 
OL. 121. , 


20th February. 








97° 
Suffolk, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Bristol and North Bristol and 
Somerset Railway Company to make and maintain North Somer- 
a Railway to Writhlington, in the County of (Deviation) 
Somerset, to deviate their authorized Line at Bilk 
Radstock, to raise additional Capital, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


_ A Bill for more effectually maintaining and keep- Banffshire 
ing in repair the Roads, Highways, and Bridges, 24s Bill. 
in the County of Banff, for making new Roads in 
the said County, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to consolidate and amend the Acts re- Glasgow 
lating to the Bridges over the River Clyde at Bridges Bill. 
Glasgow, to provide for the union of the Trusts 
and the Rebuilding of the Hutchisontown Bridge, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Commissioners of the Glasgow 
Glasgow Corporation Waterworks to construct Corporation 
Reservoirs and other Works, and to take Water Ve" Bill. 
from the River Clyde, to provide for the Removal 
of the Weir across the said River, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for supplying with Water the Town of Kilmarnock 
Kilmarnock, Suburbs thereof, and Places adjacent, Water Bill, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for transferring the Docks at Kingston- Hull Corpora- 
upon-Hull to, and vesting the Control and Manage- tion and Dock 
ment thereof in, a body of Public Trustees, to ex- a 
tend the Time for completing the Western Dock, 
Amendment of Acts, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to incorporate a Company for better sup- Chatham, 
plying and Lighting with Gas, Chatham, Rochester, Rochester, &amp;c. 
and certain neighbouring Towns and Places, in the “™ - 
County of Kent, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for incorporating and granting Powers to Worksop 
the Worksop and Shireoaks Gas Consumers’ Com- and Shireoaks 
pany, was read the first time; and ordered to be &amp;* Bil 
read a second time. 


A Bill for granting certain Powers to “ The Neath New 
Neath New Gas Company, Limited,” was read the Gs Bill. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order, That the Great Northern Railway Great North- 
(Hertford to Stevenage) Bill be committed, was ¢™ Railway 
read, and discharged.  arecone 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. nem 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from North and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, South Wilt- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing shite Junction 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the North “""™ 
and South Wiltshire Junction Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Brecon Water 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and Drainage. 
‘in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Brecon 
Water and Drainage Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
O+ A Petition 





A Petition of John Orrell Lever, of No. 60, 
Eccleston-square, in the County of Middlesex, Es- 
quire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Town of Galway, was presented, 
and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 40). 

A Petition of Nicholas Stubber, of Mayfield 
House, Dundrum, in the County of Dublin, Es- 
quire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Town, was also presented, and 
read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 41). 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the seve- 
ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petitions. 


A Petition of John Gurney Kelley Burt, of Do- 
vercourt, in Harwich, Doctor of Physic; Frederick 
Everard, of Harwich, Draper; William Haylett, 
ot Harwich, Shoemaker; Elijah Race, of Harwich, 
Innkeeper ; George Nalborough, of Harwich, Gro- 
cer; John Lewis, of Harwich, Shipowner; Wil- 


liam Sallows, of Harwich, Baker; John Baker, of | 


20th February. 





1866. 


ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 





A Petition of George Holditch, of King’s Lynn, Norfolk (West- 


in the County of Norfolk, Esquire, and William 


Clifton the younger, of the same place, Merchant, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Western Division of the said County, was pre- 
sented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 46). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


rn Division) 
lection. 


A Petition of Wellington Shegog, of No. 12,*Louth 
Great Charles-street, in the City of Dublin, com- ection. 





plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
County of Louth, was presented, and read (vide 
Appendix to Votes, No. 47). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 


Harwich, Gentleman; and James Norman, of | rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and 


Harwich, Greengrocer, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the | 
was presented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 42), 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 


records as shall be thought necessary by the seve- 
ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of William Banks, of High-street, 





records as shall be thought necessary by the seve- 
Sorough of Harwich, | ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of Adam Mitchell, of Parsonstown, King’s County 
in King’s County, Ireland, complaining of an undue Election. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War-{ Election and Return for the said County, was pre- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and | sented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 48). 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the seve- 


in the Parish of Saint Michael, Lewes, in the | ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 


County of Sussex, Newsagent, and of Francis | 


Corner, of Lancaster-street, in the Parish of Saint 
John, Lewes, aforesaid, General Dealer, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Lewes, was presented, and read (vide 
Appendix to Votes, No. 43), 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


A Petition of Luke Hind, of Walkergate, Bever- 
ley, in the County of York, Attorney’s Clerk, and 
John Golding, of Hull Bridge-read, Beverley, 
aforesaid, Gentleman, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Beverley, 
was presented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 44). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


A Petition of Richard Ashton, Bear-street, 
Barnstaple, in the Borough of Barnstaple, in the 
County of Devon, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the said Borough, was pre- 
sented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 
45). 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and 


records as shall be thought necessary by 


the seve- 











Petition. 


A’ Petition of John Bramley-Moore, of Langley Lincoln City 


Lodge, Gerard's Cross, in the County of Bucking- 
ham, Esquire, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the City of Lincoln, was pre- 
sented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 49). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


ection. 


A Petition of George Wilson, of Gate Helmsley, York County 


in the North Riding of the County of York, Gen- ( 


tleman; Eyre Ledgard, of Nether Poppleton, in 
the Ainsty of the County of York, Esquire, and 
John Lister Brunton, of Danby Craig Farm, in the 
Parish of Danby, in the North Riding of the 
County of York, Yeoman Farmer, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the North 
Riding of the said County, 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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and 
records as shall be thought necessary by the seve- 
ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


North Riding) 
Election. 


A Petition of Joseph Peacock and John Viner, Frome 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for Election. 


the Borough of Frome, 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 War- 
rant 
































29 Victoria. 


rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and | 
records as shall be thought necessary by the seve- 
ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


Banbury 


u A Petition of Charles Bell, of Terrace House, 
Election. 


Richmond, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Teseegh of Banbury, was presented, and read 
(vide Appendix 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 Lewis Whincop Jarvis and James 
Bowker, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of King’s Lynn, 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 War- 
rant 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. 


King’s Lynn 
Election. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Statement of the 
Funds of the Museum of the late Sir John Soane, 
on the 5th of January 1866. 


Soane’s 
Museum. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 


Publi : | 
io read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions. 


Vide Fourth 
Report. 


Arundel Port. 





Lord Edward Howard presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Re- 
ort and General Account of the Receipts and 
Debuts of the Monies which have been re- 
ceived and paid by the Commissioners of Arundel 
Port since the 31st day of December 1864, up to 
and including the 3lst day of December 1865. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mortality in Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 

Troops (China dress to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this 

and Japan.) instant February, for a Return relative to Mortality 
in Troops (China and Japan). 


Army (Hong _ Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Kongand 13th day of this instant February, for a Return 
Kowloon.) —_ relative to the Army (Hong Kong and Kowloon). 
Army (Hong § Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Kong.) 13th day of this instant February, for Returns re- 
lative to the Army (Hong Kong). 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
: Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
—_— a Return of the Average Rate of Interest actually 
allowed by the Trustees of Savings Banks in Eng- 
land to Depositors, for the year ending the 20th 
day of November 1865. 
Chain Cables Ordered, That there be’ laid before this House, 


and Anchors. Copies of all Correspondence between the Board 
of Trade and the Secretary of Lloyds’ a, sae | of 
British and Foreign Shipping, relating to their 
Establishment for proving Chain Cables and An- 
chors at Poplar, and to other Establishments for the 
same purpose, under their control or management : 
——Of any Correspondence between the Board of 


Trade and the Engineers called in to report upon 
the subject of the Poplar Proving Machine, or 
other Proving Establish 


ents under the control or 





Vou. 121. 








20th February. | 99 


management of Lloyds’ Registry, and the Reports 
of the Engineers referred to on the same :—— And, 
Statement showing the Name of each Provin 
Establishment licensed under the Chain Cables 
and Anchors Act; whether such Establishments 
are conducted by Private Firms, by Individuals, 
by Joint Stock Companies, or by Public Corpora- 
tions; the Number and Description of the Ma- 
chines licensed at each Establishment; and the 
Proof-marks approved by the Board of Trade under 
the Act for each of such Establishments. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army (Off- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously cers and Men 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before DPOwned +) 
this House, Returns of the Number of Non-com- 
missioned Officers and Soldiers of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces who have been drowned at each of 
the Military Stations of the United Kingdom in 
the years 1864 and 1865 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 465, of Session 1864) :—~ 
And, of all Military Stations in the United King- 
dom where Arrangements are made for teaching 
Soldiers to swim; describing shortly the nature of 
such Arrangements, the Expenses which they 
severally entail, the Funds whence such Expenses 
are defrayed, and the Number of Soldiers who re- 
ceived Instruction in the year 1865. 

Ordered, That 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, African 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Postmaster _— Paine 
General and the Liverpool African Association, and 
of any Memorials from the African Association to 
the Postmaster General, on the subject of the 
African Mail Packet Service during the years 


1865 and 1866. 


vice. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted Princess 
the House, That he had a Message from Her Hl 
Majesty to this House, signed by Her Majesty: 
—And he presented the same to the House, and 
it was read by Mr. Speaker (all the Members of 
the House being uncovered); and is as followeth: 


VICTORIA R. 

Her Majesty relies upon the cordial interest 
which Her faithful Commons have expressed in 
the approaching Marriage between the Princess 
Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 
Sonderbourg-Augustenburg. 

The numerous proofs which the Queen has 
received of their loyalty to Her Throne, and of 
their attachment to Her Person and Family, 
assure Her of their willingness to make such a 
Provision for the Princess Helena, with a view to 
the proposed Marriage, as may be suitable to the 
dignity of the Crown. V. R. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to take into 
consideration Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted Prince Alfred. 
the House, That he had a Message from Her 
Majesty to this House, signed by Her Majesty :— 
And he presented the same to the House, and it 
was read by Mr. Speaker (all the Members of the 
House being uncovered); and is as followeth : 


VICTORIA R. 

Her Majesty being desirous of making com- 

petent Provision for the honourable support and 

maintenance of Her second Son, Prince Alfred 

Ernest Albert, on his coming of age, recommends 

the consideration thereof to Her faithful Commons, 

and relies upon their attachment to adopt such 
measures as may be suitable to the occasion. - 
V. R. 

O02 Ordered, 











Monument 
to Viscount 
Palmerston. 


Postmaster 
General. 


Turnpike 
Roads. 


Artizans’ and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings. 


Elective 
Franchise. 


Fellows of 
Colleges 
Declaration. 


Prosecution 
mses. 





100 20th February. 1866. 


Ordered, That Her Majesty’s said most gracious | The Select Committee on Education was nomi- Education. 


Message be referred to the Committee on Her | nated of Sir John Pakington, Mr. Bruce, Viscount 
Majesty’s most gracious Message relative to the | Cranborne, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Howes, Mr. Clay, 
Marriage of the Princess Helena. Mr. Adderley, Mr. Henry Cowper, Sir Stafford 
Northcote, Sir Colman O’Loghlen, Mr. Walpole, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Morrison, and 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider Mr. Stirling; with Power to send for persons, 
an humble Address to be presented to Her Ma-_| papers, and records. 
jesty, praying that Her Majesty will give direc-; Ordered. That Five be the Quorum. 
tions that a Monument be erected in the Collegiate | 
Church of Saint Peter, Westminster, to the memory 
of the Right honourable Viscount Palmerston, 
with an Inscription expressive of the Public ad- 
miration and attachment, and of the heavy loss 
which the Country has sustained by his death; 
and to assure Her Majesty that this House will 
make good the expenses attending the same. 


relative to the issue of Bank Notes, 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.) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a 7 : 
Bill to enable the Postmaster General to sit in Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 


the House of Commons: And that Mr. Darby move the House, That leave be given to bring in 


a aah " sy &amp; Bill to make Bank of England Notes a legal 
— th and Mr. Hadfleld do prepare, and bring tender in Ireland, and to authorize Banks of Issue 


in Jreland to make their Notes payable only at 
the places in Ireland at which the Account of 
Gold and Silver Coin held by such Bankers is 
_taken by the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes. 
Resolution to be reported. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the maintenance of the Turnpike 
Roads of England and Wales as Public Highways, 
and for the discharge of the Debts due thereon 
by voluntary Commutation: And that Mr. Whalley 
and Mr. Ayrton do prepare, and bring it in, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had come 
| to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Dodson 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 
make Bank of England Notes a legal tender in 
Ireland, and to authorize Banks of Issue in Ireland 
to make their Notes payable only at the places in 
Ireland at which the Account of Gold and Silver 
Coin held by such Bankers is taken by the Com- 
missioners of Stamps and Taxes:— And he moved 
the House accordingly. 

The House was moved, That the Act of Uni-| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
formity might be read; and the same being read; Bill: And that Sir Colman O’Loghlen and Mr. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately,! 0’ Beirne do prepare, and bring it in. 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide better Dwellings for Artizans and 
Labourers: And that Mr. M‘Cullagh Torrens, 
Mr. Locke, and Mr. Kinnaird do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Elective Franchise for Cities and 
Boroughs in England and Wales: And that Mr. 
Clay, Mr. Clive, and Mr. Gregory do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


said Act: —The House accordingly resolved itself | The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cattle Plague 


into the Committee. into a Committee on the Cattle Plague Bill. 
(In the Committee.) (In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to CLAUSE, N° 28 (Hides, &amp;c. not to be moved on 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in Railways for certain time). 
a Bill to repeal certain portions of the Act of Amendment proposed, in p. 7. 118: To leave 
Uniformity relating to the Declaration made by | out the words “ Twenty-fifth,” in order to insert 
Fellows of Colleges. the word “ Thirtieth.” 
Resolution to be reported. | Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
, se be left out stand part of the Clause :—-Amend- 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, ment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had come Clause postponed. 
to a Resolution. | Crauses, N° 30 to N° 34, postponed. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. Ciause, N° 35 (Officers to be appointed to 
Mr. Dodson accordingly reported a Resolution; disinfect cattle trucks, &amp;c). 


which was read, as followeth : | Question put, That the Clause be postponed ; 
That the Chairman be directed to move the| The Committee divided. 

House, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to| Tellers for the; Mr. Acland, \ 96 

repea: certain portions of the Act of Uniformity | Yeas, { Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie : ‘ 

relating to the Declaration made by Fellows of| Tellers for the f Mr. Hunt, 86 

Colleges :—And he moved the House accordingly. | Noes, (Colonel Pennant: . 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the) (Czausx, N° 36, disagreed to. 


Bill: And that Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Dudley | Causes, N° 37 to N° 44, with Amendments to 
Fortescue do prepare, and bring it in. | four of them, agreed to. 
Crauseg, N° 45, disagreed to. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill! Postponed CLausE, N° 3, amended, and agreed 
to extend the Law relating to the Expenses of | to, 
Prosecutions, and to make provision for Expenses| Postponed Causes, N° 4, N° 28, N° 29, N°30, 
on charges of Felony and certain Misdemeanors | N° 31, N° 32, N° 33, N° 34, and N° 35, disagreed 
before Examining Magistrates: And that Mr. Gold- | to. 
ney and Mr. Goddard do prepare, and bring it in. | A Clause added. 

Another 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Bank Notes 




















wets 


ec 


ygonas 











concen ei 

















ABeomas 




















29 VICTORIA. 


Another Clause (Exception for oxen in gear), 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time ut, and negatived. 

Two other Clauses added. 

Another Clause (Restriction on movement. of 
sheep, &amp;c.), brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time——put, and negatived. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Nine other Clauses added. 

Schedule amended, and 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 Wednesday morning ; 


Wednesday, 21st February, 1866 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son 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, in respect of the 
Interpretation Clause, the Clauses added in 
Committee, and any new Clauses to be proposed, 
for Thursday next. 


National Debt The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
_— Reading of the National Debt Reduction Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Savings Banks The Order of the day being read, for taking 
and Post Office into consideration the Savings Banks and Post 


‘a Banks (fice Savings Banks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 
Telegraph Act The Telegraph Act Amendment Bill was, ac- 
Bil Lond cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 
Postmaster Mr. Darby Griffith presented a Bill to enable 
General Bill. the Postmaster General to sit in the House of 
Bill 25. Commons: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 11th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 
Sten he. Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to repeal certain 


claration Bill. eo of the Act of Uniformity relating to the 
eclaration made by Fellows of Colleges: And 


Bill 26. : 
ions the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next; 
and to be printed. 
Artizans’ and j - 
= ole Mr. M‘Cullagh Torrens presented a Bill to pro 


Dwellings Bil, Vide better Dwellings for Artizans and Labourers: 
And the same was read the first time: and ordered 


ill 27. : 
man to be read a second time upon Monday next; 
and to be printed. 
Prosecution. Mr. Goldney presented a Bill to extend the 
we Bill. Law relati E f Prosecuti d 
Bill 28. aw relating to the uxpenses of Frosecutions, an 


to make Provision for Expenses on Charges of 
Felony and certain Misdemeanors before Examin- 
ing Magistrates: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 14th day of March next; and to 
be printed. 


Bank Notes Sir Colman O’Loghlen da Bill t k 
. presented a Dill to make 
“oy Bil. Bank of England Notes a legal tender in Ireland, 
29, -~ to authorize Banks of Issue in Jreland to 

OL. 121. 





2th—221st February. 








101 


make their Notes payable only at the Places in 
Ireland at which the Account of Gold and Silver 
Coin held by such Bankers is taken by the Com- 
missioners of Stamps and Taxes: And the same 
Was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 2lst day of 
March next; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Church Rates 
nesday the 7th day of March next, the Church Commutation 
Rates Commutation Bill, was read, and dis- 2! 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Church Rates 
for the Commutation of Church Rates: And that — 
Mr. Newdegate and Mr. Bovill do prepare, and*~ "~ 
bring it in. 


A Petition of Francis Brodigan, of Pilton House, Drogheda 
in the County of Meath, Esquire, Justice of the Election. 
Peace, A.B. T.C.D., and Barrister at Law of the 
Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, Lon- 
don, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Drogheda, 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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of Albert White, 17, Best-lane, in Canterbury 
the Parish of All Saints, and William Davison, Election. 


junior, Saint Martin’s Hill, in the Parish of Saint 


Martin, Electors of the County of the City of 


| Canterbury, in the County of Kent, complaining 


of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
Canterbury, was presented, and read (vide Appen- 
dix to Votes, No, 55). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


A Petition of Samuel Macurdy Greer, of Spring Londonderry 
Vale, in the County of Londonderry, Esquire, City Election 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Londonderry, was presented, and read 
(vide Appendix to Votes, No. 56). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and re- 
cords 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 Ports- Portsmouth 
mouth, complaining of an undue Election and Re- Election. 
turn for the said Borough, 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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and re- 
cords 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 Barn- Barnstaple 
staple, complaining of an undue Election and Re- Election. 
turn for*the said Borough, was presented, and 
read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 58). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee fy Elections. 

3 


Ordered, 





Tipperary 
Election. 


York County 


102 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, ape and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of Peter Edward Gill, of Nenagh, 
in the County of Tipperary, Esquire, in the King- 
dom of Ireland, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said County, was presented, 
and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 59). 

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 nescessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Richard Berridge, of No. 18, Great 


(North Riding) Russell-street, in the County of Middlesex, Gentle- 


lection. 


Church Rates 
Commutation 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Bill 30, 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Mid-London 
Railway. 


man, and of Joseph Dodds, of No. 134, High-streei, 
Stockton, in the County of Durham, Gentleman, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the North Riding of the County of York, 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 War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


Mr. Newdegate presented a Bill for the Commu- 
tation of Church Rates: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 7th day of March next; 
and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Wednesday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 





Wednesday, 21st February, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Speaker acquainted the House, That his 
Warrant for the Appointment of Members 
to serve on the General Committee of Elections 
was upon the Table:—And the said Warrant was 
read, as followeth: 
Pursuant to the Provisions of * The Election 
Petitions Act, 1848,” I do hereby appoint, 

The Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Wal- 
pole, Member for the University of Cam- 
bridge ; 

John Bonham-Carter, Esquire, Member for 
the City of Winchester ; 

George Ward Hunt, Esquire, Member for the 
Northern Division of the County of North- 
ampton 3 

The Right Honourable Henry Thomas Lowry 
Corry, Member for the County of Tyrone ; 

Samuel Whitbread, Esquire, Member for the 
Borough of Bedford; and, 

Jemes Clay, Esquire, Member for the Town 
of Kingston-upon-Hull ; 

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


Given under my hand this twenty-first day of 
February 1866. 


JoHN EvetyNn DENISON, Speaker. 
Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 





Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Mid-London Railway 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 


2th—2\st February. 














1866. 


pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill, provided that Clause 29 be 
struck out of the same, and that a Clause be in- 
serted in the Bill restricting the Promoters from 
taking the Forecourts situated within the Limits 
of Deviation defined on Sheet No. 3 of the Plan, 
between Norland-square and Prince’s-road; that 
an amended copy of the Plan, Sections, and Book 
of Reference be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office ; that the Committee on the Bill do report 
how far such Orders have been complied with on 
the Report of the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Aberdare and Caer- Aberdare and 
philly Junction Railway Petition, the Standing Caerphilly 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties roe ag 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

3. That in the case of the Birkenhead and Liver- Birkenhead 
pool Railways Petition, the Standing Orders ought we tte 
to be dispensed with; that the Parties be per- ” ”™ 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

4, That in the case of the Ely Valley and Vale Ely Valley 
of Neath Junction Railways Petition, the Standing 44 Vale of 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties rv a 
alte sas, ‘ ae sibs tion Railways. 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

5. That in the case of the London, Chatham, and London, 
Dover and South Eastern (Kennington, Clapham, a and 

‘ ° eae : er and 
and Brixton) Railways Petition, the Standing gouth Eastern 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the parties (Kennington, 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. pop ee 
Railways. , 

6. That in the case of the London and Worthing London and 
Direct Railway Petition, the Standing Orders Worthing Di- 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be ™™ — 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that 
an amended copy of the Plan, Sections, and Book 
of Reference be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office ; that the Committee on the Bill do report 
how far such Order has been complied with on the 
Report of the Bill. 

7. That in the case of the Skipton and Wharf- Skipton and 
dale Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought a 
to be dispensed with; that the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

8. That in the case of the South Eastern and South Eastern 
London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Sn. 
Brighton) Railways Petition, the Standing Orders Dover (Lon- 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be don, Lewes, 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that waive 
a copy of so much of the enlarged Plan as describes ; 
the lands situated between the points measured 
from the commencement of Railway No. 5 to the 
point marked 1 furlong 1 chain 50 links, with a 
section drawn to the same horizontal scale as the 
said enlarged Plan attached thereto, be deposited 
with the Parish Clerk of the Parish of Saint Mary, 

Westout, otherwise Saint Anne’s Parish; and that 
acopy of so much of the enlarged Plan as de- 
scribes the lands situated between the points 
measured from the commencement of Railway 
No. 5, 8 miles 1 furlong 2 chains, to the ter- 
mination of the same, with a section drawn to the 
same horizontal scale as the said enlarged Plan 
attached thereto, be deposited with the Parish 
Clerk of the Parish of Brighton; that the Com- 
mittee on the Bill do report how far such Orders 
have been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Aberdare 

the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- - 

spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the Aber- Junction 

dare Valley and Caerphilly Junction Railway Bill, Railway. 

might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for making Railways in the County of Glamorgan, 

to be called “The Aberdare Valley and Caerphilly 

Junction Railway,” and for other purposes: And 

that Mr. Bruce and Mr. Hussey Vivian do prepare, 


d bring it in. 
” ad The 




















3Q VicrTorRIA. 


Birkenhead The House was moved, That the Report from 

and Liverpool the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 

nye. respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Birkenhead and Liverpool Railways Bill, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

‘to authorize the construction of Railways in Che- 
shire and Lancashire, to be called “ The Birkenhead 
and Liverpool Railways”: And that Mr. Laird, 
Mr. Turner, and Mr. Earle do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ely Valley The House was moved, That the Report from 

and Valeof the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 

Neath Junc- 


respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Ely Valley and Vale of Neath Junction Railways 
Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways in the County of Glamorgan, 
to be called “ The Ely Valley and Vale of Neath 
Junction Railways,” and for other purposes: And 
that Mr. Charles Wathin Williams Wynn and Mr. 
Sherriff do prepare, and bring it in. 


tion Railways. 


London, The House was moved, That the Report from 

aged me the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 

South Eastern respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 

(Kennington, London, Chatham, and Dover, and South Eastern 

tien) (Kennington, Clapham, and Brixton) Railways 
Railways. Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for making Railways from the South Eastern and 

London, Chatham, and Dover Railways to Ken- 

nington, Clapham, and Brixton, in the County of 

Surrey; and for conferring upon the London, Chat- 

ham, and Dover and South Eastern Railway Com- 

panies Powers with reference thereto, and for 

other purposes: And that Captain Mackinnon, Mr. 

Gilpin, and Mr. Otway do prepare and bring it in. 

London and The House was moved, That the Report from the 

Worthing Di- Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 


‘tect Railway. the Petition for leave to bring in the London and 


Worthing Direct Railway Bill, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways from Worthing, in the County 
of Sussex, to the South Eastern and London, 
Brighton, and South Coast Railways, to be called 
** The London and Worthing Direct Railway,” and 
for other purposes: And that Mr. Farle and Mr. 
Sherriff 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 leave to bring in the 
Shipton and Wharfdale Railway Bill, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Skipton and Wharfdale Railway 
Company to extend their Railway to Leyburn 
and to Middlesborough, and for other purposes : 
And that Sir Francis Crossley and Mr. Milbank 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Skipton and 
Wharfdale 
Railway. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
Chatham, aaa tae Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
Dover (Lon. spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 


don, Lewes, South Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover 
Rallwee (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways Bill, 


might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for making Railways from the South Eastern 
and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways to 
various Districts and Places in Kent, Surrey, and 
Sussex, and to the Towns of Lewes and Brighton, 
and for other purposes: And that Viscount Holmes- 
dale, Mr. Brand, and Mr. Otway do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Qist February. 


| mitted. 


103 


A Petition of Promoters of the Underfaking Tavistock and 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill — 
for making a Railway from Tavistock to Gunnis- ““'“*™ 
lake, and for other purposes, was presented, and 

read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


Standing Orders. 


The Berwickshire Railway Bill was read a Berwickshire 
second time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Brampton and Longtown Railway Bill was Brampton 
read a second time ; and committed. and Longtowa 
Railway Bill. 
The Bray Improvement Bill was read a second Bray re 
time ; and committed. —— 


The Bridge of Allan Water Bill was read a Bridge of 


second time; and committed. a Water 


The British Gas Company (Staffordshire Pot- British Gas 


teries) Bill was read a second time; and com- Company | 
mitted ( Staffordshire 


Potteries) Bill. 


The Calne Railway Bill was read a second time ; Calne Rail- 
and committed. way Bill. 


The Combmartin and Ilfracombe Road Bill was Combmartin 


read a second time; and committed. and Lifracombe 
Road Bill. 


The Crofthead and Kilmarnock Extension Rail- Crofthead and 


way Bill was read a second time; and committed. Kilmarnock 
Extension 


Railway Bill. 
The Devon Valley and North British Railway Devon Valley 
Companies (Arrangements) Bill was read a second and North 


- ; ; British Rail- 
time; and committed. way Com- 


panies (Ar- 
rangements) 
Bill. 

The Devon Valley and North British Railway Devon Valley 
Companies (Branches) Bill was read a second time ; 114 North 
and committed. way Companies 
(Branches) 
Bill. 


The Glasgow Police Bill was read a second time ; Glasgow 
and committed. Police Bill. 


The Great Eastern Railway (Additional Powers) Great Eastern 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Railway 
( Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


The Great Eastern (Alexandra Park Branches) Great Eastern 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. Bailway 
(Alexandra 

Park Branches) 

Bill. 

The Great Northern Railway (Additional Powers) Great North- 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. ern Railway 
(Additional 


Powers) Bill. 
The Hadlow Railway Bill was read a second Hadlow Rail- 
time; and committed. way Bill. 


The Leeds Borough Bill was read a second time ; Leeds Bo- 
and committed. rough Bill. 


The Leeds Improvement Acts Amendment Bill Leeds Im- 

was read a second time; and committed. provement 
Acts Amend- 

ment Bill. 


London, 
Brighton, and 
South Coast 
Railway (Va- 
rious Powers) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the London (City) Traffic Regu- London (City) 
lation Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Een Regu- 
ation Bill. 
The Muswell Hill Estate and Railways Bill was ewe Hil 
+ . &gt; State an 
read a second time; and committed. Railways Bill. 
The Neath and Brecon Railway and other Com- Neath and 


° : . a _ Brecon Rail- 
panies Bill was read a second time; and com- ~ ay and elite 


Companies 


The London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail- 
way ( Various Powers) Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 














Vou. 121. 





O04 The Bill. 














104. 21st February. , 


North British The North British Railway (Coatbridge, &amp;c 


Railway : i : _ 
(Coatbridge, Branches) Bill was read a second time; and com 


&amp;c. Branches) mitted. 
Bill. 


North British The North British Railway (New Works, &amp;c.) 
(New Works, Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

&amp;c.) Bill. F ne 

North British The North British Railway (Stirling, &amp;c. 
Railway Branches) Bill was read a second time; and com- 


(Stirling, &amp;c. z 
Branches) Bill, Mitted. 


North British The North British Railway (Wishaw, &amp;c. 


Railway Branches) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
(Wishaw, &amp;c. 


Branches) Bill. mitted. 


Parsonstown The Parsonstown and Portumna Bridge Railway 


and Portumna 7; # 2 ‘ ; 
Bridge Rail- Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


way Bill. ° . 
Rochdale The Rochdale Water Bill was read a second 
Water Bill. time; and committed. 


Saint George’s The Saint George's Parish, County of Glou- 


Parish, County ester, Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
of Gloucester, 


Bill. 


Silloth Police The Silloth Police Bill was read a second time ; 


Bill. and committed. 

aie, The Swindon, Calne, and Cricklade Roads Bill 
Crickiade was read a second time ; and committed. 

Roads Bill. 


Teign Valley The Teign Valley Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 


sont The Tynemouth Improvement Bill was read a 
— second time ; and committed. 

Wandsworth = = =The Wandsworth and Putney Gas Bill was read 
— — a second time ; and committed. 

Manchester, The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Sheffield, and Reading of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- 
Lincolnshire : 2S. ° 
Railway Bil, shire Railway Bill; . 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and 
at 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 instead 
thereof:—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


Heysham Pier A Bill to enable the Heysham Pier Company 
ae, to construct Railways to the Midland and the 
Bill, “ay*) ~~ Lancaster and Carlisle Railways, and for other 
purposes relating to the said Pier, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ringley A Bill to enable the Justices of the County of 

Bridge Bill. Lancaster to erect a new Bridge over the River 
Trwei!, in the Townships of Kearsley and Pilking- 
ton, in the Hundred of Salford, in lieu of an old 
Bridge there, called Ringley Bridge, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Manchester A Bill to amend an Act of the seventeenth year 
Division _ of the _— of Her present Majesty, chapter 
ae a twenty, and to enable the Justices of the Division 
of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, to pro- 
vide Courts and other necessary Buildings, and to 
increase the rate authorized to be levied by the 





1866. 


Majesty, and to increase the remuneration of the 
Stipendiary Justice for the said Division, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be ae a second time. 


Several Public Petitions were weg and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 





Vide Fourth 
Report. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gas Com. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously P*™* 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Return or Statement from every 
Gas Company established by Act of Parliament 
in the United Kingdom, stating the several Acts 
of Parliament under which established; the Rates 
per 1,000 cubic feet at which such Company or 
Corporation have supplied Gas in the years 1864 
and 1865, and the average Price of the Coal used 
by the Company in each year for the same period ; 
also stating the Amount of fixed Capital invested 
by each Gas Company, and the rate per cent. of 
Dividend to the Shareholders or Proprietors on 
their Shares in each year (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 55, of Session 1865). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army (Hong 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Kong and 
“i dee . - Kowloon.) 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a detailed Statement of all Monies ex- 
pended upon Fortifications, Military Storehouses, 
and Buildings, and upon Barracks at Hong Kong 
and Kowloon, and of Monies paid for Hire of 
Godowns or other temporary Buildings from 1861 
to 1865, both years inclusive. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Long have leave of absence Leave of 
for a fortnight, on account of a domestic affliction. Abseace. 


Gathorne Hardy, Esquire, being chosen to serve Oxford Uni- 
in this present Parliament as a Burgess for the versity and 
Uni : , = Leominster 

niversity of Oxford, and also as a Burgess for the fiections. 
Borough of Leominster, made his election to serve 


for the University of Oxford. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Tiverton 
rant 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 Tiverton, in 
the room of the Right honourable Henry John 
Viscount Palmerston, deceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Brecknock 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Wit 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Brecknock, 
in the room ot Colonel John Lloyd Vaughan Wat- 
kins, deceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Lancaster 
rant tothe Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new (ereen 
Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to pivision) 
serve in this present Parliament for the Northern Writ. 
Division of the County of Lancaster, in the room 
of the Right honourable Spencer Compton Caven- 
dish, commonly called the Marquis of Hartington, 
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 War- London Writ. 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make outa new 





said Act of the seventeenth year of Her present 


Writ 
















































































Limerick _ 
County Writ. 


Sunderland 
Writ. 


Ripon Writ. 


Leominster 
Writ. 


Controverted 
Elections. 





29 Vicroria.’ 


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 George Joachim 
Goschen, who, since his election for the said City, 
hath accepted the Office of Chancellor of the 
Duchy of Lancaster. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant 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 Limerick, in the room of the Right 
honourable William Monsell, who, since his election 
for 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 War- 
rant 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 Sunder- 
land, in the room of Henry Fenwick, Esquire, 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 Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew 
Writ for the electing of a Citizen, to serve in this 
present Parliament for the City of Ripon, in the 
room of the Right honourable Sir Charles Wood, 
Baronet, who, since his election for the said City, 
hath accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of 
Her Majesty’s Manor of Northstead. 


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 
present Parliament for the Borough of Leominster, 
in the room of Gathorne Hardy, Esquire, who, 
being chosen a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Leominster, and 
also for the University of Oxford, hath elected to 
sit for the University of Oxford. 


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

Henry Baillie, Esquire, Edward Baines, Es- 
quire, Thomas Baring, Esquire, Sir Henry Win- 
ston Barron, William Hodgson Barrow, Esquire, 
Michael Thomas Bass, Esquire, Colonel Biddulph, 
Sir Robert Gore Booth, Sir Brooke William Bridges, 
John Ivatt Briscoe, Esquire, John Brocklehurst, 
Esquire, Robert Brooks, Esquire, Major Cumming 
Bruce, Sir Edward Manningham Buller, Sir Mon- 
tague John Cholmeley, William James Clement, 
Esquire, John Chevallier Cobbold, Esquire, Mat- 
thew Elias Corbally, Esquire, Joseph Cowen, Es- 
quire, Sir Henry Robert Ferquson Davie, Frederick 
Dundas, Esquire, the Right Honourable Sir David 
Dundas, Alexander Murray Dunlop, Esquire, Wil- 
liam Ewart, Esquire, Joseph Fielden, Esquire, Co- 
lonel Gilpin, George Carr Glyn, Esquire, the Right 
Honourable Sir George Grey, Benjamin Lee Guin- 
ness, Esquire, George Hadfield, Esquire, Sir William 
Heathcote, the Right Honourable Joseph Warner 
Henley, Lord Henniker, Edward Holland, Esquire, 
Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esquire, Robert Ingham, 
Esquire,’ Sir John Johnstone, the Right Honourable 
Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe, John Laird, Es- 
quire, William Lee, Esquire, the Honourable Colo- 
nel Lowther, William Marshall, Esquire, Charles 
Wykeham Martin, Esquire, Sir James Matheson, 
John Remington Mills, Esquire, Octavius Morgan, 
Esquire, Colonel North, Sir Hugh Owen Owen, 
Charles William Packe, Esquire, Colonel Packe, 
‘Richard Padmore, Esquire, the Right Honourable 
“—— a the Honourable Colonel Pennant, 

OL. . 


Q1st February. 











105 


Edmund Potter, Esquire, Richard Green Price, 
Esquire, David Robertson, Esquire, John Rolt, Es- 
quire, Francis William Russell, Esquire, Sir Wil- 
liam Scott, George Poulett Scrope, Esquire, Charles 
Seely, Esquire, the Honourable William Owen 
Stanley, John Steel, Esquire, Colonel Sykes, William 
Tite, Esquire, George Traill, Esquire, Morgan Tre- 
herne, Esquire, the Right Honourable Sir John 
Trollope, Charles Turner, Esquire, Sir William 
Verner, Sir Harry Verney, Admiral Walcott, Sir 
John Walsh, Sir Thomas Burch Western, Henry 
Wickham Wickham, Esquire. 

The Right Honourable Edward Cardwell, 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 Edward 
Cardwell, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 
taries of State, be excused; from serving on Elec- 
tion Committees during the time he may hold the 
said office. 

The Right Honourable William Ewart Glad- 
stone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 William 
Ewart Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
be excused from serving on Election Committees 
during the time he may hold the said office. 

Sir Roundell Palmer, Her Majesty’s Attorney 
General, having stated that he could not attend 
Election Committees without material inconveni- 
ence to the Public Service, during the time he may 
hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That Sir Roundell Palmer, Her Ma- 
jesty’s Attorney General, be excused from serving 
on Election Committees during the time he may 
hold the said office. 

Sir Robert Porrett Collier, Her Majesty’s Soli- 
citor General, having stated that he could not 
attend Election Committees without material in- 
convenience to the Public Service, during the time 
he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That Sir Robert Porrett Collier, Her 
Majesty’s Solicitor General, be excused from 
serving on Election Committees during the time 


he may hold the said office. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Juries in 
Reading of the Juries in Criminal Cases Bill; —_ Criminal Cases 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- -. 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of April next. 


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

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Telegraph 
into a Committee on the Telegraph Act Amend- pony ee 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, [Zords.] 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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 he Cambridge 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner —_ 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance _— 
to the Election Petition of William Dougal 
Christie, relating to the Borough of Cambridge, is 
unobjectionable. 

P Mr. 











Railway 
Accidents. 


Mortality in 
Troops (China 
and Japan.) 


No. 58. 


Army (Hong 
Kong and 
Kowloon.) 


No. 59. 


Army (Hong 
Kong.) 


No. 60. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fourth Re- 


port.) 


Reigate 
Election. 


Elective Fran- 
chise Bill 


Thames River 
Purification. 


106 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of a 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 Rail- 
ways during the months of May, June, July, Au- 
gust, September, October, November, and Decem- 
ber 1865. Part VI. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mortality 
in Troops (China and Japan), which was pre- 
sented upon the 20th day of this instant February, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
(Hong Kong and Kowloon), which was presented 
upon the 20th day of this instant February, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
(Hong Kong), which was presented upon the 20th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Thursday, 22nd February, 18606. 
PRAYERS. 
N 'R. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 
19th, 20th, and 21st days of this instant Fe- 
bruary, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Kecognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Newman Harrison 
and others, relating to the Borough of Reigate, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Clay presented a Bill to extend the Elective 
Franchise for Cities and Boroughs in England 
and Wales: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 2lst day of March next; and to be 
printed. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for lighting with Gas the Parish of 
Llanelly, and certain parts of the Parishes of 
Llangattock and Llangynider, in the County of 
Brecon, and the Parish of Aberystruth, in the 
County of Monmouth, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Major Morgan and Colonel Somerset. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
the Purification of the River Thames, by the di- 
version therefrom of the Sewage of Oxford, Abing- 
don, Reading, Windsor, Kingston, Richmond, 
Twickenham, Isleworth, and Brentford, and for 
the Collection and Utilization of that Sewage, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Charles Bright and Mr. Labouchere. 


A Petition of John Grave, Calico Printer, Wil- 
liam M*Clure, Silk Merchant, William Scott, 
Merchant, Samel Ogden, Commission Agent, Ed- 
ward Nathan, Merchant, and David Chadwich, 
Financial Agent, all of the City of Manchester, 
in the County of Zancaster, Promoters of the 
Manchester Exchange Company, Limited, for 


21st—22nd February. 





1866. 


leave to bring in a Bill for the Manchester Central 
Exchange, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Bazley and Mr. Hibbert. 


A Petition of the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Salisbury and 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Dorset Junc- 
enable the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway “ Railway. 
Company to make Railways from the Salisbury 
and Dorset Junction Railway to the Southampton 
and Dorchester Branch of the London and South 
Western Railway, and to the Ringwood and 
Christchurch Railway, 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 Mid-London 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- Railway. 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the Mid- 
London Railway Bill, might be read; and the 
same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways from the West London Rail- 
way at Shepherd’s Bush to the London, Chatham, 
and Dover Railways in the City of London, and 
for making new Streets from New Bond-street to 
Hanover-square, and from Oxford-street to Lin- 
coln’s Inn Fields, and from Lincoln’s Inn Fields to 
High Holborn, and for other purposes: And that 
Mr. Idarvey Lewis and Mr. Chambers do prepare, 
and bring it in, 


The Order, That the Caledonian Railway (Kil- Caledonian 
vas Railway (Kil- 
syth Branches) 
Bill. 


syth Branches) Bill be read a second time, v 
read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, 'That the Greenwich and Woolwich Greenwich 


Lower Road Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 2"4 Woolwich 
Lower Road 


Bill. 

The London (City) Traffic Regulation Bill was, London (City) 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Traffic Regu- 
mitted to a Select Committee of Twelve Members, !##io Bill. 
of whom Five are to be nominated by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to inquire into the best means of regulating 
the Traffic in the Metropolis. 


A Bill for making Railways from the South Wye Valley 
Wales Line of the Great Western Railway to the Railway Bill 
Coleford, Monmouth, Usk, and Pontypool Railway, 
and to the authorized Line of the South Wales 
and Great Western Direct Railway, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways in the County of Aberdare 
Glamorgan, to be called “The Aberdare Valley Valley and 
° ° . Caerphilly 
and Caerphilly Junction Railway, and for other Junction 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to Railway Bill. 


e read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the construction of Railways Birkenhead 
in Cheshire and Lancashire, to be called “The ont tones 
Birkenhead and Liverpool Railways,” was read the “ 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways in the County of Ely Valley 
Glamorgan, to be called “The Ely Valley and vad y ond 
Vale of Neath Junction Railways,” and for other tion Railways 
a was read the first time; and ordered to Bill. 


e read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways from the South London, 


Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Rail- oe and 


ways to Kennington, Clapham, and Brizton, in the south Eastern 
County of Surrey; and for conferring upon the (Kenningtots 
London, Chatham, and Dover and South Eastern beteton) Bail 
Railway Companies Powers with reference — ways Bill. 

an 

















99 VicToRIA. 


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


London and A Bill for making Railways from Worthing, in 
L Aabey the County of Sussex, to the South Eastern and 
ow pil. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railways, to 


be called “ The London and Worthing Direct Rail- 
way,” and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Skipton and Wharfdale 
Railway Company to extend their Railway to 
Leyburn and to Middlesborough, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Skipton and 
Wharfdale 
Railway Bill. 


South Eastern A Bill for making Railways from the South 

and London, Pastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Rail- 

Chatham, and p + ae 

Dover (Lon- Ways, to various Districts and Places in Kent, 

don, Lewes, Surrey, and Sussex, and to the Towns of Lewes 

whe yy and Brighton, and for other purposes, was read the 
y ’ first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Harnham, A Bill for the Harnham, Blandford, and Dor- 

— chester Turnpike Road, in the Counties of Wilts 

Road Bill. | and Dorset, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Colnbrook A Bill for making Railways from the Great 

Railways Bill. Western Railway at or near West Drayton, in the 
County of Middlesex, to Colnbrook, and to the 
Windsor Branch of the London and South Western 
Railway at Staines, in the County of Middlesex, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Cleethorpes A Bill for granting certain Powers to the Clee- 
Gas Bill. thorpes Gas Company, Limited, was read the first 
time; and ordered to 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 Public Offices (Site) 
Bill the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

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


Public Offices 
(Site) Bill. 


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


Salisbury and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Dorset Junc- one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


tion Railway. in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Salisbury 
and Dorset Junction Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 

Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Fifth 

Report. 

Vessels Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Registered. 9 Return of the Number and Tonnage of British 
Registered Vessels, exclusive of River Steamers 
and Colonial Vessels, employed in the Home and 
Foreign Trade of the United Kingdom and Chan- 
nel Islands (not including repeated Voyages), with 
the Number of Men employed, classified according 
to Capacity, not including Masters, for the years 
1864 and 1865. 

Education, 


Resolved, That 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 Number of Candidates, Male and 
— who presented themselves for Examination 

OL. 121. 


22nd February. 107 


at the Training Colleges, at Christmas 1865 ; of the 
Number of those who passed their Examination in 
the year; of the Number of those who entered Train- 
ing Colleges in January 1866; of the Number of 
Pupil Teachers apprenticed in the year 1865 ; and, 
of the Number of Pupil Teachers in each of the years 
of Apprenticeship in 1865 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 86, of Session 1865). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- rem yt 
day next, the Parliamentary Oaths Amendment poner ga P 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 5th day of March next. 


Mr. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Army 
mand,— Statement showing the Amounts included (Colonies.) 
in the Army Estimates, 1866-67, for Military pur- No. 61. 
poses in the Colonies, and the probable Repayments 
by the several Colonies on the same account. 

Statement showing the Variations of the Num- Army 
bers of Her Majesty’s British Forces, and Expla- Fone - 
nations of the Differences between the Amounts Numbers, fe.) 
proposed in the Army Estimates for Effective Ser- No, ga, 
vices for 1866-67, and the Amounts voted for 
Effective Services for 1865-66. 

Mr. Childers also presented, pursuant to the di- New Zealand. 

rections of an Act of Parliament,—Account of 
Sums issued out of the Consolidated Fund by 
virtue of the Act 20 &amp; 21 Vic. cap. 51, intituled, 
* An Act to guarantee a Loan for the Service of 
New Zealand ;” to make good the Deficiency in the 
regular payment, on the part of New Zealand, of 
the Interest due upon the Loan raised under the 
authority of the said Act; of Sum repaid ; and of 
Interest due on such Advances. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to Army 
(Colonies), and Army Estimates (Variations of 
Numbers, &amp;c.), be printed. 


A Petition of Hall William Keary, of Bridg- p,; 
north, in the County of Salop, kan Agent, ond [a 
Charles John Cooper, of the same place, Gentle- 
man, Electors of the said Parliamentary Borough 
of Bridgnorth, praying to be admitted Parties to 
defend the Return for the said Borough, was pre- 
sented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 61). - 

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. Bruce presented, pursuant to the directions Copyright 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of an Order Convention 
in Councils extending to the Kingdom of Italy the (S4*4inia.) 
Provisions of the Copyright Convention between 
Great Britain and Sardinia, dated 9th September 
1865. 

Copy of an Order of the Lords of the Council, Diseasea 
dated 19th February 1866, relating to the Removal Sheep and 
of Sheep and Lambs to or from the Parish of Long — 
Buchby, in the County of Northampton. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Princess 
into a Committee to take into consideration Her Helena and 
Majesty’s most gracious Messages of the 20th day ™ 
of this instant February, relative to the Marriage 
of the Princess Helena, and to a Provision for 
Prince Alfred on his coming of Age. 


(In the Committee. ) 
1. Resolved, That the annual sum of Six thousand Princess 





Pounds be granted to Her Majesty, out of the Con- Helena. 
P2 solidated 




















Prince Alfred. 


Monument 
to Viscount 
Palmerston. 


Jamaica 
Government 
Bill. 


Cattle Plague 
Bill. 


Bill 32. 


108 


solidated Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, the 
said Annuity to be settled on Her Royal High- 
ness the Princess Helena Augusta Victoria for her 
Life, in such manner as Her Majesty shall think 
roper, and to commence from the date of the 
farriage of Her Royal Highness with Prince 
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderbourg-Au- 
gustenburg. 

2. Resolved, That the annual sum of Fifteen 
thousand Pounds be granted to Her Majesty, out 
of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain and 
Ireland, the said Annuity to be settled on His 
Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert for 
his Life, insuch manner as Her Majesty shall think 
proper, and to commence from the date of the 
coming of Age of His Royal Highness. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to | 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider an humble Address 
to be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her 
Majesty will give directions that a Monument be 
erected in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, 


22nd—23rd February. 


1866. 


CrauseE, N° 31 (Clause H., Inspection of cattle 
sheds). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 24: To leave 
out the words “ magistrates of boroughs,” in order 
to insert the words “ local authority as defined by 
* the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, 1866.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of thé Clause put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

CriauseEs, N° 32 and N° 33, disagreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N°3, amended, and agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 30, amended, and dis- 
agreed to. 

A Clause (Any live beast landed from a vessel 
at any port, if sound, may, notwithstanding any- 
thing in this Act, be moved on a highway to a 
slaughterhouse, or a lair or building adjoining 
thereto, for slaughter; but this enactment shall 
not authorize the moving of a beast on a highway 
in any case for a greater distance than one mile, 
or beyond the limits of the district of the local 
authority within whose district is the port of land- 
ing, save that beasts landed at the port of Leith 
may be moved by the direct route thence to the 
public slaughterhouse in Edinburgh for immediate 
slaughter) brought up, and read the first and 
second time. 

Amendment proposed, to leave out from the 
word “ highway,” in |. 3, to the word “ that,” in 





Westminster, to the Memory of the Right Honour- 
able Viscount Palmerston, with an Inscription | 
expressive of the Public Admiration and Attach- | 
ment, and of the heavy Loss which the Country | 
has sustained by his Death; and to assure Her 
Majesty that this House will make good the ex- 
penses attending the same. 
(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will 
give directions that a Monument be erected in the 
Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, Westminster, to 
the Memory of the Right Honourable Viscount 
Palmerston, with an Inscription expressive of the 
Public Admiration and Attachment, and of the 
heavy Loss which the Country has sustained by 
his Death; and to assure Her Majesty that this 
House will make good the expenses attending the 
same. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 4 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


‘ : , — 
The Jamaica Government Bill was, according | 

to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 

Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

into a Committee on the Cattle Plague Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

CiavsE, N° 3, postponed. 

Criause, N° 24, agreed to. 

Crause, N” 25, disagreed to. 

C..ausE, N° 26, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauskr, N° 27 (Clause D., as to right to turn 
out beasts on commons). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Mitford, 

Yeas, Mr. Cave: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Acland, 

Noes, (Mr. Banks Stanhope: 
Cravuse, N° 28, amended, and agreed to. 
Cause, N° 29, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 30, postponed. 


| 15, 


} 144, 


1. 12, in order to insert the words “ within the 
*‘ limits of the metropolis or any borough, as 
* defined by ‘ The Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, 


| 1866,’ subject to the provisions of Clause 17 of 


* that Act, and.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Mr. Hunt, 
Yeas, | Mr. Banks Stanhope: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Ayrton, 
Noes, (Mr. Dailglish: 
Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 
Other Clauses added. 
Another Clause (Duration of Act)——brought 
up, and read the first and second time. 
. Question put, That the Clause be added to the 
ill ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hunt, 
Yeas,  |Sir James Fergusson: 
Tellers for the { Major Gavin, 
Noes, \ Mr. Acland: 
Other Clauses added. 
Schedule added. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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1 
f 
1 
J 73. 





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


Friday, 23rd February, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had amended 
the Interpretation Clause and certain of the Clauses 
added in Committee, and had added new Clauses 
and a Schedule to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day; and 
be printed. 


Reading of the Exchequer and Audit Departments 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Reading of the National Debt Reduction Bill; = git 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ~ 





upon Monday next. 
po y The 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second wy 
partments Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third pee Debt 





99 Victoria. 22nd—23rd February. 109 


Savings Banks The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
= —— take into consideration the Savings Banks and Post 
- Office Savings Banks Bill, as amended in the Com- 


Telegraph Act 


Amendment 
Bill [Lords.] 


Vaccination. 


Prisons 
(Scotland. ) 


Bradford 
Reservoirs. 


Cattle Plague 
(Ireland.) 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


Bill 33. 


mittee. i 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Telegraph Act Amend- 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 
Vaccination in England: And that Mr. Bruce and 
Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of ‘Twenty-seventh Report on 
Prisons in Scotland ; being (in continuation of the 
Reports of the late General Board of Prisons) the 
Fifth Annual Report of the Managers appointed 
under the Prisons (Scotland) Administration Act ; 
also Report on the Prison Dietaries in Scotland, 
by Robert Christison, M.D., Professor of Dietetics 
and Materia Medica in the University of Edin- 
burgh, and James Bruce Thomson, L.R.C.8. Edin. 

Mr. Baring also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this 
instant February, for a Return relative to Brad- 
ford Reservoirs. 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this 
instant February, for a Return relative to the 
Cattle Plague (Ireland). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Bruce presented a Bill to consolidate and 
amend the Laws relating to Vaccination in Eng- 
land: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
the 8th day of March next; and to be printed. 


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





Friday, 25rd February, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


of the City of London attended at the door, 


London (City) | I ‘HE House being informed, That the Sheriffs 
Corporation 
as. 


Committee of 
Selection 


(First Report.) 


they were called in; and at the Bar presented,— 
A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons of the City of London, in Common Council 
assembled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for empowering the Corporation of the City 
of London to supply Gas within the City of Lon- 
don and the Liberties thereof, and for that pur- 
pose to purchase Lands and erect Gas Works and 
manufacture Gas in the Parish of West Ham, in 
the County of Essex, and to lay Mains for con- 
veying Gas therefrom, to and throughout the said 
City and. Liberties, and for other purposes, was 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Baron Lionel De Rothschild, Mr. 
Crawford, and Mr. Alderman Lawrence. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- 
mittee of Selection; That they had formed certain 
Private Bills into Groups, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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

VoL. 121. 








Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 0'4"- 
tions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Halesowen ae — Halesowen and 

rove Branch Railways Petition, the Standing promssrove 
Gedees ought to be dispensed with; that the Par- ay eat 
ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, pro- 
vided that an amended copy of the Book of Refer- 
ence be deposited in the Private Bill Office; 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 Brecon and Merthyr Brecon and 
Tydfil Junction Railway (Southern Lines) Peti- paenee aay = 
tion, tha Standing Orders ought to be dispensed oer (Southern 
with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed Lines.) 
with their Bill, provided that all Powers relating 
to the construction of the Railways described in 
Clause 4 of the Bill as Nos. 6 and 7, be struck out 
of the same; that the Committee on the Bill de 
report how far such Order has been complied with 
on the report of the Bill. 

3. That in the case of the London, Chatham, and London, 
Dover Railway (New Lines, &amp;c.) Petition, the Se 

: ‘ : over Rail- 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that way (New 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, Lines, &amp;c.) 
provided that a copy of the enlarged Plan given 
on sheet 9 of the deposited Plans, together 
with a section drawn to the same horizontal scale 
as the said enlarged. Plan attached thereto, be 
deposited in the Private Bill Office, and with the 
Parish Clerk of the Parish of Greenwich ; that 
the Committee on the Bill do report how far such 
Order has been complied with on the Report of the 
Bill. 

4. That in the case of the City, Kingston, and City, King- 
Richmond Railway Petition, the Standing Orders a 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be Railway. 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided 
that an amended copy of the Plan, Sections, and 
Book of Reference be deposited in the Private 
Bill Office; that a copy of so much of the enlarged 
Plan given on sheet No. 6 of the deposited Plans 
as describes the property situated between the 
northern boundary of the property numbered on 
the Plan 49, in the Parish of Kingston-on- Thames, 
and the southern boundary of the property num- 
bered 73 in that Parish, with a section drawn to 
the same horizontal scale as the said enlarged 
Plan attached thereto, be deposited with the 
Parish Clerk of the Parish of Kingston-on- Thames ; 
that the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Orders have been complied with on the Re- 
port of the Bill. 

5. That in the case of the Devon and Cornwall Devon and 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to Cornwall 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted **!*Y- 
to proceed with their Bill. 

6. That in the case of the South Eastern Rail- south Eastern 
way Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Railway. 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

7. That in the case of the Provident Clerks and Provident 
General Guarantee Association, Petition for leave Clerks and 
to deposit a Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders ¢°™""! 
ought not to be dispensed with. Association. 

The first six Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 























































A Petition of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Somerset 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for autho- = Dereet 

ee P ailway. 
rizing the Somerset and Dorset Railway Company 
to improve their Station Accommodation at High- 
bridge, and to acquire additional Lands, and for 
confirming and authorizing Agreements between 
the Company and other Railway Companies, and 
for authorizing the Company to canaslionte to the 
funds of other Railway Companies, and to raise 
P3 further 
























Bristol Har- 
bour Junction 


Railway and 
Wharf Depot. 


Perran Rail- 


110 


further Monies, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Floyer, Mr. Gerard 
Sturt, and Mr. Neville-Grenville. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany, and Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway, 
Wharf, and Depét, in the City and County of 
Bristol, to connect the existing Railways with the 
Floating Harbour, and for granting certain Powers 
to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter 


Railway Companies, and to the Mayor, Aldermen, | 


and Burgesses of the City of Bristol, with refer- 
ence thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Berheley and Sir Morton Peto. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names 


way, Pier, and are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 


Harbour. 


South Eastern 
Railway. 


Halesowen and 


Bromsgrove 
Branch Rail- 
ways. 


Devon and 
Cornwall 
Railway. 


City, King- 
ston, and 
Richmond 
Railway. 


Bill for making and maintaining Railways from 
the Central Cornwall Railway in the Parish of 
Saint Allen, in the County of Cornwall, to the Sea 
Coast near Holywell Bay, in the same County, 
and a Pier, Breakwater, and Harbour in Holywell 
Bay, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. Davey and Mr. Williams. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
South Eastern Railway Bill, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for conferring further Powers upon the South 
Eastern Railway Company for the construction of 
Works and the acquisition of Lands, and other- 
wise in relation to their Undertaking, and for 
other purposes: And that Mr. Watkin and Mr. 
Gilpin do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch Railways Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch 
Railways Company to make certain Branch Lines 
of Railway in the County of Worcester, and for 
other purposes: And that Sir John Pakington and 
Mr. Vernon do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Devon and Cornwall Railway Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for authorizing the Devon and Cornwall Railway 
Company to make and maintain Railways at De- 
vonport and Plymouth, and a Station at Plymouth, 
and to raise further Moneys, and for the laying 
down of Narrow-gauge Rails on parts of the 
Cornwall.Railway, and the Launceston and South 
Devon Railway, and for Arrangements between 
the Company and other Railway Companies, and 
for other purposes: And that Mr. Fleming and 
Mr. Ferrand do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
— of the Petition for leave to bring in the 

ity, Kingston and Richmond Railway Bill, might 
be read; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways from Streatham and Clap- 
ham to Kingston-upon- Thames and Petersham, and 
short connecting Lines with other Railways, and 





23rd February. 








1866. 


for other purposes: And that Mr. Locke King, 
Captain Mackinnon, and Mr. Freville Surtees do 
prepare, and bring it in. ‘ 


The House was moved, That the Report from London, 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- Chatham, and 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the i 
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (New Lines, Lines, &amp;c.) 
&amp;c.) Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the London, Chatham, and Dover 
Railway Company to make new Railways and al- 
terations of authorized Railways in Surrey and 
Kent, and new Streets and alterations of Streets 
near their Farringdon-street Terminus, and to use 
the West London Railway and the West London 
Extension Railway, to authorize the Kent Coast 
Railway Company to make a new Road at Rams- 
gate, and to confer Powers and impose Obligations 
on the Corporation of the City of London with re- 
spect to the new and altered Streets, and for other 
purposes: And that Sir Brooke Bridges and Sir 
Edward Dering do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Brecon andj 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- Merthyr Tydfil 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the rene _ 
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway lumen) 7 
(Southern Lines) Bill, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junc- 
tion Railway Company to construct new Lines in 
connection with the Southern part of their Under- 
taking, and to use certain Railways of other Com- 
panies, and to vest in them the Bargoed Rhymney 
Railway, and for other purposes: And that Major 
Morgan and Mr. Crawshay Bailey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Petition of the Great North of Scotland Rail- Great North 
way Company, and of the Inverury and Old Mel- of a 
drum Junction Railway Company, praying that ee sas 
Provision may be made in the Great North of 
Scotland Railway Bill for authorizing the Transfer 
to the Great North of Scotland Railway Company 
of the Inverury and Old Meldrum Railway, and also 
amalgamation, was presented, afid read; and re- 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) Great Northern 


Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- oT wean 
mitted. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Park-lane Improvement Bill Park-lane 
be read a second time upon Friday the 16th day Improvement 
Bill. 
of March next. 


Ordered, That the Thames Embankment (Chel- Thames 
sea) Bill be read a second time upon Friday the Een) Bill. 
16th day of March next. ( 


Ordered, That the Thames Embankment( North) Thames 
Approaches Bill be read a second time upon Embankment 


North) Ap- 
Monday next. noe Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Greenwich 
reading of the Greenwich and Woolwich Lower poe a 
Road Bill; Bill. 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” , 

And the Question —e a. That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The 














said 



































99 VicrorRtiA. 


said proposed Amendment and Motion were, 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Mid-London 


A Bill for making Railways from the West 
Railway Bill. 


London Railway at Shepherd’s Bush, to the Lon- 
don, Chatham, and Dover Railways, in the City of 
London; and for making new Streets from New 
Bond-street to Hanover-square, and from Oxford- 
street to Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, and from Lincoln’s- 
Inn Fields to High Holborn, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for lighting with Gas the Parish of 
Lianelly and certain parts of the Parishes of 
Llangattockh and Llangynider, in the County 
of Brecon, and the Parish of Aberystruth, in the 
County of Monmouth, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Brynmawr 
Gas Bil. 


A Bill for the Manchester Central Exchange, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Manchester 
Central Ex- 
change Bill. 


A Bill for the Purification of the River Thames, 


Thames River 


Purification by the diversion therefrom of {the Sewage of 
Bill. Oxford, Abingdon, Reading, Windsor, Kingston, 
’ Richmond, Twickenham, Isleworth, and Brentford, 
and for the Collection and Utilization of that 
Sewage, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Horsham Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
Election. this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of William Robert Seymour 
Vesey Fitzgerald, relating to the Borough of 
Horsham, is unobjectionable. 
Maidstone 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 George Frederick Busbridge 
and Elijah Swan, relating to the Borough of Maid- 
stone, is unobjectionable. 
Helston 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 James Clemow and others, 
relating to the Borough of Helston, is unobjec- 
tionable. 
Wexford Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
ee this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
- Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of James Michael Vicary and 
Denis Dowd, relating to the Borough of Wexford, 
is unobjectionable. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Fetitions. read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Fifth 
Report. 
Bankruptcy. | The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 9th day of this instant February, for a 
Return relative to Bankruptcy. 
‘enn, sant Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheriff 
N and.) Courts (Scotland), which was presented upon the 
064 16th day of this instant February, be printed. 
af pos Ordered, That the Paper relative to Diseased 
No. 6 “" Sheep and Lambs, which was presented — the 
® 0% 22d day of this instant February, be printe 
a Ordered, That the Return relative to Bradford 
a on Reservoirs, which was presented —_ the 22d day 
“0-96. — of this instant February, be printed. 


VoL. 121. 


23rd February. 


111 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cattle Cattle Plague 
Plague (Ireland), which was presented upon the (Ireland.) 
22d day of this instant February, be printed. No. 67. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Small Livings. 
a Copy of Memorial from certain Clergy for Aug- 
mentation of Small Livings, and of Report thereon 
from the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty: 
And, Return of the Number of Signatures. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Militia 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Regiments. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Establishment of 
each Regiment of Militia in the United Kingdom ; 
the Numbers Present, Absent, and wanting to 
complete for the Training of 1865 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 181, of Session 
1865). 

Onaered, That 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, Railway 
Returns of the Names of Railway Companies whose Companies’ 
Deposits under the Standing Orders of the House ?°?°%** 
of Commons of Eight per cent. were in the custody 
of the Courts of Chancery in England and Ireland, 
or the Court of Exchequer of Scotland, on the 1st 
day of February 1866; specifying in each case the 
Amount deposited, either in Stock, Exchequer 
Bills, or Cash, and the Date on which the Deposit 
was made or accepted: And, of the Names of 
Railway Companies whose Bonds given to the 
Crown with respect to their Schemes have been 
forfeited ; onaiiing the Amount in each case, and 
what proceedings have been taken thereon: 
The Total Number of Railways and the Amount 
of Deposits to be given in each Return separately, 
and of all unitedly. 








Mr. Layard presented,—Return to an Address Cattle Plague 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of this instant (Poland.) 
February, for a Return relative to the Cattle 
Plague (Poland). 

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


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

a Return of the Salaries of the Lords of the Ad- 
miralty, with their Allowances for Oil, and Allow- 
ance for House Rent, and also the Amount of 
Half-pay (that is Half-pay of Naval Lords) :—— 
Similar Return of Pay, Allowances, &amp;c. of the 
two Secretaries to the Admiralty :——And, Re- 
turn showing the Salary received by the Chief 
Clerk, and every Class of Clerks, by Name, at the 
Admiralty, Whitehall, specifying those who re- 
ceive Allowances, and for what purpose such 
Allowances are granted, from what Date they took 
place, and when the Lords of the Treasury sanc- 
tioned the same :——That this Return be made in 
a Tabular Form in the usual manner, giving a 
Total of the whole Expenditure. 


Ordered, That Colonel William Stuart have Leave of 
leave of absence for a week, on account of the Absence. 


death of a near relation;—And, Mr. Westropp, 
three weeks, on urgent business. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,— Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- Navigation. 
gation, for the Month ended 31st December 1865, No. 68. 
and the Year ended 31st December 1865. 

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


Mr. Cowper presented, pursuant to the direc- Metropolitan 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Statement of the Improvements. 








P4 Advances 























University 
and National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


Education. 


Supply. 


Queen’s Mes- 
sage referred. 


Princess 
Helena and 
Priuce Alfred. 


Princess 
Helena. 


112 


Advances for Metropolitan Improvements out of 
the Cofsolidated Fund to the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Works, &amp;c.; and of the Monies 
paid into the Consolidated Fund, between the 1st 
January and the 3lst December 1865. 

Ordered, Thatthe said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Memorials addressed to the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department by Roman 
Catholic Prelates in Ireland, on the subject of 
University and National Education in Jreland, 
and of the Correspondence relating thereto : 
And, of all Memorials addressed to the Lord Lieu- 


tenant of Ireland on the subject of University | 


Education 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. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 23d 
day of June in the last Session of a teene 
was made from the Select Committee on Education, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Education. 


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

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Message of the 20th day of this instant February, 
relative to the Marriage of the Princess Helena, 
be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee. ) 


£.30,000 for the Marriage Portion of Her 
Royal Highness the Princess Helena Augusta 
Victoria. 

Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 

Mr. Dodson 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. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the Committee, to whom it was referred to consider 
Her Majesty’s most gracious Messages of the 20th 
day of this instant February, relative to the Mar- 
riage of the Princess Helena, and to a Provision 
for Prince Alfred on his coming of Age, several 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. That the annual Sum of Six thousand Pounds 
be granted to Her Majesty, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, the said An- 
nuity to be settled on Her Royal Highness the 
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria for her Life, in 
such manner as Her Majesty shall think proper, 
and, tc commence from the Date of the Marriage 
of Her Royal Highness with Prince Christian of 
Schleswig-Holstein Sonderbourg-Augustenburg. 

2. That the annual Sum of Fifteen thousand 
Pounds be granted to Her Majesty, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 
the said Annuity to be settled on His Royal High- 
ness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert for his Life, in 
such manner as Her Majesty shall think proper, 
and to commence from the Date of the coming of 
Age of His Royal Highness. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


23rd February. 


1866. 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
first of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Dod- 
son, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir 
George Grey, do oy and bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
last of the said Resolutions: And that the same 
Gentlemen do prepare, and bring it in. 


fan humble Address to be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that Her Majesty will give direc- 
| tions that a Monument be erected in the Collegiate 
Church of Saint Peter, Westminster, to the Memory 
of the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston, 
with an Inscription expressive of the Public Admi- 
ration and Attachment, and of the heavy Loss which 
the Country has sustained by his Death; and .to 
assure Her Majesty that this House will make 
good the expenses attending the same, a Resolu- 
tion; which was read, as followeth: 

That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will give di- 
rections that a Monument be erected in the Col- 
legiate Church of Saint Peter, Westminster, to the 
Memory of the Right Honourable Viscount Pal- 
merston, with an Inscription expressive of the 
Public Admiration and Attachment, and of the 
heavy Loss which the Country has sustained by his 
Death; and to assure Her Majesty that this House 
will make good the expenses attending the same. 

The said Resolution being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the said Reso- 
lution. 

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


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Select Committee. 


mittee on the Jamaica Government Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


take into consideration the Cattle Plague Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Exception for calves):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a-Motion being ‘made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Clause (Penalty for moving contrary to Act) 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Expenses of execution of Act), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Compensation by any local authority) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time:—And the said Motion and Clause were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause (Officers of Customs may seize 
diseased meat), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (Evidence of orders), was twice 
read; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be —, 





Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from Monument 
the Committee, to whom it was referred to consider Peery 


erston. 


The Public Offices (Site) Bill was, according to Public Offices 
(Site) Bill. 


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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Cattle Plague 


Bill 34. 











Telegraph Act 
Amendment 
Bill [Zords.] 


Cattle Diseases 


(Ireland.) 


Public 
Companies, 


Hop Trade. 





29 VicTorIA. 


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


Saturday, 24th February, 1866: 


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 Telegraph Act Amendment Bill was, ac- 
cording 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. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
Law relating to Contagious Diseases amongst 
Cattle and other Animals in Jreland :—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 ina 
Bill to amend the Law relating to Contagious 
Diseases amongst Cattle and other Animals in 
Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to Contagious Disease 
amongst Cattle and other Animals in Jreland :— 
And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Attorney General for Jre/and, 
Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, and Sir George 
Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter and improve the Law relating to voting in 
Public Companies: And that Mr. Darby Griffith 
and Mr. Robert Torrens do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

The House was moved, That the Act 54 Geo. 3, 
c. 123, to prevent Frauds and Abuses in the 
Trade of Hops, 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 to bring in a 
Bill to amend an Act of the fifty-fourth year of 
King George the Third, chapter one hundred and 
twenty-three, to prevent Frauds and Abuses in 
the Trade of Hops. 

Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

VoL. 121. 


93rd—24th February. 





113 


That the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act of the fifty-fourth year of King 
George the Third, chapter one hundred and twenity- 
three, to prevent Frauds and Abuses in the Trade 
of Hops :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Huddleston, Sir Brooke Bridges, 
and Sir Edward Dering do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Rochdale 
for vesting the Glebe Lands of the Vicarage of Vic#Fee. 
Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, in the 
Kcclesiatical Commissioners for England, and for 
making provision for the Endowment of the said 
Vicarage in lieu thereof, and for the promotion of 
other Ecclesiastical purposes connected therewith : 

And that Mr. Walpole and Mr. Bouverie do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


an House was moved, That the Merchant Merchant 

ipping Act, 1854, might be read; and the same Shipping Act 

—. ; smn’ (1854) Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, immediately, ree 

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 amend “ The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854.” 

Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Childers 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 Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 :”— 
And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Milner Gibson and Lord Clarence 
Paget do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Darby Griffith presented a Bill to alter and Public Com- 
improve the Law relating to voting in Public Panies Bill 
Companies: And the same was read the first time; _ Bill 35. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 18th day of April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Huddleston presented a Bill to amend an gop Trade 
Act of the fifty-fourth year of King George the Bill, 
Third, chapter one hundred and twenty-three, to 
prevent Frauds and Abuses in the Trade of Hops: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 
18th day of April next; and to be printed. 


Bill 36. 


Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a Cattle Diseases 
Bill to amend the Law relating to Contagious (!teland Bill.) 














Diseases amongst Cattle and other Animals in Bill 37. 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 

next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Walpole presented a Bill for vesting the Rochdale 
Glebe Lands of the Vicarage of Rochdale, in the Vicarage Bill. 
County of Lancaster, in the Ecclesiastical Commis- _ Bill 38. 
sioners for England, and for making provision for 
the Endowment of the said Vicarage in lieu 
thereof, and for the promotion of other Ecclesiastical 
purposes connected therewith: 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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Turnpike 
Roads Bill. 


Bill 39. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 


114 23rd—24th—26th February. 


Mr. Whalley presented a Bill to —— for the 
maintenance of the Turnpike Roads of England 
and Wales as Public Highways, and for the dis- 
charge of the Debts due thereon by voluntary Com- 
mutation: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 14th day of March 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. 


Monday, 26th February, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Scholefield reported from the General 


ommittee on Railway and Caanl Bills; 


(First Report.) That they had formed certain Bills into Groups, 


No. 69, 


Bristol and 


North Somer- 


set Railway 
(Southern 
Extension.) 


Public 
Petitions 


(Fifth Report.) 


Laugharne 
Railway. 


Swansea Union 


Railway. 


and had directed him to report the same to the 
House. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills, have leave to make 
a Special Report in respect of the Petition for the 
Bristol and North Somerset Railway (Southern 
Extension) Bill. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, Special Re- 
port from Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the case of | 
the Petition for the Bristol and North Somerset 
Railway (Southern Extension) Bill, the Agent 
for certain Memorialists complaining of non-com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, has stated to 
the Examiner that the attendance of the Clerk 
of the Peace for the County of Somerset, with the 
several Documents relating to the said Bill (in- 
cluding the sealed-up copy of the Plan and Sec- 
tion), which, in compliance with the Standing 
Orders of the House, were deposited with him | 
on or before the 30th day of November last, is | 
essential to enable the Memorialists to establish | 
their case before the Examiner; and that it has 
been proved that the attendance of the said Clerk 
of the Peace with such Documents cannot be pro- 
cured without the intervention of the House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Peace for the 
County of Somersct do attend the said Examiner 
upon Wednesday next, at Eleven of the clock, 
and bring with him the said Documents. 





Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 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. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to incorporate a Company for making a Railway 
from the South Wales Railway of the Great 
Western Railway Company, near to Saint Clears 
Station, to Laugharne, in the County of Carmar- 
then, to be called “ The Laugharne Railway,” and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Pugh and Mr. William Morris. 


A Petition of the there-undersiyned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making a Railway in the 
County of Glamorgan, to be called “ The Swan- 
sea Union Railway,” and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 











1866. 


brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hussey Vivian, 
Mr. Pugh, and Mr. William Morris. 


A Petition of the North Western and Charing North Western 
Cross Railway Company, the London and North 204 Charing 
Western Railway Company, and the South East- °'** Railway. 
ern Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for authorizing Arrangements between the North 
Western and Charing Cross Railway Company, 
and the London and North Western Railway 
Company, and the South Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was ‘presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. George Carr Glyn and Mr. 
Gilpin. 


The Banffshire Roads Bill was read a second Banffshire 
time ; and committed. Roads Bill. 


The Barnet, Hendon, and Midland Junction Barnet, 


Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- Hendon, and 


- Midland 
mitted, Junction Rail- 


way Bill. 
Ordered, That the Blackwater ( Youghal) Wooden Blackwater 
Bridge Bill be read a second time To-morrow. (Youghal) 
Wooden 
Bridge Bill. 
The Burntisland Harbour and Dock Bill was Burntisland 
read a second time ; and committed. Harbour and 
Dock Bill. 
The Chatham, Rochester, &amp;c. Gas Bill was read Chatham, 
a second time; and committed. Rochester, 
&amp;c. Gas Bill. 
The Glasgow Bridges Bill was read a second Glasgow 
time ; and committed. Bridges Bill. 


The Glasgow Corporation Water Bill was read Glasgow 
a second time; and committed. Corporation 
Water Bill, 
The Glasgow Houses of Refuge Bill was read Glasgow 
as nd time: ; ‘ Houses of 
second time ; and committed Refuge Bill. 
The Great Eastern, Great Northern, and Man- Great Eastern, 
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com- Great North- 
panies Bill was read a second time; and com- anhasien 
mitted. Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 
The Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was Great North 
read a second time ; and committed. of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 
The Great Yarmouth Fish Wharves and Tram- Great Yar- 


ways Bill was read a second time ; and committed, ™outh Fish 
Wharves and 


Tramways 
Bill. 


The Greenock Harbour Bill was read a second Greenock 
time ; and committed. Harbour Bill. 


The Hemel Hempsted and London and North Hemel Hemp- 


Western Railway Bill was read a second time ; and sted and 


: London and 
committed. North Western 


Railway Bill. 
The Heysham Pier Company (Railways) Bill Heysham Pier 
was read a second time; and committed. psa aed 
(Railways) 
Bill. 
The Heywood Water Bill was read a second Heywood 
time; and committed. Water Bill. 


The Hull Corporation and Dock Company Bill Hull Corpora- 
was read a second time; and committed. Sane y Bill 
The Kilmarnock Water Bill was read a second Kilmarnock 

time ; and committed. Water Bill. 


The Leven and East of Fife Railway Bill was Leven and 
read a second time; and committed. Railway Bill 
The Liverpool Corporation Water. Bill was read Liverpool 


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Llynvi Valley The Liynvi Valley and Ogmore Valley Railway 

and Ogmore Companies Bill was read a second time ; and com- 

Valley Rails nitted 

way Com- % 

panies Bill. - : P 

Llynvi Valley The Lilynvi Valley Railway Bill was read a 

Railway Bill. second time ; and committed. 

London and The London and South Western Railway (Ad- 

South Western ditional Powers) Bill was read a second time ; and 
wa ° 

tad ‘ional committed. 


Powers) Bill. 


Longton, Ad- 
derley Green, 


The Longton, Adderley Green, and Bucknall | 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com-| 


and Bucknall : 

eailway: Bill mitted. 

Manchester The Manchester Division Petty Sessions Court 
Division Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


Petty Sessions . 
Court Bill. 

Mersey Docks | The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (Outer 
and Harbour Works Alteration) Bill was read a second time ; 





Boar Alte, 20d committed. 
ration) Bill. 
Mersey Docks The Mer sey Docks and Harbour Board ( Shore 
and Harbour Road Purchase, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; 
—— and committed. 
Oar ur- 
chase, &amp;c. ) 
Bi 


Metropolitan | Phe Metropolitan District Railway Bill was read | 
District Rail- a second time; and committed. 

way Bill. 

Middlesbrough _ Lhe Middlesbrough Extension and Improvement 


Extension and Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Improvement 
Bill. . , — 
Midland The Midland Railway (Additional Powers 
Railway 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
(Additional 


Powers) Bill. 
Mid-Wales 


Railway Bill. time; and committed. | 


26th February. 


read a second time; and committed. 


way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


second time; and committed. 


second time; and committed. 


115 


The Tonbridge and Ightham Road Bill was Tonbridge 
and Ightham 
Road Bill. 


The Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Rail- Tottenham 

and Hamp- 
stead Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


The Vale of Towy Railway Bill was read a Vale of Towy 
Railway Bill. 


The Waveney Valley Drainage Bill was read a Waveney Val- 
A Drainage 
Bill. 


The Worksop and Shireoaks Gas Bill was read a Worksop 


sme: ; and Shireoaks 
second time; and committed. Gas Bill. 
The Wycombe Railway Bill was read a second Wycombe | 
time ; and committed. Rallway Gil. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second ——_ a 
| Reading of the Thames Embankment (North) (North) ~~ 


Approaches Bill; 


1 , proaches Bill. 
Anda Motion being made, and the Question 


_being proposed, That the Bill be read a second 


time upon Friday the 16th day of March next; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


| Question, by leaving out the words “ Friday the 


16th day of March next,” and adding the words 
‘this day six months,” 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 read a second time 


) | upon Friday the 16th day of March next. 


A Bill for making a Railway, Wharf, and Bristol Har- 


The Mid-Wales Railway Bill was read a second Dept in the City and County of Bristol, to con- rhea 


eine » - a Railway and 
nect the existing Railways with the Floating Wharf Depot 


| Harbour; and for granting certain Powers to the Bill. 


Neath New 


Gas Bill. time; and committed. 


The Neath New Gas Bill was read a second Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway 
_Companies, and to the Mayor, Aldermen, and 


| Burgesses of the City of Bristol, with reference 


Newport 


Railway Bill. time; and committed. 


North British | The North British and Bridge of Allan Railwa 


Sunningdale 


‘The Sunningdale and Cambridge Town Railway 


oo ill was read a second time ; and committed. 

ige Town 

Railway Bill. 

Thorpe and The -Thorpe and: Great Clacton Railway and 
Great Clacton Pier Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Railway and ; 

Pier Bill. Vou. 121. 


The North British Railway (Glasgow Branches) | and manufacture Gas in the Parish of West 


} 
} 


and Bridge Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
of Allan Rail- 
way Bill. 
North British _ : P | 
Railway Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Glasgow 

ranches) Bill. 
North British Lhe North British (Tay Bridge) Railway Bill 
(Tay Bridge) Was read a second time; and committed. 
Railway Bill. 
Ringley The Ringley Bridge Bill was read a second time ; 
Bridge Bill. and committed. 
Saltash Road The Saltash Road Bill was read a second time ; 
_Bill. and committed. 
Shrewsbury The Shrewsbury and North Wales and Shrews- 
With «bury and Potteries Junction Railway Companies 

ales and A ° ° aa 
Shrewsbury malgamation Bill was read a second time; and 
and Potteries Committed. 
Junction 
Railway Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill, Se - 
Slough, The Slough, Datchet, and District Gas Bill was 
patenet, and read a second time ; and committed. 
— Gas 
Stourbridge The Stourbridge Improvement Bill was read a 
Improvement second time; and committed. 


Railway Company to make and maintain Railways 





The Newport Railway Bill was read a second thereto, was read the first time; and ordered to 
| be read a second time. 


A Bill for empowering the Corporation of the London (City) 


y| City of London to supply Gas within the City of Corporation 


London and the liberties thereof; and for that &amp;* Bu 
purpose to purchase Lands and erect Gasworks 
Ham, 

in the County of Essex, and to lay Mains for con- 
veying Gas therefrom to and throughout the said 

City and Liberties, and for other purposes, was 

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


A Bill for making Railways from Streatham and City, King- 
Clapham to Kingston-upon- Thames, and Petersham, “to, and , 
and short connecting Lines with other Railways, Railway Bil. 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Devon and Cornwall Devon and 
Cornwall 
at Devonport and Plymeuth, and a Station at ren 
Plymouth, and to raise further Moneys, and for 

the laying down of Narrow-gauge Rails on parts of 

the Cornwall Railway and the Launceston and 

South Devon Railway, and for Arrangements be- 

tween the Company and other Railway Companies, 

and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making and maintaining Railways Perran Rail- 
from the Central Cornwall Railway, in the Parish way, Pier, and 
of Saint Allen, in the County of Cornwall, to the 
Sea Coast, near Holywell Bay, in the same County, 
and a Pier, Breakwater, and Harbour in Holywell 
Bay, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

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Somerset 
and Dorset 
Railway Bill. 


Brecon and 


116 


A Bill for authorizing the Somerset and Dorset 
Railway Company to. improve their Station Ac- 
commodation at Highbridge, and to acquire ad- 
ditional Lands, and for confirming and authorizing 
Agreements between the Company and other 
Railway Companies, and for authorizing the Com- 
pany to contribute to the funds of other Railway 
Companies, and to raise further Moneys, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and 
seek to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Brecon and Merthyr 


Merthyr Tydfil Tydfil Junction Railway Company to construct 


Junction 
Railway 
(Southern 
Lines) Bill. 


London, 


Chatham, and 


Dover Rail- 
way (New 
Lines, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Halesowen and 


Bromsgrove 
Branch Rail- 
ways Bill. 


South Eastern 


Railway Bill. 


Castle Cary 


and Langport 


Railway. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixth 
Report. 


Prisons Act. 





Cattle and 
Sheep Im- 
portation 
(Ireland.) 
Turnpike 


Roads (South 


Wales.) 


Agricultural 
Btatistics 


(Ireland), &amp;c. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


new Lines in connection with the Southern part 
of their Undertaking, and to use certain Railways 
of other Companies, and to vest in them the 
Bargoed Rhymney Railway, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the London, Chatham, and 
Dover Railway Company to make new Railways 
and alterations of authorized Railways in Surrey 
and Kent, and new Streets and alterations of Streets 
near their Farringdon-street Terminus, and to use 
the West London Railway, and the West London 
Extension Railway ; to authorize the Kent Coast 
Railway Company to make a new Road at Rams- 
gate, and to confer Powers and impose Obligations 
on the Corporation of the City of London with 
respect to the new and altered Streets, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Halesowen and Bromsgrove 
Branch Railways Company to make certain Branch 
Lines of Railway in the County of Worcester, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for conferring further Powers upon the 
South Eastern Railway Company for the con- 
struction of Works and the acquisition of Lands, 
and otherwise in relation to their Undertaking, 
ard for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


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 Castle 

Jary and Langport Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 

Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Several Public Petitions were en and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of this instant 
February, for Returns relative to the Prisons Act. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of this 
instant February, for a Return relative to Cattle 
and Sheep Importation (Jreland). 

Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Statement of 
the Receipts and Expenditure on account of the 
Turnpike Roads in South Wales. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Piet atten Abstracts of Agricultural 
Statistics in Ireland, showing the Acreage under 
the several Crops, and the Number of Live Stock, 
in each County and Province, for the year 1865: 
—Also, the Emigration from Jrish Ports, from 1st 
January to 31st July in 1864 and 1865. 

Copy of First Report, with Abstracts of Ac- 
counts, relating to the circumstances of the under- 
mentioned Turnpike Trust, applying for a Local 


26th February. 





1866. 


Act 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 the 3d &amp; 4th Will. 4, 
c. 80:— 

No. 1. Greenwich and Woolwich Lower Road. 
‘ —¢e That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bank- Bankruptey, 


ruptcy, which was presented upon the 23d day of 
this instant February, be printed. 


No. 70. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metro- Metropolitan 


politan Improvements, which was presented upon Improvements, 


the 23d day of this instant February, be printed. 


The Order made upon the 23d day of this instant Small Livings, 


February, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns relative to Small Livings, was read, and 
discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Small Livings, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Memorial from certain Clergy 
for augmentation of Small Livings, and of Report 
thereon from the Governors of Queen Anne’s 
Bounty : And, Return of the Number of 
Signatures. 

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





No. 71. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bankruptcy 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 2"4 Insol- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this °°" 


House, Returns from the London Court of Bank- 
ruptcy of the Number of Cases in which the Bank- 
ruptcy Order of Discharge was opposed in each 
year since the 10th day of October 1861; the 
Number of Cases in which it was refused or sus- 
pended, and the Periods for which such Orders 
were suspended, and for what Offences they were 
either refused or suspended : 
solvent Debtors’ Court, of the Number of Petitioas 
sae to the Court in London for Protection or 

ischarge in each year from the 10th day of October 
1857 until the 10th day of October 1861; the Num- 
ber of Cases in which such Petitions were dis- 
missed ; and the Number of Cases in which the Pe- 
titioner was remanded; the Periods for which such 
Remands were awarded; and for what Offences. 

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





And, from the In- © 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy (Iron. 
a Return of the Names of all the Iron Armour lad Ships.) 


Ships, distinguishing those designed by late Comp- 
troller and Chief Constructor, those by the present 
Comptroller and late Chief Constructor, and those 
by the present Comptroller and Chief Constructor, 
which have been built in the Royal and Private 
Yards ; specifying those that have been in Commis- 
sion and are now in Commission; those that are 
launched and have been tried, and showing their 
Speed at the measured Mile; and the Expenses 
attending their Building and Alterations, if any, 
up to the present time. 


Mr. Dodson re 
ferees on Private 
the Huddersfield Water Bill had stated that the 
Evidence of William Hannan, Huddersfield, 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 = 

e 


rted from the Court of Re- muddersfield 
ills ; That the Parties py Water Bill. 








Richmond 
Writ. 


Prussia. 


Japan. 


Railway 
Companies’ 
Certificates. 


Colonial 
Governors. 


No. 52. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall. 


Supply. 


Government 


Expenditure, 


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the said William Hannan do attend the Court of 
Referees on Tuesday, the 27th day of February 
instant, at Eleven of the clock. 

Ordered, That William Hannan do attend the 
said Court of Referees To-morrow, at Eleven 
of the clock. 


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 Richmond, 
in the room of the Honourable John Charles Dun- 
das, deceased. 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Treaty of Navigation between 
Her Majesty and the King of Prussia. Signed at 
Gastein, August 16th, 1865. 

Copy of Correspondence respecting Affairs in 
Japan, 1865-66. 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Draft Certi- 
ficates of the Board of Trade for authorizing the 
raising of additional Capital under the Railway 
Companies Powers Act, 1864, in the case of the 
Railway Companies named below :— 

Ayr and Maybole Junction. 

Bala and Dolgelly. 

Bishops Castle. 

Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction. 
Faringdon. 

Keighley and Worth Valley. 

Seaton and Beer. 

West Somerset. 

Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont. 

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


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Return of 
Colonial Governors to whom Pensions have been 
granted under Act 28 &amp; 29 Vie. c. 113. 

Copy of an Account of the Receipts and Dis- 
bursing of the Duchy of Cornwall, in the year 
ended 31st December 1865. 

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


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

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 expenditure of the Government has 
“ of late years been excessive :—That it was and 
“ is now ‘ taken in great measure out of the earn- 
** “ings of the People, and forms in no small degree 
“a deduction from a scanty store which is neces- 
* €sary to secure to them a sufficiency, not of the 
“ ¢comforts of life, but even of the prime neces- 
“¢saries of food, of clothing, of shelter, and of 
“ ¢ fuel,’ ” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 


| the Committee. 





(In the Committee. ) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
68,400 Men and Boys be employed for the Sea 
“ Coast Guard Services, for the year ending on 

OL. 421, 


2th—27th February. 





117 


the 3lst day of March 1867, including 16,400 
Royal Marines. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again: — Motion, and original 
Question, by leave, withdrawn. 

1. £. 764,829, to make good Advances from the 
Treasury Chest in New Zealand, and from Army 
Grants on account of Expenses caused by the War 
in that Colony, such Advances being repayable by 
the Colonial Government. 

2. £.372,943, to make good Deficiencies on 
Grants for Civil Services. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Tuesday, 27th February, 1866 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Dodson 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 W ednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply. 


ply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 


That the Sum of Thirty thousand pounds be Princess 
granted to Her Majesty for the Marriage Portion Helens. 


of Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena Au- 
gusta Victoria. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


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 Second Exchequer 
Reading of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Dep 


Bill ; 


upon Thursday next. 


B 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





ont .. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third National Debt 


Reading of the National Debt Reduction Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 

Committee of the whole House:—The House 

immediately resolved itself into the Committee ; 

and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 

House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 

consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read for the Third Savings Banks 


Reading of the Savings Banks and Post Office 
Savings Banks Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House:—The House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration:—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Q3 The 


and Post Office 
Savings Banks 





118 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Pensions Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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 Monday next. 


Pensions Bill. 


Labouring The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Classes’ Dwel- Reading of the Labouring Classes’ Dwellings Bill ; 

lings Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 12th day of March next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Jamaica Government 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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. 


Jamaica 
Government 


Cattle Diseases Lhe Cattle Diseases (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 
(Ireland) Bill. ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 
Bil; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 12th day of March next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 
Petit Juries in Jreland: And that Mr. Attornev 
General for Jreland and Mr. Solicitor General for 
Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petit Juries 
(Ireland.) 


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 Michael Wills, relating to 
the Borough of Harwich, is unobjectionable. 


Harwich 
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 Henry Wilson and Wilson 
Barker, relating to the Borough of Lancaster, is 
unobjectionable. 


Lancaster 
Borough 
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 Robert Curteis Stileman 
and John Bellingham, relating to the Town and 
Port of Rye, is unobjectionable, 


Rye Election. 


Brtlgweter Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Richard Axford and 
others, relating to the Borough of Bridgwater, is 


unobjectionable. 


Mr Attorney General for Ireland presented a 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill te consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 


Petit Juries 


Petit Juries in Jreland: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday the 15th day of March next ; 
and to be printed. 


Bill 41. 


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. 


26th—27th February. 








1866. 
Tuesday, 27th February, 1860. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of Suitors for a Bill, for leave Dublin south- 


to bring in a Bill for making a Dock and ¢™ Docks. 
other Works at Dublin, on the South side of the 
River Liffey, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Wensum Valley Railway Wensum Val- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for autho- ley Railway. 
rizing the Wensum Valley Railway Company to 
make a Deviation of the Line of their Railway, 
and for —- Sections of their Act of 1864 
conferring Powers on the Great Eastern Railwa 
Company, and for other purposes, was somnetel, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Earle and Mr. Warner. 


The Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Wal- Controverted 
pole, Member for the University of Cambridge, Biections. 
John Bonham-Carter, Esquire, Member for the 
City of Winchester, George Ward Hunt, Esquire, 
Member for the Northern Division of the County 
of Northampton, the Right Honourable Henry 
Thomas Lowry Corry, Member for the County of 
Tyrone, Samuel Whitbread, Esquire, Member for 
the Borough of Bedford, and James Clay, Esquire, 
Member for the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, 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 
referred to the Committee. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection ; That they had formed certain —— (Se- 
Private Bills into an additional Group, and had eres getty 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the No. 63. 
House. 

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


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Orders. 
tions; which were read, as follow : 

1. That in the case of the Saint Martin-in-the- gaint Martin- 
lields Workhouse, &amp;c. Rebuilding Bill, Petition in-the-Fields 
of Edward Walmisley for dispensing with Standing bag ee 
Order 194, the said Standing Order ought to be ing Bin. 
dispensed with, provided that the Bill be read a 
second time not later than the 20th day of March 
next. 

2. That in the case of the Manchester, Sheffield, Manchester, 
and Lincolnshire Railway (Additional Powers) Sheffield, and 
Bill, Petition of Messrs. Few &amp; Co. for dis- Lincolnshire 


z . ° ° Rail 
pensing with Standing Order 129, in the case of (Additional 


the Petition of the Trustees of the Duke of Nor- Powers) Bill. 


this day received a Report from the Examiner of folk, the said Standing Order ought to be dis- 
| pensed with. 


3. That in the case of the Manchester, Sheffield, Manchester, 
and Lincolnshire Railway (Central Station and Sheffield, and 
Lines) Bill, Petition of Messrs. Pritt &amp; Co., for dis- allway (Cat 
pensing with Standing Order 129, in the case of tral Station 
the Petition of Sharp, Stewart, &amp; Co., the said and Lines) 
Standing Order ought to be dispensed with. Bil. 

4. That in the case of the Paisley Water Bill, Paisley Water 
Petition of Messrs. Simson and Wakeford, for dis- Bi. 
pensing with Standing Order 129, in the case of 
the Petition of William Connell and others, the 
said Standing Order ought to be dispensed with. 

5. That in the case of the Sirhowy Extension Sirhowy 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to Fxtinelon 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted “"™” 
to proceed with their Bill, provided that all Powers 
relating to the construction of the Railways num- 
bered 2, 3,4, 6, 7, be struck out of the Bill ; that an 

amended 

















99 VicTorIA. 


amended copy of the Plan, Sections, and Book of | 
Reference relating to Railways, numbered 1 and 
5 respectively, be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office; that the Committee on the Bill do report 
how far such Orders have been complied with on 
the Report of the Bill. 





Kingsbridge 6. That in the case of the Kingsbridge Railway 

Railway. Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that all Powers 
relating to the construction of the new Railway 
mentioned in Clause 4 of the Bill be struck out 
of the same ; that the Committee on the Bill do 
report how far such Order has been complied 
with on the Report of the Bill. 

Wimbledon 7. That in the case of the Wimbledon Railways 

Railways. Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

Metropolitan 8. That in the case of the Metropolitan and 

and Saint Saint John’s Wood Railway (No. 2}, Petition for 

eg ood eave to deposit a Petition for Bill, the Standing 

(No. 2.) Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

Brumby 9. That in the case of the Brumby Commons 

Commons Inclosure, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition 

Inclosure. for Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

Great Western 10. That in the case of the Great Western and 


and Brentford Brentford Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
Railway. ought not to be dispensed with. 
The first six Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the Sir- 
howhy Extension Railway Bill, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making certain Railways in Extension of the 
Sirhowy Railway, in the County of Monmouth, 
and for other purposes: And that Mr. Hartopp 
and Colonel Knox do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sirhowy 
Extension 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Berks and Hants Extension 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Berks and Hants Extension Railway 
Company to extend their Railway to the Wilts, 
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, at Westbury, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Ernest 
Bruce and Mr. Benyon. 


Berks and 
Hants Exten- 
sion Railway. 


Cleethorpes 


The Cleethorpes Gas Bill was read a second time; 
Gas Bill. 


and committed. 


Colnbrook The Colnbrook Railways Bill was read a second 
Railways Bill. time ; and committed. 


Harnham, The Harnham, Blandford, and Dorchester Road 
a Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Road Bill. 

Wye Valley The Wye Valley Railway Bill was read a second 


Railway Bill. time ; and committed. 


Blackwater The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
he joe Reading of the Blackwater (Youghal) Wooden 
Bil. Bridge Bill; 

. D ? 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a se- 
cond 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 the 13th day of March 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 
Loe Tuesday the 13th day of March next” be 

OL. 121. 


Q7th February. 


119 


added at the end of the’ Question:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being 
put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 13th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Kensington 7 
Reading of the Kensington Improvement Bill; Improvement 

And a Motion being made, and the Question . 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a se- 
cond time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, adding the words 
** upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time, and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Mid-Kent and 
Reading of the Mid-Kent and South Eastern Rail- South Eastern 
ot sas Bill: Railway Com- 
way Companies Bill; panies Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 13th day of March next. 


Swansea 
Union Rail- 
way Bill. 


A Bill for making a Railway, in the County of 
Glamorgan, to be called “The Swansea Union 
Railway,” and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to incorporate a Company for making a Laugharne 
Railway from the South Wales Railway of the ®#!way Bill 
Great Western Railway Company, near to Saint 
Clears Station, to Laugharne, in the County of 
Carmarthen, to be called “ The Laugharne Rail- 
way,” and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing Arrangements between North Western 
the North Western and Charing Cross Railway and Charing 
Company and the London and’ North Western Cro Railway 

&gt; - ~ .. Bill. 
Railway Company and the South Eastern Rail- 
way Company, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order, That the Childwall Gas Bill be 
committed, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Childwall 
Gas Bill. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Sixth 
Report.) 





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

iil, 

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





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had New Windsor 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Hlection. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of George Rose Norton and 
William Darby, relating to the Borough of New 
Windsor, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he Taunton 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner Election, 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance 
to the Election Petition of Edward Lyne Parsons 
and others, relating to the Borough of Taunton, is 
unobjectionable. , 





Q4 Mr. 








Huddersfield 
Election. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Telegraph Act 


Amendment 
Bill [Lords.]} 


Art Bill 
[Lords.] 


Election 
Petitions. 


East India 
(Mysore. ) 


Coals, Cinders, 
and Culm, &amp;c. 


120 


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 Joseph Marsden and others, 
relating to the Borough of Wakefield, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


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 Mathew Hale and John 
Eastwood, relating to the Borough of Huddersfield, 
is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
Message had been brought from the Lords, by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Telegraph Act Amend- 
ment Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for facilitating the Public Exhibition of Works of 
Art in certain Exhibitions; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Election Petitions alleging Bri- 
bery and Corruption, which have been tried 
and reported on by Election Committees since 
1832; with the Number of Special Reports alleg- 
ing general and extensive Corruption; the pur- 
port of the finding of the Committees, so as to 
show when a Member has been unseated for 
Bribery, although there has been no Special Re- 
port; giving the Number of Registered Electors 
and the Population. 


Resolved, That 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 
Maharajah of Mysore and the Government of 
India relative to his Highness’s claim to be re- 
stored to the Government of the Territories which 
were ceded to him under the Partition Treaty of 
Mysore of the 22d day of June 1799: Of any 
Instructions issued by the Secretary of State for 
India in Council to the Government of India re- 
garding this Claim; and of any Minutes, Corre- 
spondence, or other Papers connected therewith: 

Of any Correspondence relating to the request 
of the Maharajah of Mysore to be allowed to adopt 
an Heir to his Titular Dignities and Territorial 
Possessions : And, of any Protests or Dissents 
of Members of the Council of Jndia relative to 
the Instructions sent to India on either of the 
above points. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders, and 
Culm, and Patent Fuel, shipped at the several 
Ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland, coast- 
ways, to other Ports of the United Kingdom, in 
the year 1865; distinguishing the Quantity ship- 
ped at each of the said Ports as compared with the 
year 1864: 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 1865 ; 
distinguishing the Countries to which the same 
were sent, and comparing the same with the year 
1864; also distinguishing the Ports of the United 
Kingdom from which the same were shipped: 

Of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders, and Culm, 
and Patent Fuel, exported from the United King- 


97th February. 





1866. 


dom in the year 1865, with the Rate and Amount 
of Duty thereon:——And, of the Quantities of 
Coals and Patent Fuel brought coastways, by 
Inland Navigation and by Railway, into the Port 
of London, during the year 1865, comparing the 
same with the Quantities brought during the year 
1864. 


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


a Copy of a Report of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Customs, dated the 19th day of February 
1866, with Memorandum attached, on the subject 
of the Mode of calculating the Deduction from 
the Registered Tonnage of Steamers on account of 
Engine Room. 

Mr. Milner Gibson accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to Monument 


the House, That their Address of the 23d day t 


of this instant February, praying that Her Ma- 
jesty will give directions that a Monument be 
erected in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, 
Westminster, to the Memory of the Right Honour- 
able Viscount Palmerston, with an Inscription ex- 
pressive of the Public Admiration and Attachment, 
and of the heavy Loss which the Country has sus- 
tained by his Death; and to assure Her Majesty 
that this House will make good the expenses 
attending the same, 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 I 
will give directions that a Monument be erected 
in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, Westmin- 
ster, to the Memory of the Right Honourable 
Viscount Palmerston, with an Inscription expres- 
sive of the Public Admiration and Attachment, and 
of the heavy Loss which the Country has sustained 
by his Death; and assuring Me that you will 
make good the expenses attending the same : 

And I shall give directions in accordance with 
your Address. 


Viscount 
Palmerston. 


Ordered, That Mr. Algernon Egerton have leave Leave of 
of absence for a week, on account of a domestic Absence. 


affliction ;—and, Mr. Lygon till Easter, ou account 
of illness in his family. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- Controverted 
mittee of Elections; That they had selected the Elections. 


following Twelve Members to be the Chairmen’s 
Panel, and to serve as Chairmen of Election Com- 
mittees for the present Session: 
Hugh Edward Adair, Esquire. 
The Right Honourable Edward Pleydell Bou- 
verie. 
Stephen Cave, Esquire (New Shoreham). 
L£dward C. Egerton, Esquire (Macclesfield). 
Edward Ellice, Esquire. 
Thomas William Evans, Esquire. 
William Henry Gregory, Esquire. 
The Right Honourable John Robert Mowbray. 
The Right Honourable Lord Naas. 
George Sclater- Booth, Esquire. 
Henry ‘tn Vivian, Esquire (Glamorgan- 
shire). 
Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, Esquire 
( Montgomeryshire). 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- Controverted 


mittee of Elections ; That they had divided into 
Five Panels the List of Members to serve on 
Election Committees :—Panels A, B, C, D, E. 
Whereupon the Clerk decided by lot, at the 
Table, the order of the said Panels, and dis- 


tinguished 








29 Victoria. . 


tinguished each of them by a number, denoting 

the order in which they were respectively drawn, 

as followeth :—C, 1; B,2; A,3; E,4; D,5. 
Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Correspondence re- 
lating to the non-enactment of the Appropriation 
Act of Victoria, 1865. 

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


Victoria. 


Navy (Iron- Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to an 
clad Ships-) Order, dated the 26th day of this instant February, 
for a Return relative to Navy (Iron Clad Ships). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Alkali Act Mr. Milner Gibson presented, pursuant to the di- 
(1863. ) rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Second 
Annual Report by the Inspector under the Alkali 
Act (1863), of his Proceedings during the year 

1864. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Cattle Plague. Mr. Bruce presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order of 
the Lords of the Council, dated 23d February 
1866, continuing their Lordships’ former Orders 
relating to the Cattle Plague. 

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


Bengal Mr. Stansfeld presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Sanitary mand,— Copy of First Annual Report of the Sa- 
Commission. itary Commission for Bengal, 1864-65; with 
. Appendix, containing Returns of Sickness and 
Mortality among the British Troops in the Bengal 

Presidency, from 1858 to 1864. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Prisons Act. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Prisons 
No. 72. Act, which was presented upon the 26th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Cattle and Ordered, That the Return relative to Cattle and 
Sheep Impor- Sheep Importation (Jre/and), which was presented 


land’) aa upon the 26th day of this instant ebruary, be printed. 
No. 73. 

Duchy of Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Duchy 

Comwall. § of Cornwall, which was presented upon the 26th 


No. 74. day of this instant February, be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Cases 
respecting Assessed Taxes determined by the 
Judges in Scotland, since the Date of a like Return 
made in last Session of Parliament. 

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


Assesged Taxes 
(Scotland. ) 


Railways Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Guards’ and to compel the Directors of Railway Companies to 
ee andl provide efficient means of Communication between 
tion. ) the Travellers by and the Guards in charge of 

Railway Trains: And that Mr. Henry B. Sheridan 


and Mr. Hardcastle do prepare, and bring it in. 


Colonial Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
arrears to amend an Act passed in the twenty-eighth and 
sash Act twenty-ninth years of Her present Majesty, inti- 
Amendment. tuled “ The Colonial Governors (Retiring Pen- 
sions) Act:” And that Mr. Baillie Cochrane and 


Mr. Cave do prepare, and bring it in. 


litan Ordered, That a Select Committee be ne 

= a to inquire into the Local Government and Local 
Taxation of the Metropolis. 

VoL, 121. 








27th February. 491 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed East India 
to inquire into the practical working of the pre- Communica- 
sent systems of Telegraphic and Postal Communi- “°™* 
cations between this Country and the East Indies. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill public Libra- 
to amend the Public Libraries Act: And that ries Act 
Mr. Ewart and Mr. Dunlop do prepare, and bring “™eadment. 
it in. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 764,829, be New Zealand. 
granted to Her Majesty, in the year ending the 
31st day of March 1866, to make good Advances 
from the Treasury Chest in New Zealand, and 
from Army Grants on account of Expenses caused 
by the War in that Colony, such Advances being 
repayable by the Colonial Government. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 372,943, be Civit Service 
granted to Her Majesty, to make good Defi- (Deficiencies 
ciencies on Grants for Civil Services for the year  t=ts.) 
ending on the 31st day of March 1865. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The National Debt Reduction Bill was, accord- wational Debt 
ing to Order, read the third time. Reduction 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Savings Banks and Post Office Savings gayings Banks 
Banks Bill was, according to Order, read the third and Post Office 
time. Savings Banks 

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 Jamaica 
take into consideration the Jamaica Government Government 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bil. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cattle Diseases 
into a Committee on the Cattle Diseases (Zreland) (He!and) Bill. 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Causes, N° 1 to N° 9, agreed to. 


CxiausE, N° 10 (A fund to be provided for 
defraying expenses of this Act, to be assessed 
by the Poor Lan Commissioners). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, l. 6: 
After the word “ That,” to insert the words “ all 
*‘ expenses of carrying any Orders of Her Majesty’s 
** Privy Council in Ireland, or this Act, save and 
“ except sums to be paid as compensation for 
‘¢ slaughter as hereinafter provided, into execution, 
* should be defrayed by monies voted by Par- 
*¢ liament.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criauses, N° 11, to N° 18, with Amendments 
to one of them, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bull. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration aces 

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129 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
Bill to enable Her Majesty to settle an Annuity 
on Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena Au- 
gusta Victoria: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow ; and to be printed. 


Princess 
Helena’s An- 
nuity Bill. 


Bill 42. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
Bill to enable Her Majesty to — for the 
Support and Maintenance of His Royal Highness 
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert on his coming of 
Age: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; and 
to be printed. 


Prince Alfred's 
Annuity Bill. 


Bill 43. 


Public Libra- 
ries Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 44. 


Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to amend the Public 
Libraries Act: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 11th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Wednesday, 28th February, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. 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 Jasper 
William Johns, relating to the Borough of North- 
allerton, is unobjectionable. 





Northallerton 
Election. 


Kingsbridge 


n The House was moved, That the Report from 
Railway. 


the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Kingsbridge Railway Bill, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Kingsbridge Railway Company to 
extend their Railway to Salcombe; to make De- 
viations in, and to alter the levels of their autho- 
rized Railway, and for other purposes: And that 
Lord Courtenay and Sir Lawrence Palk do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Aberdare 
Valley and 
Caerphilly 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


catieee The Belfast Central Railway (Belfast Corpora- 


(Belfast Cor- tion) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
poration) Bill. 


The Aberdare Valley and Caerphilly Junction 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 


Bristol and . ° 
North Somer. , Loe Bristol and North Somerset Railway (De- 


set Railway Viation) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
— mitted. 


Brynmawr 


ay The Brynmawr Gas Bill was read a second time; 


and committed. 


Ely wg A The Ely Valley and Vale of Neath Junction 


Neath Junc- Railways Bill was read a second time; and com- 


tion Railways mitted. 
Bill. 


London and 
Worthing 
Direct Rail- 
way Bill. 


Chatheta, - The London, Chatham, and Dover and South 


Dover end Eastern (Kennington, Clapham, _and Brizton) 
South Eastern Railways Bill was read a second time; and com- 


(Kennington, i R 
Clapham, and mitted 
Brixton) Rail- 

ways Bill. 


Manchester 
Central Ex- 


change Bill. 


The London and Worthing Direct Railway Bill 


was read a second time; and committed. 


The Manchester Central Exchange Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


27th—28th February: 








1866. 


Ordered, That the South Eastern and London, South Eastern 
Chatham, and Dover ( London, Lewes, and Brighton) and London, 


. - Chath: 
Railways Bill be read a second time To-morrow. ey gy 


don, Lewes, 
and Brighton) 
Railways Bill, 
The Thames River Purification Bill was read a Thames River 
second time ; and committed. Sestienttan 
A Bill to authorize the Berks and Hants Exten- Berks and 
sion Railway Company to extend their Railway to Hants Exten- 
the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway at Bin. Railway 
Westbury, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Wensum Valley Rail- Wensum — 
way Company to make a Deviation of the Line of Valley Rail- 
their Railway, and for repealing sections of their "“Y ~" 
Act of 1864, conferring Powers on the Great 
Eastern Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
: Vide Sixth 
Report. 

The following Paper was laid upon the Table Election 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Petitions. 
dated the 27th day of this instant February, for a No. 77. 
Return relative to Election Petitions. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Metropolis 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Turnpike 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—The Fortiet —_ 
Report of the Commissioners of the Metropolis 
Turnpike Roads North of the Thames. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Election 
Petitions be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Steamers, Steamers. 
which was presented upon the 27th day of this in- No. 75, 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy Navy (Iron- 
(Iron-clad Ships), which was presented upon the clad Ships.) 
27th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 76. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle Cattle Plague. 
Plague, which was presented upon the 27th day No, 4, 
of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Bengal Bengal 
Sanitary Commission, which was presented upon Sanitary 
the 27th day of this instant February, be printed. ey 

The Order of the day being read, for the Second Qualification 
Reading of the Qualification for Offices Abolition for Offices 
Bill ; Abolition Bill. 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
* this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
* now” stand part of the Question; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Mr. Hadfield, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 4 Locke King : 


Tellers for the Noes,/ mir. Newdegate, 
| Mr. Greene : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Friday next. 


} 176. 


5 
f 55. 


The Fellows of Colleges Declaration Bill was, porows of 
according to Order, read a second time; and Colleges De- ” 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, “laration 
for Wednesday the 25th day of April next. - 

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29 Vicroria. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


' Jamaica 
; Government 
Bill. 


The Jamaica Government 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. 


Cattle Diseases The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
(Ireland) Bill. take into consideration the Cattle Diseases (Jre- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Princess Helena’s Annuity Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 


Princess 
Helena’s An- 
nuity Bill. 


Prince Alfred's The Prince Alfred’s Annuity Bill was, accord- 
Annuity Bill. jing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Dead Meat Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Markets, &amp;c. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of a Letter from the Secretary of 
State to Municipal Authorities on the subject of 
Dead Meat Markets : ——And, of Circulars issued 
to Local Authorities relative to “ The Cattle 
Diseases Prevention Act, 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. 


Theatrical 
Licenses and 
Regulations. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the working of the Acts of Parlia- 
ment for Licensing and Regulating Theatres and 
Places of Public Entertainment in Great Britain, 
and to report any Alterations which may appear 
desirable. 


ue. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Cambridge University and Town Water Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Towr. 

Water Bill. 


n 
ill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Birmingham Water Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Birmingham 
Water Bill, 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That = had appointed 
Thursday, the 15th day of March, to choose from 
Panel No. 1, the Select Committees severally to 

and determine the Borough of Great Yar- 
mouth, the Borough of Nottingham, the Town and 
Port of Sandwich, the Borough of Bridgnorth, the 
Borough of Totnes, and the Borough of Boston, 
Election Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Controverted 
Elections, 





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 Reigp of His present Majesty, as 
Vo. 121. 





28th Februury—1st March. 


123 


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 Parliament, in the manner therein 
mentioned, and for substituting other Provisions 
for the like purposes ;” 

I do rae we nominate, appoint, and authorize 
Colonel John Wilson Patten, the Right Honour- 
able Spencer Horatio Walpole, John Bonham-Car- 
ter, Esquire, Samuel Whitbread, Esquire, and 
Thomas Dyke Acland, Esquire, being Members of 
the House of Commons, or any one or more of 
them, to execute all and singular the Powers given 
to The Speaker of the House 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 twenty- 
eighth of February, in the year of our Lord 
One thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
six. 

JoHN Evetyn Denison, 

Speaker.  (1.8.) 











Thursday, 1st March, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 26th, (Sixth Report.) 
27th, and 28th days of February last, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Bridport, 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Lyme, and 
for making Railways in the Counties of Dorset a gua 
and Devon, to be called “‘ The Bridport, Lyme, and 
South Coast Railway,” was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he King’s County 
had this dav received a Report from the Examiner Election. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance 
to the Election Petition of John Pope Hennessy, 
relating to the King’s County, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Dublin South- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, &amp;™ Docks. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Dublin 
Southern Docks Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second South Eastern 
Reading of the South Eastern and London, Chat- a a 
ham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Dover (Lon- 
Railways Bill; don, Lewes, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Rallwacs Bill 
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 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. 


A Bill for making certain Railways in Exten- Sirho 
s'on of the Sirhowy Railway, in the County of Priension 
Mon mouth, and for other purposes, was read the . 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 





R2 A Bill 

















124, 


A Bill to enable the Kingsbridge Railway Com- 
pany to extend their Railway to Salcombe; to 
make Deviations in and to alter the Levels of their 
authorized Railway, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Kingsbridge 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee 
on Group E. of Private Bills; That, for the con- 
venience of the Parties, they had adjourned to 
Wednesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Private Bills 
(Group E.) 


Mr. Bruce presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Thirteenth Report of the Charity 
Commissioners for England and Wales, with an 
Appendix, 1865. 

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


Charity 
Commission. 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Commercial Reports received at 
the Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls, 
in 1866. 
Manufactures, Copy of Reports by Her Majesty’s Secretaries 
Commerce, &amp;e. of Embassy and Legation, on the Manufactures, 
Commerce, &amp;c. of the Countries in which they 
reside, No. 12. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Commercial 
Reports. 


Bradford Mr. Dodson reported the Bradford, Eccleshill, 
Eccleshill, and and Jdle Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Cefn, Acrefair, and 
Rhosymedre Water Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Cefn, Acrefair, 
and Rhosy- 
medre Water 
Bill. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Liverpool Central Sta- 
tion Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Liverpool 
Central Sta- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Wrexham, Mr. Dodson reported the Wrexham, Mold, and 
Mold, and = Connah’s Quay Railway (Deviations) Bill, with 
&lt;n Quay Amendments. 

(Deviations) Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Bi and be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Seventh 
Report. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return from each Savings Bank in England 
and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing, in 
Columns, the Names of the Officers, their respec- 
tive Salaries, and other Allowances, if any; the 
Amount of Security each gives; the Number of 
Accounts remaining open; the Total Amount 
owing to Depositors ; the Total Amount invested 
with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 
Na:ional Debt; the Rate of Interest paid to De- 
positors on the various Amounts of Deposit, and 
the Average Rate of Interest on all Accounts; and 
the Total Amount of the separate Surplus Fund, 
on the 20th day of November 1865; the Rate per 
centum per annum on the Capital of the Bank for 
the Expenses of Management; the Annual Num- 
ber 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 year ended the 


Savings 
Banks. 


1s¢ March. 








1866. 


20th day of November 1865; 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 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 439, of 
Session 1865). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy (Turret 
a Copy of the Report of the Admiralty Committee Ships.) 
on Turret Ships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copper, &amp;c. 
a Return of all Exports and Imports of Copper 
and Copper Ore and Regulus, Tin and Tin Ore, 
Lead and Lead Ore, Spelter and Zinc, for Twelve 
months, to the 3lst day of December 1865 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 275, of 
Session 1865). 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Births, Deaths, 
Command,—Copy of Eleventh Annual Report of #04 Marriages 


the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Mar- ow 


riages registered in Scotland during the year 1865 ; (Scotland). 
and First Annual Report on Vaccination for the 
previous year. 

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


Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to the directions Peace Preser- 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of the Procla- —a 
mations issued under the Peace Preservation (Jre-" — 
land) Act, 28 &amp; 29 Vie. c. 118, on the 22d February 
1866. 

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


Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to an Admiralty. 
Order, dated the 23d day of February last, for No, go, 
Returns relative to the Admiralty. 

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


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, Bullion. 
dated the 16th day of February last, for a Return 
relative to Bullion. 

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


Mr. Villiers presented,—Return to an Address Parliamentary 
to Her Majesty, dated the Ist day of March, in Boroughs. 
the last Session of Parliament, for Returns of the No. 81. 
Number of Male Persons resident within each 
Parliamentary Borough in England and Wales, 
or within Seven Miles thereof, who are assessed 
in the Valuation Lists now in force, or where 
there is no such List, in the last Poor Rate in any 
Parish within such Borough, at the gross esti- 
mated Rental following; viz., under £.4; of £.4 
and under £.5; of £.5 and under £.6; of £.6 
and under £.7; of £.7 and under £.8; of £.8 
and under £.9; of £.9 and under £.10; of 
£.10 and over: And, of the Population of 
each Parliamentary Borough, according to the 
Census of 1861; the gross estimated Rental of 
the Property therein according to the Valuation 
Lists now in force, or where there is no such List, 
according to the last Poor Rate; and the Number 
of Electors on the Register now in force ; together 
with an Estimate of the Number of the Electors in 
Parliamentary Boroughs, if the Franchise were 
extended to Male Occupiers assessed at a gross 
estimated Rental of £.9, £.8, £.7 and £.6 (in con- 
tinuation of a Return of Male Occupiers in Par- 
amwean Cities and Boroughs, presented by 
Command, in the Session of 1860). 

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

° Ordered, 














Metropolis 
Turnpike 
Roads. 


No. 78. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


Exchequer 
and Audit 


99 VictorRIA. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Metro- 
polis Turnpike Roads, which was presented upon 
the 28th day of February last, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. 68,400 Men and Boys for the Sea and Coast 
Guard Services, including 16,400 Royal Marines. 

2. £.2,862,704, for Wages to Seamen and 
Marines. 

3. £. 1,235,188, for Victuals and Clothing for 
Seamen and Marines. 

4. £.274,119, for the Coast Guard Service, the 
Charges for the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers 
and for the Royal Naval Reserve. 

5. £. 63,958, for Expenses of the several Scien- 
tific Departments of the Navy. 

6. £. 85,624, for the Officers and the Con- 
tingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Victualling 
Yards and Transport Establishments at Home 
and Abroad. 

7. £. 57,368, for the Medical Establishments at 
Home and Abroad. 

8. £. 15,550, for several Marine Divisions. 

9. £. 75,664, for Medicines, Medical Stores, &amp;c. 

10. £. 20,605, for Martial Law and Law 
Charges. 

11. £. 105,800, for divers Naval Miscellaneous 
Services. 

12. £.528,904, for Military Pensions and Allow- 
ances. 

13. £. 213,837, for Civil Pensions and Allow- 
ances. 

14, £. 402,788, for the Freight of Ships, for 
the Victualling and Conveyance of Troops, on 
account of the Army Department. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Friday, 2nd March, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Dodson also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means, 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty for the Service of the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1866, the Sum 
of £.1,137,772 be granted, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Dodson 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 Exchequer and Audit Departments Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to the Committee of Public Accounts. 

VoL. 121. 


lst—2nd March. 








125 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Princess 
mittee on the Princess Helena’s Annuity Bill; —_Helens’s An- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve as 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com prince Alfred's 
mittee on the Prince Alfred’s Annuity Bill; Annuity Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


_ The Cattle Diseases (Ireland) Bill was, accord- cattie Diseases 
ing to Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Select Committee on the Public Offices public Offices 
(Site) Bill was nominated of Mr. Cowper, Lord (Site) Bill. 
John Manners, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, Captain 
Grosvenor, and three Members to be nominated 
by the Commitee of Selection; with Power to 
send for persons, papers, and records. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill gntait (Scot- 
to amend the Law of Entail in Scotland: And !an4.) 
that Mr. Henry Baillie, Mr. Edward Craufurd, 
and Sir William Stirling-Mazxwell do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of shemea 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against United Gas 
the Sheffield United Gas Bill. oie. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Henry Baillie presented a Bill to amend Entail (Scot- 
the Law of Entail in Scotland: And the same and) Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a__ Bill 45. 
second time upon Thursday the 15th day of this 
instant March; and to be printed. 


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








Friday, 2nd March, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Speaker acquainted the House, That he Barnstaple 


had this day received a Report from the Election. 
Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Re- 
cognizance to the Election Petition of Thomas 
Joslinand Edward Martin, relating to the Borough 
of Barnstaple, is unobjectionable. 


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


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection; That they had formed certain crhid 
Private Bills into additional Groups, and had Report.) 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the No. 63. 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standin 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- — 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Great Northern and teat _— 
Great Eastern Railway Companies Arrangements Sacoate Rail 
(Spalding to Lincoln) Bill, Petition of Messrs, way Com- 
Wyatt and Metcalfe for dispensing with Standing P*™** 

rR 3 der 





126 


Arrangements Order 129 in the case of the Petition of the Man- 
(Spalding to chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com- 
Lincoln) Bill. any against the Bill, the said Standing Order 
a to be dispensed with. 
Metropolitan 2. That in the case of the Metropolitan Railway 
Railway (Ad- (Additional Powers) Bill, Petition of Richard 
ane pil. /edgson Galloway, for dispensing with Standing 
Order 129, and for leave to deposit a Petition 
against the Bill, the said Standing Order ought 
to be dispensed with; that the said Richard 
Hodgson Galloway be permitted to deposit a Pe- 
tition against the Bill. 

3. That in the case of the Glasgow and South 
Western Railway (Additional Powers) Petition, 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; 
that the parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill, provided that the powers relating to the con- 
struction of the Railways described in Clause 4 of 
the Bill as Nos. 1 and 2 be struck out of the same ; 
that the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Order has been complied with on the Report 
of the Bill. 

4. That in the case of the Castle Cary and 
Langport Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided 
that an amended copy of the Sections be deposited 
in the Private Bill Office; 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 Watford and Edgware 
;. Junction Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 

ought to be dispensed with; that the parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

6. That in the case of the Peterborough Water 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

Louth and 7. That in the case of the Zouth and Lincoln 
Lincoln Rail- 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 East and West Junc- 
tion Railway (Hitchin Extension) Petition, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 
the parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill, provided that an amended copy of the 
Sections be deposited in the Private Bin Office ; 
that the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Order has been complied with on the Report 
of the Bill. 

9. That in the case of the Carmarthen and Car- 
digan Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

10. That in the case of the Great Western Rail- 
way Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that an amended 
copy of the Plans, Sections, and Book of Reference 
be deposited in the Private Bill Office; that the 
Committee on the Bill doreport how far such Order 
has been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 
Dublin Corpo. __11. That in the case of the Dublin Corporation 
ration Water Water Bill, Petition of Messrs. Mason and Son, 
Bill. for dispensing with Standing Order 129 in the 
case of the Petition of Daniel Tighe against the 
Bill the said Standing Order ought not to be 
dispensed with. 

12. That in the case of the Bideford, Appledore, 
and Westward Ho’ Railway Bill, Petition of Frank 
Harger the younger, for dispensing with Standing 
Order 129 in the case of his Petition against the 
Bill, the said Standing Order ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

Divas Dose, 13. That in — case of the Solwa 
ilway Railway (Branches) Petition, the Standi 

peau ought not to be dispensed with. 

Mersey Docks 14. That in the case of the 7 


= sae Harbour Board (further borrowing 


Glasgow and 
South Western 
Railway (Ad- 
ditional 
Powers.) 


Castle Cary 
and Langport 
Railway. 


Watford and 
Edgware 
Junction Rai 
way. 


Peterborough 
Water. 


East and West 
Junction Rail- 
way (Hitchin 
Extension. ) 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway. 


Great Western 
Railway. 


Bideford, 


Appledore, 
| Westward 


Ho’ Railway 
Bill. 


Junction 
Orders 


Docks and 
owers), Pe- 


Q9nd March. 





1866. 


tition for leave to deposit a Petition for Bill, the borrowing 
Standing Orders one not to be dispensed with, Powers.) 
The first ten Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Giasgow ana 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in South Western 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the a (Ad- 
Glasgow and South Western Railway (Additional powers.) 
— Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for conferring additional Powers on the Glasgow 
and South Western Railway Company, for the 
construction of Railways and Works, and other- 
wise in relation to their Undertaking, and for 
other purposes: And that Sir James Fergusson and 
Mr, Edward Craufurd do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Castle Cary 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in nee 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the - 
Castle Cary and Langport Railway Bill, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway in the County of Somerset, 
to be called “The Castle Cary and Langport 
Railway :” And that Mr. Gore Langton and Mr. 
Neville-Grenville do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Watford and 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in PgwareJunc- 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 4? Railway. 
Watford and Edgware Junction Railway Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Watford and Edgware Junction 
Railway Company to extend their Railway to the 
Midland Railway: And that Sir Edward Bulwer 
Lytton and Mr. Kelk do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Peterborough 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in Water. 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Peterborough Water Bill, might be read; and the 
same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for supplying with Water the Town of Peterborough 
and certain Parishes and Places adjacent thereto, 
in the County of Northampton: And that Mr. 
Hankey and Mr. Whalley do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Louth and 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in Lincoln Rail- 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the “*™ 
Louth and Lincoln Railway Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway in Lincolnshire from Louth 
to the Five-mile House Station on the Great 
Northern Railway (Loop line), to be called “ The 
Louth and Lincoln Railway :” And that Mr. Banks 
Stanhope, Sir Montague Cholmeley, Mr. Seely, Mr. 
Heneage, and Mr. Tomline do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from East and West 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in i 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the pe eng 
East and West Junction Railway (Hitchin Ex- 
tension) Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for authorizing the East and West Junction Rail- 
way Company to extend their Railway to Hitchin: 
And that Mr. Henry Surtees and Sir John Gray 


do prepare, and bring it in. th 
e 











le 









Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway. 


Great Western 
Railway. 


Bristol and 
North Somer- 
set Railway 
(Southern Ex- 
tension. ) 


Wolverhamp- 
ton and Wal- 
sall Railway 
(Deviations.) 


Greenock 
Water. 


Greenock and 
Shaws Water. 


99 VicrorRiA. 





The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill, might be 
read; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to separate the Kidwelly Branch and Extension 
from the rest of the Undertaking of the Car- 
marthen and Cardigan Railway Company, and to 
incorporate a Company for the purposes of the 
said Branch and Extension: And that Mr. Pugh 
and Mr. (William Morris 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 leave to bring in the Great 
Western Railway Bill, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for conferring further Powers on the Great West- 
ern Railway Company in relation to their own 
Undertaking and the Undertakings of other Com- 
panies, and for other purposes: And that Mr. 


Gooch and Mr. Dillwyn do prepare, and bring | 


it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills, have leave to make 
a Special Report in respect of the Petition for the 
Bristol and North Somerset Railway (Southern 
Extension) Bill. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Special Re- 

— from Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Bristol and North Somerset 
Railway (Southern Extension) Bill, the Agent for 
the Bill had stated to the Examiner, that the at- 
tendance of Frank Isaac Nalder, Frederick Nalder, 
John Phillis, and Henry Urch Burr are essential 
to enable the Promoters to prove that the Stand- 
ing Orders of this House have been complied with 
in respect to the above-mentioned Bill before the 
Examiner ; and that it has been proved that the 
attendance of the said Frank Isaac Nalder, Fre- 
derick Nalder, John Phillis, and Henry Urch 
Burr cannot be procured without the intervention 
of the House. 

Ordered, That Frank Isaac Nalder, Frederick 
Nalder, John Phillis, and Henry Urch Burr do 
attend the said Examiner upon Monday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


A Petition of the Wolverhampton and Walsall 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway 
Company to make Deviations from their authorized 
Railway, and to construct certain short Branches, 
and for other purposes with respect to their Un- 
dertaking, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Brooks and Mr. Meller. 


A Petition of the Board of Police of Greenock, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for better supplying 
with Water the Town of Greenock and Suburbs 
thereof, and Districts and Places adjacent by the 
execution of additional Works, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Dunlop and Mr. Bouverie. 


A Petition of the Board of Police of Greenock, 
and of the Shaws Water Joint Stock Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for the Transfer to a 
Public Trust of the Waterworks and Property of 
the Board of Police of the Town of Greenock, 
and of the Shaws Water Joint Stock Company, 
~ for other purposes, was presented, and sen ; 

OL. 121. 


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127 


and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Dunlop and Mr. Bouverie. 


A Petition of the South London Market Com- south London 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing Market. 
the South London Market Company to raise fur- 
ther Moneys, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Knox and Mr. 
Goodson. 


A Petition of the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Aber- Merthyr, 





gavenny Railway Company, for leave to bring in Tredegar, and 
a Bill to enable the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Aber- ian 
_gavenny Railway Company to raise more Money, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Crawshay Bailey and Mr. Simonds. 


Ordered, That the Birkenhead and Liverpool Birkenhead 


| Railways Bill be read a second time upon Friday 2"4 Liverpool 
| next. y P y Railways Bill. 


Ordered, That the Skipton and Wharfdale Rail- skipton and 


way Bill be read a second time upon Monday Wharfdale 
i P we Railway Bill. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Greenwich and 
Reading of the Greenwich and Woolwich Lower rane 
: ower Road 
| Road Bill ; Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
| time ; 
| An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
| ** this day six months.” 
| And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question:—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. 


| 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 Henry Dean and John 

William Austin, relating to the Borough of Chel- 

tenham, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Kidderminster 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Samuel Broom and others, 
relating to the Borough of Kidderminster, is unob- 
jectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Hereford City 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Peter Warburton and 
others, relating to the City of Hereford, is unob- 
jectionable. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Cam- Cambridge Bo- 
bridge, who at the last Election of Members to TushElection. 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough were re- 
gistered Electors, and voted and had a right to 
vote at the said Election, praying to be admitted 
Parties to oppose the prayer of the Petition of 
Robert Richard Torrens, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, was 
presented, and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 

62). 

Cochin That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers, and 
records as shall be thonght necessary by the — 

R4 

















Small Livings. 


Dead Meat 
Markets, &amp;c. 


Navy (Turret 
Ships. ) 


Greenwich 
Hospital Act, 
1865. 


Harbours 
Transfer Act, 
1865. 


Jamaica. 


Bullion. 
No. 82. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Seventh 
Report. 


Election Ex- 
penses. 


River Plate. 


Cattle Plague. 


128 


ral Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of February 
last, for Returns relative to Small Livings. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 28th day of February last, for Returns relative 
to Dead Meat Markets, &amp;c. 

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


Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 1st day of this instant March, for 
a Return relative to Navy (Turret Ships.) 

Lord Clarence Paget also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
Copies of Orders in Council, dated 9th September 
1865, 3d February 1866, and 16th February 1866 
respectively, carrying out the Provisions of the 
Greenwich Hospital Act, 1865. 

Copy of Order in Council, dated 16th February 
1866, carrying out the Provisions of the Harbours 
Transfer Act, 1865. 

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


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of 
February last, for a Return relative to Jamaica. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bullion, 
which was presented upon the Ist day of this in- 
stant March, be printed. 


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 icostions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Return from the several Sheriffs and 
Returning Officers of the Abstract of the Expenses 
incurred by or on behalf of each Candidate at the 
last General Election for every County, City, and 
Borough in the United Kingdom of which a Re- 
turn has been made pursuant to the provisions of 
the fourth section of the Act 26 &amp; 27 Vic. c. 29. 

Ordered, That 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 further Correspondence relative 
to the War in the River Plate (in continuation of 
Papers already laid upon the Table). 

Ordered, That 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 Cattle slaugh- 
tered in each County and Borough in England in 
obedience to the directions of Cattle Inspectors, 
acting under the Orders of the Privy Council of 
the 26th day of August 1865, between that date 
and the 23d day of November 1865, when the said 
Order was revoked: ——Similar Return for each 
County and Borough in Wales: And, similar 
Return for each County and Borough in Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Qnd—3rd March. 








1866, 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House a8 


are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Electric Light. 
a Copy of ee between the Board of 
Trade, the Lighthouse Boards, and other bodies or 


persons, concerning the Electric Light, subsequent 
to the date of the last Parliamentary Return. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Houses of Par. 
a Copy of Report on the Ventilation, Warming, liament. 
and Lighting of the Houses of Parliament by Dr. 
Percy. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, customs’ 
Copies of Treasury Minute and subsequent Cor- Clerks (Lon- 
respondence between the Treasury and the Board 4") 
of Customs, relative to the Salaries of the Clerks No. 83. 
in the London Customs: And, of Treasury 
Minute of the 26th day of February 1866, relative 
to Applications from Subordinate Officers for in- 
creased Salaries. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s « London” 
Command,—Report upon the Official Inquiry or- Steam Ship. 
dered by the Board of Trade on the Loss of the 
Steam Ship “ London.” 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Nelson Local 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against Boré Bill 
the Nelson Local Board Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—-Report of Maryport Im- 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions provement, 


against the Maryport Improvement, Harbour, and a 


Dock Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Parliamentary 
day next, the Parliamentary Oaths Amendment Cate ae 
Bill, was read, and discharged. semniees 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday 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 International 
“to Her Majesty, praying that She will be gra- Maritime 
“‘ ciously pleased to use Her influence with Foreign “™’ 
** Powers for the purpose of making the principle 
“that Private Property should be free from Cap- 
“ture by Sea amaxim of International Maritime 
** Law,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


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


Saturday, 3rd March, 1866: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 

withdrawn. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question : 











Supply. 


Sea and Coast 


Guard Ser- 
vices. 


Wages to Sea- 


men and 
Marines. 


Victuals and 
Clothing. 


Coast Guard, 
&amp;e. 


Scientific De- 
partments of 
the Navy. 


Victualling 
Yards.and 
Transport Es- 
tablishments. 


Medical Es- 
tablishments. 


Marine Di- 
Visions. 


Medicines, 


Medical Stores, 


&amp;e, 


Martial Law 
and Law 


Naval Mis- 
us 


cellaneo 
Services. 


29 Vicroria. 


Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee ; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matter to them referred ; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Sup- 
pl , several Resolutions; which were read, as 

ollow: 

1. ‘That 68,400 Men and Boys be employed for 
the Sea and Coast Guard Services for the year 
ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, including 
16,400 Royal Marines. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,862,704, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Wages to Seamen and Marines, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867. 

3. ‘That aSum, not exceeding £.1,235,188, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Victuals and Clothing for Seamen and Marines, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.274,119, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Coast Guard Service, the Charges 
for the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers and for the 
Royal Naval Reserve, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1867. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.63,958, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1867. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.85,624, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of 
Her Majesty’s Victualling Yards and Transport 
Establishments at Home and Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 3lst day of March 1867. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.57,368, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Medical Establishments at Home and Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,550, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
several Marine Divisions, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 75,664, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
‘Medicines, Medical Stores, &amp;c., which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867. : 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.20,605, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Martial Law and Law Charges, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867. 
11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.105,800, be 
ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
&gt; Naval Miscellaneous Services, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of. March 1867. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.528,904, be 

anted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

ilitary Pensions and Allowances, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1867. 
VoL. 121. 


Qnd-—3rd March. 


129 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.213,837, be Civil Pensions 

— to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of "4 Allow. 
ivil Pensions and Allowances, which will come 

in course of payment during the year ending on 

the 3lst day of March 1867. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £.402,788, be Freight of 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for StP®&amp;. 
the Freight of Ships, for the Victualling and Con- 
veyance of Troops, on account of the Army De- 
partment, which will come in course of payment 
ae the year ending on the 31st day of March 

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 Side’ Royal Marine ™™"Y: 
Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. Dodson, 

Lord Clarence Paget, and Mr. Childers do pre- 

pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, M®™*- 
as followeth : a 

That, towards making good the Supply granted Consolida 
to Her Majesty for pr, | ret of dacercuiin ~— 
the 3lstday of March 1866, the Sumof £. 1,137,772 
be granted, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. Chancel- 
lor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Childers do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Princess 
into a Committee on the Princess Helena’s An- a Bill. 
nuity Bill; and, after some time spent therein, *” ” 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill; and directed him to report the same, 
without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prince Alfred’s 
mittee on the Prince Alfred’s Annuity Bill; Annuity Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Qualification 
into a Committee on the Qualification for Offices yo bw ang 
Abolition Bill; and, after some time spent therein, — 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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 Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County 
for the Abolition of the Offices of Treasurer and Courts. 
of High Bailiff of County Courts, as Vacancies 
shall occur, and to provide for the Payment of 
future Registrars of County Courts: And that Mr. 
Childers, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and 
Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in, 


Ordered, That leave be 
to consolidate and amend 
lating the Preparation, Issue, and Payment of 
Exchequer Bills and Bonds: And that Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Childers do pre- 
prepare, and bring it in. 


iven to bring in a Bill Exchequer 


. Bills and 
e several Laws regu Bonds. 








8 Ordered, 











130 


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 121st Volume, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That 750 Copies of the said Journal 
and Index be printed by the appointment and 
under the direction of Sir Denis Le Marchant, the 
Clerk of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be 
rinted by such Person as shall be licensed by 
{r. Speaker, and that no other Person do presume 

to print the same. 


Huddersfield 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
Water Bill. 


the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 
against the Huddersfield Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to consolidate and 
amend the several Laws regulating the Prepara- 
tion, Issue, and Payment of Exchequer Bills and 
Bonds: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be reada second time upon Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


Exchequer 
Bills and 
Bonds Bill. 


Bill 46. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill for the Regu- 
lation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces 
while on Shore: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


County 
Courts Bill. 


Bill 47. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill for the Abolition 
of the Offices of Treasurer and of High Bailiff of 
County Courts, as Vacancies shall occur, and to 
provide for the Payment of future Registrars of 
County Courts: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday the 12th day of this instant March ; and 
to be printed. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 1,137,772) 
Bill. : 


Mr. Childers 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 sixty-six: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


Monday, 5th March, 18606. 


PRAYERS. 
\ R. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
1 Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the Ist 
and 2d days of this instant March, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Slough Gas and Coke Com- 
pany, Limited, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
more effectually Lighting Slough and its Neigh- 
bourhood with Gas, was presented, and read ; and 
a 3ill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Colonel Loyd Lindsay and Sir Henry Hoare. 





Public Peti- 
tions (Seventh 
Report.) 


Slough Gas. 


West Drayton 
and Staines 
Railway. 


A Petition of Promoters of the West Drayton and 
Staines Railway Bill, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Shon from West Drayton, in the 
County of Middlesex, to Staines, in the same 
County, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Captain Jervis and Sir John Gray. 


SaintStephen’s A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
= unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to 


Ind—3rd—5th March. 





1866. 


repeal an Act passed in the fifty-fourth year of 
the Reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Third, intituled, “ An Act for the Improvement 
of the Square called Suint Stephen’s Green, in the 
City of Dublin;” to provide for the election of 
New Commissioners for Saint Stephen’s Green, 
and for the Improvement and future Maintenance 
and Regulation of the Inclosure within the said 
Square, and to empower the new Commissioners 
to open the said Inclosure to the Public, or to 
transfer their Estate and Interest therein to the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Sir Colman O’Loghlen and Sir John Gray. 


A Petition of the West Cork and the Cork and west cork 
Kinsale Junction’ Railway Companies, for leave Cork and ’ 
to bring in a Bill to authorize Agreements between Panton, a 
the West Cork, the Cork and Kinsale Junction, ong _ 
the Cork and Bandon, and the Cork and Macroom 
Direct Railway Companies, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel French 
and Mr. Michael Morris. 


The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Rail- Brecon and 
way (Southern Lines) Bill was read a second Merthyr Tydfil 
time; and committed Junction Rail- 

’ ¥ way (Southern 
. . Lines) Bill. 

The Bristol Harbour Junction Railway and Bristol Har- 

Wharf Depot Bill was read a second time ; and bour Junction 


° Railway and 
cominitted. Wharf Depét 


Bill. 
The Devon and Cornwall Railway Bill was read pevon ana 


a second time; and committed. Cornwall 
Railway Bill, 
The Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch Rail- Halesowen and 
ways Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Bromsgrove 
Branch Rail- 
ways Bill. 
Ordered, That the London, Chatham, and Dover London, Chat. 
Railway (New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill be read a second ie =. 

] ‘ride . over Rail- 
time upon Friday next. way (New 
Lines, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the London (City) Corporation London (city) 
Gas Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Corporation 
Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Mid-Zondon Railway Bill be Mid-London 


read a second time To-morrow. Railway Bill. 


The North Western and Charing Cross Rail- North Western 


way Bill was read a second time; and committed, #74 Charing 
a Railway 
ill, 


The Perran Railway, Pier and Harbour Bill Perran Rail 


was read a second time; and committed. way, Pier, and 
Harbour Bill. 


The Somerset and Dorset Railway Bill was read Somme and 


orset Rail- 


a second time; and committed. way Bill. . 


The South Eastern Railway Bill was read a se- south Eastern 
cond time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Swansea Union Railway Bill was read &amp; Swansea Union 
second time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Wensum Valley Railway Bill was read a Wensum 
second time; and committed. Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Skipton and 
i of the Skipton and Wharfdale Railway Bailvay Bab 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


A Bill to separate the Kidwelly Branch and Ex- Carmarthen 
tension from the rest of the Undertaking of the snd Carag 
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Company, and” "”” ™* 
to incorporate a Company for the purposes of = 

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


Castle Cary 
and Langport Somerset, to be called “ The Castle Cary and 


A Bill for making a Railway, in the County of 


a Langport Railway,” was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read asecond time. 

Watfordand A Bill to authorize the Watford and Edgware 

wel Junction Railway Company to extend their Rail- 


Railway Bill, Way to the Midland Railway, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Wolverhamp- A Bill to authorize the Wolverhampton and 

ton and Wal- Walsall Railway Company to make Deviations 

sall Railway f, thei See or a d t 

Deviations) ‘om their authorized hvailway, and to construct 

oO. certain short Branches, and for other purposes 
with respect to their Undertaking, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


East and West A Bill for authorizing the East and West Junc- 
Juncti Kw tion Railway Company to extend their Railway to 
Sresalon) Hitchin, was read the first time ; and ordered to 
Bill. be read a second time. 


Louth and A Bill for making a Railway in Lincolnshire 
Lincoln Rail- from Louth to the Five-mile House Station of the 


_— Great Northern Railway (Loop Line) to be called 
* The Louth and Lincoln Railway,” was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Peterborough A Bill for supplying with Water the Town of 

Water Bill. == Peterborough and certain Parishes and Places ad- 
jacent thereto, in the County of Northampton, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 

Merthyr, A Bill to enable the Merthyr, Tredegar, and 

ae Abergavenny Railway Company to raise more 


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


Greenock and A Bill for the Transfer to a Public Trust of 

_" Water the Waterworks and Property of the Board of 
Police of the Town of Greenock, and of the Shaws 
Water Joint Stock Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Greenock 


Water Bill, A Bill for better supplying with Water the 


Town of Greenock and Suburbs thereof, and Dis- 
tricts and Places adjacent, by the execution of 
additional Works, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


South London =A Bill for authorizing the South London Mar- 


Market Bill. ket Company to raise further Moneys, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

ad A Bill for conferring further Powers on the 

ye Great Western Railway Company in relation’ to 
their own Undertaking and the Undertakings of 
other Companies, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

glasgow and = A Bill for conferring additional Powers on the 

ete Glasgow and South Western Railway Company 

ditional for the construction of Railways and Works and 


Powers) Bill. otherwise in relation to their Undertaking, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


Stocksbridge 
Way Bill. 


The Order, That the Stocksbridge Railway Bill 
be committed, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Vo.. 121. 


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“131 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and pypjic 
read ;- and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions 


Vide Eighth 
Report. 
Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had York County 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of (North 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to prem 
the Election Petition of George Wilson and others, F 
relating to the North Riding of the County of 
York, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had York County 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Giaing) 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to flection. 
the Election Petition of Richard Berridge and 
Joseph Dodds, relating to the North Riding of the 


County of York, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Harwich 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Gurney Kelley Burt 
and others, relating to the Borough of Harwich, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had routh 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Wellington Shegog, relat- 
ing to the County of Louth, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had canterbury 
this day received a Report from. the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Albert White and William 
Davison, junior, relating to the City of Canterbury, 
is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had King’s Lynn 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Lewis Whincope Jarvis and * 

James Bowker, relating to the Borough of King’s 
Lynn, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Barnstaple 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of lection. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John King Marsh and 
Walter Parker Belcher, relating to the Borough of 
Barnstaple, 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 Luke Hind and John 
Golding, relating to the Borough of Beverley, is 
uncbjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Ranbury 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of =!ection. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Charles Bell, relating to 
the Borough of Banbury, is unobjectionable. 


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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Frome 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Joseph Peacock and John 
Viner, relating to the Borough of Frome, is unob 
jectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had progheda 
this day reeeived a Report from the Examiner of lection. 


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132 


Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Patrick Tiernan and others, 
relating to the Borough of Drogheda, 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 John Bramley Moore, re- 
lating to the City of Lincoln and County of the 
same, is unobjectionable. 


Lichfield 
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 James Lloyd and John 
Butler, relating to the City of Lichfield, is unob- 
jectionable. 


Mr. Baillie Cochrane presented a Bill to amend 
an Act passed in the twenty-eighth and twenty- 
ninth years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, “ The Colonial Governors (Retiring 
Pensions) Act”: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday the 23d day of this instant March; and to 
be printed. 


Colonial Go- 
vernors (Re- 
tiring Pen- 
sions) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 49. 


Private Bills 


Mr. Clive reported from the Committee on 
(Group C.) 


Group C. of Private Bills; That, for the conve- 

nience of Members, the Committee had adjourned 

to Wednesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Newark Gas Mr. Clive reported the Newark Gas Bill, with 
ill. Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
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 
1864 to the 10th day of October 1865 : Of the 
Number of Barrels of Beer exported from the 
United Kingdom, and the declared Value thereof, 
and where exported to, from the lst day of October 
1864 to the Ist day of October 1865,each year 
separately ; distinguishing England, Scotland, and 
Ireland : —— Of the Total Number of Bushels of 
Malt made, and the Amount of Duty charged, for 
the year ending the 31st day of December 1865 :—— 
And, of the Number of Common Brewers paying 
for Licences, from the Ist day of October 1864 to 
the Ist day of October 1865, under 1,000 barrels ; 
over 1,000 and under 10,000; over 10,000 and 
under 20,000; over 20,000 and under 30,000; 
over 30,000 and under 50,000; over 50,000 and 
under 100,000; over 100,000 and under 150,000; 
over 150,000 and under 200,000; over 200,000 
and under 250,000; over 250,000 and under 300,000; 
over 300,000 and under 350,000; over 350,000 and 
under 400,000; over 400,000 and under 450,000 ; 
over 450,000 and under 500,000; over 500,000 and 
under 550,000; over 550,000 and under 600,000; 
over 600,000; showing in each case the Supple- 
mentary Charge or the Supplementary Diminution; 
stating the Amount paid for Licences for each Class, 
and the Total Amount paid by all Classes (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary ees, No. 304, of 
Session 1865). 


Brewers, &amp;c. 


Maidstone and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 

Ashford Rail- the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 

way Bill. against the Maidstone and Ashford Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


5th March. 





1866. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Ecclesiastical 
Command,—Copy of Eighteenth Report from the Commission. 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England; with 
an Appendix. 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address gducation. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of February 
last, for a Return relative to Education. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the University and 
23d day of February.last, for Returns relative to National Edu- 


University and National Education (Jreland). Tand.) (ire 


No. 84. 

Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the geclesiastical 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Pre- Courts and 
liminary Rules and Orders of October 1864, under —, . 
the Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries (Jreland) \g¢4, » Aas, 
Act, 1864; with the Returns from the Registrars 
of the United Dioceses of Armagh and Clogher ; 
Dublin, Glandelah, and Kildare; Cashel, Emly, 
Waterford, and Lismore; Cork, Cloyne, and Ross; 
Derry and Raphoe; Down and Connor, and Dro- 
more; Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, and Kilmac- 
duagh; Kilmore, Elphin, and Ardagh; Limerick, 
Ardfert,and Aghadoe; Meath; Ossory, Ferns, and 
Leighlin; Tuam, Killala, and Achonry. 

Copy of Rules and Orders of the Provincial and 
United Diocesan Courts and Registries, under the 
Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries (Ireland) Act, 
1864; with Schedules of Forms, Fees, Charges, 
and Expenses annexed. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Return relative to University 
and National Education (Jreland) be printed. 


The Marquis of Hartington presented, by Her Military Re- 
Majesty’s Command,—Account of the Military **t¥e Funds. 
Reserve Funds, from the Ist day of April 1865, 
to the 3lst day of December 1865. 

The Marquis of Hartington also presented,— Army 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the ary en 
21st day of February last, for a Return relative to ; 
the Army ( Hong Kong and Kowloon). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Small Small Livings. 
Livings, which was presented upon the 2d day of No. 85. 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dead Meat Dead Meat 
Markets, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 2d Markets, &amp;c. 
day of this instant March, be printed. No, 86. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy Navy (Turret 
(Turret Ships), which was presented upon the 2d S!!Ps-) 
day of this instant March, be printed. No. 87. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Jamaica, Jamaica. 
which was presented upon the 2d day of thisinstant No, gg. 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the “ London” “ London” 
Steam Ship, which was presented upon the 2d day Steam Ship. 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 89. 


Ordered, That Mr. William Leslie have leave of oa of 
absence for ten days, on account of illness in his “**"* 
family ;—and, Mr. Wickham till Easter, on account 


of ill health. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army (Limited 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Service.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns showing the Manner in which the 
Men who have completed their Limited Service in 
the Army in the year 1864 have been disposed of : 
-—~And, of the Foreign Stations from which the 
Men taking their Discharges were brought home, 
stating the Number from each, and the Average 
Cost of P e, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Address be yonntes to 

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Private Bills. 





99 VicTorIA. 


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 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That 
in respect of the Bills comprised in the List re- 
ported by the Chairman of Ways and Means as 
intended to originate in the House of Lords, they 
have certified that the Standing Orders have been 
complied with in the following cases, viz. : 

Aldershot Gas and Water. 

Alliance and Dublin Consumers’ Gas. 

Amicable Life Assurance Society. 

Ardmore Harbour. 

Ardrishaig and Loche Awe Railway. 

Bank of Hindustan, China, and Japan. 

Barry Harbour. 

Barry Railway (Alteration). 

Belfast Gas. 

Belgravia and South Kensington New Road. 

Bray and Enniskerry Railway. 

Brean Down Docks. 

Brighton West Pier. 

British and Canadian Telegraph Company. 

Caithness Railways. 

Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Com- 

pany. ; 

Cashel Junction Railway. 

Central Ireland Railways. 

City and London Bridge Railways. 

Clevedon and Portishead Railway. 

Clyde Navigation. 

Columbia ( Bethnal Green) Market and Ap- 

proaches. 

Commercial Union and Argus Assurance 

Companies. 

Contract Corporation. 

Cork and Youghal Railway. 

Cork Harbour. 

Cork Port Conservancy. 

Dagenham Dock Railways. 

Dagenham ( Thames) Dock. 

Delalple Railway and Bossinney Harbour. 

Discount Corporation. 

Downpatrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle Rail- 

way. 

Downs Docks. 

Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway. 

Dublin and Kingstown Railway (Lease). 

Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway. 

East Barnet Gas and Water. 

Eastern Bengal Railway Company. 

East India Irrigation and Canal. 

East London Railway (Additional Powers). 

Equitable Gas Company. 

Flintshire Oil and Cannel Company. 

Furness Railway. 

Furness and Whitehaven and Furness Junc- 

tion Railway Companies. 

Grange and Cartmel District Gas and Water. 

Great Southern and Western Railway. 

Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company. 

Harwich Harbour Estate and Lands Improve- 

ment Company. 

Hatfield Chase, Warping, and Improvement 

(Railway). 

Herne Bay Fishery. 

Holderness Embankment and Reclamation. 

Holy Island, &amp;c. Reclamation. 

Hornsey Gas. 

Imperial Gas Company. 

International Communication between Eng- 

land and the Continent. 

Letterkenny and Londonderry and Lough 

Swilly Tiuege. 

Limerick and Castle Connell Railway. 

Liverpool Sewage Utilization. 

London Gas. 

Longton Gas. 

Madras Irrigation and Canal. 

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5th March. 133 


Magdalen Hospital. 

Medway Docks (No. 1). 

Medway Docks (No. 2). 

Mercers’ Company (Saint Paul’s School). 

Merchant Shipping Company. 

Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation 

Midland Counties and Shannon Junction 
Railway. 

Midland Great Western Railway (of Jre- 
land). 

Montrose Harbour. 

New River Company. 

Newry and Armagh Railway. 

Pagham Harbour. 

Pneumatic Despatch Company. 

Putney and Fulham New Bridge. 

Redheugh Bridge and Approaches. 

Roach Oyster Fishery. 

Roach River Fishery. 

Rochester Docks (Railway, &amp;c.). 

Ryde Gas. 

Sandown and Newport (Isle of Wight) Rail- 
way. 

Svaniees Bridges. 

Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Junction Railway. 

Southern Railway. 

South Essex Estuary and Reclamation. 

South Essex Railway. 

Southgate and Colney Hatch Gas. 

Sutherland Railway. 

Swansea Canal Transfer. 

Swansea Harbour Trust. 

Talacre Pier and Harbour (Railway). 

Thames Ironworks, &amp;c. Company. 

Thames Subway. 

Titanic Steel and Iron Company. 

United General Gas Company (Dublin). 

United General Gas Company (Limerick), 

Ventnor Gas and Water. 

Wandsworth Canal. 

Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford Junction 
Railway. 

Weaver River Navigation. 

Wesleyan and General Assurance Society. 

Whitehaven and Furness Junction, and White- 
haven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway. 

Whitstable Fishery Extension. 

Worcester and Birmingham Canal. 


And that they had certified that the Standing 
Orders have not been complied with in the follow- 
ing instances, viz. :— 

Aldershot Gas. 

Anglesey Central Railway. 

Bristol Port Extension Railway. 

Cork Harbour and Curraghbinny Extension 
Railway. 

Dublin, Rathmines, &amp;c. Railway. 

Liverpool Tramways. 

London Railways Gas. 

Metropolitan Tramways. 

Ryde Pier Tramways. 

Ryde Station and Railway. 

South Kensington New Road. 

South Kensington Road, 

Swansea General Railway Station and Hotel. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Hadlow Rail- 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions WY Bill. 


against the Hadlow Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. 138,117 Land Forces (including 8,983 all 
Ranks to be employed with the Depéts in the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of 
Regiments serving in Her Majesty’s Indian Pos- 
sessions). . 

83 2. Motion 

























































Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


Consolidated 


Fund 
(£. 1,187,972) 


134. 


2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 


5th—6th March. 


1866. 


‘mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


a Number not exceeding 178 of Native Indian this day. 


Troops, belonging to Her Majesty’s Native Indian 
Army, be maintained beyond the limits of Her 
Majesty’s Indian Possesions, during the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 


ask leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, with-| 
| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prince 


drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.5,362,400, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charges of the Gene- 
ral Staff, and Regimental Pay, Allowances, and 


Charges of Her Majesty’s Land Forces at Home| 


and Abroad, exclusive of India, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, inclusive. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- | 


posed, That a Sum not exceeding £. 5,352,400, be 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges 


| 
| The Princess Helena’s Annuity Bill was, ac- princess 


cording to Order, read the third time. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Helena’s An- 
nuity Bill. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


| Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Alfred’s 
Annuity Bill, 


Bill 48, 


into a Committee on the Prince Alfred’s Annuity 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
| — That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Or- Marine Mutiny 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


of the General Staff, and Regimental Pay, Allow- | 


ances, and Charges of Her Majesty’s Land Forces 


at Home and Abroad, exclusive of India, which | 
will come in course of payment during the year | 


ending on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive : 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Sir James Fergusson, 

Yeas, (Colonel Percy Herbert : 

Tellers for the) Mr. Brand, 

Noes, \Mr. Adams : 

Original Question again proposed ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Tuesday, 6th March, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Dodson also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.5,500,000, 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Dodson 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 Consolidated Fund (£. 1,137,772) Bill was 
according to Order, read a second time; and com 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pensions 
into a Committee on the Pensions Bill; and, after Bill. 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Malt and 
Returns of the Quantity of Malt brought to charge Barley. 
in each Round, to commence with September 
1862, down to the present time: Of the Quan- 
tity of Foreign Barley imported in each month of 
the same period: And, of the Average Price 
as returned in ditto. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army (Manu- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased facturing Esta- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this lis®ments) 
House a Return of the Annual Accounts of the 
several Manufacturing Establishments under the 
War Office for the year 1864-5 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 463, of Session 
1865 ). 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought from the Lords, by one the Lords. 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Cattle Diseases Cattle Dis- 


(Jreland) Bill, without any Amendment. o— (Ireland) 


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. 








Tuesday, 6th March, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 

MESSAGE was delivered by Colonel Clif- Royal Assent. 
ford, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 

desire 


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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 Axsent to the said Acts, as follow: 


Telegraph Act An Act to amend the Telegraph Act, 1863: 
Amendment 

Bill [Zords. ] 

Cattle Diseases An Act to amend the Law relating to Conta- 


(Ireland) Bill. gious Diseases amongst Cattle and other Animals 
in Ireland. 


Committee of ; 


) Colonl Wilson Patten reported from the Com- 
Selection 


mittee of Selection; That they had made certain 
port.) alterations in the Groups of Private Bills already 
No. 63. formed, and had formed additional Groups, and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Standing Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Orders. Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow : 

1, That in the case of the Rhymney Railway 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

Brixton, Clap- 2, That in the case of the Brixton, Clapham, 
a here and Balham Extension Railways Petition, the 
Railways. Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill, providec that an amended copy of the Plan, 
Sections, and Book of Reference be deposited in 
the Private Bill Office; that the Committee on the 
Bill do report how far such Order has been com- 

plied with on the Report of the Bill. 
3. That in the case of the North British Rail- 
peel ge. Way (Wishaw, &amp;c. Branches) Bill, Petition of 
Branches) Bill, Messrs. Grahames and Wardlaw, for dispensing 


Rhymney 
Railway. 


North British 


with Standing Order 129 in the case of the Petition |’ 


of the Glasgow and Shotts Turnpike Road Trus- 
tees against the Bill, the said Standing Order 
ought to be dispensed with. 


Crystal Palace 4, That in the case of the Crystal Palace and 
a. South London Junction Railways Petition, the 


tion Railways. Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill, provided that all compulsory Powers over 
the following properties be struck out of the Bill, 
viz.: “ A Road or Street in the Parish of Batter- 
sea, adjoining the properties numbered 80 to 88, 
and intersected by the lower limits of deviation ;” 
and “a Road or Street in the Parish of Croydon, 
adjoining the properties numbered 12 to 28, and 
intersected by the lower limits of deviation ; ” that 
an amended copy of sheet No. 5 of the deposited 
Plans, with the vertical scale correctly marked 
thereon, be deposited in the Private Bill Office ; 
that the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Orders have been complied with on the Re- 
port of the Bill. 

South Eastern 5. That in the case of the South Eastern Rail- 

gd —_ way (London, Croydon, and Caterham Junction 

and Caterbar, Railways) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 

Junction Rail- be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted 

=) to proceed with their Bill, provided that amended 
copies of sheets Nos. 8, 9, 10 of the deposited 
Plans, with a Section attached thereto drawn to 
the same horizontal scale as the enlarged Plans 
thereon delineated, be deposited in the Private 
Bill Office and with the Parish Clerk of the Pa- 
rish of Croydon; that the Committee on the Bill 
do report how far such Order has been complied 
with on the Report of the Bill. 

Metropolitan 6. That in the case of the Metropolitan Rail- 

iieay (Ad- way (Additional Powers) Bill, Petition of Alfred 

Rowers) Bil.  Z7eslove Cox, for dispensing with Standing Order 





VoL. 121. 


6th March. 135 


129 in the case of his Petition against the Bill, the 
said Standing Order ought to be dispensed with. 

7. That in the case of the Mazdstone and Ash- Maidstone and 
ford Railway Bill, Petition of Thomas and John rs 
Hollingworth, for dispensing with Standing Order “” 

129 in the case of their Petition against the Bill, 
the —_ Standing Order ought not to be dispensed 
with, 

8. That in the case of the Presteign, Clun, and Presteign, 
Bishops Castle Railway Bill, Petition of Edward Clun, and 
Bennett, for dispensing with Standing Order 129 Railwey Bal 
in the case of his Petition against the Bill, the 
= Standing Order ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

9. That in the case of the Provident Clerks and Provident 
General Guarantee Association (No. 2), Petition Clerks and 
for leave to deposit a Petition for Bill, the Stand- + ere 
ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. a 

0. 2. 

10. That in the case of the Croydon Direct Croydon | 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought not — _ 
to be dispensed with. : 

11. That in the case of the London, Brighton, London, 
and South Coast Railway (Surrey Lines) Petition, Fogg = 
a Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed ow. 
with. (SurreyLines.) © 

The first six Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon .the 
Table. 


Mr. Weguelin reported the Wigton Water Bill, wigton Water 

with Amendments. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 

Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bradford, 
the Bradford, Eccleshill, and Idle Railway Bill, as ag and 
amended in the Committee. _— 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cefn, Acrefair, 
the Cefn, Acrefair, and Rhosymedre Water Bill, prorheg = 
as amended in the Committee. — 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Liverpool Central Station Railway Bill, as CentralStation 
amended in the Committee. Railway Bil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wrexham, 
the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway Mold, and 
(Deviations) Bill, as amended in the Committee. Relway ae? 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.  viations) Bill. 


Ordered, That the City, Kingston, and Rich- City, Kingston 
mond Railway Bill be read a second time To- and Richmond 
morrow. Railway Bill. 


The Kingsbridge Railway Bill was read a second Kingsbridge 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Laugharne Railway Bill was read a second Langiiains 
time ; and committed. ailway Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second London (City) 
Reading of the London (City) Corporation Gas Corporation 
Bill; Gas Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a se- 
cond 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 ; * 

a4 The . 











Mid-London 
Railway Bill. 


Skipton and 
Wharfdale 
Railway Bill. 


West Drayton 
and Staines 
Railway Bill. 


Slough Gas 
Bill. 


Anglesey Cen- 
tral Railway. 


Cork Harbour 
and Curragh- 
binny Exten- 

sion Railway. 


136 


The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Crawford, 
Yeas, (Mr Alderman Lawrence : { 

Tellers for the Viscount Cranborne, 1193 
Noes, ‘Mr. Adair: | faaaeaeas 

Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, Member for the Borough 

of Portsmouth, came to the Table, and stated that 


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he had gone by mistake into the wrong Lobby, 
and while intending to vote with the Noes had 
voted with the Yeas; but Mr. Speaker stated 
that as he had gone into the Lobby with the Yeas, 
and had been counted with them, his Vote must 
stand so recorded. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second | 
time; and committed to a Select Committee of 
Twelve Members, of whom Five shall be nomi- 
nated by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to inquire into the operation and results of 
* The Metropolis Gas Act, 1860.” 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Mid-London Railway Bill; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the word “now,” 
and, at the end of fhe 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” * added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being 

ut ; 
J 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 Skipton and Wharfdale Railway 
Bill; 

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


A Bill for making a Railway from West Dray- 
ton, in the County of Middlesex, to Staines, in the 
same County, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A. Bill for more effectually Lighting Slough 
and its Neighbourhood with Gas, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


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 Anglesey 
Central Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Cork 
Harbour and Curraghbinny Extension Railway 
Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 





1866. 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Dublin, 
Rathmines, &amp;c. Railway Bill. 

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


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

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from London Rail- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ways Gas. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the London 
Railways Gas Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ryde Pier 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Tramways. 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Ryde Pier Tramways Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ryde station 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private and Railway. 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Ryde Station and Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from goyth 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Kensington 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing New Road. 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the South 
Kensington New Road Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from gouth 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Kensington 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 24 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the South 
Kensington Road Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Swansea 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, pata Rail- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing *¥ yi" 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Swansea 
General Railway Station and Hotel Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Rochdale __ 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Vicarage Bill. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Rochdale Vicarage 
Bill. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Kerry Writ. 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to 
make out a new Writ for the electing of a Knight 
of the Shire to serve in this present Parliament 
for the County of Kerry, in the room of the Right 
Honourable Henry Arthur Herbert, deceased. 


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 . Loy hes 











. 


n 


Bill. 








Greenwich 
Hospital Act, 
1865. 


Bridget 


M‘Creedy. 


Education. 


No. 91. 


Military Re- 
serve Funds. 


No. 92. 


Army (Hong 
Kong and 
Kowloon.) 


No. 93. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eighth 
Report. 


Deviation of 
Compasses. 


Cattle Plague. 


Election 
mses. 


Civil Services. 
No. 90. 


Trade and 

Navigation. 
No. 68, 

Dover Pier. 


29 VicTorIA. 


to amend the Acts relating to the Belfast Gas 
Light Company, and to enable that Company 
to acquire additional Lands; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


Lord Clarence Paget presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy 
of Order in Council, dated 16th February 1866, 
carrying out the Provisions of “ The Greenwich 
Hospital Act, 1865.” 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of February last, for a Return 
relative to the case of Bridget M‘ Creedy. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Educa- 
tion, which was presented upon the 5th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Military 
Reserve Funds, which was presented upon the 
5th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
(Hong Kong and Kowloon), which was presented 
upon the 5th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Royal 
Society, the Board of Trade, the Admiralty, and 
the Committee of Lloyd’s Register, with respect 
to the Deviation of Compasses. 


Resolved, That an hmnble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of Mr. Barron, Se- 
cretary of Legation at Brussels, on the successful 
extirpation of the Cattle Plague in Belgium. 

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


Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, » Return of the Account sent in by each 
Returning Officer in the United Kingdom to each 
Person who was a Candidate at the last General 
Election, showing each Item in detail, and also 
showing the Items (if any) which have been dis- 
allowed by each Candidate. 

Ordered, That 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. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Estimate showing the several Services for 
which a Vote “on Account” is required for the 
year ending 3lst March 1867. 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—&lt;Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- 
gation, for the month ehded 31st January 1866. 

Mr. Milner Gibson also presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 13th day of February last, for 
a Return relative to Dover Pier. 

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

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137 


to render legal Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s &gt; 
Sister: And that Mr. Chambers, Mr. Hankey, and 
Mr. Morley do prepare, and bring it in. 


conducting the Prosecution of any Offender com- 
mitted for Trial by the Justice or Justices for 
whom they are acting as Clerk: And that Mr. 
Colvile and Sir Henry Hoare do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


to provide for the carrying out of Capital Punish- 
ments within Prisons: And that Mr. Hibbert, Mr. 
Bonham-Carter, Mr. Tollemache, and Mr. Mitford 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


first Victoria, chapter eighty-five, and the Legiti- 
macy Declaration Act, 1858: And that Mr. 
Chambers and Mr. Edward Craufurd do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Report of Mr. Higson, Inspector 
of Collieries, on the Death of Ellen Hampson, killed 
at the Moss House Colliery, Lancashire. 

Ordered, That 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 provide for Superannuation Allowances to 
Officers of Vestries and District Boards within 


bers do prepare, and bring it in. 


Houses ( Scotland) Act, 1860”: And that the Lord 
Advocate and Mr. Adam do 


it in. 


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. 


Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 


138,117 (including 8,983, all Ranks, to be employed 
with the Depdts in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, of Regiments serving in Her 
Majesty’s Indian Possessions), be maintained during 
the year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867. 


Indian Army, be maintained beyond the limits of 
Her Majesty’s Indian Possessions, during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 


the General Staff, and Regimental Pay, Allow- 
ances, and Charges of Her Majesty’s Land Forces 
at Home and Abroad, exclusive of India, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 





were agreed to. 
T Ordered, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Marriage with 


Ordered, That leave be given‘to bring in a Bill Clerks to 
to prohibit the Clerks to Justices in Counties Justices. 


Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill Capital 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Legitimacy 
explain the Act of the twentieth and twenty- Declaration, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ellen 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Hampson. 


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


the Area of the Metropolis Local Management District 
Act: And that Mr. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Cham- 3t4s-) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sheriff Court 
to amend certain Provisions of “ The Sheriff Court Houses (Scot- 


prepare, and bring ment. 


The Qualification for Offices Abolition Bill was, Qualification 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of Supply. 


1. That a Number of Land Forces, not exceeding Land Forces, 


2. That a Number, not exceeding 178, of Native Native Indian 
Indian Troops, belonging to Her Majesty’s Native Troops. 


3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,362,400, be Charge of 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Land Forces. 





138 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters : 
And that Mr. Dodson, the Marquis of Hartington, 
and the Judge Advocate do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mutiny. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth: 

That, towards making good the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 5,500,000, be 
granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund 
(£. 1,137,772) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Childers 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. 


Consolidated 
und 

(£. 1,137,772) 

Bill. 


Prince Alfred’s Lhe House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Annuity Bill. into a Committee on the Prince Alfred's Annuity 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Childers 
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 Com- 
mittee on the Mayine Mutiny Bill; 

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


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Marriage with Mr. Chambers presented a Bill to render legal 
a Deceased Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister: And 
Wife's Sister the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
Bill. ; : , 
Bill ¢ read a second time upon Wednesday the 2d day of 

it 50. May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chambers presented a Bill to explain the 
Act of the twentieth and twenty-first Victoria, 
chapter eighty-five, and the Legitimacy Declara- 
tion Act, 1858: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday the 19th day of this instant March; and 
to be printed. 


Legitimacy 
Declaration, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Bill 51. 


Mr. Chambers presented a Bill to provide for 
Superannuation Allowances to Officers of Vestries 
and District Boards within the area of the Metro- 
polis Local Management Act: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Monday the 19th day of this instant 
March; and to be printed. 


Superannua- 
tions (Officers 
Metropolitan 
Vestries and 
District 
Boards) Bill. 


Bill 52. 


Clerks to Mr. Colvile presented a Bill to prohibit the 
Justices Bill. Clerks to Justices in Counties conducting the 
Bill 63. Prosecution of any Offender committed for trial 
by the Justice or Jeaies for whom they are act- 
ing as Clerk: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next; and to be 

printed. 


Capital Mr. Hibbert presented a Bill to provide for the 
Punishments carrying out of Capital Punishments within Pri- 
within Prisons gong ; ‘Knd the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 11th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


Bill 54. 


6th—7th March. 





} 





Yad 
1866. 
Mr. Brand presented a Bill for punishing Mutiny Bil, 
Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment 
of the Army and their Quarters: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of South stag 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions Water nil 
against the South ae Water Bill. —_ 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Hereford City 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election, 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Josiah Ruisbech and 
others, relating to the City of Hereford, is unob- 
jectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Dover Elee- 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of to. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Benjamin Igglesden and 
John Agate, relating to the Town and Port of 
Dover, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Wareham 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of James Stickland and James 
Arnold, relating to the Borough of Wareham, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had —, 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of precise 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 

ee gtr . 
the Election Petition of George Langran and 
Richard Boardman, relating to the Borough of 
Carlow, is unobjectionable. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Wednesday, 7th March, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
A PETITION of the Somerset and Dorset Somerset and 
Railway Company, and of the Bristol and — ne | 

North Somerset Railway Company, for leave to North Somer. 
bring in a Bill for the amalgamation of the Somerset set Railways. 
and Dorset Railway Company and the Bristol and 
North Somerset Railway Company, 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 Rhymney 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- ®#!way. 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Rhymney Railway Bill, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for authorizing the Rhymney Railway Company to 
make and maintain certain new Lines of Railway 
in connection with their Undertaking, and for 


other purposes: And that Mr. Bruce and Mr. 
Stephen re do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Crystal Palace 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in = pa om 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the tion Railway. 
Crystal Palace and South London Junction Rail- 
way Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be “aang to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Crystal Palace and South London 
Junction Railway Company to make certain new 
Railways, and for other pprposes: And that Mr. 

Locke King and Mr. Crawford do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
South Eastern 


Railway (Lon- 
don, Croydon, 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
spect 








29 Victoria. 


andCaterham spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 

Junction Rail- South Eastern Railway (London, Croydon, and 

ways.) Caterham Junction Railways) Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for enabling the South Eastern Railway Com- 

any to construct Railways from their Mid-Kent 

( Addiscombe) Railway to Croydon, and to their 

Caterham Railway, and to their main Line of 

Railway, and for other purposes: And that Mr. 

Watkin and Mr. Gi/pin do prepare, and bring it in. 





iy 
Brixton, Clap- The House was moved, That the Report from 
ham, and w* the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 
sion Railways. respect of the Petition for leave to bring in 
the Brixton, Clapham, and Balham Extension 
Railways Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways from Brixton and Clapham 
to Balham, and for other purposes: And that 
Colonel Barttelot and Mr. Doulton do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Sirhowy Ex- Ordered, That the Sirhowy Extension Railway 
tension Rail- Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday next. 

way Bill. 

City,Kingston, The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
and Richmond Reading of the City, Kingston, and Richmond 
Railway Bill. Rail © Bill: 

ailway Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 

Skipton and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Wharfdale Reading of the Shipton and Wharfdale Railway 
Railway Bill. Bill; = 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 

Saint A Bill to repeal an Act passed in the fifty- 

— . fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King 

tin) Bill "- George the Third, intituled, “ An Act for the im- 

provement of the Square called Saint Stephen’s 

Green, in the City of Dublin ;” to provide for the 

- election of new Commissioners for Saint Stephen’s 
l Green, and for the improvement and future main- 


’ tenance and regulation of the Inclosure within the 
a“ said Square, and to empower the new Commis- 


m" sioners to open the said Inclosure to the Public, or 
to transfer their estate and interest therein to the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
West Cork, A Bill to authorize Agreements between the 
— - West Cork, the Cork and Kinsale Junction, the 
Railway “ Cork and Bandon, and the Cork and Macroom 
Companies Direct Railway Companies, and for other pur- 
Bill. poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions, read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Eighth 
Report. 
alace ? 
1 Public Offices A Petition of Lessees and Occupiers of Houses 
9 (Site) Bill. and Property in Parliament-street and King-street, 
v in the Parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster, 
raying that the Public Offices (Site) Bill may not 
te allowed to pass into a law as it now stands, and 
that they may be heard by themselves, their 
Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses before the Com- 
mittee of the House to whom the Bill is referred, 
against the Preamble; and (if the same do pass), 
against the Clauses and Provisions of the Bill, and 
in support of other Clauses and Provisions for 
stern their protection; or that such other relief may be 
(Lon- iven to the Petitioners in the premises as to the 
y don, ouse shall seem meet, was presented, and read. 





Vou. 121. 











7th March. 139 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard by themselves, their Counsel or 
Agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against the 
said Petition. 


A Petition of the Bristol and North Somerset Bristol and 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for North Somer. 
authorizing the Bristol and North Somerset Rail- (Bristol Lives.) 
way Company to make and maintain Railways to 
the Midland, Bristol, and South Wales Union, and 
Bristol Port Extension Railways at Bristol; to 
construct a Tramway in that City; to make arrange- 
ments with other Railway Companies; to raise 
further Moneys, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Court of 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table Se*sion (Scot- 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of an Act of “" ) 
Sederunt extending the Winter Session 1865-66 
of the First and Second Divisions of the Court of 
Session, to the 31st day of March, inclusive. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Bridport, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Lyme, and 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing = Coat 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Bridport, 7” 
Lyme, and South Coast Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Somerset and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bilis, ee and 
‘ &gt; r ‘ . ristol and 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing North somer- 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Somerset set Railways. 
and Dorset and Bristol and North Somerset Rail- 
ways Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bath Corpo- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, "tion. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Bath 
Corporation Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Drogheda 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of lection. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Francis Brodigan, relating 
to the Borough of Drogheda, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Londonderry 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of City Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Samuel Macurdy Greer, 
relating to the City of Londonderry, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bridget Bridget 
M‘Creedy, which was presented upon the 6th day M‘Creedy. 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 94. 


Ordered,‘ That the Return relative to Dover Dover Pier. 
Pier, which was presented upon the 6th day of No. 95. 
this instant March, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second church Rates 
Reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; Abolition Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
*¢ this day six months.” 


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140 7th March. 


And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now ” stand part of the Question —— 


A Member 
takes the Oath. 
Church Rates And the Question being put, That the word 
Abolition Bill. “* now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,/ Mr Gitar 

Tellers for the Noes,{ a, ° 

The Tellers being come to the Table, Mr. Wal- 
pole, one of the Tellers for the Noes, stated that 
Mr. Percy Wyndham, Member for the Western 
Division of the County of Cumberland, had not 
voted, though he had been in the House when 
the Question was put; whereupon Mr. Speaker 
directed the Honourable Member for the Western 
Division of the County of Cumberland to come 
to the Table, and asked him if he had heard the 
Question put:—The Honourable Member having 
stated that he had heard the Question put, but 
found the door locked before he reached the Left 
Lobby, and having declared himself with the Noes, 
Mr. Speaker directed his Name to be added to the 
Noes. 

The Tellers accordingly declared the Numbers, 
Yeas, 285; Noes, 252. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 


A Member was sworn. 





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Church Rates The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Commutation Reading of the Church Rates Commutation (No. 2) 
(No. 2) Bill. Bill: 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


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. 


Consolidated The Consolidated Fund (£. 1,137,772) Bill was, 

Fund according to Order, read the third time. 

es SORTS) Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of One Mil- 
lion one hundred and thirty-seven thousand seven 
hundred and seventy-two pounds, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund, to the Service of the Year ending 
the Thirty-first day of March One thousand eight 
hundred and sixty-six. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Prince Alfred’s The Prince Alfred’s Annuity Bill was, according 
Annuity Bill. 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. The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time ; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for To-morrow. 

Theatrical The Select Committee on Theatrical Licenses 


Licensesand and Regulations was nominated of Mr. Goschen, 
ones ~Mr. Walpole, Lord Eustace Cecil, Lord Ernest 
Bruce, Sir Arthur Buller, Mr. Clay, Mr. Clive, 








1866. 


Mr. Du Cane, Mr. Locke, Mr. Lusk, Mr. Taver- 
ner John Miller, Mr. O’ Beirne, Mr. Powell, Mr. 
Henry Selwin, and Colonel Sturt; with Power to 
send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on Metropolitan Local Metropolitan 

Government, &amp;c., was nominated of Mr. Ayrton, Local ores 
Mr. Tite, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Locke, Mr. Alderman me, Ah 
Lawrence, Mr. Baring, Mr. Mill, Mr. Hanbury, 
Lord John Manners, Mr. Beecroft, Mr. Turner, 
Sir William Gallwey, Sir Matthew White Ridley, 
Mr. Sandford, and Mr. Kekewich ; with Power to 
send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Smithfield 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Dead Meat 
to give directions, that there be laid before this M@™**- 
House, Copy of Memorial addressed to the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department by the 
Churhwardens and Inhabitants of Saint Sepul- 
chre’s Parish in November last, regarding the 
Smithfield Dead Meat Market, and the Correspon- 
dence consequent 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. 


The Select Committee on Mines was nominated Mines. 
of Mr. Bruce, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Neate, Mr. Greenall, 
Mr. Fawcett, Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. Kinnaird, 
Mr. Powell, Mr. Ayrton, General Dunne, Mr. 
Clive, Mr. Ferrand, Mr. Hussey Vivian, Viscount 
Cranborne, and Mr. Woods; with Power to send 
for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Devonport 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Lorenzo Pastor Metham 
and others, relating to the Borough of Devonport, 
is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Weguelin reported the Birmingham Water Birmingham 
Bill, with Amendments. Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Weguelin reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group D. of Private Bills; That Mr. Lamont one (Group D.) 
of the Members of the said Committee, was not 
pence during the sitting of the Committee this 

ay. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lamont do attend the said 

Committee To-morrow. 


The Belfast Gas Bill was read the first time. _ Belfast Gas 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill [Lords.] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on fon Valley 
the Afon Valley Railway Bill; That they had Railway Bill. 
examined the allegations contained in the Pream- 
ble of the Bill, and amended the same by omitting 
so much as referred to Preference Shares, the 
Clauses authorizing the creation thereof having 
been omitted from the Bill, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Banbury Gas Bill, Banbury Gas 
with Amendments. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 
Mr. 

















Beddgelert 
Railway Bill. 


Bodmin Water 
Bill. 


Central Wales 
Extension 
Railway Bill. 


Devon and 
Somerset Rail- 
way (Capital) 
Bill. 


Drayton Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway 
(North Lan- 
cashire Loop 
Line) Bill. 


London, Chat- 
ham, and 
Dover Railway 
(Chatham 
Dockyard 
Branch) Bill. 


Manchester 
Royal Ex- 
change Bill. 


Morayshire 
Railway Bill. 


Neath and 

Brecon Rail- 
way (Capital 
Bill. pital) 


New Milford 
Docks Bill. 


29 Victoria. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Beddgelert Railway 
Bill, with Amendments, 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Bodmin Water Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Central Wales Exten- 
sion Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Devon and Somerset 
Railway (Capital) Bill, without Amendment. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Drayton Junction 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (North Lan- 
cashire Loop Line) Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
power to construct a short Branch Railway in 
the Neighbourhood of Bolton-le-Moors, and by 
restricting the Railway to a Line from Blackburn 
to Padiham, and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and had 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the London, Chatham, and 
Dover Railway (Chatham Dockyard Branch) Bill, 
with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Manchester Royal Exchange Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pream- 
ble of the Bill, and verbally amended the same, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Morayshire Railway Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by adding a 
recital that a statement of the Capital of the Com- 
pany authorized to be issued and unissued is an- 
nexed in the Schedule to the Bill, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Neath and Brecon Railway (Capital) Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
adding that the Company had been authorized to 
change their name, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amer.dments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the New Milford Docks 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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

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Mr. Dodson reported the Stockton Gas Bill, with Stockton Gas 
Amendments. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the West Middlesex Water West Middle- 
Bill, with Amendments. sex Water Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. , 


Mr. Dodson reported the Whitby, Redcar, and Whitby, 
Middlesborough Union Railway Bill, with Amend- Redcar, and 
ments. Middles- 

Ordered, That the Report 
Table; and be printed. 


ss borough Union 
do lie upon the Railway Bill. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, Houses of 
dated the 2d day of this instant March, for a Re- Partiament. 
turn relative to the Houses of Parliament. 


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


The Marquis of Hartington presented,—Return Atmy (Mana- 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day ‘turing Es- 
‘3 7 tablishments. ) 
of this instant March, for a Return relative to No. 96 
the Army (Manufacturing Establishments). atin 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he Tipperary 
had this day received a Letter from Mr. Henry Election. 
Cruse, as Agent for Peter Edward Gill, Esquire, 
informing him that it is not his intention to pro- 
ceed with his Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Tipperary : 
—And the said Letter was read, as followeth :— 

23, Parliament-street London, S.W. 
Sir, 7th March 1866. 

As Agent for Peter Edward Gill, Esquire, in 
the matter of his Petition, presented on the twen- 
tieth day of February last, complaining of an un- 
due Election and Return for the County of Tip- 
perary, 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, 
Henry Cruse. 
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. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Clerks to 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next, the Clerks to Justices Bill. 
Justices Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Thursday, 8th March, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public Peti- 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they tions (Eighth 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the _— 
5th, 6th, and 7th days of this instant March, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Bath Corpo- 
gesses of the City and Borough of Bath, for leave ration. 
to bring in a Bill for empowering the Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Burgesses of the City and Borough 
of Bath to more effectually supply with Water the 
City and Borough of Bath and adjacent Places ; 
and to acquire ‘Lands for a Public Park ; and to 


pave, sewer, and improve the City and Borough; 
and to sewer part of the adjoining Parish of 
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142 ° 


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


Private Bills 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group E. of 
(Group E. ) 


Private Bills have leave to sit this day during the 
sitting of the House. 


The Berks and Hants Extension Railway Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 


Berks and 
Hants 
Extensicn 
Railway Bill. 


Rhymney 


Railway Bill. A Bill for authorizing the Rhymney Railway 


Company to make and maintain certain new Lines 
of Railway in connection with their Undertaking, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Brixton, Clap- 
ham, and Bal- 
ham Extension 
Railways. 


A Bill for making Railways from Brixton and 
Clapham to Balham, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Crystal Palace 
and South 
London 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Crystal Palace and South 
London Junction Railway Company tomake certain 
new Railways, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


South Eastern 
Railway (Lon- 
don, Croydon, 
and Caterham 
Junction 

Railways) Bill. 


A Bill for enabling the South Eastern Railway 
Company to construct Railways from their Mid- 
Kent (Addiscombe) Railway to Croydon, and to 
their Caterham Railway, and to their main Line of 
Railway, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Bristol and 
North Somer- 
set Railway 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


8th March. 





(Bristol Lines.) in respect of non-compliance with the Standing | 

Orders in the case of the Petition for the Bristol | 

and North Somerset Railway (Bristol Lines) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Public 
Accounts 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Public Accounts 
have Power to send for persons, papers, and | 
records, 

The House was moved, That the Standing Or- 
der of the House of the 3d day of April 1862, 
relative to the appointment of the said Committee, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, Thatsomuch of the said Standing Order 
as directs that Five be the Quorum, be suspended. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Ninth 
Report. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend 
certain Provisions of “The Sheriff Court Houses 
(Scotland) Act, 1860:” And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Sheriff Court 
Houses (Scot- 
land) Act 
(1860) Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Bill 56. 


Sheffield 
United Gas 
Bill. 


Mr. Clive reported the Sheffield United Gas 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Dublin Corpo- 
ration Water 
Bill. 


Mr. Clive reported the Dublin Corporation Water 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Dublin Port 
( Docks) Bill. 


Mr. Clive reported from the Committee on 
Group F. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Dublin Port (Docks) Bills, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and had amended the same, by making the 
recital as to the mode in which the Docks to be 
transferred have become vested in the Commis- 
sioners of Customs more specific, and had found 





1866. 


the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Weguelin reported from the Committee on Leicester 
Group D. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Water Bill. 
Leicester Water Bill they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
made a verbal Amendment therein, and found the 
same, as amended, tobe true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Norfolk 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Civision) 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to Election. 
the Election Petition of George Holditch and Wil- 
liam Clifton the younger, relating to the Western 
Division of the County of Norfolk, is objectionable. 

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 Galway Town 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of "°*#™ 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Orrell Lever, relat- 
ing to the Town of Galway, is unobjectionable. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Colonial and 
a Return of all yearly and other Payments out of Foreign 
the Consolidated Fund in aid of the Colonial and Ps¢sons- 
Foreign Possessions and Dependencies of Her 
Majesty which have not been included in the an- 
nual Votes of Supply; specifying the Colony or 
Foreign Possession or other Dependency; the 
Amount; the purpose to which applied; and the 
authority for the issue, whether by any and what 
Act of Parliament, or otherwise. 


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

a Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of Great 
Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man 
and the Channel Islands, distinguishing those under 
and those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st 
day of December 1865: 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), dis- 
tinguishing British from Foreign Vessels and 
Steam from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day 
of December 1864 and the 31st day of December 
1865: Like Return from and to the Colonies, 
further distinguishing British from Foreign Ves- 
sels; also from and to Foreign Ports; also distin- 
guishing British from Foreign Vessels :——Agere- 
gate Return of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels entered and cleared at each of the Ports of 
Great Britain and Ireland, Isle of Man and Chan- 
nel Islands (including their repeated Voyages), in 
the Coasting, Colonial, and Foreign Trades, in the 
year 1865, 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 respec- 
tively, distinguishing those under and those above 
Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1865: Similar Return of Steam Vessels 
and their Tonnage: Returns of the Number 
and Tonnage of New Vessels built in the United 
Kingdom, and at each of the British Possessions 
respectively (distinguishing Timber from Iron and 
Steam from Sailing Vessels), and registered as 
British Ships, in the year 1865 :——Of the Num- 
ber of Vessels with their Tonnage (distinguishing 
Timber from Iron and Steam from Sailing Ves- 
sels), that were registered in the United King- 

dom 








Metropolitan 
Workhouses. 


Schoolmasters 
(Ireland.) 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 4.) 


Devonport 
Election. 


No. 97. 


Navy (Turret 
Shines 


Na 
(Masters.) 


Secretaries of 
State for War. 


29 Vicroria. 


dom as New Ships; similar Return of Vessels 
sold and transferred; similar Return of Vessels 
wrecked ; and similar Return of Vessels broken 
up, in the year 1865 :—— Of the Number of Colo- 
nial-built Vessels and their Tonnage registered at 
each of the Ports of the United Kingdom in the 
year 1865, distinguishing the Number and Ton- 
nage of each Colony respectively : Similar 
Return of the Number of Foreign-built Vessels 
and their Tonnage: And, Return of the Ship- 
ping employed in the Trade of the United King- 
dom, exhibiting the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels that entered Inwards and cleared Out- 
wards (including their repeated Voyages), sepa- 
rating British from Foreign Vessels, also Steam 
from Sailing Vessels, and distinguishing the Trade 
with each Country, in the year 1865 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 331, of Session 1865). 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Houseless Poor Per- 
sons of each Sex in the Metropolis who were ac- 
commodated at the cost of the Poor Rates out of 
the Metropolitan Workhouses during each Night in 
the Months of January in the years 1864 and 1866. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Schoolmasters arrested in Ireland 
for Ribbonism, Sedition, or connection with the 
Fenian Conspiracy from the Ist day of January 
1860 to the latest date ascertainable; such Re- 
turns to specify whether the Person arrested had 
been a Teacher in a National School, National 
Model School, Endowed School, or Private School, 
and where he was educated and trained as a 
Teacher ; whether the Patron of such School was 
a Layman, or Clergyman of the Church of England, 
or a Presbyterian, or Roman Catholic Clergyman. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Amount of Exchequer Bills paid 
in for Duties in each quarter since the passing of 
the Act 24 Vie. c. 5: 


Ditto - ditto - paid offin Money: 

Ditto - ditto - purchased with Sinking 
Fund and cancelled: 

Ditto - ditto - re-issued: 

Ditto - ditto - outstanding at the close 


of each quarter. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 
Group 4 of Railway Bills; That there being no 
business for their consideration, the Committee had 
adjourned to Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Report relative to serving Speaker’s 
Warrants respecting the Devonport Election Peti- 
tion on Voters in Devonport Yard. 

Lord Clarence Paget accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be added to the Return re- 
lative to the Navy (Turret Ships), ordered upon the 
1st day of this instant March, a Copy of the Cor- 
respondence between the Admiralty and Captain 
Cowper Coles, and of the Papers relating thereto. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of the Admiralty Committee 
on the position of Masters of the Royal Navy, and 
of any separate Report or Memorandum by any 
Member of the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 

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143 


House, a Copy of the Patents under which Lord 
Panmure, General Peel, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir 
George Lewis, Earl De Grey, and the Marquis of 
Hartington, have held the Office of one of Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, and of 
any Document upon the subject of the Duties and 
Authority of the Secretary of State for War in 
relation to those of the Commander-in-Chief. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Lunacy. 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,-—Copy of Return made 
to the Lord Chancellor by the Visitors of Lunatics, 
of the Number of Visits made, the Number of Pa- 
tients seen, and the Number of Miles travelled by 
the said Visitors during the there-undermentioned 
Months; and of all Sums received by the Visitors 
for Travelling Expenses or upon any other account. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Turnpike 
Command,—Copy of Second Report, with Ab- TS 
stracts 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 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80 :— 

No. 2. Bodmin Roads. 
3. Harnham, Blandford, and Dorchester 
Roads. 
4. Huntley, 
Roads. 

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 
31st October 1865. 

Copy of the Report of the Tithe Commissioners Tithe _ 
to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home ©™mission. 
Department, dated 31st January 1866 (for the 
year 1865). 

Copy of Twenty-first Annual Report of the In- Inclosure 
closure Commissioners, 1866. Commission. 
Copy of Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Copyhola 
Copyhold Commissioners, 1866. Commission. 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Ellen 
to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of this instant #@™Ps- 
March, for a Return relative to the case of Ellen 
Hampson. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Houses Houses of 
of Parliament, which was presented upon the 7th Parliament. 
day of this instant March, be printed. No. 98. 


Mitcheldean, and Elton 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Parliamentary 
Reading of the Parliamentary Oaths Amendment Oaths smend- 
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. Brand, 

Yeas, | Mr. Adam : 
Tellers for the Mr. Newdegate, 
Noes, Colonel Williams : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
T4 


} 298. 
} 6. 


Ordered, 

















144 


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


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

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “there be laid before this House, Copies 

“of the entry on the charge sheet of the Green- 
* wich or any other Police District, under which 
«“ Mr. Ferguson was locked up in a police cell on 
* the night he was assaulted : Of the Report of 
the acting Serjeant or Inspector of the same 
« district to his superior officers, or to the Stipen- 
“ diary Magistrate having jurisdiction therein, by 
* which he justified the refusal to take the charge 
“ preferred by Mr. Ferguson against the person 
“ who had assaulted him: ——Of the Evidence ov 
“which Mr. Trail, the Stipendiary Mavistrate of 
“ the Greenwich District, ordered Mr. Ferguson to 
“ be sent to prison for eight days :——Of the Evi- 
«dence on which Mr. Trail subsequently com- 
“ mitted that gentleman for trial, and of the War- 
“ rant under which he was committed :—— And, 
“ of the Instructions issued by the Commissioners 
“of Police to persons called Detective Officers, 
“and of the Regulations by which these special 
« instructions are modified and controlled,” 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.) 


1. £. 1,134,800, for the Commissariat Establish- 
ment, Soeviees, Supplies s,and Movement of Troops. 

2. £.454, 400, for the Clothing Establishments, 
Services, and Supplies. 

3. £.603,300, for the Barrack Establishment, 
Services, and Supplies. 

4. £.41,100, for Divine Service. 

5. £. 22,000, for Martial Law. 

6 pingpoce for the Hospital Establishment, 

s, and Supplies. 
2 'f. 842, 600, for the Disembodied Militia. 
. £.85,200, for the Yeomanry Cavalry. 
£. 348,100, for the Volunteer Corps. 

. £. 45,000, for the Enrolled Pensioners and 
Army Reserve Force. 

11. £.965,800, for Manufacturing Establish- 
ments, and Materials for the Manufacture of 
Warlike Stores. 

12. £.428,000, for Military Store Establish- 
ments and Warlike Stores. 

13. £. 1,828,000, on account, for certain Civil 
Services: 

Crass I, £. 
8,000 
20,000 
3,000 
20,000 
12,000 
1,000 


Royal Palaces - - - - 

Public Buildings - - - - 

Turniture of Public Offices - - 

Koyal Parks and Pleasure Gardens 

New Houses of Parliament - - 

British Embassy Houses, Paris and Madrid - ° 

British Consulate and Embassy Houses, Con- 
stantinople - - ° e a a 

Westminster Bridge - - 

New Foreign Office . - 

Public Offices, Site (Re-vote) 

Probate Court and Registries - 

Public Record Repository (Ro-vete 

Nelson Column - 

Patent Office - - 

National Gallery Enlargement 

Sheriff Court Houses, Scotland 

Rates for Government Property 


1,000 
2,000 
15,000 
20,000 
3,000 
10,000 
2,000 
5,000 
5,000 
5,000 
7,000 


— 








8th March. 


Harbours of Refuge — - 

Holyhead and Portpatrick Harbours, &amp;e 
Public Buildings, Ireland -  - 
National Gallery, Dublin - 

New Record Buildings, aeaanen 
Lighthouses Abroad = - 


Crass II. 


Two Houses of Parliament, Offices 
Treasury - - - - 
Home Office - - - 
Foreign Office - - 
Colonial Office - - 
Privy Council Office - 
Board of Trade, &amp;e, - - 
eg Seal Office -  - . 

Civil Service Commission - + 
Paymaster General’s Office - - 
Exehequer (London - 

Office of Works and Public Buildings - 
Office of Woods, Forests, and hend Revenues 
Public Record Office - - * 
Poor Law Commissions - - - - 
Mint, including Coinage - - - 
Inspectors of Factories, Fisheries, &amp;e. - 
Exchequer and other Offices in Scotland 
Household of Lord Lieutenant, Ireland - 
Chief Secretary, Ireland, Offices - - 
Office of Public Works, Ireland - - 
Audit Office - - - 
Copyhold, Tithe, and Inclosure Commission - 
Inclosure and Drainage Acts ; Imprest Expenses 
General «panel Otices, England, iene and 

Scotland - 
National Debt Office - - - 

Public Works Loan Commission and West India 
Relief Commission - - 

Lunacy Commissions and Inspection, &amp;e. of 
Lunatic Asylums &gt; - 

Superintendent of Roads, South Wales - 

Registrars of Friendly Societies - - 

Charity Commission = - - - 

Local Government Act Office, and Inspection mT) 

Burial Grounds - - - 
Landed Estates Record Offices - 
Quarantine Expenses - - 


Secret Service - - - 
Printing and Stationery- + 
Postage of Public Departments 


Crass III. 


Law Charges, England - - - - 
Criminal Prosecutions, &amp;e, , England - - 
Police, Counties and Boroughs, Great Britain 
Crown Office, Queen’s Bench - - - 
Admiralty Court Registry = - - 

Late Insolvent Debtors’ Court 

Probate Court, England - 

County Courts - - - 

Land Registry Office - - 

Police Courts (Metropolis) - 

Metropolitan Police - + 


Criminal Proceedings, Scotland - 

Courts of Law and Justice, Scotland 

Exchequer, Scotland, Legal Branch 

Register House, Ldinburgh, Salaries and Ex- 
penses of sundry Departments = - - - 

Accountant in Bankruptcy, Scotland = - 

Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions, Jreland 

Court of C hancery, Ireland - - - 

Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and 
Exchequer, Ireland -— - 

Officers of theJudges on Circuit, Ireland 

Manor Courts Compensations - - 

Registry of Judgments - - - - 

Registry of Deeds - - 

Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Ireland 

Court of Probate, Zreland - - - 

Landed Estates Court - - - 

Dublin Metropolitan Police and Police Justices 

Constabulary of Zreland - - - - 

Four Courts Marshalsea Prison - - - 


Inspection and General Supesintentenes of Pri- 

sons - - - a 
Prisons and Convict Establishments at Sleme - 
Maintenance of Prisoners in Comy Gale, &amp;e., 

and Removal of Convicts - . 
Transportation of Convicts - i . 
Convict Establishments in the Colonies - “ 


Crass IV. 
Public Education, Great Britain - 
Science and Art Department - - 
Public Education, Jreland - 


cf 


10,000 
6,000 
4,000 


17,000 
4,000 


1,000 


4,000 
1,000 
1,000 
5,000 


2,000 
1,000 
1,000 


8,000 
90,000 
38,000 


9,000 
47,000 
66,000 

1,000 

4,000 

1,000 
22,000 
40,000 

2,000 

6,000 
40,000 


18,000 
11,000 
1,000 


\ 5,000 


17,000 
2,000 


4,000 
2,000 
1,000 
1,000 
4,000 
2,000 
3,000 
3,000 
14,000 
186,000 
1,000 


5,000 
85,000 


72,000 
6,000 
10,000 


174,000 
40,0005 
82,000 











99 VicToRIA. 





University of London - - += - = 8,000 
Universities, &amp;c, in Scotland - - - - 6,000 
Queen’s University in Jreland - = = 1,000 
a Colleges, Ireland - - - = 2,000 
ational Gallery of Jreland - - - 1,000 
Belfast Theological Professors, &amp;c.- - - 1,000 
British Museum - - = = = = 265,000 
National Gallery - - - - - = 4,000 
British Historical Portrait Gallery - - 1,000 
Scientific Works and Experiments- - - 2,000 
Universal Exhibition at Paris - - - 2,000 
Crass V. 
Bermudas - - + + = «= «= 1,000 
Clergy, North America - - - - = 1,000 
Governors and others, West Indies, kc. - - 6,000 
Justices, West Indies - - - - - 1,000 
Western Coast of Africa - - - - 3,000 
Saint Helena - - - - - - - 1,000 
Falkland Islands - - - - - - 2,000 
Labuan - - - - - - - - 1,000 
Emigration - - - - - - - 98,000 
Captured Negroes, Bounties on Slaves, &amp;c. - 10,000 
Commissions for Suppression of Slave Trade - 3,000 
Consuls Abroad - - - - - - 42,000 
Services in China, Japan, and Siam - - 5,000 
Ministers at Foreign Courts, Extraordinary 
Expenses - - - = + = = 9,000 
Special Missions, Outfits, &amp;c. - - - - 6,000 
Third Secretariesto Embassies - - - 1,000 
Crass VI. 
Superannuation and Retired Allowances, &amp;c. - 45,000 
Polish Refugees and Distressed Spaniards - 1,000 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund Pensions - = 14,000 
Relief of Distressed British Seamen - = 8,000 
Miscellaneous Charges, formerly on Civil List- 1,000 
Public Infirmaries, Jreland - - - = 1,000 
Hospitals in Dublin and Board of Superin- 
tendence - - - - = = &lt;= 4,000 
Concordatum Fund, and other Charities and 
Allowances, Ireland - - - - - 2,000 
Non-conforming and other Ministers, Zreland - 11,000 
Crass VII. 
Temporary Commissions - - - - 7,000 
Patent Law Expenses - - - = = 8,000 
Fishery Board, Scotland ~ = = = 4,000 
Local Dues on Shipping under Treaties of Re- 
ciprocity - - - - = = «= 14,000 
Miscellaneous Expenses from Civil Contingencies 12,000 
Total - - - £.1,828,000 


_—_—_—_—_—llC 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Friday, 9th March, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Dodson also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


(In the Committee.) 


Criauses, N° 1 to N° 27, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 28 (Power to inflict corporal punish- 
ment in certain cases). 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 


Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Brand, } 71 
Yeas, Mr. Adam: : 
Tellers for thefMr. Taylor, } 29 
Noes, Sir Robert Clifton ; . 
Crausss, N° 29 to N° 38, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 39 (Marking deserters or marines 
discharged with ignominy). 
VoL. 121. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill 





8th—9th March. 








145 


. res put, That the Clause stand part of the 
ill ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Brand, 
Yeas, \ Mr. Adam : 
Tellers for thefMr. Taylor, 21 
Noes, {Sit Robert Clifton: | ai 
Ciauses, N° 40 to 99, agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill to be reported. 


52. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- mutiny Bu. 
mittee on the Mutiny Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to pensions Bill. 
take into consideration the Pensions Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Exchequer 
Reading of the Exchequer Bills and Bonds Bill; Pils and 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~°”™ 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Common Law 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (Jreland) Bill; Courts 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘!¢l#04) Bill. 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill; Chancery 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “*¢!#n4) Bill. 
upon Monday next. 


The Vaccination Bill was, according to Order, Vaccination 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill New Forest 
to provide for the Relief of the Poor in the New Poor Relief. 
Forest: And that Viscount Enfield and Mr. Vil- 
liers do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one the Lords. 
of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Savings Banks savings Banks 
and Post Office Savings Banks Bill, without any #24 Post Office 
Amendment. — Banks 

The Lords have agreed to the Cattle Plague Cattle Plague 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire Bill. 
the concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Cattle Plague 
Lords to the Cattle Plague Bill be taken into Bil 
consideration this day. Bill 55. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


Viscount Enfield presented a Bill to provide for New Forest 
the Relief of the Poor in the New Forest: And _ Relief 
the same was read the first time. - : 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill 57. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Superannua- 
day the 19th day of this instant March, the Super- tions (Officers 


annuations (Officers Metropolitan Vestries and ae mar 
District Boards) Bill, was read, and discharged. _ District 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Boards) Bill. 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. - 
U Yr. 











Brighton and 


Hove General the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions | co 


Gas Bill. 


Exe Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Bank Notes 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Mr. Speaker’s 
Indisposition. 


Cambridge 
University 
Town and 

Water Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Shrewsbury 
and North 
Wales Railway 
(Meifod Valley 
Extension, &amp;c.) 


146 


8th—Sth March. 


1866. 


# 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of | No. 3 be struck out of the Bill; that an amended 


against the Brighton and Hove General Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


| Cop of the Plan, Sections, and Book of Reference 
of Railways Nos. 1 and 2, be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office; that the Committee on the 
Bill do report how far such Orders have been 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of | complied with on the Report of the Bill. 


the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Exe Valley Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 21st day of this instant March, the Bank 
Notes (Jreland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of April next. 


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





Friday, 9th March 1866. 


HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, 
informed the House of the unavoidable absence 
of Mr. Speaker, and read the following Letter, 
which he had this day received :— 
Sir, Speaker’s House, 9 March 1866. 
I beg you will express to the House my great 
regret that I must ask leave to absent myself from 
the service of the House to-day. I trust that the 





pain from which I have been suffering will be much | 


relieved by rest till Monday, and that I shall 
resume my duties on that day. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
J. Evelyn Denison, Speaker. 
To Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart., 
Clerk of the House of Commons. 


Whereupon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the 
Committee of Ways and Means, proceeded to the 
Table as Deputy Speaker; and, after prayers, 
counted the House, and Forty Members bein 
present, took the Chair, pursuant to the Standing 
Order of the 20th day of July 1855. 


or 


Mr. Marsh reported from the Committee on 
Group G. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Cambridge University Town and Water Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, 
by striking out at p. 3, and |. 7 the word “ streams,” 
and further verbally amended the same, such Amend- 
ments being rendered necessary by corresponding 
alterations in the body of the Bill, and had 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 Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1, That in the case of the Shrewsbury and North 
Wales Railway (Meifod Valley Extension, &amp;c.) 
Pe.ition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that the Powers 
for the construction of the Railway firstly described 
in Clause 4 of the Bill be struck out of the same; 
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 Birkenhead and Liver- 
pool Junction Railway Petition, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided 
that the Powers for the construction of Railway 


| 3. That in the case of the London, Chatham, and London, Chat- 
| Dover and South Eastern (Bromley, Farnborough, _ and P 
‘and West Wickham) Railways Petition, the gouth’Rastern 
| Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that (Bromley, 


the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Farnborough, 
Bill. and West 


Wickham) 
Railways. 

4. That in the case of the Bo’ness, Grangemouth, Bo'ness, 
and South Alloa Junction Railway Petition, the er Yo a 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that pg 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Railway, 
Bill, provided that the Powers for the construction 
of Railway No. 1 be struck out of the Bill; 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 Tavistock and Gunnis- Tavistock and 
| lake Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought Gunnislake 
to be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted ®#!w9y- 

to proceed with their Bill, provided that all com- 
|pulsory Powers over the following properties be 
struck out of the Bill, viz., the Properties num- 
\bered 36, 39, 44, 46, in the Parish of Calstock, 
and 79, in the Parish of Tavistock ; that the Com- 
‘mittee on the Bill do report how far such Order 
‘has been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

6. That in the case of the Salisbury and Dorset Salisbury and 
Junction Railway Petition, the Standing Orders Vorset Junc- 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be" aan. 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that 
/an amended copy of the Plan, Sections, and Book 
of Reference be deposited in the Private Bill 
| Office; that the Committee on the Bill do report 

how far such Order has been complied with on the 
Report of the Bill. 

7. That in the case of the Great North of Scot- Great North of 

| land Railway Bill, Petition for additional Provision, oe . 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; muiwey Oe. 
that the Parties be permitted to introduce their 

additional Provision accordingly, if the Committee 

on the Bill shall think fit. 

8. That in the case of the Thames Embankment Thames 


orth) Approaches Bill, Petition of Messrs, Embankment 
‘North) Ap- 
proaches Bill. 


(N 
‘outts &amp; Co., for dispensing with Standing Order 
129 in the case of their Petition against the Bill, 
the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 
| 9. That in the case of the Bristol Port Exten- pristol Port 
sion Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought Extension 


. . oat 
not to be dispensed with. tailway. 


| 10. That in the case of the Brecon Water and Brecon Water 
| Drainage Petition, the Standing Orders ought not and Drainage. 
to be dispensed with. 

| 11. That in the case of the North and South North and 

| Wiltshire Junction Railway Petition, the Standing — wee 

| Orders ought not to be dispensed with. on 
| 5 p Railway. 

| 12, That in the case of the Dublin Southern publin 
Dock Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to Southern 
be dispensed with. Dock. 
| _ The first seven Resolutions, being read a second 
| time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on Hadlow 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Railway Bill. 
Hadlow Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satis- 
faction. 

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


Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Com- Tynemouth 
mittee on Group E. of Private Bills; That in  r 
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29 Vicrorra. Oth 


the case of the Tynemouth Improvement Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, 
by striking out the following recital: “ And whereas 
** doubts have arisen whether the said Provisional 
“ Order was authorized by the ‘ Public Health 
* Act, 1848,’ and whether the same was absolutely 
‘confirmed by the lastly-recited Act, and it is 
*‘ expedient that the said Provisional Order, and 
* all mortgages granted, and acts done thereunder 
** be confirmed by this Act,” as the same had not 
been proved to the satisfaction of the Committee, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Com- 


Maryport 
Improvement, mittee on Group E. of Private Bills; That in 


Harbour, and 


Dock Bill, the case of the Maryport Improvement, Harbour 


and Dock Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same, by striking out so much thereof 
as related to the construction of Basin and Dock, 
Open Breakwater and Harbour of Refuge, the 
Referees having reported that the estimate for 
such portions of the Bill is insufficient, and had 
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. 


London, The House was moved, That the Report from 
Chatham, and the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 


en spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
(Bromley, London, Chatham, and Dover and South Eastern 


——— (Bromley, Farnborough, and West Wickham) Rail- 
Wickham) Ways Bill, might be read; and the same being 
Railways. read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the London, Chatham, and Dover and 
South Eastern Railway Companies to make Rail- 
ways in the County of Kent; for improving the 
Communication with the Towns and Districts of 
Bromley, Farnborough, and West Wickham, and 
for other purposes: And that Viscount Holmes- 
dale, Mr. Brand, and Mr. Otway do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Salisbury and ‘The House was moved, That the Report from 

Dorset June- the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 

tion Railway. snect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway Bill, might 
be read; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Rail- 
way Company to make Railways from the Salis- 
bury and Dorset Junction Railway to the South- 
ampton and Dorchester Branch of the London and 
South Western Railway, and to the Ringwood and 
Christchurch Railway, and for other purposes: 
And that Lord Henry Thynne and Mr. Marsh do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Bo'ness, The House was moved, That the Report from 

Grangemouth, the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 

toe spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 

Railways, Bo'ness, Grangemouth, and South Alloa Junction 
Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways from the North British Rail- 
way to Bo'ness, Grangemouth, South Alloa, and 
Stirling, and for other purposes: And that Sir 
Graham Montgomery and Mr. M‘Lagan do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Birkenhead The House was moved, That the Report from 
Fen iverpool the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
on *,° . . 
Railway, spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Vou. 121. 


March. 147 


Birkenhead and Liverpool Junction Railway Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways between Birkenhead and 
Liverpool, and for other purposes: And that Mr. 
Horsfall and Mr. Laird do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Shrewsbury 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- ne =e 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the (Meifod Valley 
Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway (Meifod Extension, 
Valley Extension, &amp;c.) Bill, might be read; and *¢-) 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Shrewsbury and North Wales Rail- 
way Company to make certain Railways, and 
also certain Deviations and Alterations in their 
authorized Line of Railway, and for other pur- 
poses: And that Mr. Clement and Mr. Tomline do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Tavistock and 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- Gunnislake 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the" 
Tavistock and Gunnislake 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 Tavistock to Gunnis- 
lake, and for other purposes: And that Mr. Charles 
Wynn and Mr. Bulkeley Hughes do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Bradford, Eccleshill, and Idle Railway Bill Bradford, 
was read the third time. ao 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. y 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Cefn, Acrefair, Cefn, Acrefair 
and Rhosymedre Water Bill be now read the third 8°4 Rhosy- 
time; a Water 

Sir Robert Peel, 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 
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 Liverpool Central Station Railway Bill was Liverpool 
read the third time. Come 

Resolved, That the Bill de pass. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill tothe 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Wrexham, Mold and Connah’s Quay Rail- Wrexham, 
way (Deviations) Bill was read the third time. Mold, and 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway (he 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the viations) Bill. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Birkenhead 
Reading of the Birkenhead and Liverpool Railways $n¢ Liverpool 
Bill; ailways Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second London, 
Reading of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail- Chatham, and 
way (New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill; way (New 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Lines, &amp;c.) 
upon Friday next. = 


The Order, That the Newport (Monmouth) Bo- Newport 
rough Bill be committed, was read, and discharged. (Monmouth) 





Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. nr 
U2+ The 








Private Bills 
(Group D.) 


Electoral 
Returns. 


Savings 
Banks. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Smithfield 
Dead Meat 
Market. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Bank Notes. 


Savings 
Banks. 


African Mail 
Packet 
Service. 


148 9th March. 1866. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Or- 
der of the House, No. 52, relative to Private Bills, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“and shall specify by a denoting mark against 
“each name which, if any, of the persons named 
“in such book of reference as owners or reputed 
‘owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occu- 
“piers, belong to the labouring classes; and all 
“weekly tenants and lodgers shall be deemed to 
* belong to the labouring classes.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added: — The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Mr. Weguelin reported from the Committee on 
Group D. of Private Bills; That, for the conve- 
nience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 
to Wednesday the 14th of March, at Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Electoral Returns re- 
lative to Boroughs and Counties, 1865-66. 

Returns relating to Depositors in Savings Banks 
in the United Kingdom. 


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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Third Report, with Abstracts 
of Accounts relating to the circumstances of the 
therein-mentioned Turnpike Trusts applying for 
Local Acts in the present Session of Parliament, 
made by direction of the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, under the Powers con- 
ferred upon him by the Act of the 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 80. 

No. 5. Dryclough, Shaw, and Rochdale 
Roads. 
6. Macclesfield and Chapel-en-le-Frith 
Road. 
7. Rochdale and Edenfield Road. 
8. Combmartin and Ilfracombe Road. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of this instant 
March, for a Return relative to Smithfield Dead 
Meat Market. 

Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the diréc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Accounts showing 
the Sums received and expended for the purposes 
of the Metropolitan Police, Police Superannuation 
Fund, Public Carriages and Police Courts, in the 
year ended the 3lst December 1865. 


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


Mr. Childers ager 3 = Aiea to an Order, 


dated the 19th day of February last, for Returns 
relative to Bank Notes. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of 
February last, for a Return relative to Savings 
Banks. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of 
February last, for a Return relative to the African 
Mail Packet Service. 

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


The Marquis of Hartington presented,—Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day 
of February last, for Returns relative to the Army. 

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





&lt; 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the case of Ellen 
Ellen Hampson, which was presented upon the 8th 44mpson. 
day of this instant March, be printed. No. 99. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Charity Charity 
Commission, which was presented upon the 1st Commission. 
day of this instant March, be printed. No. 100. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Ninth 
Report. 
Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, That sandwich 
Mr. ine had this day received a Letter from Election. 
George Driver and James White Eastes, 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:— 
Sir, Deal, 8 March 1866. 
We, George Driver and James White Eastes, in 
the matter of our Petition delivered in on Monday 
the 19th day of. February 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 our intention to proceed with the said Peti- 
tion. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servants, 
George Driver. 
James White Eastes. 
To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 
Signed in the presence of us, as Witnesses, 
Thomas Ralph. 
Thomas Trott. 
Stephen Pritchard. 


I hereby certify that Thomas Ralph, Thomas 
Trott, and Stephen Pritchard, the Witnesses 
hereto, are persons of undoubted credit in this 
town. 

Edmund Brown, J.P. for Deal, 
181, Lear Street. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections was read, and 
discharged. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, That Galway Town 
Mr. Speaker had this day received a Report from Election. 
the Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the 
Recognizance to the Election Petition of Nicholas 
Stubber, relating to the Town of Galway, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy (Iron- 
Return of all the Iron-clads built of Wood, distin- “84 Ships) 
guishing those adapted or converted from Wooden 
Ships in the course of construction ; specifying for 
every such Ship the Name of the Controller of the 
Navy and the Chief Constructor who designed the 
original Ship, as well as the Names of the Con- 
troller of the Navy and Chief Constructor who 
adapted or converted every such Ship for carrying 
Armour-plates ; those built of Wood and Armour- 
plated, designed from the beginning as Armour- 
plated Ships of War, with the Names of the Con- 
troller and Chief Constructor by whom they were 
designed, which have been built in the Royal and 
Private Yards; specifying those that have bee in 
Commission and are now in Commission, those that 
are launched and have been tried, and showing 
their Speed at the measured Mile; and the Ex- 
penses attending their Building and Alterations, if 
any, up to the present time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pectoral 
Returns of the Name of each Electoral Division in Divisions (Ire 
each Poor Law Union in Jreland:——Of the !#94) 

Valuation 











Inland 
Revenue 
(Scotland.) 
1 
Cattle Plague. 
\- 
) 
Election 
Petitions. 
(Ire 








99 VicToRIA. + 


Valuation of each Electoral Division in each Union: 
And, of the Poundage Rates made on each 
Electoral Division in each of the years 1861, 1862, 
1863, and 1864 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Return 1860). 





Ordered, Thatthere be laid before this House, a 


Copy of all Statements as to state of Collection of 


Revenue in the various Districts in Scotland issued 
by the Board of Inland Revenue in Edinburgh, 
from the Ist day of January up to and including 
the lst day of March 1866:——Returns of the 
state of Collection of Revenue in each District in 
Scotland on the 1st day of March 1866, showing, 
in a tabulated form, for each District respec- 
tively :— 
The Total Amount of Assessment ; 
The Total Amount relieved on Appeal ; 
The Net Amount of Revenue to be col- 
lected ; 
The Date of closing the Collection ; 
The per centage collected at Date of closing ; 
The Amount in Arrear due to Collector at 
Date of closing ; 
The Number of Individuals in Arrear at 
Date of closing ; 
The Amount advanced by the Collector to 
close the Collection ; 
The Amount of Arrears got in by Col- 
lector since Date of closing ; 
The per centage collected on the 1st day of 
March; 
The Amount in Arrear due to the Col- 
lector on the 1st day of March ; 
The Number of Individuals in Arrear to 
Collector on the 1st day of March: 
— Showing the Rate and the Amount of ordinary 
Remuneration paid to each Collector, by Salary, 
per centage, or otherwise, as Collector of Taxes or 
Distributor of Stamps, in each year since the 
passing of the Act 20 &amp; 21 Vic. c. 28: Show- 
ing whether any and what extra Remuneration is 
allowed to Collectors for advancing Money to close 
their Collection:——And, showing whether and 
how are Collectors reimbursed in the event of any 
portion of the outstanding Arrears becoming irre- 
coverable after they have advanced Money to close 
their Collection. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Abstract of the operative Clauses of all 
Notices issued by Local Authorities under Orders 
in Council, relating to the Cattle Plague, and now 
in force ; showing the County, Borough, &amp;c. regu- 
lating; the duration of the Notice; the Animals 
specified ; and the Conditions under which Removal 
from place to place or otherwise is permitted. 

Ordered, That 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, in tabular form, of all Election Petitions 
alleging Intimidation or undue influence or either 
of them, and praying for the Seat in consequence 
thereof, which have Son tried or reported upon by 
Election Committees since 1832, with the decision 
of the Committee thereon ; distinguishing in what 
cases the Election was upheld; in what cases the 
Election was declared void ; and in what cases the 
parties for whom the seat was mm, ee were seated : 

Of the Number of Election Petitions prayin 
for the Seat for any cause tried since 1832, wit 
the Number of Cases in which the Parties for 
whom the Seat was prayed were seated: And, 
of the Names of the Counties or Boroughs for 
which, since 1832, Candidates have been seated on 
VoL. 121. 











9th—10th March. 





149 


Petition by Election Committees, with the Date of 
the Decision of the Committee, and the ground of 
the Decision. 


_ Ordered, That Dr. Brady have leave of absence Leave of 
till Easter, on account of a domestic affliction. Absence. 


Lord Clarence Paget presented, by Her Ma- Navy. 
jesty’s Command,—Supplementary Estimate of No, 102, 
Her Majesty’s Navy, for the year 1866-67. 

Copy of Scheme proposed for increasing the Navy. 
flow of Promotion amongst certain Classes of Offi- No. 102. 
cers of the Royal Navy. 

Lord Clarence Paget also presented,—Return to Navy 
an Order, dated the 8th day of this instant March, (“asters.) 
for a Return relative to the Navy (Masters). 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply, and be printed; and that 
the other Papers do lie upon the Table; and that 
the Paper relative to Promotion in the Navy be 
printed. 


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

a Return of the Number and Prices of the Anchors 
| purchased in each year by the Admiralty from the 
/commencement of the Admialty Contract for 
Anchors in the year 1842, up to the Ist day of 
January 1859, and from the Ist day of January 
1864 up to the present time, giving particulars in 
the same form and manner as in Return, No. 355, 
of Session 1865, relative to Anchors. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Bromyard and 
port of the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition Hereford 
against the Bromyard and Hereford Railway Bill. “““*Y * 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee. ) 


1. £.173,655, for the Expenses of the Admiralty 
Office. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum not exceeding £.1,368,971, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers 
and the Contingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s 
Dockyards and Naval Yards at Homeand Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again——-put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolutions to be reported. 








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


Saturday, 10th March, 1866 ; 


Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Childers reported, That the Committee had 
come to several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 

Mr. Childers 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. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 

follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,134,800, be Commissariat 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of seein 
the Commissariat Establishment, Services, , Movement 
plies, and Movement of Troops, which will come of Troops. 
in course of payment during the year ending on 

the 3lst day of March 1867, inclusive. 














U3 


2. That 





Clothing 
Establish- 
ments. 


Barrack Esta- 
blishment. 


Divine 
Service. 


Martial Law. 


Hospital 
Establish- 
ment. 


Disembodied 
Militia. 


Yeomanry 
Cavalry. 


Volunteer 
Corps. 


Enrolled 
Pensioners 
and Army 


Reserve Force. ~ 


manufac- 
turing Esta- 
blishments, &amp;c. 


Military Store 
Establish- 
ments and 
Wariike 
Stores. 


Civil Services. 


150 


2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.454,400, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Clothing Establishments, Services, and Sup- 
plies, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, 
inclusive. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 603,300, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Barrack E stablishment, Services, and Supplies, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, in- 
clusive. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.41,100, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
Divine Service, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1867, inclusive. 

That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
Martial Law, which will come in course of pay- 


ment during the year ending on the 31st day of | 


March 1867, inclusive. 

That a Sum, not exceeding £. 246,500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Hospital Establishment, Services, and Sup- 
plies, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1867, 
inclusive. 


7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 842,600, be } 


outa to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
the Disembodied Militia, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, “inclusive. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 85,200, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray. the Charge for 
the Yeomanry Cavalry, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1867, inclusive. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 348,100, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Volunteer Corps, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1867, “inclusive. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 45,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Enrolled Pensioners and Army Reserve Force, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, in- 
eerie 

That a Sum, not exceeding £. 965,800, be 
nd to Her Majesty, to defray the C harge of 
Manufacturing Establishments and Materials for 
the Manufacture of Warlike Stores, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 428,000, be 
Bova to Her Majesty, to defray the Char ee of 
Military Store Establishments and Warlike Stores, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, in- 
clusive. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,828,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, on Account, for or towards 
defrayi ing the Charge of the following Civil Ser- 
vices to the 31st day of March 1867 : 


Crass I. 


Royal Palaces - - - - - 
Public Buildings - - - - 
Furniture of Public Offices - - - 
Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens - 
New Houses of Parliament - - - 
British Embassy Houses, Paris and Madrid - 
British Consulate and Embassy Houses, Con- 
stantinople - - 
Westminster Bridge - = = 
New Foreign Office - - 
Public Offices, Site (Re- vote) - 
Probate Court and Registries - - 
Public Record Repository (So-vete) 
Nelson Column - 
Patent Office - - - 
National Gallery Enlargement 








9th—10th March. 


Sheriff Court Houses, Scotland - 
Rates for Government Property - 
Harbours of Refuge - 

Holyhead and Portpatriek Harbours, &amp;e, 
Public Buildings, Ire/and - 
National Gallery, Dublin - - 
New Record Buildings, Dublin - 
Lighthouses Abroad - : 


Crass II. 


Two Houses of Parliament, Offices - 
Treasury - - - + 
Home Office -  - 
Foreign Office - 
Colonial Office - 
Privy Council Office 
Board of ‘Trade, &amp;c. - 
Privy Seal Office -  - ° 
Civil Service Commission - - 
Paymaster General’s Office - - - - 
Exchequer (London) - - - 
Office of Works and Public Buildings a 
Office of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues - 
Public Record Office - - - - - 
Poor Law Commissions - - - - 
Mint, including Coinage - - = 
Inspectors of Factories, Fisheries, &amp;e. = 
Exchequer and other Offices in Scotland - 
Household of Lord Lieutenant, Ireland - 
Chief Secretary, Ireland, Offices - - 
Office of Public Works, Ireland - - 
Audit Office - - 
Copyhold, Tithe, and Inclosure Commission - 
Inclosure and Drain: age Acts ; Imprest Expenses 
General Register oan, Suglens, neuen, = 
Scotland - - 
National Debt Office - - - - 
Public Works Loan Commission and West India 
Relief Commission - 
Lunacy Commissions and Inspection, &amp;e. of 
Lunatic Asylums - - - 
Superintendent of Roads, South Wales - 
Registrars of Friendly Societies - = = 
Charity Commission - 
Local Government Act Office, and Inspection 
of Burial Grounds - - 
Landed Estates Record Offices - - és 
Quarantine Expenses - - - = = 


Secret Service - - - 
Printing and Stationery - - 
Postage » of Public’ Departments 


Crass III, 


Law Charges, England - += -— = 
Criminal Prosecutions, &amp;c., England - 
Police, Counties and Boroughs, Great Britain 
Crown Office, Queen’s Bench - - - 
Admiralty C ourt Registry - - 
Late Insolvent Debtors’ Court - 

Probate Court, England - - 

County Courts - - 

Land Registry Office - 

Police Courts (Metropolis) 

Metropolitan Police - 


9,000 


1,000 
4,000 
1,000 

22,000 

40,000 
2,000 
6,000 

40,000 


18,000 
11,000 


Criminal Proceedings, Scotland - - 
Courts of Law and Justice, Scotland - 
Exchequer, Scotland, Legal Branch - 1,000 
Register House, Edinburgh, Salaries and 
penses of sundry Departments - - \ 5,000 
Accountant in Bankruptcy, Scotland - 
Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions, Zreland 17,000 
Court of Chancery, Ireland - - 
Courts of Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas, and 
Exchequer, Zreland - - 
Officers of the Judges on Circuit, Ireland - 
Manor Courts Compensations- = ~— = - 
Registry of Judgments - - = = - - 
Registry of Deeds - . - 
Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Ireland - - 
Court of Probate, Ireland - 
Landed Estates Court - 
Dublin Metropolitan Police and Police Justices 14, 000 
Constabulary of Jreland- - - = = 186, 000 
Four Courts Marshalsea Prison - - = = 1,000 


Inspection and General Guperintendonse of 

Prisons - = 
Prisons and Convict “Establishments ‘at Home - 
Maintenance of Prisoners in County Gaols, &amp;c., 

and Removal of Convicts - - - - 
Transportation of Convicts = - - - 
Convict Establishments in the Colonies - - 


5,000 
85,000 


72,000 
6,000 
10,000 














7 tam 





Matiny Bill. 


99 Vicroria. 


Cuass IV. £ 


Public Education, Great Britain - - - 174,000 
Science and Art Department - ~ - - 40,000 
Public Education, Ireland - - - - 82,000 
University of London - - - = = 8,000 
Universities, &amp;c. in Scotland - - - - 6,000 
Queen’s University in Jreland - - -  - 1,000 
Queen’s Colleges, Jreland - - - = 2,000 
National Gallery of Ireland - - - - 1,000 
Belfast Theological Professors, &amp;e. - - - 1,000 
British Museum - - - ” - = 25,000 
National Gallery - - - - - - 4,000 
British Historical Portrait Gallery - - - 1,000 
Scientific Works and Experiments - - - 2,000 
Universal"Exhibition at Paris - - - 2,000 
Crass V. 

Bermudas - - - - - - - 1,000 
Clergy, North America - - - - - 1,000 
Governors and others, West Indies, &amp;e. - - 6,000 
Justices, West Indies - - - - = 1,000 
Western Coast of Africa - = - - 38,000 
Saint Helena - -  - - = - = 41,000 
Falkland Islands - - - - = - 2,000 
Labuan - . - - = = = = 1,000 
Emigration - - = = = = = 8,000 
Captured Negroes, Bounties on Slaves, &amp;e.  - 10,000 
Commissions for Suppression of Slave Trade - 3,000 
Consuls Abroad = - = = = = 42,000 
Services in China, Japan, and Siam - = 56,000 
Ministers at Foreign Courts, Extraordinary 





Expenses - - - - - - - 9,000 
Special Missions, Outfits, &amp;e. - - = 5,000 
Third Secretaries to Embassies - - - 41,000 

Crass VI. 

Superannuation and Retired Allowances, &amp;c. - 45,000 
Polish Refugees and Distressed Spaniards - 1,000 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund Pensions - - - 14,000 
Relief of Distressed British Seamen - - 8,000 
Miscellaneous Charges, formerly on Civil List- 1,000 
Public Infirmaries, Ireland - - ~ - 1,000 
Hospitals in Dublin, and Board of Superin- 

tendence - - - - - - - 4,000 
Concordatum Fund, and other Charities and 

Allowances, Ireland - ~ - - - 2,000 
Non-conforming and other Ministers, Zreland - 11,000 

Cuass VII. 
Temporary Commissions - = = = 7,000 
Patent Law Expenses - - - - = 8,000 
Fishery Board, Scotland- - - - = 4,000 
Local Dues on Shipping under Treaties of Reci- 

procity - - - - - - - 14,000 
Miscellaneous Expenses from Civil Contingencies 12,000 

Total - - - £.1,828,000 


The first eleven Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

The twelfth Resolution, being read a second 
time, was postponed. 

The last of the said Resolutions, being read a 
second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Resolution which. has been 
postponed be taken into consideration upon Mon- 
day next. 


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


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 
Criauses, N° 1 to N° 21, agreed to. 


Criausr, N° 22 (Power to inflict corporal 
punishment). 





Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 
Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Brand, } 56 
Yeas, Mr Adam: ; 
Tellers for the ;Mr. Taylor, 7 
Noes, { Sir Robert Clifton: . 
Motion made, and Question, ‘What the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
put, and negatived. 
Cravsgs, N° 23 to N° 25, agreed to. 
VoL. 121. 


9th—10th March. 





151 


CLAUSE, N° 26 (Marking deserters or soldiers 
discharged with ignominy ). 
. Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 
ill ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Brand, 53 
Yeas, \Mr. Adam: } , 
Tellers for the { Mr. Taylor, 15 
Noes, \ Sir Robert Clifton: \ - 


Crauses, N° 27 to N° 102, agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Childers 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. 


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. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Lords to the Cattle Plague Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Wednesday next. 


an Advance, out of the Capital of the Land Re- 
venues of the Crown, to the Hull South Bridge 
Company, incorporated by “The Hull South 
Bridge Act, 1862 ;” 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Mo- 
tion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

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


Thames the Conservancy of the Thames and Isis 
from Staines, in the County of Middlesex, to 
Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, and also that 
of Colemouth Creek and part of the Waters of the 
Medway, in the County of Kent, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith: And that Mr. Milner 
Gibson and Mr. Monsell do prepare, and bring it in. 


do consist of Seventeen Members. 
Ordered, That Mr. William Orme Foster and 
Mr. Bromley be added to the Committee. 


are merely First Class Bills for extending the time 
for the completion of Works, which have been 
deposited in the Private Bill Office for the present 
Session. 

‘The 





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The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to MarineMutiny 


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


The Pensions Bill was, according to Order, read Pensions Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Cattle Plague 
into consideration the Amendments made by the #- 


A Motion being made, That this House will, tut South 
upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Com- Bridge 
mittee to consider the expediency of authorizing ‘A¢vance-] 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Thames 
for vesting in the Conservators of the River Navigation. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Mines mines. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railway and 
a Return of all Railway and Dock Bills, which Dock Bills. 






























London (City) 
Traffic 
Regulation 
Bill. 


East India 
Communica- 
tions. 


Railways 
Clauses. 


Waterworks. 


Merchant 
Shipping 
Act (1854) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 58. 
Thames 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Bill 59. 


Railways 
Clauses Bill. 


Bill 60. 


Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bill 61. 


Mr. Speaker's 
Iudisposition. 





152 9th—10¢#h— 


The Select Committee on the London (City) Traffic 
Regulation Bill was nominated of Sir William 
Russell, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Baring, Lord Eustace 

Jecil, Mr. Alderman Lawrence, Mr. Miller, and 
Mr. Locke King; with Power to send for persons, 
papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on East India Commu- 
nications was nominated of Mr. Crawford, Lord 
Stanley, Mr. Childers, Lord Robert Montagu, Mr. 
Stansfeld, Admiral Seymour, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Tur- 
ner, Sir Henry Rawlinson, Mr. Baillie, Mr. Weque- 
lin, Sir Charles Bright, Mr. Laird, Mr. Moffatt, 





12th March. 13866. 


Whereupon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the 
Committee of Ways and Means, proceeded to the 
Table as Deputy Speaker; and after Prayers, 
counted the House, and Forty Members being 
present, took the Chair, pursuant to the Standing 
Order of the 20th day of July 1855. 


Mr. Marsh reported from the Committee on Sheffield 
Group G. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Water Bill. 


Sheffield Water Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Prnsatte of the Bill, and 
had verbally amended the same, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; andhad gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 






and Mr. Schreiber; with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers, and records, 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 





“ ’ Tape ; Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | a. " Re: . : oc 
for consolidating in one Act provisions applicable | Group ape Rellway Bille; aay oe ane ey Se 
to Metropolitan and other Railways: And that | Mitchell, one of the Members “ the said Com- 
Mr. Milner Gibson and Mr. Monsell do prepare, and | ee was not present during the sitting of the 
la Se Be | Committee this day. 
5 : | Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Mitchell do attend 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill the said Committee To-morrow. 
to make better provision for the security of Re- | : z 
servoirs, and otherwise to amend the Law relating | Admiral Duncombe reported from the Committee Railway Bills 
to Waterworks: And that Mr. Milner Gibson and 91 Group 9 of Railway Bills; That, there being (Group 9.) 
| no business for the consideration of the Committee, 
they had adjourned to Thursday next, at Twelve 

Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to amend | of the clock. 
“The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854:” And the | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be | 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Monsell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Clive reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group C. of Private Bills; That, for the conve- (Group C.) 
Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill for vesting 'nience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 

Mr, J Yr Gids resented { or vesting = at r ' r e 
in the Conservators of the River Thames the Con- | © Per nee te — “di pea ne 
servancy of the Thames and Isis from Staines, in | anita - P — 
the County of Middleser, to Crichlade, in the | : _ P : . 

County of Wilts, and also that of Colemouth Creek | , Mr. Clive reported from the Committee On Private Bills 
and part of ae Waters of the Medway, in the Group C. of Private Bills; That Lord Bingham, (Group C.) 
. ‘ ° , 2 , ; , : &gt; 7 &gt; 2; 4 273 ‘“ + 2 r* 
County of Kent, and for other purposes connected one of the Mc mbers of the said Committee, w - 
therewith: And the same was read the first time. | - oe during the sitting of the Committee 
i De i anagtion sean &gt;... | this day. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- | Ordered, That Lord Bingham be discharged 








miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be} ¢ : - - 
print a , from further attendance on the said Committee. 
wrinted, 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill for consoli- | Mr. Charles Forster reported from the SelectCom- public 


dating in one Act provisions applicable to Metro-| mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
politan and other Railways: And the same was | mined the Petitions presented upon the 8th and 9th onl 


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


time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 





Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to make | 
better provision for the security of Reservoirs, and | 
otherwise to amend the Law relating to Water- | The House proceeded to take into consideration Banbury Gas 
works: And the same was read the first time;| the Banbury Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday | mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
the 19th day of this instant March; and to be Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


pean. : . , The House proceeded to take into consideration Beddgelert. 
And then the House, having continued to sit | the Beddgelert Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 
till a quarter of an hour after Two of the | Committee. 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till| ~ @,dered. That the Bill be read the third time 
Monday next. ' ° 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Drayton 
the Drayton Junction Railway Bill, as amended in Jusction 
‘ . Railway Bill. 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Monday, 12th March, i866. 
HE House being met, the Clerk, at the 
Table, informed the House of the unavoid- The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
able absence of Mr. Speaker, and read the follow-| the Manchester Royal Exchange Bill, as amended Reyal . 
ing Letter, which he had this day received :— in the Committee. Exchange Bid. 
Sir, Speaker’s House, 12 March 1866. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

I regret that it is not in my power to resume 
my duties to-day. My medical adviser, Sir The House proceeded to take into consideration wigton Water 
William Fergusson, prescribes absolute rest for | the Wigton Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill. 
some further time. mittee. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Your obedient Servant, 
J. Evelyn Denison, Speaker. 

To Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart. 


The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill Carmarthen 


Deities : and Cardigan 
was read a second time; and committed. “- Railway Bill 






































Prete ae a 


esr 








Bill. 


ater 


n 


il 





99. Victoria. 


Castle Cary The Castle Cary and Langport Railway Bill 
and Langport was read a second time; and committed. 

Railway Bill. 

Bast and West The East and West Junction Railway (Hitchin 


Junction Rail- Extension) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
way (Hitchin mitted 
Extension) ? 


Glasgowand _ Lhe Glasgow and South Western Railway (Ad- 
South Western ditional Powers) Bill was read a second time ; and 


ret de a) committed. 
— Bill. &gt; : 
Great Western Lhe Great Western Railway Bill was read a 


Railway Bill. second time; and committed. 


Greenock and The Greenock and Shaws Water Bill was read a 
_ Water second time; and committed. 


Greenock _ The Greenock Water Bill was read a second | 
Water Bill. time; and committed. 

Louth and The Louth and Lincoln Railway Bill was read a 

Tincoln second time; and committed. 

Railway Bill. 

Merthyr, The Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Rail- 


Tredegar, and way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Abergavenny 


Railway Bill. 


Peterborough 


Ordered, That the Peterborough Water Bill be 
Water Bill. 


read a second time To-morrow. 


Saint The Saint Stephen’s Green (Dublin) Bill was 


Stephen's read a second time; and committed. 
Green (Dublin) 
Bill 


12th March. 





153 


make Railways in the County of Kent, for im- South Eastern 

a the communication with the Towns and = h, 
istricts of Bromley, Farnborough, and West Wick- ana West = 

ham, and for other purposes, was read the first Wickham) 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Railways Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Salisbury and Dorset Junc- Salisbury and 
tion Railway Company to make Railways from Dorset 
the Sulisbury and Dorset Junction Railway to the Railway Bill. 
Southampton and Dorchester Branch of the London 
and South Western Railway, and to the Ring- 
wood and Christchurch Railway, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways from the North Bo'ness, 
British Railway to Bo'ness, Grangemouth, South Generate 
Alloa, and Stirling, and for other se a was ie 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- Railway Bill. 
cond time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Tavistock to Tavistock and 
Gunnislake, and for other purposes, was read the tema 5 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. ade 


A Bill for making Railways between Birken- Birkenhead 
head and Liverpool, and for other purposes, was *"4 Liverpool 
‘ Junction 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second Railway Bill, 


time. 


Ordered, That the Gas Light and Coke Com- Gas Light and 
pany Bill, and the Gas Light and Coke, and City Coke Com- 
of London Gas Light and Coke Companies Bill, pany, &amp;c. Bills, 





Slough Gas The Slough Gas Bill was read a second time ; | be committed to the Select Committee on the Lon- 

Bil. and committed. don (City) Corporation Gas Bill. 

South London ‘The South London Market Bill was read a se-| The Order, That the London and Worthing London and 

Market Bill. cond time; and committed. Direct Railway Bill be committed, was read, and —" 

discharged. Railway Bill. 

Watford and The Watford and Edgware Junction Railway Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

Edgware Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

— Bill Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Belfast 
eng The West Cork. Cork and Bandon. &amp;c, Railway | Report from _one of the Examiners of Petitions pr ms 

West Cork, ee andon, sc. allway | fo. Private Bills, That in the case of the Belfast 4"! 
and Companies Bill was read a second time; and com- Gen, Mie. colthention tn-thie Snel ryties + tae 

Bandon, &amp;. mitted. | Gas Bill, originating in the Lords, and referre 

arity \ | on the First Reading thereof, no Standing Orders 

panies il. ? . | . . . . ‘ . 

West Drayton The West Drayton and Staines Railway Bill | yell ba reviously inquired into are applicable 

Davey Dil. was read a second time; and committed. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 

Wolverhamp- } The Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway (De- Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Hull Docks 

wail Railwey viations) Bill was read a second time; and com- | port of the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition Bill. 

(Deviations) mitted. against the Hull Docks Bill. 

Bil. Ordered, That the Report be printed. 

City,Kingston, The Order of the day being read, for the Second , 

Ghee ba Reading of the City, Kingston, and Richmond Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Ely Valley 

ill, 


Railway Bill; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | 


time ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 


Question, by leaving out the word ** now,” and, at | 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
*‘ this day six months.” | 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question:—It was re- | 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second | 
time ; and committed. 


Shrewsbury A Bill to enable the Shrewsbury and North 
—. Wales Railway Company to make certain Rail- 
(Meioa Valley Ways, and also certain Deviations and Alterations 
prieasion, in their authorized Line of Railway, and for other 
) Bill urposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to 

e read asecond time. 
London, A Bill to enable the London, Chatham, and 





Det, ~" Dees es Eastern Railway Companies to 
OL. 121. 


port of the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition = se of 

against the Ely Valley and Vale of Neath Junction Junction 

Railways Bill. Railways Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Chester and 
ort of the Referees on Private Bills on several ——— 
etitions against the Chester and West Cheshire Railway Bill. 

Junction Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Truro Water 
ort of the Referees on Private Bills on several Bi 
Petitions against the Truro Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Croydon, 
ort of the Referees on Private Bills on several aan and 
Petitions against the Croydon, Mitcham, and Railway Bill. 
Kingston Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Macclesfield, 
gton 


| port of the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition Warrin 


x against Railway Bill. 






154 


against the Macclesfield, Knutsford, and Warring- 
ton Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, 
That Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter 
from Lewis Rooke, informing him that it is not his 
intention to proceed with his Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Barnstaple :—And the said Letter was read, as 
followeth :— 

Sir, Barnstaple, 9th March 1866. 

I hereby beg to inform you that I do not intend 
to proceed with the Petition, signed by me, de- 
livered in on the 7th day of February last, com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Bench of Barnstaple. 
I have honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servant, 
Lewis Rooke. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


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. 


York County Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, 
waged That Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter 
— from Messrs. Travers Smith and De Gex,as Agents 

for Richard Berridge and Joseph Dodds, informing 

him that it is not their intention to proceed with 

their Petition complaining of an undue Election 

and Return for the North Riding of the County 

of York: —And the said Letter was read, as fol- 


loweth :— 
48, Parliament-street, Westminster, S.W. 
Sir, 8th March 1866. 
As Agents for Richard Berridge and Joseph 


12th March. 





Dodds, in the matter of their Petition delivered in | 
on the 21st day of February last, complaining of | 
an undue Election and Return for the North | 
Riding of Yorkshire, 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 obedient Servants, 
Travers Smith and De Gez. 
To the Right Honourable 





The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
charged. 


Portsmouth 
Election. 


That Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter | 
from Richard Henry Clements Ubsdell and Mi- | 
chael Elliott, informing him that it is not their inten- | 
tion to proceed with their Petition complaining of 
an undue Blection and Return for the Borough of 
Portsmouth:—And the said Letter was read, as 
followeth :— 
Portsmouth Election Petition. 
Sir, 9th March 1866. 

We beg to inform you that it is not our inten- 
tion to proceed with the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
o. Portsmouth. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servants, 
Richard Henry Clements Ubsdell. 
Michael Elliott. 
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. 


Dumbarton- Mr. Deputy org acquainted the House, 
shire Election. That Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter 


from Patrick Boyle Smollett, 


squire, imforming 


; Ting ti ne | Mail Packet Service, which was presented upon ¢ 
General Committee of Elections was read, and dis- | 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, | which was presented upon the 9th day of this 











1866. 


him that it is not his intention to proceed with his 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Shire of Dumbarton :—And the 
said Letter was read, as followeth :— 

Sir, 10th March 1866. 

I hereby give you notice that it is not my in- 
tention to proceed with my Election Petition for 
the County of Dumbarton, delivered in on the 8th 
day of February last. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
Patrich Boyle Smollett, 
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. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 


Vide Tenth 
Report. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, Malt and 
dated the 5th day of this instant March, for Barley. 
Returns relative to Malt and Barley. 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson ,presented,—Return to an Chain Cables 
Order, dated the 20th day of February last, for and Anchen 
Returns relative to Chain Cables and Anchors. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Smithfield Smithfield 





Dead Meat Market, which was presented upon Dead Meat 
‘ : Or mg ial . : Market. 
the 9th day of this instant March, be printed. Ne. 108 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Metropolitan 
Metropolitan Police, which were presented upon Police. 
the 9th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 104, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bank Bank Notes, 
Notes, which was presented upon the 9th day of No. 106, 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Average Savings Banks, 
Rate of Interest allowed to Depositors in Savings No. 106, 
Banks, which was presented upon the 9th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the African African Mail 


Packet 
Service. 


No. 107. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, Army. 
No. 108. 


the 9th day of this instant March, be printed. 


instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy Navy 
(Masters), which was presented upon the 9th day (Masters.) 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 109. 


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

Returns of the Number of First Class Boys entered 

for the First time on board Her Majesty’s Ships 
for each year from 1860-61 to 1864-65 inclusive, 
distinguishing those entered in District Coast 
Guard Ships : Of the Number of Second Class 
Boys entered for the first time on board Her 
Majesty’s Ships for each year from 1860-61 to 
1864-65 inclusive, distinguishing those entered in 
Training Ships and District Coast Guard Ships: 
Of the Number of First Class Boys in Her 
Majesty’s Service on the Ist day of April of each 
year from 1861 to 1865 inclusive: Of the 
Number of Second Class Boys in Her Majesty’s 
Service on the Ist day of April of each year from 
1861 to 1865 inclusive, distinguishing those that 
were in Training Ships from those that were in 
other Ships : Of the Number of bond fide Sea- 
men who were rated from Boys in each year from 
1860-61 to 1864-65 inclusive : Of the Number 
of bond side Seamen (exclusive of Pensioners ~ ve 
OOKS 


























D. 





Peerage of 
Ireland. 


Exchequer 


* Bills and 


Bonds Bill. 


Orders of the 
Day. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People. 


Supply. 


Military Store 


Establish- 
ments and 
Warlike 
Stores, 


Mutiny Bill. 


99 VicToRIA. 


books of Her Majesty’s Shipsand Coast Guard Men 
onshore) on the Ist day of April of each year from 
1861 to 1865 inclusive : Of the Number of 
Coast Guard Fleet Men on shore on the Ist day 
of April of each year from i861 to 1865 inclusive: 
f the Number of bond fide Seamen who 
entered the Royal Navy from the Shore, Merchant, 
or other Service for the first time in each year 
from 1860-61 to 1864-65 inclusive : Of the 
Number of bond fide Seamen who have left the 
Service from all causes in each year from 1860-61 
to 1864-65 inclusive, distinguishing those who 
were paid off to the shore from those who were dis- 
charged from other causes: And, of the Number 
of Boys who have left the Service from all causes 
in each year from 1860-61 to 1864-65 inclusive. 














Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from Ulster King at Arms of the Number 
of the existing Peers of Jreland, exclusive of those 
who have Seats in the House of Lords by virtue 
of Peerages of Great Britain or of the United 
Kingdom : And, of the Number of Creations 
and Promotions made in the Peerage of Ireland 
since the Union, with the Dates of such Creations 
and Promotions. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Exchequer Bills and Bonds Bill; 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Orders of the Day be post- 
poned till after the Notice of Motion with respect 
to Paragraphs in the Queen’s Speech. 


The House was moved, That so much of Her 
Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses 
of Parliament at the opening of the Session as 
relates to the Rights of Voting in Counties, Cities, 
and Boroughs, might be read; and the same was 
read, as followeth: 

“‘T have directed that information should be pro- 
cured in reference to the Rights of Voting in the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
Counties, Cities, and Boroughs. 

« When that information is complete, the atten- 
tion of Parliament will be called to the result thus 
obtained, with a view to such improvements in the 
Laws which regulate the Rights of Voting in the 
Election of Members of the House of Commons 
as may tend to strengthen our Free Institutions 
and conduce to the Public welfare.” 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Right of Voting at Elections of 
Members of Parliament in England and Wales: 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the twelfth of the Resolu- 
tions which, upon the 9th day of this instant March, 
were reported from the Committee of Supply, and 
which Resolution was then postponed; and the 
same was again read, as followeth : 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.428,000, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Kfilitary Store Establishments and Warlike Stores, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, 
inclusive. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


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. 
Vou. 12). 


12th—13th March. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Second Labouring 
Reading of the Labouring ame Dwellings Bill ; Classes 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Pveliings Bill, 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 

time ; 

And the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Tuesday, 13th March, 1866: 


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

The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 


The County Courts Bill was, according to Order, County Courts 
read a second time ; andcommitted toa Committee ® 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Common Law 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (Jreland) Courts. 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Chancery (/re/and) Bill; Chancery 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (!eland) Bill. 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, fur the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.173,655, be Admiralty 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of Office. 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
Admiralty Office, which willcome in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1867. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,368,971, be Dockyards 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of and Naval 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her #4 
Majesty’s Dockyards and Naval Yards at Home 
and Abroad, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1867. 

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, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings Bill Artizans and 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and Labourers’ 


committed to a Select Committee. — 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Land Tax 
to appoint additional Commissioners for executing Se 
the Acts for granting a Land Tax and other Rates "°°" “""™* 
and Taxes: And that Mr. Childers and Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Trusts 
to facilitate the Administration of Trusts in Scot- (Scotland) 
land: And that the Lord Advocate, Mr. Solicitor 5“ 
General for Scotland, and Sir George Grey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. P 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Summary 
to improve the Administration of the Law as (Scotl nd) 
respects Summary Procedure before Justices of pin, 
the Peacein Scotland, and toamend “ The Summary 

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156 


Procedure Act, 1864:” And that the Lord Ad- 
vocate, Mr. Solicitor General for Scotland, and 
Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Poor Law Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

+ peal to provide Superannuation Allowances to Officers 

(Scotland.) employed in Parishes. in Scotland in the Relief of 
the Poor: And that the Lord Advocate, Mr. 
Solicitor General for Scotland, and Sir George 

o Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 

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

Registration to improve the system of Registration of Writs re- 

(Scotland) —Jating to Land in Scotland, and to amend the Law 
relating to Inhibitions and Adjudications: And 
that the Lord Advocate, Mr. Solicitor General 
for Scotland, and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Louth Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, That 

Election. 


Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter from 
Wellington Shegog, informing him that it is not his in- 
tention to proceed with his Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the County of 
Louth: And the said Letter was read, as fol- 
loweth :— 
Louth Election Petition. 
Sir, March 1866. 

I hereby give you notice that it is not my inten- 
tion to proceed with the Election Petition presented 
against the Return of the Right Honourable Chi- 
chester Fortescueand Tristram Kennedy, Esquire, at 
the last Election for the County of Louth. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servant, 
Wellington Shegog. 
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. 


Message from 


the Lords. =§ That a Message had been brought from the Lords 
by onetof their Clerks, as followeth : 

Consolidated The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund 

Fund 


(£. 1,187,772) (£. 1,137,772) Bill, without any Amendment. 
Bil. 


Divorces and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 
Matrimonial Act to amend the Procedure and Powers of the 
teres)” Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes; to 
; which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 
Dr. Cashel's The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 
Divorce Bill Act to dissolve the Marriage of Rowan Francis 
Lords. ] Cashel, Doctor of Medicine, with Emily Harriett 
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
and for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 
East India A Motion being made, That this House will, 
Military, &amp;. upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Com- 
—, mittee to consider of making Provision for the 
— transfer of the Assets, Liabilities, and Manage- 
ment of the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Military 
Funds, the Bengal Military Orphan Society, and 
other Funds to the Secretary of State for India 
in Council; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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

Dumbarton- Mr. Deputy Speaker informed the House, That, 


shire Election. pursuant to the “ Election Petitions Act, 1848,” 
a Notice had been inserted in the London Gazette 
of the 16th day of February last, that it was not 
the intention of James Stirling, Esquire, to defend 
his Election or Return for the Shire of Dumbarton. 


12th—138th March. 





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Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, ‘in Parishes in Scotland in the Relief of the Poor: 
| And the same was read the first time; and ordere 


| 


‘on the Public 














1866. 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 
this House this day, with the last Return for the — ~ 
Shire of Dumbarton, and amend the same, by “"™ ee 
taking off the file the Indenture by which James 
Stirling, Esquire, was returned. 


Mr. Cowper reported from the Select Committee Public Offices 
ffices (Site) Bill; That they had (Site) Bill. 
examined the allegations of the Bill,and found the _ Bill 62. 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to improve writs Regis- 
the system of Registration of Writs relating to tration (Scot- 
Land in Scotland, and to amend the Law relating 4 Bil. 
to Inhibitions and Adjudications: And the same _ Bill 63. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday the 20th day of this 
instant March; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to improve Summary 

the Administration of the Law as respects Sum- (Scotland) Bill 
&gt; ° ° ° 

mary Procedure before Justices of the Peace in Bill 64 

Scotland, and to amend “‘ The Summary Procedure —" 

Act, 1864:” And the same was read the first time; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 

the 20th day of this instant March; and to be 

printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to facilitate Trusts 
the Administration of Trusts in Scotland: And the (Scotland) Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill 65. 
read a second time upon Tuesday the 20th day of 
this instant March ; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to provide Poor Law 


Superannuation Allowances to Officers employed Officers Super- 
annuation 
(Scotland) Bill, 


‘ Bill 66. 
to be read a second time upon Tuesday the 20th 


day of this instant March; and to be printed. 


Mr. Stansfeld presented,—Return to an Address East India 
to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of February (Mysere.) 


last, for Returns relative to East India (Mysore). 


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


The Order for reading a second time, upon kntail 
Thursday next, the Entail (Scotland) Bill, was (Scotland) Bill. 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of April next. 


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








Tuesday, 13th March, 1866. 


HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, 

informed the House of the continued illness 
and unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker: —Where- 
upon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the Committee 
of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table as 
Deputy Speaker; and after Prayers, counted the 
House, and Forty Members being present, took 
the Chair, pursuant to the Standing Order of the 
20th day of July 1855. 


Mr. Speaker’s 
Indisposition. 


The Clerk of the Crown, attending according Dumbarton- 
to Order, amended the Return for the Shire of shire Election. 
Dumbarton, Mr 





























29 Vicroria. 


Upavonand Mr. Ingham reported the Upavon and Andover 
ay Bill Rail- Railway Bill, with Amendments. : 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Truro Water Mr. Marsh reported from the Committee on 
Bill. Group G. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Truro Water Bill, the Referees having reported 
that the Engineering Details in respect to the said 
Bill are defective, and the estimate insufficient, 
the Committee had not proceeded with the con- 
sideration of the Jill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Afon Valley The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Afon Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bodmin Water The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill. the Bodmin Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Devonand = The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— — the Devon and Somerset Railway (Capital) Bill. 
ray (Capital) Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Lancashire The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Yorkshire the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Blackburn 


il js ° ‘ . 
(Blackburn and Padiham) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 


and Padiham) and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Bill, changed = = Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


from “ Lan- 
cashire and Yorkshire Railway (North Lancashire Loop Line.)” 


Neath and 
Brecon Rail- 
way (Capital) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Neath and Brecon Railway (Capital) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


New Milford 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Docks Bill. 


the New Milford Docks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


West Middle- | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
sex Water Bill. the West Middlesex Water Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Whitby, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Redcar, and the Whitby, Redcar, and Middlesborough Union 
Middles- ° , ° ‘ 
porough Union Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Brixton, Ordered, That the Brixton, Clapham, and Balham 
Clapham, and Hxtension Railways Bill be read a second time 
Balham Exten- 

sion Railways To-morrow. 

Bill. 

Rhymney The Rhymney Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 

South Eastern Qrdered, That the South Eastern Railway 
pou A oo (London, Croydon, and Caterham Junction Rail- 
and Caterham ways) Bill be read a second time upon Friday 


Juncti 

Railways) Bill, 7°" 

Blackwater The Blackwater ( Youghal) Wooden Bridge Bill 
oe sa was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
Bridge Bil. committed. 

Mid-Kent,and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


South Eastern Reading of the Mid-Kent and South Eastern Rail- 
Railway Com- ° . 
panies Bill, way Companies Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 9th day of April next. 


Peterborough 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Water Bill. on 


Reading of the Peterborough Water Bill; : 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 


13th March. 


157 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 





Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod ; 

Mr. Deputy Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal 
Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both 
Houses, desire the immediate attendance of this 
Honourable House in the House of Peers, to hear 
the Commission read. 

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

Mr. Deputy 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 notify- 
ing 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 : 


A Message was delivered by Colonel Clifford, Royal Assent 


An Act to apply the Sum of One Million One Consolidated 


hundred and thirty-seven thousand Seven hundred 


Fund, to the Service of the year ending the Thirty- 
first day of March, One thousand eight hundred 
and sixty-six : 


und 


. (£. 1,137,772 
and seventy-two pounds, out of the Consolidated Bill. ; 


An Act for amending the Laws relating to the Savings Banks 





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:—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 ; 


upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sirhowy Extension Railway 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 Skipton and Wharfdale Railway 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the British Gas Company 
( Staffordshire Potteries) Bill, Petition of Matthew 
Folliott Blakiston, for dispensing with Standing 
Order 129 in the case of the Petition of the Han- 
ley Gas Consumers Company against the Bill, the 
said Standing Order ou ht to be dispensed with. 

2. That in the case of the Bridport, Lyme, and 
South Coast Railway Petition, the Standing Or- 
ders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided 
that an amended copy of the Plan and Sections be 
deposited in the Private Bill Office; that the 
Committee on the Bill do report how far such Or- 
der has been complied with on the Report of the 





Vou. 121. 





Bill. 
x3+ 3. That 


Investments on account of Savings Banks and and Post Office 
‘ Savings Banks 
Post Office Savings Banks. Bill, 


Peterborough 
Water Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time . 


Sirhowy 
Extension 
Railway Bill. 


Skipton and 
Wharfdale 
Railway Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


British Gas 
Company 
(Staffordshire 
Potteries) Bill. 


Bridport, 
yme, and 
South Coast 

Railway. 






































































sctcscmiastnimneness aides 


Tan 


earenoets: 


SSRIS SR TLL 











Anglesey 
Ceptral Rail- 
way Bill, 


South Ken- 
sington New 
Road Bill. 


Ryde Station 
and Railway 
Bill. 


158 


3. That in the case of the Anglesey Central 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that the Powers 
for making new Works and for raising Money for 
the construction of those Works be struck out of 
the Bill; that the Committee on the Bill do 
report how far such Order has been complied with 
on the Report of the Bill. 

4. That in the case of the South Kensington 
New Road Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 

roceed with their Bill, provided that Clause 39 
struck out of the same, and also the Powers of 
granting Building Leases contained in Clause 41 
of the Bill; that the Committee on the Bill do 
report how far such Orders have been complied 
with on the Report of the Bill. 

5. That in the case of the Ryde Station and 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that all compul- 
sory Powers over the following Properties be 
struck out of the Bill, viz. “ A Coal Yard or Store 
in the occupation of Joseph Kemp, included in the 


Properties numbered 85 and 86, in the Parish of 


Newchurch,” and “ A Property in the occupation 
of the Ryde Commissioners, numbered 48, in the 
said Parish ;” that the Committee on the Bill do 
report how far such Order has been complied with 
on the Report of the Bill. 


13th March. 


aval 
1866. 
Bill to authorize the mixed gauge or the broad 
gauge only upon the Tamar, Kit Hill, and Cal- 
lington Railway, and Working and Traffic Ar- 
rangements between the Tamar, Kit Hill, and 
Callington Railway Company and the Saltash and 
Callington and other Railway Companies, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Getty and Sir John Gray. 


Ordered, That Mr. ryry | Speaker do issue Louth Writ. 
e 


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 Par- 
liament for the County of Zouth, in the room of 
the Right Honourable Chichester Samuel Fortes- 
cue, who, since his election for the said County, 
hath accepted the Office of Chief Secretary to the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do issue Tewkesbury 


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 Tewkesbury, in the room of William Edward 
Dowdeswell, Esquire, who, since his Election for 
the said Borough, hath accepted the Office of 
Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chil- 
tern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough, and Bonen- 
ham, in the County of Buckingham. 


rit. 


Several Public Petitions were 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


6. That in the case of the South Kensington 
Road Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill, provided that Clause 39 be 
struck out of the same; that the Committee on 


South Ken- 


resented, and Public 
— em Road t 
ill. 


able. Petitions. 


Vide Tenth 
Report, 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum British 
being offered to be presented ; Museum. 


Aldershot Gas 
Bill. 


Cork Harbour 
and Curragh- 
binny Exten- 
sion Railway 
Bili. 


Dublin, Rath- 
mines, &amp;c. 
Railway Bill. 


London Rail- 
ways Gas Bill. 


Swansea 
General Rail- 
wav Station 
and Hotel 
Bill. 


Dr. Cashel’s 
Divorce Bill 
| Lords. } 


Bridport, 
Lyme, and 
South Coast 
Railway. 


the Bill do report how far such Order has been 
complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

7. That in the case of the Aldershot Gas Bill, 
the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

8. That in the case of the Cork Harbour and 
Curraghbinny Extension Railway Bill, the Stand- 
ing Galen ought not to be dispensed with. 


9. That in the case of the Dublin, Rathmines, 
&amp;c. Railway Bill, the Standing Orders ought not 


to be dispensed with. ; 
10. That in the case of the London Railways 


Gas Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be 
dispensed with. 

11. That in the case of the Swansea General 
Railway Station and Hotel Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

The first six Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Dr. Cashel’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders in re- 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in_ the 
Bridport, Lyme, and South Coast Railway Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways in the Counties of Dorset and 
Devon, to be called “ The Bridport, Lyme, and 
South Coast Railway”: And that Mr. Portman 
and Mr. Thomas Alexander Mitchell do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

A Petition of the Tamar, Kit Hill, and Cal- 
lington Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 











Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the contents of the said Peti- 
tion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Then the said Petition was brought up, and 
read; setting forth, That the only Funds belong- 
ing to the Petitioners for the support of the British 
Museum consist of Thirty thousand pounds Three 
per cent. Reduced Bank Annuities, the annual 
dividend whereof amounts to Nine hundred pounds; 
of a Bequest 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 shil- 
lings and fourpence; that the Establishment is 
necessarily attended with an expense far beyond 
the annual produce of the above-mentioned Sums, 
and the Trust cannot, with benefit to the Public, 
be carried on without the aid of Parliament; and 
praying the House to grant them such further 
support towards enabling them to carry on the 
execution of the Trust reposed in them by Parlia- 
ment for the general benefit of learning and useful 
knowledge, as to the House shall seem meet. 

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


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Aberavon Local 
Board Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Briton Ferry Briton Ferry 
Gas Bill, with Amendments. Gas Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Com- Canterbury 
mittee on the Canterbury Gas and Water Bill ; Gas and Water 


That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and made a verbal 
Amendment 


Aberavon 
Local Board. 














Cornwall 
County 
Lunatic 
Asylum Bill. 


Croydon 
Commercial 
Gas Bill. 


Heywood 
Water Bill. 


Holyhead 
Water Bill. 


Kidwelly and 


Burry Port 


Railway and 


Burry Port 


Amalgamation 


Bill. 


Leicester 


99 Vicroria. 


Amendment therein, and found the same, as 

amended, to be true; and had gone through the 

Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

“ — That the Report do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Cornwall County Lunatic Asylum 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Sounihe of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by reciting that the consent of one of Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State had been 
obtained to the increased expenditure necessary for 
carrying into execution the objects of the Bill, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Croydon Com- 
mercial Gas Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Heywood Water 
Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Holyhead W ater 
Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Kidwelly and 
Burry Port Railway and Burry Port Amalgama- 
tion Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Leicester Cattle 


Cattle Market, Market, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments. 
&amp;c. Bill. 


North Eastern 


Railway 
(Gilling, 


Helmsley, an 


Pickering 


Branch) Bill. 


Paisley Water 
Bill. 


Frome 
Election. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported the North Eastern 
Railway ( Gilling, Helmsley, and Pickering Branch) 


q Bill, with Amendments. 


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


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Committee 
on the Paisley Water Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by adding an explana- 
tory recital as to the deposited Plans, Sections, and 
Book of Reference, 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. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, 
That Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter 
from Joseph Peacock and John Viner, informing 
him that it is not their intention to proceed with 
their Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Frome :—And the 
said Letter was read, as followeth :— 

" Sir, 9th March 1866. 

We beg to inform you that it is not our inten- 
tion to proceed with the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Frome. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servants, 
Joseph Peacock. 
John Viner. 


To the Right Honourable The Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 
Vou. 121, 


13th March. 








159 


. The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections was read, and 
discharged. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, york county 
That Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter (North Riding) 
from Arthur Thompson, as Agent for George Wil- Election. 
son, Eyre Ledgard, and John Lister Brunton, 
informing him that it is not their intention to pro- 
ceed with their Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the North Riding of the 
County of York :—And the said Letter was read, 
as followeth :— 

Sir, 21, Coney-street, York, 8th March 1866. 

As Agent for George Wilson, Eyre Ledgard, and 
John Lister Brunton, in the matter of their Peti- 
tion delivered in on the twentieth day of February 
last, complaining of an undue Election and Return, 
for the North Riding of Yorkshire, 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, 
Arthur 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 
discharged. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, Canterbury 
That Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter Election. 
from Albert White and William Davison, Junior, 
informing him that it is not their intention to pro- 
ceed with their Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of Canterbury :— 
And the said Letter was read, as followeth :— 

7th March 1866. 
Canterbury Election Petition. 

We have the honour to give you Notice that it 
is not our intention to proceed with the Petition, 
signed by us, against the Return of the Sitting 
Members. 

We have the honour to be, ' 
Your obedt. humble Servants, 
Albert White. 
William Davison, Junior. 
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. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, xigderminster 
That Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter Election. 
from Samuel Broom and others, 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 :— 

Kidderminster, 6th March 1866. 

In the matter of the Petition of the under- 
signed Samuel Broom, Jabez Morgan, Henry Grant, 
and Samuel Jehu Cooper, against the Return of 
Albert Grant, Esquire, as Member to serve in 
Parliament for the Borough of Kidderminster. 

Sir, 

We beg to inform you that it is not our intention 

to proceed any further with the above Petition. 

We remain, Sir, 
Your obedient Servants, 

Samuel Broom. 
Jabez Morgan. 
Henry Grant. 
Samuel Jehu Cooper. 

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. 

x4 Mr. 








Londonderry 
City Election. 


Portpatrick 
and 
Donaghadee 
Harbours, &amp;c. 


Portpatrick 
Harbour. 


Poor's Houses 
(Scotland.) 


Ships 

** Octavia,” 

** Constance,” 
and 

*¢ Arethusa.” 


Cattle Plague 
(Belgium.) 


Greenwich 
Hospital Act, 
1865. 


160 


Mr. Deputy Speaker omen the House, 
That Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter 
from S. M. Greer, informing him that it is not his 
intention to proceed with his Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the oe | of 
Londonderry :—And the said Letter was read, as 
followeth :— 

Sir, Reform Club, 12th March 1866. 
As the Petitioner in the matter of the Petition 
against the Election and Return for the City of 
Londonderry, I have the honour to inform you that 

it is not my intention to proceed with the same. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
S. M. Greer. 


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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of all Correspondence with the Treasury 
as to the Mail Service to the North of Ireland vid 
Portpatrick and Donaghadee subsequent to the 
2d day of March 1860, and in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 123, of Session 1860. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of all Correspondence between the Secre- 
tary to the Admiralty and the Secretary to the 
Board of Trade and the Chairman and Secretary 
of the Portpatrick Railway Company relative to 
the proposed Improvements in Portpatrick Harbour 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 159, 
of Session 1860). 


Resolved, That 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 Parishes or Unions of Pa- 
rishes in Scotland, where Poor’s Houses have been 
built and brought into operation :——-In each such 
Parish (whether now forming part of an Union or 
not) of the Number of Paupers, and of the Total 
Cost of Poor, including Expense of Establishment, 
in each of the Three years immediately preceding 
the Poor’s House being brought into operation: 
And, similar Return for each year subsequent 
to the Poor’s House being brought into operation. 
Ordered, That 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 Tonnage, Power (nominal and indi- 
cated), Description of Engines, and displace- 
ment of the Ships “ Octavia,” ‘“ Constance,” and 
** Arethusa,” setting forth the Results of the Trial 
from Plymouth to Madeira, in a Tabulated Form, 
showing the Time of Departure and Arrival ; when 
previously docked; the Total and Daily Number 
of Hours under Steam; Total and Daily Distance 
steamed; Total and Daily Consumption of Coal; 
Description and Quantity of Coal put on board; 
the greatest Number of Revolutions on any day ; 
Distance run, with the Average Pressure on that 
day ; und if prevented at any time from steaming, 
the Cause and Period of Stoppage. 


Mr. Bruce presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report on the Cattle Plague in 
Belgium. 

Mr. Bruce also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an 
Order in Council, dated 9th September 1865, 
approving a Memorial of the Lords Commissioners 
of the Admiralty, proposing certain Regulations 


13th March. 





1866. 


relating to “ Greenwich Pensions,” and the future 
Establishment of Greenwich Hospital. 

Copy of an Order in Council, dated 3d February 
a Memorial of the Lords Com- 


1866, approvin 
submitting certain 


missioners of the Admiralty, 
Regulations as to Persons who shall be eligible as 
Candidates for Admission into Greenwich Hospital. 

Copy of an Order in Council, dated 16th Fe- 
bruary 1866, approving a Memorial of the Lords 
Commissioners of the Admiralty proposing the 
Grant of certain Pensions, to be called “ Green- 
wich Hospital Pensions,” out of the Funds of that 
Hospital, to Officers not on the Establishment, or 
Inmates of the Hospital. 

Copy of an Order in Council, dated 16th Fe- 
bruary 1866, approving a Memorial of the Lords 
Commissioners of the Admiralty, submitting a new 
Seale for the Establishment and Salaries for the 
Officers, &amp;c. in Greenwich Hospital and Schools. 

Copy of an Order in Council, dated 5th De- Nava) Agency 
cember 1865, for the purpose of carrying out cer- and Distri- 
tain provisions of the Naval Agency and Distri- ution Act. 
bution Act, 1864, and repealing Order in Council, 
dated 1st November 1864. 

Copy of an Order in Council, dated 11th De- Navy ana 
cember 1865, for the purpose of carrying out cer- Marines 
= provisions under the Navy and Marines ( Wills) (Wile) Act, 

ct, 1865. 

Copy of an Order in Council, dated 28th De- Navy ana 
cember 1865, for the purpose of carrying into Marines 
effect the Navy and Marines (Property of De- am tome 
ceased) Act, 1865. ra 

Copy of an Order in Council, dated 5th De- Naval and 
cember 1865, for the purpose of carrying out cer- pe Py 
tain provisions under the Naval and Marine Pay Act, — 
and Pensions Act, 1865. 

Copy of an Order in Council, dated 16th Fe- Harbours 
bruary 1866, approving a Memorial from the Tsfer Act. 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for the 
Transfer, from them to the Board of Trade, of the 
Harbours at Dover, Alderney, and Saint Catherine, 

Jersey. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt and Malt and 
Barley, which was presented upon the 12th day of Barley. 
this instant March, be printed. ‘ No. 110, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chain chain Cables 
Cables and Anchors, which was presented upon and Anchors, 
the 12th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 111, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fast fast India 
India (Mysore), which was presented upon the (Mysore.) 
12th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 112. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Real Estate 
for the better settling the Real Estates of Intes- !testacy. 
tates: And that Mr. Locke King, Mr. Rouverie, 
and Mr. Coleridge do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Royal 
Returns of the Officers, Teachers, and other Offi- Hibernian 
cials of the Royal Hibernian Military School ap- Suitay 
pointed since the Date of the last Parliamentary ; 
Returns, specifying their Names, Religion, Em- 
ployment, Annual Salaries, Annual Value of their 
Allowances, Residences, and whether they are still 
on the Staff of the Establishment, or whether they 
have since died, resigned, or been promoted’ to 
other positions in the same or similar ae 
——Of Offices now vacant, specifying the nature 
of such Offices, the Annual Salaries and Allow- 
ances of such Offices, and the Dates when such 
Vacancies occurred: Of any Changes in the 
Books in use at the date of the last Parliamentary 
Return for the General, Secular, or Religious In- 
struction of the Boys, and a Copy of all Cor- 
respondence relative to such Changes: —— Of the 
Annual Salaries and Allowances, as well as the 


Annual 








99 VicToRIA. 


Annual Value of the Residences, of the Roman 
Catholic and Protestant Clergymen of the Insti- 
tution, and a Copy of all Correspondence since the 
Date of the last Parliamentary Return relative to 
the “‘ Quarters” and Salary of the Roman Catholic 
Clergyman of the Institution; and the Average 
Number of the Roman Catholic and Protestant 
Boys in the School during the years 1861, 1862, 
1863, and 1834, and the Number at present in the 
Institution: Of the Number of Applications 
for Admission into the School during the same 
years, specifying, first, the Names of the Boys ad- 
mitted each year, with the Dates of their Appli- 
cations for Admission; second, the Religious Re- 
gistration of the Boys so admitted; third, the 
Religious Faith the Boys so admitted were bap- 
tized in; and, fourth, the Names of the Boys at 
present on the Books of the Institution as Appli- 
cants, and the Religious Faith in which they were 
baptized :——Copies of the Application Papers 
and all Correspondence relative to the Admission 
and Religious Registration of a Boy named Joseph 
O’ Callaghan, Son of John O'Callaghan, late a 
Colour Sergeant in Her Majesty's 9th Regiment 
of Foot :——And, of Letter recently addressed to 
the Lord Lieutenant by the Most Reverend Dr. 
Cullen relative to the Management of the Royal 
Hibernian Military School, and of all Correspond- 
ence relating thereto. 





Representation The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
ofthe People. the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 12th day of this instant March, That 
leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend the 
Right of Voting at Elections of Members of Par- 
liament in England and Wales ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Wednesday, 14th March, 1866: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned :— 
It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That teave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Right of Voting at Elections of 
Members of Parliament in England and Wales: 
And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir 
George Grey, and Mr. Villiers do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Labouring The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Dwellings pi, nto a Committee on the Labouring Classes Dwell- 
Bill 67 ‘ings Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
* Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Kinnaird reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and amended the Title, as fol- 
loweth: A Bill to enable the Public Works Loan 
Commissioners to make Advances towards the 
Erection of Dwellings for the Labouring Classes. 
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. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Meavs. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Reptesente- Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
People Ea Bill to extend the Right of Voting at Elections of 
Bill gg, Members of Parliament in England and Wales: 
* And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday the 12th 
day of April next; and to be printed. 
_ Estate Mr. Locke King presented a Bill for the better 
en settling the Real Estates of Intestates: And the 


same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
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read a second time upon Wednesday the 6th day 
of June next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one ‘of *h¢ Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Alliance and 
for incorporating “ The Alliance and Dudlin Con- recy 
sumers’ Gas Company” formed by the Amalgama- Bill [Lords.] 
tion of “ The Alliance and Dublin Consumers’ Gas 
Company” and “ The Commercial Gas Company 
of Ireland, Limited,” and for authorizing the ac- 
quisition by the Company of Gasworks and Pro- 
perty of “ The United General Gas Company,” and 
for defining the Limits within which the Company 
may supply Gas, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act London Gas 
to authorize the London Gas Light Company to Bill [Zords.] 
raise further Sums of Money, and for other pur- 
poses; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Columbia 
for the Establishment and Regulation of a Market ——o ket 
near Columbia Square, in the Parish of Saint Mary yon _— 
Maithew, Bethnal Green, in the County of Mid- proaches Bill 
dlesex, and the opening of a new Street, and the 4°"! 
improvement of Streets adjoining, or near to, the 
Market-place, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Church Rates 
the Church Rates Commutation (No. 2) Bill, was Commutation 
- (No. 2) Bill. 
read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Turnpike 
the Turnpike Roads Bill, was read, and discharged. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 25th day of April next. 


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. 


Wednesday, 14th March, 1866. 


HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Mr. speaker's 
Table, informed the House of the continued !ndisposition. 
illness and unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker :— 
Whereupon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means, proceeded to the 
Table as Deputy Speaker; and after layers, 
counted the House, and Forty Members being 
present, took the Chair, pursuant to the Standing 
Order of the 20th day of July 1855. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Morayshire 
the Morayshire Railway Bill, as amended in the ®#i!way Bill. 
Committee. 

Orderéd, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Crystal Palace and South Crystal Palace 
London Junction Railway Bill be read a second $n4 South 
time To-morrow. Junction 
Railway Bill. 

The Brixton, Clapham, and Balham Extension Brixton, 
Railways Bill was, according to Order, read So and 
second time ; and committed. oe 
Railways Bill. 

A Bill to authorize the mixed gauge or the Tamar, Kit 
broad gauge only upon the Tamar, Kit Hill, and aa =. 
Callington Railway, and Working and Traffic Ar- Railwey Bill, 
rangements between the Tamar, Kit Hill, and 
Callington Railway Company and the Saltash 
and Callington and other Railway Companies, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways in the Counties of Sp , 
Dorset and Devon, to be called “ The Bridport, g7\th' coast 











Y Tyme, Railway Bill. 





162 


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


Alliance and 
Dublin Con- 
sumers Gas 
Bill [ Lords.] 


The Alliance and Dublin Consumers’ Gas Bill 
was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


London Gas 


The London Gas Bill was read the first time. 
Bill [Lords.] 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Columbia 
(Bethnal 
Green) Market 
and 


The Columbia (Bethnal Green) Market and Ap- 
proaches Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


Approaches miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Bill (Lords.} 


Private Bills 


Mr. Akroyd reported from the Committee on 
(Group C.) 


Group C. of Private Bills; That, at the meeting 
of the Committee this day, a Letter was received 
from Mr. Clive, Chairman of the said Committee, 
stating that, having met with an accident, he is 
unable to attend the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Clive be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed, with two Members. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eleventh 
Report. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the County Infirmaries (Jreland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—It passed in the Negative. 


County 
Infirmaries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Railway 
Travelling 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railway Travelling (Jreland) 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{ Sir Colman O’Loghlen, 

Yeas, UMr. Stacpoole : J 

Tellers for the ; Mr. Blake, 1900 

Noes,  |Mr. Stearne Ball Miller: S : 

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, Tlat the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


83. 


The Prosecution Expenses Bill was, according to 
Order, read ‘a second time; and committed to a 
; A : 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Prosecution 
Expenses Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Cattle Plague Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Amendments be 
now taken into consideration ; 

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 


Cattle Plague 
Bill. 


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13866. 


“now” stand part of the Question :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon this day six months. 


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 Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply maa 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 13,500,000 Fund. 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 

Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie also acquainted the 
House, that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Valuation of 
to improve the present system of the Valuation of — and 
Lands and Heritages in Scotland: And that Mr. (Seotland.) 
Dunlop, Colonel Pennant, Sir James Fergusson, 
and Mr. Baxter do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Edinburgh 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ——e 
to give directions, that there be laid before this “"'" 
House, a Return showing the Number of Male 
Occupants on the Valuation Rolls of the Parlia- 
mentary Burgh of the City of Edinburgh whose 
real Rents are under £.10 and not under £. 7, 
divided into their several Trades and Occupations as 
these appear on the Valuation Rolls; the Return to 
distinguish those who are Working Men earning 
Weekly Wages from Masters, and divided into 
two Classes ; the first Class to include those who, 
through their Wives or other members of their 
Families, also occupy Shops or other Business 
Premises, and the second Class to contain those 
who do not occupy any Business Premises or carry 
on any separate Business. 

Ordered, That 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. Dent reported the Elham Valley Railway Eltham Valley 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill 
Ordered, 'Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 9th London (City 
day of July 1863, was made from the Committee on Traffic Regu 
the London (City) Traffic Regulation Bill, together (1868 “ 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, ? 
be referred to the Select Committee on the London 
(City) Traffic Regulation Bill. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Customs Acts 
relative to the Customs, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Acts. 


Mr. 








of 


ary 


lley 
ill, 


Acts. 





Huddersfield 
Water Bill. 


Worcester 
County 
(Western 
Division) 
Writ. 


Greenock 
Harbour Bill. 


Election 
Petitions. 


Mr. Speaker’s 


Indisposition. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Water Bill. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Second 
Report.) 


No. 69. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Tenth 
Report.) 


Banbury Gas 
Bill. _ 


Beddgelert 
Railway Bill. 


99 Vicrorta. 


Mr. Weguelin reported from the Committee on 
Group D. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Huddersfield Water Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had verbally amended the same, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Repert do lie upon the 
Table. 

Ordered, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do issue 
his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make 
out anew Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 
Shire, to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Western Division of the County of Worcester, in 
the room of the Honourable Frederick Lygon, 
now Earl Beauchamp, called up to the House of 
Peers. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the. Table,—Re- 
ort of the Referees on Private Bills on several 
etitions against the Greenock Harbour Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 9th day of this instant- March, for Re- 
turns relative to Election Petitions. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Thursday, 15th March, 1866. 


HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, 

informed the House of the continued illness 
and unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker:— Where- 
upon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the Committee 
of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table as De- 
puty Speaker; and after Prayers, counted the 
House, and Forty Members being present, took 
the Chair, pursuant to the Standing Order of the 
20th day of July 1865. 


Mr. Marsh reported the South Staffordshire 
Water Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills ; That they had 
formed certain Bills into Groups, and had made 
alterations in the Groups already formed, and had 
directed him to report the same to the House. 

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


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 12th 
and 13th 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 Banbury 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Beddgelert 
Railway Bill be now read the third time. 

Mr. Bouverie, 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. 

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163 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Drayton Junction Railway Bill was read Drayton 
the third time. Junction 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Manchester Royal Exchange Bill was read Manchester 
the third time. Royal ' 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bacenge Ee, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


e 

The Wigton Water Bill was read the third time. wigton Water 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Birmingham Water Bill, as amended in the Water Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dubtin 
the Dublin Corporation Water Bill, as amended in Corporation 
the Committee. Water Bill. 
A Clause (Certain persons may grant leases of 
lands) was twice read, and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newark Gas 
the Newark Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Sheffield 
the Sheffield United Gas Bill, as amended in the United Gas 
Committee. a. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Crystal Palace 
Reading of the Crystal Palace and South London and South 


Junction Railway Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. _ Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for reading a second time the South gouth Eastern 


| Eastern Railway (London, Creydon, and Caterham Railway (Lon- 


d don, Croydon, 
* and Caterham 
Junction 
Railways) Bill 
The Order, That the Devon and Cornwall Rail- pevon ana 
way Bill be committed, was read, and discharged. Cornwall 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Railway Bill. 


Junction Railways) Bill, was read, and discharge 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- Private Bills 
mittee on Group A. of Private Bills; That Mr. (Group 4) 
Henry Surtees, one of the Members of the said 
Committee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Surtees do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow. 


Orderéd, That the Committee of Public Ac- Public 
counts have Power to report the Minutes of the Accounts. 
Evidence taken before them to the House, andthat No. 113. 
they have leave to make a Special Report on the 
Exchequer and Audit Departments Bill. 

Mr. Bouverie reported from the said Committee, Exchequer and 
to whom the Exchequer and Audit Departments 4¥dit Depart- 


Bill was referred; That they had considered the iueeern) 


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 there- 
unto; and had agreed to the following Special 

Report : 
Your Committee recommend that in the event (Special 
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of the said Bill becoming law, it should be madea 
Standing Order of this Honourable House, that 
all Reports on Appropriation and Consolidated 
Fund Accounts, and the Treasury Minutes pre- 
scribed in Schedule B. of the said Bill, be referred 
to the Committee of Public Accounts. 

Ordered, That the Report, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence and the Special Report, 
do lie upon the Table; and be printed. 


Public 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Eleventh 
Report. 


Stockton-on- 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Tees and 


, to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
Middles- ° ° : ° % 
borough to give directions, that there be laid before this 
County Courts. House, Returns by the Registrar of the County 

Courts holden at Stockton-on-Tees and Middles- 
borough (North Riding) respectively, of the Num- 
ber of Plaints entered in the Office of such Courts 
at Stockton during the year 1865, by Persons resi- 
dent in each of the Townships comprised in the 
Districts of such Courts; specifying the Gross 


15th March. 





Amount claimed by the Plaints from each Town- 
ship, and also in Gross of Plaints entered by Per- 
sons not so resident: And, of the Number of | 
Iefendants resident in each of the said Townships | 
against whom Plaints were entered in the said | 
Courts respectively during the year 1865, speci- | 
fying the Total Number of each Township. 

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

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report of Inspector of Railways on the | 
condition of the Tame Valley Viaduct of the Mid- 
land Railway, rear Tamworth. 


Tame Valley 
Viaduct. 


Resolved, That 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 Munitipal Bo- 
roughs, Market Towns and others in England and 
Wales, possessing a Population of 5,000 Inhabi- 
tants and upwards, which are not now represented 
in Parliament, grouped according to the Counties 
in which they are situated; and also showing the | 
aggregate Population of such Towns and Boroughs 
in each County of England and Wales. 

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


of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. | 


Municipal 
Boroughs, &amp;c. 


Prosecution 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Expenses Bill. : 


mittee on the Prosecution Expenses Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- | 
day the 18th day of April next, resolve itself into | 
the said Committee. 


| 
| 


National Debt. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Annual Charge of that part of the 
National Debt consisting of Annuities for Terms of 
Years : And, of the respective Amounts and the 


Periods when these Terminable Annuities expire. 


+ 

A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Justice 
Willes : 

Mr. Deputy Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Princess Helena’s 
Annuity Bill. Annuity Bill, without any Amendment. 
PrinceAlfred’s ‘the Lords agreed to the Prince Alfred’s An- 
Annuity Bill. nuity Bill, without any Amendment :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Princess 
Helena's 


Message from 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, 
the Lords. ‘ 


That a Message had been brought from the Lords 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

Bray and The Loids have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Batiway Bl to authorise the construction of a Railway from the 

Lords. . 





1866. 


Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway, near Bray, 
to the Town of Enniskerry, and for other purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cashel 
for making a Railway froni the Southern Railway Junction 
to the City of Cashel, and for other purposes; to (Lorde 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


Bill 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Devon ard 
port of the Referees on Private Bills on several Railway” 
Petitions against the Devon and Somerset Railway (Deviation, 
(Deviation, &amp;c.) Bill. &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. O’Reil/y reported from the Committee on Bristol and 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the — (Exe 
Bristol and Exeter Railway (Exe Valley Railways) Valley” 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained Railways) Bill, 
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 George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Turnpike 
Command,— Copy of Fourth Report, with Ab- Ts! 
stracts 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, 
ce. 80: 

No. 9. Derwent and Shotley Bridge Road. 
10. Butterton Moor, Warslow, &amp;c. Roads. 
ll. Stafford, Churchbridge, Uttoxeter, &amp;c. 
Roads. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon theTable. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Population, 
to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of March, in ar 
the last Session of Parliament, for a Return rela- ; 
tive to the Condition of the People in Scotland 


and Jreland, under the following Heads, for the 


years 1831 and 1864 respectively (so far as the 
same can be given) :— 

Total Population in 1831 and 1864; Popu- 
lation of represented Boroughs in 1831 and 
1864; Number of registered Parliamentary 
Electors in Boroughs in 1832 and 1864; Per- 
centage of registered Parliamentary Electors 
in Boroughs to the Population in Boroughs 
in 1832 and 1864; Aggregate Number of: 
County and Borough Electors registered in 
1832 and 1864; Number of Day Scholars ac- 
cording to the Education Commission of 1833 
and the Census of 1861 ; Number of Paupers 
in 1831 and 1864; Total Amount expended 
for the Relief of the Poor in 1831 and 1864; 
and Number of Persons committed for Trial 
in 1831 and 1864; 

Number of registered Newspapers published 
in 1831 and 1864; Number of Letters deli- 
vered by the Post Office in 1839 and 1864; 
and Number of Pounds of Paper which paid 
Duty in 1831 and 1860; 

Number of Depositors and Amount of De- 
posits at Savings Banks (General and Post 
Office) in 1831 and 1864; and computed 
Number of enrolled or certified Friendly So- 
cieties and Number of Members thereof in 
1831 and 1864; 

Length of Line of Railways open for Traf- 
fic, and Amount of paid-up Capital of Rail- 
ways in 1831 and 1864; 

Total Value of Imports and of British and 
Foreign Exports in 1831 and 1864; and Total 
Quantities of Tea, Coffee, Raw Sugar, Wine, 
Malt and British and Foreign Spirits con- 
sumed in 1831 and 1864; 

; The 








Parish 
(Scotland. ) 


Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 


. Deviation of 


Compasses. 


Election 
Petitions. 


No. 114. 


Military 
Savings 
Banks. 


d 


~ 


Parliamentary 
Oaths 
Amendment 
Bill. 








99 VicroriA. 


The Return to show the Per-centage Increase 
under each of the above Heads, 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 16th day of June, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for a Return of the Number of Parish 
Ministers in each of theRoyal Burghs of Scotland ; 
the Amount of the Stipend of each; and the source 
from which it is derived, whether from Endow- 
ments, or Corporation Funds, or Seat Rents, or 
any other source. 

r. Baring also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,— Abstract Ac- 
count of all Moneys received and expended on 
account of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force 
and Police Courts in the year ended 31st December 
1865. 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 6th day of this instant March, for 
a Return relative to Deviation of Compasses. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Election 
Petitions, which was presented upon the 14th day 
of this instant March, be printed. 


The Marquis of Hurtington presented, by Her 
Majesty’s Command,—&lt;Account of the Amount due 
by the Public to Depositors in Military Savings 
Banks on the 31st March 1864, and of the Receipts, 
Interests, and Disbursements in ‘the said Military 
Savings Banks during the year then next ensuing, 
ending on: the 3lst March 1865, including the 
Amount due on account of Army Charitable Funds ; 
and of the subsequent Receipts, Interest, and Dis- 
bursements on account thereof, to the 3lst March 
1865: Also, an Account of the Sums paid over 
by the Secretary of State for War to the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction 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 Commissioners to have been 
received thereon, and invested in further aid of 
the Fund for Military Savings Banks (pursuant to 
Act 22 &amp; 23 Vic. c. 20). 

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





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Parliamentary Oaths 
Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Ciause, N° 1 (Form of Oath to be taken by 
Members of Parliament). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
last Amendment, to insert the words “ And I do 
“ further solemnly declare that Her Majesty is, 
“ under God, the only Supreme Governor of this 
“ Realm, and that no Foreign Prince, Prelate, 
“ State, or Potentate hath any jurisdiction or 
“ authority in any of the Courts within the same.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
The Committee divided. 
} 222. 
} 236. 


Tellers for the Yeas, {Str Noe os aylor, 


Tellers for the Noes, i _ 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 3, amended, and agteed to. 


CrauseEs, N° 4 to N° 6, agreed to. 
Vo.. 121. 


15th—16th March. 





165 


CuiauseE, Ne 7 (Short Title). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again: — Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Sir George Grey reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, Means. 


as followeth : 


That, towards making good the Supply granted Consolidated 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.13,500,000 be Fund. 


granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to 
Ordered, Thata Bill be broughtin upon the said 
Resolution: Andthat Mr. Dodson, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, and Mr. Childers do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Resolution Ways and 
which, upon the 6th day of this instant March, was Meas. 


reported from the Committee of Ways and Means, 
and which Resolution was then agreed to by the 
House, might be read; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 


That, towards making good the Supply granted Consolidated 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.5,500,000, be Fund. 


granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gen- 
tlemen appointed to prepare and bring in the said 
Bill, That they do make provision therein, pur- 
suant to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. £.1,003,501, for Naval Stores for the Build- 
ing, Repair, and Outfit of the Fleet and Coast 
Guard. 

2. £.318,000, for Steam Machinery for Her 
Majesty’s Ships and Vessels, and for Payments to 
be made for Ships and Vessels building or to be 
built by Contract. 

3. £.689,052, for Half-pay, Reserved Half-pay, 
and Retirement to Officers of the Navy and Royal 
Marines. 

4. £.125,367, for Advances for Greenwich Hos 
pital and School. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Friday, 16th March, 1866: 


Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Lord Clarence Paget reported, That the Committee 
had come to several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Lord Clarence Paget 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- Public Offices 
mittee on the Public Offices (Site) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
¥3 The 





Labouring 
Classes’ 
Dwellings 
Bill. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


Customs 
Acts. 


Customs 
Duties (Isle 
of Man.) 


Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sheriff Court 
Houses 
(Scotland) Act 
(1860) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Hull South 
Bridge 
[Advance. ] 


166 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Labouring Classes’ Dwellings Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination 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 Customs Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, in lieu of the Customs Duties 
now chargeable on the Articles hereinafter men- 
tioned, upon their Importation into the Isle of 
Man, the following Duties shall be charged from 
and after the 15th day of March 1866 (that is 
to say): 


Spirits, viz. :— &amp; &amp; @ 
Brandy, Geneva, and all Foreign Spirits, 
not being Liqueurs, Cordials, or Perfumed 
Spirits - the gallon 
Rum of the British Possessions — the gallon 
British or Irish Spirits exported from a 
Duty-free Warehouse, under Bond in the 


United Kingdom the gallon 


Such Spirits not exceeding the Strength of Proof 
by Sykes’ Hydrometer, and so in proportion for 
any greater or less Strength than the Strength of 
Proof, and for any greater or less quantity than 
a Gallon. 

Sugar, viz. :— 
Muscovado the cwt. 
Sugar Candy, white or brown, Refined Sugar, 
or Sugar rendered by any process equal to 
refined, Foreign or British the cwt. 


—  ° 
- 3 


Tobacco, viz. :— 
Unmanufactured 
Manufactured - 
Cigars 

Wine - - 
Resolution to be reported. 


the Ib, ‘ 

the lb. 9 

the lb. 9 
- per gallon 8 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 26th day of April next. 


The Sheriff Court Houses ( Scotland) Act (1860) 
Amendment 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 Hull South Bridge [Ad- 
vance |. 

(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues be 
authorized to advance, by way of Loan, to the 
Hull South Bridge Company, incorporated by 
* The Hull South Bridge Act, 1862,” the Sum 
of Seven thousand Five hundred pounds, out of 
the Capital of the Land Revenues of the Crown, 
upon such terms and conditions as may be pre- 
scribed by any Act to be passed in this Session of 
Parliament. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie a That the Com- 
mittee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


15th—16th March. 


1866. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) (i954) 

Amendment Bill; - Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 

upon Thursday next. 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 


Railways 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Clauses Bill, 


Reading of the Railways Clauses Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Exchequer Bills and Bonds Bill was, ac- Exchequer 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ne 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for a. 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself East India 
into a Committee on Last India Military, &amp;c. Pees ae 


Funds Transfer. Transfer. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 

Directors and Managers of the Bengal, Madras, 
and Bombay Military Funds, and the Bengal Mi- 
litary Orphan Society, to make over the Assets, 
_ Liabilities, and Management thereof to the Secre- 
| tary of State for Jndia in Council, and the Se- 
eretary of State for India in Council to take and 
}assume the Assets, Liabilities, and Management 
thereof; and also to authorize the Managers or 
| Trustees of the Bengal Medical Retiring Fund, the 
| Madras Medical Fund, and the Bombay Medical 
| Retiring Fund, or either of them, to make over 
the Assets, Liabilities, and Management thereof to 
the Secretary of State for India in Council, and 
' the Secretary of State for India in Council to take 
'and assume the Assets, Liabilities, and Manage- 
ment thereof, it at any time hereafter it shall 
appear, by a vote specially taken for the purpose, 
that a majority of not less than three-fourths of 
| the Subscribers to those Institutions are desirous 
_ of transferring them to the said Secretary of State 
for India in Council. 


| Resolution to be reported. 








Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had come to a Resolution. 


| Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Dockyard 
to amend the Dockyard Extensions Act, 1865: oe 
And that Lord Clarence Paget and Mr. Childers ment. 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Contagious , 
for the better prevention of Contagious Diseases Diseases. 
at certain Naval and Military Stations: And that 
Lord Clarence Paget and Mr. Baring do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Return No. 410, of Session population, 
1862, relative to Population, Houses, &amp;c. be re- Houses, &amp;c. 
printed, giving the totals of each column in two 
parallel columns. 


The Select Committee on the Artizans and Artizans and 

Labourers’ Dwellings Bill was nominated of Mr. a aa 
M*Cullagh Torrens, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Kinnaird, "°°" 
Mr. Locke, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Sir Colman 
O’Loghlen, Mr. M‘Laren, Mr. Akroyd, Mr. John 
Abel Smith, Mr. Henley, Lord Robert Montagu, 
Mr. Adderley, Sir Minto Farquhar, Mr. Graves, 
and Mr. Greene; with Power to send for persons, 
papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Trade in 
to inquire into the manner in which the Home Animals. 
and Foreign Trade in Animals by Sea and Rail- 

road 














nd 
Bill. 








Cattle Sheds 
in Burghs 
(Scotland. ) 


Isle of Man 
(Financial 
Measures.) 


No. 115. 


Excliequer 
and Audit 
artments 


[Salaries, &amp;c. ] 


Land Tax 
Commission- 
ers’ Names 
Bill. 


Bill 71. 


Consolidated 
Fund 


(£. 19,000,000) 
Bill. 


Cattle Sheds 
in Burghs 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Bill 72. 


Tiverton 
Election, 


Stafford, 
Sandon and 
Eccleshall 
Roads Bill. 


Rathmines 
- Rathgar 

provement 
Bill. 


99 Victoria. 


road is conducted, and to report what Regulations, 
if any, should be enforced with a view of improving 
the treatment of Animals in transit, and to pre- 
vent any introduction and spreading of infectious 
or contagious Diseases amongst them. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate the Inspection of Cattle Sheds, Cow- 
houses, and Byres within Burghs and Populous 
Places in Scotland: And that Mr. Waldegrave- 
Leslie, Mr. M‘Laren, Sir Graham Montgomery, 
and Mr. M‘ Lagan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence relative to Financial 
Measures in contemplation for the Isle of Man. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
this day, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of making provision, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom, for the payment 
of Salaries and Pensions under any Act of the 
present Session relating to the duties of the Ex- 
chequer and Audit Departments ; 

Mr. Bruce, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Mo- 
tion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to appoint addi- 
tional Commissioners for executing the Acts for 
granting a Land Tax and other Rates and Taxes: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read asecond time upon Thursday next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to apply a Sum, 
out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of 
the year One thousand eight hundred and Sixty- 
six: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Mr. Waldegrave- Leslie presented a Bill to re- 
gulate the inspection of Cattle Sheds, Cowhouses, 
and Byres within Burghs and Populous Places 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tues- 
day next; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Robert Daveu, of Tiverton, in the 
County of Devon, Grocer, and George Laval Ches- 
terton, of the same place, Gentleman, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Tiverton, was presented, and read (vide Ap- 
pendix to Votes, No. 63). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Deputy 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. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group A. of Private Bills; That the 
Parties promoting the Stafford, Sandon, and Ec- 
eleshall Roads 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. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group F. of Private Bills; That in 
VoL. 121. 


15th—16th March. 


167 


the case of the Rathmines and Rathgar Improve- 
ment Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by inserting the words, “ That 
the inhabitants are desirous that the new district 
should be added to the said township to form 
therewith one district”; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group C. of Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Aldrington, Hove, and Brighton Gas Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and verbally amended the 
same ; and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group F. of Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Dublin Port Acts Amendment 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same, by omitting the recitals with respect to the 
alteration of the tonnage rates, and the substitu- 
tion of other rates, which powers were withdrawn 
by the Promoters, and had also verbally amended 
the Preamble, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; that a Report from the Board of 
Trade in regard to the bill and the objects thereof 
had been referred to the Committee, and had been 
considered by them; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Marsh reported from the Committee on 
Group G. of Private Bills; That, for the conve- 
nience of the Parties, the Committee had adjourned 
to Monday the 19th of March, at a quarter after 
Three of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


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








Friday, 16th March, 1866. 


HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, 
informed the House of the continued illness 

and unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker; but he 
was desired to acquaint the House, that Mr. 





Speaker had received great benefit from the rest 
| that had been granted him, and is making progress 
| towards recovery :—Whereupon Mr. Dodson, the 
| Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, 
| proceeded to the Table as Deputy Speaker; and 
| after Prayers, counted the House, and Forty Mem- 


| bers being present, took the Chair, pursuant to the 
| Standing Order of the 20th day of July 1855. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1, That in the case of the Metropolitan and 
Saint John’s Wood Railway (Capital), Petition for 
leave to deposit a Petition for Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
parties be permitted to deposit a Petition for Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Rochdale Vicarage 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 


with; that the Bill be permitted to proceed, provided 
that the Bill be not read a second time before the 





25th 


y4 





7 
Aldrington, 
Hove, and 
Brighton 
Gas Bill. 


Dublin Port 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group G.) 


Mr. Speaker’s 
Indisposition. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Metropolitan 
and Saint 
John’s Wood 
Railway 
(Capital.* 


Rochdale 
Vicarage Bill. 





Somerset and 
Dorset and 
Bristol and 
North Somer- 
set Railways. 


tol and 
orth Somer- 
set Railway 
(Bristol 
Lines.) 
Bath Corpo- 
ration. 


Valuation of 
Lands and 
Heritages 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Bill 73. 


Afon Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Bodmin 
Water Bill. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway 
(Blackburn 
and Padiham) 
Bill. 


Neath and 
Brecon 
Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 


New Milford 
Docks Bill. 


West 
Middlesex 
Water Bill. 


Whitby, 
Redcar, and 
Middlesbo- 
rough Union 
Railway Bill. 


Leicester 
Water Bill. 


168 


tended application to Parliament be forthwith pub- 
lished, in three successive weeks, in some one and 
the same Newspaper published in the County of 
Lancaster; that the Committee on the Bill do 
report how far such Orders have been complied 
with on the Report of the Bill. 

3. That in the case of the Somerset and Dorset 
and Bristol and North Somerset Railways Petition, 
the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 


4, That in the case of the Bristol and North 
Somerset Railway (Bristol Lines) Petition, the 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 


5. That in the case of the Bath Corporation 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

The first two Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to improve the 
present system of the Valuation of Lands and 
Heritages in Scotland: Andthe same was read the 
first time; and.ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 11th day of April next; and 
to be printed. 


The Afon Valley Railway Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Bodmin Water Bill was read the third time. | 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ( Black- 
burn and Padiham) Bill was read the third time. 
Resv/ved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


Title be, An Act to authorize the Lancashire and | 


Yorkshire Railway Company to construct a Rail- 
way between Blackburn and Padiham. 

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


The Neath and Brecon Railway (Capital) 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 New Milford Docks Bill was read the third 
time. . 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The West Middlesex Water Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Whitby, Redcar, and Middlesborough Union | 


Railway Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House Fg to take into consideration 


the Leicester Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

A Clause (Regulations for preventing waste, 
&amp;c. of water) 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. 


16th March. 


25th day of May next, and that notice of the in- | 


1866. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Birkenhead 
Reading of the Birkenhead and Liverpool Railways #"4 —— 
Bill ; Railways 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second London, 
Reading of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail- Vhatham, and 
way (New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill; Dover Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time gc.) Bill, 
upon Friday next. 


The Park Lane Improvement Bill was, accord- Park Lane 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed. aac 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second skipton and 
ine ; 7 i Wharfdal 
i of the Skipton and Wharfdale Railway Railway Bill, 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Thames Embankment (Chelsea) Bill was, Thames 


; ‘ : * _ Embankment 
we to Order, read a second time ; and com (Chelsea) Bill, 


The Thames Embankment (North) Approaches Thames 

Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; — 
° orth 
and committed. Approaches 
1 oe 

The Bray and Enniskerry Railway Bill was pray ana 
read the first time. Enniskerry 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- toa Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. sate 


The Cashel Junction Railway Bill was read the Cashel 
first time. Junction ' 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- (eords Bil 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 








The Order, That the Bishops Castle Railway Rishops Castle 
Bill be committed, was read, and discharged. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
| 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Oswestry, 
Eliesmere, and 
Whitchurch 
Railway Bill 
(1862), &amp;e. 


' taken before the Committees on the Oswestry, Elles- 
| mere, and Whitchurch Railway Bill, the Ellesmere, 
Ruabon, and Shrewsbury Railway Bill, and the 
|Great Western Railway (Oswestry, Shrewsbury, 
| and Ellesmere Lines) Bill, in Session 1862 ; the Os- 
westry, Ellesmere, and Whitchurch Railway Bill, the 
Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway Bill, 
and the Drayton Junction Railway Bill, in Session 
1863; and the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay 
Railway Bill, in Session 1864, be referred to the 
Committee on Group 9 of Railway Bills. 


Mr. O'Reilly reported from the Committee on Devon and 
Group 6 cf Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- Somerset 
moting the Devon and Somerset Railway ( Amend- pose. | an 
| ment of Acts) Bill had stated to the Committee that of Acts) Bill. 
_ it was not their intention to proceed with the same. 

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





Mr. O'Reilly reported from the Committee on I!fracombe 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- Railway Bill. 
|moting the J/fracombe 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. O’ Reilly reported from the Committee on Devon and 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the — 
Devon and Somerset Railway (Deviation, &amp;c.) (Deviation, 
Bill, the Referees on Private Bills having reported &amp;c.) Bill. 
that the Estimate in respect to the said Bill is in- 
sufficient, the Committee had not proceeded with 
the consideration of the Bill. 

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





Mr. 








le 


d 





Exe Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eleventh 


Report. 
Population, 


&amp;c. (Scotland 


and Ireland.) 
No. 116. 


Parish Minis- 


99 VicToRIA. 


Mr. O’ Reilly reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Exe Valley Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out the names 
of the Tiverton and North Devon and Bristol and 
Exeter Railway Companies, as Companies with 
whom it was expedient to authorize Working 
Agreements, the names of the same Companies 
having been struck out of the corresponding 
Clause in the Bill, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
had made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Popula- 
tion, &amp;c. (Scotland and Ireland), which was pre- 
sented upon the 15th day of this instant March, 
be printed. . 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Parish 


ters(Scotland.) Ministers (Scotland), which was presented upon 
No. 117. 


Deviation of 


Compasses. 


No. 118. 


Military 
Savings 
Banks. 


No. 119. 


Pilotage. 


Diseased 
Cattle. 


Metropolis 
Turnpike 
t} ° 


the 15th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Deviation 
of Compasses, which was presented upon the 15th 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Military 
Savings Banks, which were presented upon the 
15th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Mr. Bruce presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of an Order 
in Council of 12th March 1866, for giving effect 
to certain Bye-laws, made by the Hartlepool 
Pilotage Commissioners (under 333d Section of 
the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and the Hartle- 
pool Pilotage Order, 1864). 

Copy of an Order of the Lords of the Council, 
dated 14th March 1866, providing for the Return 
of Sheep belonging to persons who occupy Lands 
within the North-Western District of Scotland, 
and which Sheep are presently wintering without 
the said District. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number and Names of all 
the Officers employed by the Commissioners of 
Turnpike Roads in the neighbourhood of the Me- 
tropolis North of the Thames, with their Salaries 
and Emoluments during the year 1862 and up to 
the passing of the Act 26 &amp; 27 Vic. c. 78: 
And, of the Officers dismissed and retained by the 
Commissioners since the passing of that Act, and 
of the Amounts paid to them by way of Compen- 
sation on such Dismissal, and the Amounts of the 
present Salaries of such as have not been dismissed, 
with the Amount of Compensation paid to them 
on the reduction of their Salaries, pursuant to 
s. 33 of the Act 26 &amp; 27 Vic. c. 78: 








No. 


Names of Officers. 


n paid to 
dismissed 

pursuant to that Act. 
been retained 


Annum previous and up to 
veyor’s District before the 
Act 26 &amp; 27 Vic. c. 78. 
veyor’s District since Act 
26 &amp; 27 Vic. c.78. 


26 &amp; 27 Vic. c. 78. 
each Officer if 
since the Act. 


each retained. 


each as have 
Amount of Salary given to 


Salary and Emoluments per 
Money Compensation paid to 
Number of Miles in each Sur- 
Number of Miles in each Sur- 


Name of Office. 
Money Compensatio 





























VoL. 121. 


16th March. 





169 


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army (Hong 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Report on the Sanitary Condition 
of Hong Kong and Kowloon for 1864, in continu- 
ation of the Report for 1863, published in Vol. 5, 
Army, Medical Department, Statistical, Sanitary, 
and Medical, page 360, presented to both Houses 
of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty in 
1865 :—— And, of Official Letter of Dr. Currie, 
Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, referred 
to in Deputy Inspector General Dick’s Letter to 
the Assistant Military Secretary, Hong Kong, 
dated the z7th day of October 1865. 

Ordered, That 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 a Complaint addressed to the 
Colonial Office, on the 30th day of January 1865, 
relative to the alleged Illegal Treatment of a Pri- 
soner in Ceylon :——Of any Despatch from the 
Colonial Office to the Governor and from the 
Governor to the Colonial Office :——And, of any 
other Correspondence on the 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. 


Resolved, That 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 Men Flogged 
in the Army and Militia of Great Britain and Ire- 
land in the years 1863, 1864, and 1865 respectively, 
specifying the Offence, the Regiment, the Place 
of Station, whether at Home, in Jndia, or the 
Colonies, the Sentence, and the Number of Lashes 
inflicted on each Person : And, of the Number 
of Men marked with the letter D or with the 
letters B C during 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 there be laid before this House, Queen Anne’s 


a Return of certain Particulars in explanation of 
Account of all Receipts and Disbursements by the 
Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, for the 
year ended the 3lst day of December 1864, the 
Diocese, County, Parish, and Living, to be given 
in parallel Columns, also the Quantity of Land, 
Tithes, Rent-charges, and other Annual Payments 
Purchased or Sold, and the Purchase or Sale 
Money, as the case may be, viz. :— 
Receipts: 

Statement of Benefactions for Augmentation of 
Livings, amounting to £.15,044. 8s. 1ld.: 

Statement of Houses, Lands, and Stipends 
granted, also Appropriation of Sum or Sums 
constituting £.400 Bank Annuities transferred to 
Governors, not included in above: 

Statement of Free Gifts and casual Sums in 
favour of particular Benefices, amounting to 
£.11,763. Os. 9d.: 

Explanation of Sum of £.228. 6s. 8d. Bank 
Annuities, transferred to the Governors: 

Statement of Endowment Trust Monies, amount- 
ing to £.7,490. 15s. 8d.: 

Z Statement 


ong and 


Ceylon. 


Army 
(Flogging 
Branding. 


Bounty. 


Kowloon.) 


and 


) 


170 16th Mareh. 1866. 


Statement of £.8,313. 7s. 10d. Bank Annuities, 
transferred to the Governors, specifying Livings, 
Amounts appropriated to each, &amp;c.: 


Statement of Bounty Lands sold £. 5s. d. 
belonging to Benefices - 40,640 10 6 
Ditto Residence Houses - 1,319 1 3 
Ditto Old Buildings, &amp;c. - 55 - - 
Ditto Lands conveyed to the | 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
under Church Building Act- 303 





£.42,318 





Statement of Tithe Rent-charge {£. 
Redemption Moneys - = 3,998 
Statement of Livings deriving 
advantage from Rent-charge, 
Godolphin’s Trust - - 101 
Statement of Receipts in respect 
of Copyhold Enfranchisement 
Money - - = - 467 





Disbursements : 


Return of— 
Tithe Rent-charges purchased  &amp;. 
out of Appropriated Money 2,663 
Ditto Free Gift Fund - - 733 
Houses, Lands, and Buildings 
purchased out of Appro- 
priated Money - - — - 11,018 
Ditto out of Produce of Sales 
of Residence Houses - 1,287 
Ditto out of Endowment Trusts 306 
Ditto out of Produce of Sales 
of Bounty Lands - - 5,274 
Ditto out of Tithe Redemption 
Money - - - - 108 
Ditto out of Free Gift Fund - 695 
Land Tax purchased out of 
Copyhold Enfranchisement 
Money - ° m m 20 
Ground and other Rents pur- 
chased out of Appropriated 
Money - - - = 408 
Ditto out of Produce of Sales 
of Residence Houses - 377 
Ditto out of Endowment Trusts 971 
Ditto out of Produce of Sales 
of Bounty Lands - - 4,254 
Ditto out of Produce of Glebe 
Lands Sold to Railway Com- 
panies - - - - 461 
Ditto out of Free Gift Fund - 1,390 


£.29,970 





Returns of Sums paid for the Erection of Re- 
sidence Houses out of— 
£. 


Appropriated Money - 15,406 
Endowment Trust Money - 195 11 
Bounty Lands Money - - 410 18 
Produce of Sales of Residence 

Houses - - - - 2,602 4 
Free Gift Fund - - - 194 3 


£.18,809 2 








Returns of Loans on Mortgage to build, &amp;c. 
Glebe Houses, £.43,064 : 

Of Salaries to (1) Secretary, (2) Treasurer, 
(3) Auditor, and (4) Number of Clerks, Messen- 
gers, and others, £.4,983. 10s. 10d. 

Of Annuities to Retired Officers of the late 
Offices of First Fruits and Tenths, per Treasury 
Warrant of the 12th day of July 1839, and Num- 
ber surviving on the 16th day of March 1866, 
£.362. 10s.: 





Of (1) House Rent, Repairs, and Taxes, (2) Sta- 
tionery, Stamps, Postage, Printing, and other Dis- 
bursements, £. 1,264. 4s. 5d.: 

Of Explanation of Payment to Dean and Chapter 
of Saint Paul’s, London, pursuant to Decree of 
Exchequer, 11 Elizabeth, £.15. 16s. 1d.: 


Returns of Balance Sheets showing the state of 
the Governor’s Assets and: Liabilities at the end 
of the year 1864, as submitted by the Auditor 
March 1865: 

And, of Rules and Regulations under which 
Grants are made, and Loans advanced and repaid. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Nationat 
Returns of all Pictures purchased for the National Gallery. 
Gallery from the 8th day of June 1860, up to the 
present time, giving the Date of each Purchase, 
the Painter, the Subject, the former Proprietor, 
the Price, and the Authority under which the 
Purchase was made, whether the Trustees, the 
Director, or the Treasury:——Of all Pictures 
presented to the National Gallery, giving the Date 
of Presentation, the Donor, whether by Gift or 
Bequest, the Painter, the Subject :——Of the Total 
Amount expended in the purchase of Pictures for 


. | the National Gallery between the above Dates: 


And, of the Cost of the Establishment for each 
year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, steam Vessels, 

a Return in a Tabular Form, with consecutive 
Numbers, of the whole of the Steam Vessels regis- 
tered in the United Kingdom on or before the 1st 
day of January 1866; stating, in separate Co- 
lumns, 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 Iron and Vessels having Screw Pro- 
pellers; also, distinguishing Vessels measured un- 
der the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854 from those 
measured under previous Acts; and estimated 
Horse-power of their Engines, and giving the ag- 
gregate Number of Vesselsand Amountof 'lonnage; 
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 Numbers in the Return (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 422, of 
Session 1865). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a grana J. 
Return of the Amount for each of the last Five (Ireland) Act. 
eee (up to the 3lst day of December 1865), of 

enalties recovered from defaulting Contractors 
- their Sureties, under the Grand Jury (Jreland) 
ct. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- Great 
mittee of Elections, the names of the Members Yarmouth 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and de- Election. 
termine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the se of 
Great Yarmouth, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto : 

Sir Rainald Knightley, 

Samuel Laing, Esquire, 

Sir John Ogilvy, 

Real Admiral George H. Seymour (Antrim 
County), 

The Right Honourable John Robert Mowbray, 
Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- Nottingham 
mittee of Elections, the names of the Members Fe 
of 









Boston 
Election. 


a. Totnes 
Election. 


Bridgnorth 
Election. 


Brighton and 
Hove General 
Gas Bill, 





99 Vicroria. 


of the Select Committee appointed to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Prtitions complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Town of 
Nottingham, to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tions referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the Lists of Voters delivered in tothe 
Committee : 

Sir Philip Grey Egerton ( Cheshire S.), 

Samuel Robert Graves, Esquire, 

George Shaw Lefevre, Esquire, 

Captain Honourable J. C. W. Vivian ( Truro), 

Hugh Edward Adair, Esquire, Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee 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 
Boston, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, 
and the Lists of Voters delivered in to the Com- 
mittee : 

George Shirrow Beecroft, Esquire, 

Earl Grosvenor (Chester), 

John Tollemache, Esquire, 

Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Esquire, 

Edward C. Egerton, Esquire (Macelesfield), 
Chairman. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee 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 


Totnes, to which they had annexed the Petition, 


referred to them by the House relating thereto: 
Sir Michael Beach ( Gloucestershire E.), 
William Henry Ford Cogan, Esquire, 
George Cubitt, Esquire, 
Charies Morgan Norwood, Esquire, 
The Right Honourable Edward P. Bouverie, 
Chairman. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported trom the General Com- 
mittee 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 
Bridgnorth, to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tions referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the List of Voters delivered in to the 
Committee : 

Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, 
Sir Minto Farquhar, 
' Samuel Gurney, Esquire (Penryn), 
William Henry Humphery, Esquire, 
Edward Ellice, Esquire, Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Akroyd reported from the Committee on 
Group C. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Brighton and Hove General Gas Bill, they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by correcting, 
in accordance with the evidence, the recital as 
to the Company’s Capital and Expenditure; by 
omitting the iene to the deposit of Plans and 
Book of Reference, the compulsory powers of 
taking lands having been struck out of the body 
of the Bill; and by omitting (in conformity with 
alterations made in the body of the Bill) an alle- 
gation of the expediency of extending the Limits 
within which the Company may manufacture Gas, 
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. 
VoL. 121. 


16th March. 








171 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House Navy (iron 
a Return of the Total Weight of Iron Ballast in Ballast.) 
Stock at each of Her Majesty’s Dockyards at the 

end of the year 1860, and the Weight now in 

Stock at each Dockyard; the Value and Quantity 

sold in each year from 1860 to the present time, 

and the Number of Square Yards laid down with 

Iron Ballast as Paving in the several Roadways, 
Smitheries, Steam-hammer and other Shops and 
Places, giving the Particulars for each Shop and 
Place, in each of Her Majesty’s Dockyards, and the 
Weight of Iron so employed; the Value per Ton; 

also, the Expense per Square Yard of the Labour 

in laying down the same; and the year in which 

the last Iron Ballast was purchased by the Ad- 
miralty, and the Price per Ton paid for the same. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Elective 
nesday next, the Elective Franchise Bill was read, Frnchise Bill. 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 30th day of May next. 


Ordered, That Colonel Vandeleur have leave of Leave of 
absence till Easter, on account of ill health. Absence. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- North Wales, 
port of the Referees on Private Bills on several Pe- a 
titions against the North Wales, Birkenhead, and Railway Bill 
Liverpool Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Buckley Rail- 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on several W4Y — 
Petitions against the Buckley Railway (Docks, &amp;c.) nom 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Wrexham, 
Report of the Referees on Private Billson several Mold, and 
Petitions against the Wrerham, Mold, and Connah’s empty 
Quay and Hoylake Railways Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Quay and 
Hoylake 
Railways Bill. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Caledonian 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on a Peti- Railway 
tion against the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Seaton) Bas 
Station) Bill. : 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Caledonian 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on several rin . 
Petitions against the Caledonian Railway (Greenock ana Gourock 
and Gourock Extensions) Bill. Extensions) 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. bu. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Craven 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills ona Pe- — = 
tition against the Craven Junction Railway Bill. —— 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


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. Deputy 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 wootwich 
“ Majesty, praying that She will be graciously Academy and 
“ pleased to appoint a eo Commission, consist- Sandhurst 
“ ing of Military and Civilian Members, to inquire 
“ into the present Constitution, System of Educa- 
“ tion, ol Discipline of the Royal Military 
“ Academy at Woolwich, and of the Royal Military 
“ College at Sandhurst, as well as into the general 
“ treatment of the Gentlemen Cadets, as also into 
“ the Rules and Regulations under which Candi- 
z2 * dates 








Parliamentary 
Oaths Amend- 
ment Bill. 


172 


“ dates are admitted into those Colleges,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question; 

he House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the( Mr. Brand, 

Yeas, Mr. Adam: 
Tellers for the { Lord Eustace Cecil : 


: 


f 152. 
Noes, Captain Vivian: } 132. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do now leave 
the Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee. ) 


1. £. 892,865, for New Works, Buildings, Ma- 
chinery, and Repairs in the Naval Establishments. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £. 12,656, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, to defray the additional Charge for Half- 
Pay, Reserved Half-Pay, and Retired Pay con- 
sequent upon altering the System of Retirement 
of Officers of the Royal Navy, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867:—Motion, by leave, 
withdrawn. 





16¢h—17 








2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £. 162,400, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Esta- | 
blishments for Military Education, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. £.88,300, for the Surveys of the United 
Kingdom. 

4. £. 94,800, for Miscellaneous Services. 

5. £.26,100, for Rewards for Distinguished 
Services. 

6. £. 72,600, for the Pay of General Officers. 

7. £.457,200, for the Pay of Reduced and 
Retired Officers. 

8. £. 161,300, for Widows’ Pensions and Com- 
passionate Allowances. 

9. £. 26,700, for Pensions, Gratuities, 
Allowances to Officers for Wounds. 

10. £. 34,600, for Chelsea and Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 

11. £. 1,173,900, 
Chelsea Hospital. 

12. £. 27,000, for Non-Effective Services of | 
Disembodied Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


and 


for the Out-Pensioners of 








Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and | 
the Judge Advocate reported, That the Committee | 
had come to several Resolutions. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon | 
Monday next. 
The Judge Advocate also acquainted the House, | 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee , 
may have leave to sit again. 
R&gt;solved, 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 Parliamentary Oaths | 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee; | 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
upon Monday next. 


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


Saturday, 17th March, 1866: 





th March. 1866. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill; em 

And a Motion being made, and the Question — 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas, ! Mr. Whiteside, } 8. 

| Mr. George: 
Tellers for the Noes,| a — } 44, 

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 
proposed, That this House do now adjourn:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read a second time :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Monday next. 


The Order cf the day being read, for the Second Common Law 
nadine ‘ y urts 
i of the Common Law Courts (Jreland) (ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 26th day of April 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. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : ‘ 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,003,501, be Naval Stores. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Naval Stores for the Building, Repair, and Outfit 
of the Fleet and Coast Guard, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 318,000, be Steam 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense Machinery, &amp;. 
of Steam Machinery for Her Majesty’s Ships 
and Vessels, and for payments to be made for 
Ships and Vessels building or to be built by 
Contract, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 3lst day of March 
1867. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 689,052, be Half Pay, &amp;c. 


| granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
| Half Pay, Reserved Half Pay, and Retirement to 


Officers of the Navy and Royal Marines, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1867. 
4, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 125,367, be Greenwich 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for Hospital and 


Advances for Greenwich Hospital and School, - 


which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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

mittee on the Vaccination Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on Customs Acts. 
the Customs Acts, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth: 

That in lieu of the Customs Duties now charge- Customs 


: : : Dati 
able on the Articles hereinafter mentioned, upon ( —, Man.) 













Hull South 
Bridge 
[Advance. } 


Exchequer 
Bills and 
Bonds Bill. 


Bill 74. 


East India 


Military, &amp;c. 


Funds 
Transfer. 


feld, and Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 
~ Vox. 121. 


99 VicTorIA. 


their importation into the Isle of Man, the fol- 
lowing Duties shall be charged from and after the 
15th day of March 1866 (that is to say): 
Spirits, viz. :— £. 8. d. 
Brandy, Geneva, and all Foreign Spirits, not 
being Liqueurs, Cordials, or Perfumed 
Spirits - - - - thegallon| - 8 
Rum of the British Possessions the gallon| - 6 —- 
British or Irish Spirits Exported from a 
Duty -free Warehouse, under Bond in the 
United Kingdom - += thegallon| - 6 - 





Such Spirits not exceeding the strength of Proof 
by Sykes’ Hydrometer, and so in proportion for 
any greater or less strength than the strength of 
Proof, and for any greater or less Quantity than a 
Gallon. 


Sugar, viz. :— £. 8. d. 
Muscovado - - - - theewt.| - 3 - 
Sugar Candy, White or Brown, Refined 

Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any Pro- 
cess equal to Refined, Foreign or British 
theewt.| - 6 - 
Tobacco, viz. :— 
Unmanufactured - - - -thelb. | - 2 6 
Manufactured - - - -thelb.| - 4 9 
Cigars - - - - - -thelb.| - 4 9 
Wine - - = - - pergallon; - 1 8 





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. Dodson, Mr. Chancellor | 
of the Exchequer, and Mr. Childers do prepare, | 
and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee on Hull South 
Bridge | Advance] ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Exchequer Bills and Bonds 
Bill; and, after some time spent therem, Mr. 
Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


16th—17th March. 








Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on | 
East India Military, &amp;c. Funds Transfer, a Reso- 
lution ; which was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient to authorize the Directors 
and Managers of the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay 
Military Funds, and the Bengal Military Orphan 
Society, to make over the Assets, Liabilities, and 
Management thereof to the Secretary of State for 
India in Council, and the Secretary of State for 
India in Council to take and assume the Assets, 
Liabilities, and Management thereof; and also to 
authorize the Managers or Trustees of the Bengal 
Medical Retiring Fund, the Madras Medical 
Fund, and the Bombay Medical Retiring Fund, 
or either of them, to make over the Assets, Lia- 
bilities and Management thereof to the Secretary 
of State for India in Council, and the Secretary of 
State for, India in Council to take and assume the 
Assets, Liabilities, and Management thereof, if at 
any time hereafter it shall appear, by a Vote 
specially taken for the purpose, that a majority of 
not less than three-fourths of the Subscribers to 
those Institutions are desirous of transferring them 
to the said Secretary of State for India in Council. 

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. Dodson, Mr. Stans- 












173 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Exchequer and Audit De- 
partments [ Salaries, &amp;c.] 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Provision be made for the Pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom, of the Salaries and Pensions of the 
Comptroller and Auditor General, and of the As- 
sistant Comptroller and Auditor, who may be 
appointed under any Act of the present Session 
relating to the Duties of the Exchequer and Audit 
Departments, and also for the Payment of Annual 
Allowances to certain Officers whose Offices will 
be abolished under the said Act. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 


The Consolidated Fund (£. 19,000,000) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Common Law Procedure Amend- 
ment Acts (Jreland), 1853 and 1856: And that Mr. 
Whiteside and Mr. Georgedo prepare, and bring it in. 








Exche quer 
and A udit 
Depar tments 
[Salaries, &amp;c.] 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 19,000,000) 
Bill. 


Common Law 
Procedure 
mendment 


A 
Acts (Ireland.) 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Borough 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased see 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ——— 

| House, a Return in respect of each Parliamentary 
City or Borough of the Gross Estimated Rental 
of the Property for which the Male Occupiers 
enumerated in Return E. of Electoral Returns, 
1866, are assessed according to the several Classes 
of Assessment mentioned in the Gross Estimated 
Rental Columns of Return E., giving Totals as in 
the following. Form (such Gross Estimated Rental 
to be computed in the case of all Amounts under 
£.10, upon the basis of a medium Sum):— 

8 © = wo s | S 3 = . * 

®) a) Rl} se) a) ey) Fg] - e ts 

es la2 [eel ee [sei ss lH | 2 3 3 

7) F) bt et Fy Ot ua aa 

+ ry © é a oe); = 3. : oF Va 

we) wv] we] ©) &amp;) &amp;) &amp;) so] sg | a8 

&lt;=} =] s| =| =| #]| 4] &amp;* | &amp;# | ge 



































With a Summary for England and Wales. 

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





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously Electoral 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before S“tstics- 


this House, Returns in respect of each County or 
Electoral Division of a County in England and 
Wales, of the Number of Persons on the Register 
having a Qualification, whose qualifying Property 
is situate within the limits of a Parliamentary City 
or Borough: Of all Male Persons who are 
assessed in the Valuation Lists now in force, or 
Poor Rate, as Occupiers of Lands or Tenements at 
the gross estimated Rental of £.14 and under 
£.20; £.20and under £.50; £.50 and upwards ; 
and of the gross estimated Rental of all Property 
so assessed, with separate Totals for each of the 

z3 above 








eRe so a 











County or 
Electoral 


Division. 


Parish or 


Township. 


174 16th—17th—19th March. 1866. 


above Classes, and Totals of the separate Classes 
together, as shown in the subjoined Form :— 





Occupiers whose Assessment is at— 4. 5. 6. 





Total of | Total of 
1. 2. 3. 2 and 3. |1, 2, and 3. 
£. l4and | £.20 and | £. 50 and 
under £. 20.)under £. 50.) upwards. 


| 
| 




















Ordered, That 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. Stansfeld presented a Bill to make provision Fast India 
for the Transfer of the Assets, Liabilities, and Ma- Military, &amp;e, 
nagement of the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay tee Bill, 
Military Funds, the Bengal Military Orphan pin 95 
| Society, and other Funds, to the Secretary of ’ 
| State for India in Council: And the same was 





Of all Male Persons who are assessed in the | read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


Valuation Lists now in force, or Poor Rate, as 


time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Occupiers of Lands or Tenements at the gross | 
estimated Rental of less than £.50, being also; Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to amend the common Law 


Owners of the Property so occupied by them, dis- 
tinguishing those whose Assessment is at £.2 and 


Common Law Procedure Amendment Acts (Jre- Procedure 


land), 1853 and 1856: And the same was read the Acts (Ireland) 


under £.14; at £.14 and under £.20; at £.20 first time; and ordered to be read a second time Bin. 
and under £.50; and of Male Occupiers, whether | upon Thursday the 26th day of April next; and iy "6. 
Owners or not, assessed at £.50 and upwards :—— | to be printed. 


Of the gross estimated Rental of all Property s 


0 
assessed, owned, and occupied, or assessed fer Mr. Childers presented a Bill to amend “ The Dockyard 
occupied respectively, with Totals, as shown in the | Dockyard Extensions Act, 1865 :” And the same Extensions 


subjoined Form (such gross estimated Rental to | wae read the first time; and ordered to be read 


be taken from the Valuation Lists, or Poor Rate, 
or computed upon the basis of a medium Sum) on 
all Sums under £.50:— 


a 
| 
| 
| 
| 

ss | 
| 


Owners who are also Occupiers, 
whose Assessment is-— 


Occupiers 
and up- 


not) whose 6 


Assessment is at - 


a. | 2. 3. 
At £.2and| £.14 and | £. 20 and | 
under £. 14, under £. 20.\under £, 50. | 


| 


Total Gross Estimated Rental of Property 
occupied by Male Persons assessed as above. 


Total of 1, 2, 3, 


Total of 1,2,and3. &amp; | 
and 6. 


Total of 1 and 2. 
(whether Owners 
£.50 
wards 


Male 
or 


























&gt; 
o 





i. 2. 3. 
At £.14and | At £.20and | At £. 50 and 
under £. 20. | under £. 50. upwards, 








Total of 1,2,and3. 2 


Total of 1 and 2. 
Total of 2 and 3. 





| 











| Total of 1,2,3,and6. ™ 


Total Gross Estimated Rental of Pro- 
perty owned and occupied by Male 
Persons assessed as above, viz. : 


Total of 1, 2, and 3. &amp; 
of 





i. | 2. 3. 
At £.2 and |At £.14 and At £.20 and 
under £. 14. under £. 20, under £. 50. 
| | 


| 


by Male Persons 


whose Assessment 
is at £. 50 and up- 


Property occupied 
wards, 


Total Gross Esti- 
mated Rental 


Total of 1 and 2. 




















With a Summary for England and Wales : 
And, of all Male Persons who are assessed on the 
Valuation Lists now in force, or Poor Rate, as 
Occupiers of Lands or Tenements at the gross 
estimated Rental of £.14 and under £.20; £.20 
and under £. 50; and £.50 and upwards, in every 
Parish or Township in England and Wales con- 
taining a Population, according to the last Census, 
of not less than 5,000, and which is not situate 
within any Parliamentary City or Borough, as 
shc wn in the subjoined Form: — 


Act Amend. 
ment Bill. 


a second time upon Monday next; and to be Bill 77 


printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill for the better pre- Contagious 
vention of Contagious Diseases at certain Naval Piseases Bill. 
and Military Stations: And the same was read the _ Bill 78. 
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 One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 





Monday, 19th March, 1866. 


HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Mr. Speaker's 
Table, informed the House of the continued !™disposition, 
illness and unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker :— 
Whereupon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the 
Committee of Ways and Means, proceeded to the 
Table as Deputy Speaker; and after Prayers, 
counted the House, and Forty Members being 
present, took the Chair, pursuant to the Standing 
Order of the 20th day of July 1855. 








The Names of the five Members appointed to Great 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- Yarmouth 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the "!c#o™ 
Borough of Great Yarmouth, 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. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to Nottingham 
try and determine the matter of the Petitions com- Town 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the "lection. 
Town of Nottingham, 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. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to Bridgnorth 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- Election. 





Male Occupiers of Lands or Tene- 
ments at the Gross Estimated &gt; ° 6. 
Rental of — 
Total of 

1, 2, and3 





1. 2. 3. 
£.l4 and | £.20 and | £. 50 and 
under £. 20.junder £. 50.) upwards. 




















plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Bridgnorth, 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. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had a, 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th Report, 
and 16th days of this instant March; and had 

directed 






































































99 VicToria. 19th March. 175 


directed him to make a Report thereof to the| The Bo'ness, Grangemouth, and South Alloa Bo'ness, 


House. Junction Railway Bill was read a second time; per mee 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the | and committed. Alo densien 
Table; and be printed. ; Railway Bill 
" Dr. Cashe?s Divorce Bill was read a second Dr. Cashel’s 
‘Totnes The Names of the five Members appointed to | time; and committed. (zerde] 
0 Election. try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
laining of an undue Election and Return for the The London, Chatham, and Dover, and South pene 
ll. wow. | of Totnes, were called over; and being | Eastern (Bromley, Farnborough, and West Wick- cana 
‘come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. | 4am) Railways Bill was read a second time; and South Eastern 
Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said | committed. eee " 
Election be referred to the Committee. te. | 
Wickham) 
Birmingh The Birmingham Water Bill was read the third . Railways Bill. 
Water Bill. time — The Saint Martin-in-the-Fields Workhouse, &amp;c. saint Martin- 
° i e . . . e : San h . } 
AW Resolved, That the Bill do pass. . Re a Bill was read a second time; and Workhoos | 
7 Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | CO™™M™ ee. &amp;e. Rebuilding | 
id) Lords, and desire their concurrence. 7 : , - 
secpecanics sven ipo The Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway Salisbury and | 
. . ‘ . ; &gt; Ss - . ) 
Deven end The Devon and Somerset Railway (Capital) Bill Bill was read a second time ; and committed. secu | 
eer was read the third time. Railway Bill. | 
(Capital) Bil. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. The Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway —e | 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | (Meifod Valley Extension, &amp;c.) Bill was read a Wales Railway 
l- Lords, and desire their concurrence. second time ; and committed. ( Meifod Valley 
ixtension, | 
. . : .) Bill 
Dublin The Dublin Corporation Water Bill was read ; Se.) BM. | 
Corporation the third time. P The Tamar, Kit Hill, and Callington Railway Fn | 
Water Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill was read a second time; and committed. Callington | 
il, Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Tvign Valley 
taken before the Committee on the Teign Valley #ilway Bill 
Morayshire The Morayshire Railway Bill was read the third | Railway Bill, in Session 1864, be referred to the “%**) 
Railway Bill. time, Committee on Group 6 of Railway Bills. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. / 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the} A Petition of Promoters of the Kingston and Kingston and } 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Epsom Railway Bill, for leave to bring in a Bill Railway. 
for making a Railway from Kingston, in the County 
of Surrey, to Epsom, in the same County, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Or- 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Newark Gas The Newark Gas Bill was read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


. Lords, and desire their concurrence. deve 
rs e { 
in. y . . 7 . / 
Sheffield ” Pg Sheffield United Gas Bill was read the third A Petition of Edisard Walmisley, of Abingdon- Dr. c ashe’ | 
1 . cael 1 ae . _ Divorce Bi 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. street, Westminster, Solicitor and Parliamentary [Lords.] 


: . Agent, praying that service of the Orders of the 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Seen and at imal Copy of Dr. Cashes 


Divorce Bill upon Captain James Kingsley and 
Central Wales ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration | Zhomas Worthington may be deemed good service, 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Extension the Central Wales Extension Railway Bill, as| and that personal service thereof on Emily Har- 
Railway Bill. amended in the Committee ; and Amendments riett Cashel may be dispensed with, was presented, 
were made to the Bill. and read. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Ordered, That service of a Copy of the said Bill — 
and of the Order for the Second Reading thereof 


Cornwall The House proceeded to take into consideration | upon James Kingsley, of Riverview, Nenagh, in the | 
County the Cornwall County Lunatic Asylum Bill, as | County of Tipperary, in Ireland, a Captain in Her 
Lunatic amended in the Committee. Majesty’s Army (unattached), and Thomas Wor- 


Asytom Bal. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | thington, Proctor, be deemed as good service of 
the said Bill and Order as if the same had been 


North Eastern | Lhe House proceeded to take into consideration personally served upon Emily Hurriett Cashel. 


_ Railway the North Eastern Railway (Gilling, Helmsley, 
Gainey, ona and P ichering Branch) Bill, as amended in the} 4 Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Leds 
Pickering Committee. gesses of the Borough of Leeds, praying’ that pro- !™provement 


Branch) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | Yi,ion may be made in the Leeds Improvement a fone | 


Paisley Water ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration Acts Amendment Bill for Power to grant Super- 
Bill. 


the Paisley Water Bill, as amended in the Com- annuation Allowance to Officers, was presented, 
ssltees 7 and read; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | tions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration} A Petition of the Solway Junction Railway solway 








Upavon and 





Andover the Upavon and Andover Railway Bill, as amended | Company, and also of the Caledonian Railway — i 
Railway Bill. in the Committee. Company, praying that provision may be made in (Capitel) Bim i 
A Clause (Tolls on traffic conveyed partly on| the Solway Junction Railway (Capital) Bill for ° 
the Railway of the Company and partly on Rail-| Power to the Railway Companies to subscribe to 
way over which running powers exercised), was| the Undertaking, and to apply funds for that 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. purpose, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Mr. Marsh reported the Bromsgrove and Droit- Bromsgrove 
Belfast Gas The Belfast Gas Bill was read a second time;| wich Water Bill, with Amendments. = ee 
Bill [Lords.]_and committed. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ¥** 5# 


VoL. 121. Z4+ Mr. 














Message from 
the Lords. 


Jamaica Go- 
vernment Bill. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


National Debt 


Reduction Bill, 


Ventnor Gas 
and Water 
Bill [Lords.] 


Weaver River 
Navigation 
Bill [Lords.} 


Talacre Pier 
and Harbour 
(Railway) 

Bill [Lords.] 


Dublin and 
Kingstown 
Railway 
(Lease) 

Bill [ Lords.] 


Hornsey Gas 
Bill | Lords.} 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes, 
and Twelfth 
Report. 


Kingston and 
Epsom 
Railway, 


New Forest 
Poor Reliet 
Bill. 


Super- 
annuaticns 

( Officers 
Metropolitan 
Vestries and 
District 
Boards) Bill. 


London Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 


Columbia 
(Bethnal 


Green) Market 


and 
Approaches 
Bill [Lords.] 


176 19th March. 1866. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the" House,\That 
a Message had been brought from the Lords by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Jamaica Govern- 
ment Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Marine Mutiny 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the National Debt 
Reduction Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the supply of the Town of Ventnor and its 
vicinity, in the Isle of Wight, with Gas and Water ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the Trustees of the River Weaver 
Navigation to raise a Sum of Money for the Im- 








provement of their Navigation, and for other pur- 
poses relating to the said Navigation; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for forming a Pier, Harbour, and Railway in or 
adjoining the Parish of ZLlanasa, in the County of 
Flint, on and adjoining the Zalacre Estate, and for. 
other purposes; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for amending the Lease of the Dublin and Kings- 
town Railway to the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford 
Railway Company; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for incorporating and granting other Powers to the 
Hornsey Gas Company (Limited); to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


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. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
port 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 
Kingston and Epsom Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report he referred to the 

elect Committee on Standing Orders. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
ort from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills, That in the case of the New Forest | 
Poor Relief Bill, the Standing Orders have been | 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
ort from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills, That in the case of the Superannua- 
tions (Officers Metropolitan and District Boards) 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 10th day of April next. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
ort from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills, That in the case of the London 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. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
ort from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
rivate Bills, That in the case of the Columbia 
(Bethnal Green) Market and Approaches 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: Childers presented,—Return to an Order, National 
dated the 16th day of this instant March, for Gallery. 
Returns relative to the National Gallery. 

Mr. Childers also presented, pursuant to the di- Army. 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Statement 
of the Savings and Deficiencies upon the Grants 
for Army Services, in the year ended the 31st 
March 1865, showing all Cases in which the War 
Department has obtained the sanction of the Trea- 
sury to Expenditure not provided for in the Grants 
for that year, together with Copies of the Repre- 
sentations made to the Treasury by that Depart- 
ment, pursuant to Act 27 &amp; 28 Vict. c. 73, 

s. 13; and also a Balance Sheet, detailing, in 
Classes, the Ledger Balances on the 31st October 
1865, the Date on which the Army Account of 
Receipt and Expenditure for 1864-65 was closed, 
prepared in conformity with the Directions from 
the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, contained in Letter dated 7th November 1864. 

_Copy of an Account of the Receipt and Expen- army and 
diture for Army and Militia Services for the year Militia Ser- 
ended 31st March 1865. vices. 

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


Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to an Navy (Iron- 
Order, dated the 9th day of this instant March, for a ¢!#4 Ships.) 
Return relative to the Navy (Iron-clad Ships). 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this Navy. 
instant March, for Returns relative to the Navy. 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Small 

to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of July 1864, Tenements. 
for a Return of the Names of the Parishes in E'ng- 
land and Wales, where an Order has been made 
by the Vestry to put in force the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vie. 
c. 99, for the better assessing and collecting the 
Poor Rates and Highway Rates in respect of Small 
Tenements(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 225, of Session 1859). 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented,—Return to an Tame Valley 
Order, dated the 15th day of this instant March, Viaduct, 
for a Return relative to the Tame Valley Viaduct. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Diseased Diseased 
Cattle, which was presented upon the 16th day ©ttle. 


| of this instant March, be printed. 0. 127, 


Mr. William Edward Forster presented,—Return Hong Kong. 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day 
of February last, for a Return relative to Hong 
Kong. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Habeas 
a Return of the Number of Persons confined in Corpus | 
the Gaol of the County of Cork up to the 15th day fi Ireland) ACh 
of March 1866, under the Provisions of the Habeas (Cork Gaol.) 
Corpus Suspension Act; stating whether all or any 
of said Prisoners have been kept in Separate Con- 
finement since their Committal ; and, if so, specify- 
ing the Number of Hours in which they have been 
confined in their Cells, and the Number of Hours 
they have been allowed for Exercise each Day; 
what Arrangements, if any, have been made for the 
communication of said Prisoners with their Pro- 
fessional Advisers ; and whether they have been on 
all occasions permitted to communicate with the 
latter without the presence ofan Officer of the Prison. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, committees. 
a Return of the Members of the late House of 
Commons who did not serve during any Session 
on any Committee, either a Select Committee, a 
Committee 


ee 








Stafford, 


—— 


&amp;c. Roads 
Bill. 


Derwent and 
ay! Bridge 
Road Bill. 


Ships 
“Scorpion” 
and 
“Wyvern.” 


Accidents 
(Metropolis.) 





Churchbridge, 








QQ VicTORIA. 


Committee to try Election Petitions, or a Com- 
mittee on Private Bills, specifying those who are 
Members of the present Parliament. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group A. of Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Stafford, Churchbridge, &amp;c. Roads Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by adding the words, *‘ And whereas owing to the 
neglect or omission of the Persons for the time 
being respectively entitled to the several principal 
Sums in the 2d Schedule to this Act, to establish 
their respective titles thereto, and to apply for the 
interest accruing thereon, no interest has been paid 
on any of the same several principal Sums respec- 
tively for various long periods, not being less in 
each and every such case than a continuous period 
of twenty years; and it is expedient that the said 
— Sumsand Interest should, ifnot claimed (as 
1ereinafter provided), be extinguished,” and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group A. of Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Derwent and Shotley Bridge Road Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, 
by omitting the recital as to the Sums set forth in 
the lst Schedule, in order to meet the circum- 
stances 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Official Report of the Trial of 
Speed of the “ Scorpion” at the measured Mile at 
Plymouth on the 8th day of May 1865, and on the 
5th day of August 1865, and of any Trials of Speed 
of the “ Scorpion” and “ Wyvern” at Portsmouth 
in 1865 ; the Return to state the Weights on Board 
at each Trial: Copies of Official Reports of 
Captain Commerell or Captain Burgoyne of the 
Trials of the above Vessels, by order of the Ad- 
miralty, at Saint Helen’s Roads, Portsmouth, or 
Portland, in August and October 1865, as to their 
Speed and Sea-going qualities under Steam alone, 
under Canvas alone, and also under Steam and 
Canvas combined, and as to the working of the 
Turrets and the Twelve-and-a-half Ton Guns on 
Board the “ Scorpion” during those Trials in smooth 
Water and also in a Sea-way: Of a Letter 
from Messrs. Laird Brothers to the Secretary to 
the Admiralty, dated the 23d day of May 1865, 
and the Controller’s directions in accordance with 
that Letter as to Trim, Speed, and Draught of 
Water: And, Return of Estimated Cost of the 
new Decks and general Description and Cost of 
the other Alterations now being carried out on 
Board the “ Scorpion” to afford better Accom- 
modation for Officers and Crew, and Ventilation 
for the Ship, so as to render her more suitable for 
Sea-going purposes. 


Resolved, That 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 Accidents that 
have taken place since the 1st day of January 1865 
up to the lst day of March 1866, to Persons run 
over by Carts and Carriages in the Public Streets 
of the City of London and in the Metropolitan 
District, and the Number that have terminated 
fatally, so far as such Cases have come to the cog- 
nizance of the Metropolitan and City Police. 

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











19th March. 


















177 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Deviation of 
Copies of the following Papers relative to De- Compass 
viation of Compasses,—Of a Letter from the Royal 
Society to the Board of Trade, dated the 25th day 
of May 1865, and of the Inclosure therein: 
Of the Letter from the Board of Trade, dated the 
25th day of July 1865, in answer thereto: 
Of the Letters from the Board of Trade to the 
Admiralty and Committee of Lloyd's Register of 
the 25th day of July 1865: Of the Letter and 
Inclosures from the Royal Society to the Board of 
Trade, dated the 2d day of November 1865 : 
Of the Reply of the Board of Trade, dated the 
14th day of November 1865 :——Of Letter from 
the Board of Trade to the Committee of Lloyd’s 
Register, dated the 11th day of December 1865, 
and of the Reply thereto: ——And, Tabular State- 
ment showing the means adopted for correcting or 
ascertaining the Deviation of the Compasses during 
the past Three years in each of Her Majesty’s 
Ships “ Achilles,” “ Bellerophon,” “ Black Prince,” 
** Lord Warden,” “ Minotaur,’ “ Prince Albert,” 
“© Prince Consort,” “ Research,” “ Resistance,” 
* Scorpion,” “ Royal Oak,” “ Warrior, * Wivern,” 
and * Zealous ;” and showing also, under the Name 
of each Ship, the Dates on which the Ship was 
swung for Deviation or on which Compensating 
Magnets were applied, or on which the position of 
the Magnets or of the Compass was altered; and 
showing further the Time occupied by the opera- 
tion on each occasion, and the computed Cost of 
each verification or adjustment. 














The Order of the day being read, for the Second Legitimacy 
Reading of the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill; —— 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 10th day of April next. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Cannock 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on several Chase and 


Petitions against the Cannock Chase and Wolver- nme’ 
hampton Railway (Hednesford Extension) Bill. (Hednesford 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. Extension) 


Bill. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Cannock 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on a Pe- es rome | 
tition against the Cannock Chase Railway Exten- pees: 
sion Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Midland 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on several ers a 
Petitions against the Midland Railway (Ashby and ng 
Nuneaton, &amp;c.) Bill. &amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Midland 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on several Railway 
Petitions against the Midland Railway (Branches, Oe Ba” 
&amp;e.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Aberdare 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on a Pe- Pan. 4g 
tition against the Aberdare Valley and Caerphilly Senden” 
Junction Railway Bill. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And 

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


The Names of the Five Members appointed to Boston 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- ©! 
se an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Boston, 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. 





Vo.. 121. 





AA A Motion 


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Totnes 
Election. 


Boston 
Election. 


Nottingham 
Town 
Election. 


Great 
Yarmouth 
Election. 


Bridgnorth 
Election. 


Exchequer 
and Audit 
Departments 
Bill. 


Bill 79. 


Parliamentary 
Oaths 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Supply. 


178 
A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That no Select Committees do meet before 
One of the clock To-morrow, being the day ap- 
inted by the Bishop of London for Prayer and 
umiliation in his Diocese ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


{Mr. Brand, 


Tellers for the Yeas,) agg 7 wag }259. 


(Mr. Bouverie, 


Tellers for the Noes, ) fy. Prag }2. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Totnes Election Petition do meet To-morrow, in 
one of the Committee Rooms of the House, at 
One of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Boston Election Petition do meet To-morrow, in 
one of the Committee Rooms of the House, at 
One of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 

Jottingham Town Election Petitions do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at One of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Great Yarmouth Election Petition do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at One of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Bridgnorth Election Petitions do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Committee Rooms of the House, at 
One of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Exchequer and Audit De- 
partments Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Parliamentary Oaths Amendment Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 


19th—20th March. 


1866. 


upon the 16th day of this instant March, That the 
Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill be now read 
a second time; 

And the Questien being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas,/ - Whiteside, 
| Mr. George: 


Tellers forthe Noes tafe, Adam: 


l 55. 


J 
} 99. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read a second time ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House do now adjourn; 


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


Tuesday, 20th March, 1866: 


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

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read a second time :—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 


. Y : \ananl|s Fund 
into a ( ommittee on the Consolidated Fund (2. 19,000,000) 
(£.19,000,000) Bill; and, after some time spent Bin, 


therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and the 


Judge Advocate reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to 





report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at half an hour after Four of the clock. 


The Judge Advocate reported from the Com- Exchequer 





_[Salaries, &amp;c.], a Resolution; which was read, as [ 
| followeth: 


mittee on Exchequer and Audit Departments nd Audit 
epartments 


Salaries, &amp;c.] 


That Provision be made for the Payment, out 


of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, 


of the Salaries and Pensions of the Comptroller 


| and Auditor General, and of the Assistant Comp- 
troller and Auditor, who may be appointed under 


any Act of the present Session relating to the 
Duties of the Exchequer and Audit Departments, 
and also for the Payment of Annual Allowances 


not exceeding £.12,656, be granted to Her Ma- to certain Officers whose offices will be abolished 
jesty, to defray the additional Charge for Half-| under the said Act. 


Pay, Reserved Half-Pay, and Retired Pay, con- 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 


sequent upon altering the system of motrement | was agreed to. 
of Officers of the Royal Navy, which will come | 
in course of payment during the year ending on| Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of guppiy, 


Court of 
Chancery 
(ireland) Bill. 


the 3lst day of March 1867 ; 

The Committee divided. 
{Mr. Brand, 
| Mr. Adam: 88. 
{ Admiral Walcott, | . 
\ Admiral Seymour : fe 
Resolution to be reported. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
the Judge py As oe reported, That the Committee 
had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 

The Judge Advocate 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 adjourned Debate on the Question propose 





Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 
1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.892,865, be New Works, 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of &amp;c. (Naval 
0 'New Works, Buildings, Machinery, and Repairs 


Establish- 


° y ~ ° ° ° - ments. 
in the Naval Establishments, which will come in ) 


course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 162,400, be Military 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for Education. 
Military Education, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1867, inclusive. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 88,300, be Surveys, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge of United 
the Surveys of the United Kingdom, which will “8° 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 3lst day of March 1867, inclusive. 

4. That a Sl not exceeding £. 94,800, be Miscellaneous 

nted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for Services. 
Ticsdiiensves Services, which will come in ee” 
) 












29 Victoria. 


of payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1867, inclusive. 
Rewards for 5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.26,100, be 
—_ meer to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
; ewards for Distinguished Services, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 


Pay of 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.72,600, be 
— granted to Her Majesty, to defray 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 1867, inclusive. 
Pay of 7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.457,200, be 
ee and granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Officers. the Pay of Reduced and Retired Officers, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 
Widows’ 8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 161,300, be 


Pensions and ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

— ” Widows’ Pensions and Compassionate Allowances, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, in- 
clusive. 

Pendioos, ko. 9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 26,700, be 

wees - — to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
for Wounds, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1867, inclusive. 





Chelsea and 10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 34,600, be 
Kilmainham granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Hospitals. - ~~ ; 4 ae a 
Chelsea and Kilmainkam Hospitals, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 
Out- 11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,173,900, be | 
— granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | 
Hospital. the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, which | 
will come in course of payment during the year | 
ending on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 
Non-Effective 12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 27,000, be | 
et aieg granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for | 
Militiaand) Non-Effective Services of Disembodied Militia and 
Yeomanry Yeomanry Cavalry, which will come in course of 
‘avalry, 


ayment during the year ending on the 31st day | 
of March 1867, inclusive. | 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and | 
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 that Mr. Dod- 
son, the Marquis of Hartington, and the Judge 
Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


Militia Pay. 


Bast India The East India Military, &amp;c. Funds Transfer 
anys &amp;e. Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 


and committed toa Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 


Transfer Bill. 


Exchequer The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
_.. take into consideration the Exchequer Bills and 
nes" Bonds Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Dockyard Ex- The Dockyard Extensions Act Amendment 
tensions Act 


Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 
Bill. and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 


Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Contagious Diseases Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


19th—20th March. 


ensions, Gratuities, and Allowances to Officers |. 


° ~ 
179 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on Hull South 
Hull South Bridge [Advance], a Resolution ; fA’ eence.] 
which was read, as followeth: 

That the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, 

Forests, and Land Revenues be authorized to 
advance, by way of Loan, to the Hull South 
Bridge Company, incorporated by “The Hull 
South Bridge Act, 1862,” the Sum of Seven 
thousand Five hundred pounds, out of the 
Capital of the Land Revenues of the Crown, upon 
such terms and éonditions as may be prescribed by 
any Act to be passed in this Session of Parlia- 
ment. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Hull South Bridge Bill, that they 
have Power to make provision therein, pursuant to 
the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second oo 
Reading of the Waterworks Bill; on 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time’ 
upon ‘Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Courts 
into a Committee on the County Courts Bill; and, = 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and the Judge Advocate 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 Public Offices 
into a Committee on the Public Offices (Site) (Site) Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and the 
Judge Advocate 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 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sheriff Court 
into a Committee on the Sheriff Court Houses (Seutland) 
( Scotland) Act (1860) Amendment Bill ; and, after 4 ct (1860) 
some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker re- Amendment. 
sumed the Chair; and the Judge Advocate 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 Order of the day being read, for the Second . 
Reading of the Railways Clauses Bill ; Goase Ss. 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time 


‘upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ecclesiastical 
to amend the Law respecting Leases by Eccle- —_ (Isle 
siastical Corporations as far as relates to the Isle of ° ae 
Man; And that Mr. Baring and Mr. Bruce do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Habeas 
Returns of the Number and Names (by Initials) of Corpus 
Prisoners confined in the Gaol of Waterford under (Ireland) Act 
the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, with the Date (Waterford 
of the Committal of each up to the 17th day of Gacl-) 
March: Of Particulars of any verbal or written 
Order given to the Governor of the Gaol as to 
the Treatment of any or all of the Prisoners 








VoL. 121. 


AA2 different 











Shannon 
River. 


Ecclesiastical 


Leases (Isle of yes 


Man.) 
Bill 80. 


Mr. Speaker’s 
Indisposition. 


Great 
Yarmouth 
Election. 


North Wales, 
Birkenhead, 

and Liverpool 
Railway Bill, 


180 


different from the Treatment of untried Prisoners, 
and by whom given, and whether carried into effect: 
f the Number of Hours during the twenty- 
four that each Prisoner has been in separate Con- 
finement, and the Number of Hours allowed to 
Exercise each day, with the cause for diminishing 
the minimum quantity of Exercise prescribed by the 
Prison Regulations, whenever such occurred : 
Of the Number of Sundays each Prisoner has been 
absent from Divine Service, and the cause of such 
Absence, whether arising from illness or being 
prevented by the Prison Authorities from attend- 
ing: Showing whether any Prisoner has been 
recluded from the privilege of seeing members of 
his family or consulting with his Legal Adviser, sub- 
ject to the usual Prison Regulations, and, if so, 
owing to what cause:——And, showing whether 
any Prisoner has been prevented from receiving 
or sending verbal or written Communications, sub- 
ject to Prison Regulations, and, if so, the reason 
of such prevention. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the manner in which the Drainage 
and Navigation of the River Shannon has been 
carried out under the direction of Her Majesty’s 
Government, and to report what steps should be 
taken to complete the Works for which a com- 
pulsory Levy of £. 300,000 has been made on the 
adjoining Counties:—And a Committee was 
appointed of Colonel French, Mr. Childers, Mr. 
William Ormsby Gore, Mr. Acland, Lord Dun- 
hellin, Colonel Vandeleur, Sir Edward Dering, Sir 
William Jolliffe, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Laird, Mr. 
Pollard-Urquhart, Myr. Dudley Fortescue, My. 
Agar-Ellis, Mr. Cave, and Lord Burghley ; with 
Power to send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to amend the Law 
pecting Leases by Ecclesiastical Corporations as 
far as relates to the Isle of Man: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 


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. 





Tuesday, 20th March, 1860. 


HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, 

informed the House of the continued illness 
and unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker, but that 
his health was improving :—Whereupon Mr. Dod- 
son, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means, proceeded to the Table as Deputy Speaker; 
and after Prayers, counted the House, and Forty 
Members being present, took the Chair, pursuant 
to the Standing Order of the 20th day of July 
1855. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Great Yarmouth Election Petition have leave to 
sit this day till Five of the clock during the sitting 
of the House. 


Admiral Duncombe reported from the Committee 
on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the North Wales, Birkenhead, and Liverpool Rail- 
way Bill, the Referees on Private Bills having 
reported that the Estimate in respect to the said 
Bil is insufficient, the Committee had not pro- 
ceeded with the consideration of the Bill. 

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


19¢h—20th March. 


1806, 

Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- 
mittee of Selection; That they had made certain 
alterations in the Groups of 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. 


Committee of 
Selection, 


(Fifth Report,) 
No. 63. 


Aberdare’ 
Northern 
Railway 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 
Aberdare, in the County of Glamorgan, to a point 
of junction with the intended Neath and Brecon 
Railway, near to Senny-bridge, in the Parish of 
Defynoc, in the County of Brecon, and also a Rail- 
way from a point of junction with the proposed 
Line near Weighbridge House Garden, in the Parish 
of Penderyn, to a point of junction with the Pond 
Line Railway, in the Parish of Ystradyfodwg, in 
the County of Glamorgan, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 





The Leicester Water Bill was read the third Leicester 
time. Water BN. 


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 Dublin Port 
the Dublin Port Acts Amendment Bill, as amended 4¢ts Amend- 
/in the Committee. ment BE, 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration Dublin Port 
‘the Dublin Port (Docks) Bill, as amended in the (Pecks) Bill. 
| Committee. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Etham Valley 
‘the Elham Valley Railway Bill, as amended in Railway Bill. 
the Committee. 


| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


a second time upon Wednesday next; and to be | , . : 
| The House proceeded to take into consideration Kidwelly and 


Burry Port 
Railway and 
Burry Port 
Amalgamation 
Bill. 


the Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway and Burry 
Port Amalgamation Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leicester _ 
the Leicester Cattle Market, &amp;c. Bill, as amended Cattle Marit, 
. “ ° &amp;c. Bill. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rathmines and 


the Rathmines and Rathgar Improvement Bill, as Am 


amended in the Committee. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Birkenhead 
and Liverpool 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Ordered, That the Birkenhead and Liverpool 
Junction Railway Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select Dr. Cashel’s 
Committee on Divorce Bills, that they do hear ae) 
Counsel and examine Witnesses for Dr. Cashel’s ‘ 
Divorce Bill; and also that they do hear Counsel 
and examine Witnesses against the Bill, if the 
Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Counsel 
or produce Witnesses. 

he House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 19th day of this instant March, in the case 
of the Petition of Edward Walmisley, of Abingdon- 
street, Westminster, Solicitor and Parliamentary 
Agent, which was presented upon the same day, 
praying that service of the Orders of the House, 
and of the Official Copy of the said Bill, upon 
Captain James Kingsley and Thomas Worthington, 
may be deemed good service, and that personal 
service 











SQ VicTorRIA. 


service thereof on Emily Harriett Cashel may 
be dispensed with, might be read; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

That service of a Copy of Dr. Cashel’s Divorce 
Bill, and of the Order for the Second Reading 
thereof, upon James Kingsley, of Riverview, Nenagh, 
in the County of Tipperary, in Ireland, a Captain 
in Her Majesty’s Army (unattached),.and Thomas 
Worthington, Proctor, be deemed as good service 
of the said Bill and Order as if the same had been 
personally served upon Emily Harriett Cashel. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That service of the Orders of the House 
and of a Copy of the said Bill upon James Kingsley, 
of Riverview, Nenagh, in the County of Tipperary, 
in Ireland, a Captain in Her Majesty’s Army 
(unattached), and Thomas Worthington, Proctor, 
be deemed good service, and that personal service 
thereof on Emily Harriett Cashel be dispensed 
with. 





Railways Mr. Henry B. Sheridan presented a Bill to com- 
oa pel the Directors of Railway Companies to provide 
Commtnica- efficient means of communication between the 
tion) Bill. Travellers by and the Guards in charge of Rail- 
Bill 81. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next; and to be printed. 
Aberdare Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— 
or aig 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 Aberdare Northern Railway Bill. 
° Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Thames Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— 
a Report from ene of the Examiners of Petitions for 


Private Bills, That in the case of the Thames 
Navigation Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Ventnor Gas and Water Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ventnor Gas 
and Water 
Bill [Lords.] 


The Weaver River Navigation Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Weaver River 
Navigation 
Bill [Lords.] 


The Zalacre Pier and Harbour (Railway) Bill 
was read the first time. : 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


Talacre Pier 
and Harbour 
(Railway) Bill 


Lords. P ee ; ° i 

aetnie miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Dublin and The Dublin and Kingstown Railway (Lease) 

— Bill was read the first time. 

ryan Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

[Lords. ] miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Hornsey Gas The Hornsey Gas Bill was read the first time. 

Bill (Lords. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

fate Several Public Petitions were — and 
etitions. —~_ read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Twelfth 

Report. 

a Corpus 6 Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

nsion opies of any Letters addressed by the Stipendiar 

Ireland) A : : P y 

¢ ew Do Magistrate and local Inspector of Prisons at Water- 
aol.) ford to the Inspectors General of Prisons or any 


one connected with the Executive Government in 


Ireland, as to the treatment of the Prisoners con- 
VoL, 121, 


20th March. 








way Trains: And the same was read the first | Her Majesty, bysuch Members of this House as are 





181 


fined in the Gaol of Waterford under the Habeas 
Corpus Suspension (Jre/and) Act: —— And, of the 
Replies to the same. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electoral 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased poo aa 
to give directions, that there be laid before this we 
House, a Return of the Electoral Statistics of each 
contributory Borough in Wales, in the same Form 
as that presented to the House in the General 
Electoral Returns. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Humber River. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Correspondence with the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department, as to the 
probability of an Inundation of the River Humber 
taking place in the Parish of South Cave, in that 
Riding. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do issue his Wigan Writ. 
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 

Wigan, in the room of Major General the Honour- 

able James Lindsay, who since his election for the 

said Borough hath accepted the Office of Steward 

or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Manor of Worthstead, 

in the County of York. 


Mr. Layard presented,—Return to an Address piver Plate. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of this instant 
March, for a Return relative to the River Plate. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented poe Park and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Bradford 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ®eservos- 
House, a Copy of further Correspondence relating 
to the Bradford Waterworks Reservoirs, in con- 
tinuation of Papers already presented. . 
Ordered, That 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. Milner Gibson presented,—Return to an Harbour 
Order, dated the 16th day of February last, for a Loans. 
Return relative to Harbour Loans. 

Mr. Milner Gibson also presented, pursuant to piers and 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Report Harbours. 
of the Board of Trade, of their Proceedings under 
the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s church 
Command,—Copy of the Fifteenth Report from Estates _ 
the Church Estates Commissioners, with an Ap- Commission. 
pendix, for the year preceding 1st March 1866. 

Copy of Fifth Report, with Abstracts of Ac- Turnpike 
counts, relating to the circumstances of the under- Trasts. 
mentioned Turnpike Trusts applying for Local 
Acts in the present Session of Parliament, made 
by direction of the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, under the Powers conferred 
upon him by the Act of the 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80: 

No. 12. Congleton and Buxton Road. 
13. Abercarn Roads. 
14. Saltash Roads. 
" mag That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 





AA3 Ordered, 





National 
Gallery. 


No. 122. 


Army. 
No. 123. 


Army and 
Militia Ser- 
vices. 

No. 124. 
Navy (Iron- 
clad Ships.) 

No. 121. 
Small 
Tenements. 

No. 125. 
Tame Valley 
Viaduct. 


No. 126. 


Hong Kong. 
No. 120. 


Railway aud 
Dock Bills. 


Consolidated 
Fund 


(£. 19,000,000) 
Bill. 


Fishery 


(Scotland) Act 


(1862.) 


Art Union 
Laws. 


Applications 
for Public 
Money. 


182 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Na- 
tional Gallery, which was presented upon the 19th 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Army, 
which was presented upon the 19th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Army 
and Militia Services, which was presented upon 
the 19th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
(Iron-Clad Ships), which was presented upon the 
19th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Small 
Tenements, which was presented upon the 19th 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Tame 
Valley Viaduct, which was presented upon the 
19th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hong 
Kong, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—-Return to an Order, 
dated the 9th day of this instant March, fora 
Return relative to Railway and Dock Bills. 


The Consolidated Fund (£.19,000,000) 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 Nineteen 
Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Ser- 
vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-six. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the operation of the Fishery (Scotland) 
Act (1862) ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the; Mr. Henry Baillie, lL 58 
Yeas, | Major Cumming Bruce: { °” 
Te lers for the, Mr. Brand, 1 164 
Noes, \ Mr. Adam: J . 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the operation of the Art Union 
Lawes. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Or- 
der of the House of the 25th day of June 1852, 
“ That this House will receive no Petition for any 
sum of money relating to Public Service, or pro- 
ceed upon any Motion for granting any money 
but what is recommended from the Crown,” might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 
pealed. 

Resolved, That this House will receive no Peti- 
tion for any sum relating to Public Service, or 
proceed upon any Motion for a grant or charge 
upon the Public Revenue, whether payable out 
the Consolidated Fund or out of Monies to be 
provided by Parliament, unless recommended from 
the Crown, 

The House was moved, That the Standing Or- 
der of the House of the 25th day of June 1852, 
“ That if any Motion be made in the House for 
any Public Aid or Charge upon the People, the 
consideration and debate thereof shall not be pre- 
sently entered upon, but shall be adjourned till 
such further day as the House shall think fit to 





20th March. 





1866. 


appoint, and then it shall be referred to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House before any Resolution 
or Vote of the House do pass therein,” might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 
pealed. 

Resolved, That if any Motion be made in the 
House for any aid, grant, or charge upon the 
Public Revenue, whether payable out of the Con- 
solidated Fund or out of monies to be provided by 
Parliament, or for any charge upon the People, 
the consideration and debate thereof shall not be 
presently entered upon, but shall be adjourned till 
such further day as the House shall think fit to 
appoint, and then it shall be referred to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House before any Resolution. 
or Vote of the House do pass therein. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be Standing 
Orders of this House. 


posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any additional Papers relative 
to the dispute between the two Houses of Legis- 
lature in the Colony of Victoria concerning 
the Appropriation Bill of 1865:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


mons in the Neighbourhood of the Metropolis, 
and the Protection thereof from Nuisances: And 
that Mr. Cowper and Mr. Childers do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


relative to the Declaration against Transubstan- 
and the same being 





tiation, &amp;c., might be read; g 
read ; 

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


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
/move the House, That leave be given to bring in 
|a Bill to abolish a certain Declaration commonly 
| called the Declaration against Transubstantiation, 
-and the Invocation of Saints, and the Sacrifice of 
the Mass as practised in the Church of Rome, and 
_to render it mnecessary to take, make, or sub- 
scribe the same as a qualification for the exercise 
or enjoyment of any civil office, franchise, or 
right. 

Resolution to be reported. 


| 
| 
| 
| 


Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Committee 
had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie 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 
abolish a certain Declaration commonly called the 
Declaration against Transubstantiation, and the In- 
vocation of Saints, and the Sacrifice of the Mass 
as practised in the Church of Rome, and to render 
it unnecessary to take, make, or subscribe the 
same as a qualification for the exercise or enjoyment 
of any civil office, franchise, or right:—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Sir Colman O’Loghlen, Sir John 
Gray, and Mr. Cogan do prepare, and bring it in. 
Ordered, 








A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Victoria. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill Commons 
to make Provision for the Improvement of Com- (Metropolis.) 











The House was moved, That the several Acts Transubstan- 
tiation, &amp;e. 

















29 Victoria. 


Mortality of Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
(chive) to inquire into the Mortality in the Troops in China, 


the causes which led to it, and into the conduct 
of those Departments of the Government whose 
duty it has been to administer to the wants of 
those Troops. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Benchers of the Inns of Court to 
appoint Judicial Committees in certain cases, and 
to give the necessary Powers to such Committees: 
And that Sir George Bowyer and Mr. Denman do 
prepare, and bring it in. © 


Inns of Court. 


Divorce Bills. The Select Committee on Divorce Bills was 


nominated of Mr. Walpole, Sir John Pakington, 
Mr. Bonham-Carter, the Judge Advocate, the 
Lord Advocate, Mr. Adderley, Colonel French, 
Colonel Packe, and Mr. Gathorne Hardy. 


Writs The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Seotland) Bill. Reading of the Writs Registration ( Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday the 16th day of April next. 


Summary The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


(gcotlan Bill Reading of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) 
Bil 


b 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of April next. 


Trusts The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Scotland)Bill. Reading of the Trusts ( Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of April next. 


Poor Law The Poor Law Officers Superannuation (Scot- 
| land) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 


tion (Seotland) time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
Bill. House, for To-morrow. 


Cattle Sheds The Cattle Sheds in Burghs (Scotland) Bill 


2 a pi, W288» according to Order, read a second time ; and 

(Scotland) Bill. «ommitted to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday the 11th day of April next. 

Supply. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the Committee of Supply, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth : 

Half Pay, &amp;. §§Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 12,656, be granted 

(Navy). to Her Majesty, to defray the additional Charge 
for Half Pay, Reserved Half Pay, and Retired 
Pay, consequent upon altering the system of Re- 
tirement of Officers of the Royal Navy, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1867. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

East India The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

ron? &amp;c. into a Committee on the East India Military, &amp;c. 


Transfer Bill. Funds Transfer Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. : 

‘Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


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


Wednesday, 21st March, 1866 : 


Exchequer The Exchequer Bills and Bonds Bill was, ac- 
eg cording to Order, read the third time; and verbal 
il. 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. 
Dockyard _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
a into a Committee on the Dockyard Extensions 


VoL. 121. 


20th—-21st March. 











183 


Act Amendment Bill; and,, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to County Courts 
take into consideration the County Courts Bill, Bill. 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third public Offces ~ 
Reading of the Public Offices (Site) Bill; (Site) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Sheriff Court 
take into consideration the Sheriff Court Houses fouses (Scot- 
( Scotland) Act(1860) Amendment Bill, asamended 1860) , em 
in the Committee. ment Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Lord George Cavendish reported the Dryclough, pryctough, 
Shaw, and Rochdale Roads Bill, with Amend- Shaw, and 
ments. Rochdale 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Reads Ba. 


_ Sir Colman O’Loghlen presented a Bill to abo- Transubstan- 
lish a certain Declaration commonly called the tiation, &amp;e. 
Declaration against Transubstantiation, and the In- Declaration 

; tom = vier Abolition Bill. 
vocation of Saints, and the Sacrifice of the Mass Bill 8: 
as practised in the Church of Rome, and to ren- ill 63. 
der it unnecessary to take, make, or subscribe 
the same as a qualification for the exercise or en- 
joyment of any civil office, franchise, or right: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Tuesday the 24th 
day of April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, Message from 
That a Message had been brought from the Lords the Lords. 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Redheugh 
for making and maintaining a Bridge across the Bridge and 
River Tyne, to connect the Boroughs of New- Bun | Lords} 
castle-upon- Tyne and Gateshead, with Approaches ; 
thereto, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dagenham 
to enable the Dagenham ( Thames\ Dock Company (Thames) 
to acquire additional Lands, and to enlarge their bere) 
Undertaking ; and to provide Abattoirs and other be 
conveniences; to amend the Dagenham ( Thames) 

Dock Acts, 1855 and 1862, and for other pur- 
poses; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Downpatrick, 
to authorize the construction of a Railway from Dundrum, and 
Downpatrick through Dundrum to Newcastle, in netoee tan 
the County of Down; to which the Lords desire [Lords.] 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Midland Great 
to enable the Midland Great Western Railway of —- ae 
Treland Company to acquire additional Lands, and Ireland) Bill 
for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire the [Zords.] 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Great 
to enable the Great Southern and Western Rail- Southern and 

. estern 
way Company to make a Railway at Cork to con- Railway Bill 
nect their Railway with the Cork and Youghal (Lords. 
Railway, and to raise Money for the purchase and 
for the purposes of the Cork and Youghal Rail- 
way, onl for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


AA4 The 





Cork and 
Youghal 
Railway Bill 
Lords.) 


Dr. Cashel’s 
Divorce Bill 
[Lords.] 


Mr. Speaker's 
Indisposition. 


Fellows of 
Colleges 
Declaration 
Bill. 


Tests 
Abolition 
(Oxford) Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(City of 
London.) 


184 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


for the winding up of the Affairs and the dissolu- 
tion of the Cork and Youghal wy wy J ree a a 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords communicate Minutes of Evidence 
and Proceedings upon the Second Reading of Dr. 
Cashel’s Divorce Bill, as desired by this House, 
with a request that the same may be returned. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence and 
Proceedings be referred to the Select Committee 
on Divorce Bills. 


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. 





Wednesday, 21st March, 1860. 


HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, 
informed the House that Mr. Speaker’s 
health continued to improve, but he was still 
unable to resume his duties in the Chair :— Where- 
upon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the Committee 
of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table as 
Deputy Speaker; and after Prayers, counted the 
House, and Forty Members being present, took 
the Chair, pursuant to the Standing Order of the 
20th day of July 1855. 


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door, they 
were called in; and at the Bar presented,—A 
Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons of the City of London, in Common Council 
assembled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying the House to 
pass the Fellows of Colleges Declaration Bill, was 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the Bar presented,—A Petition 
of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the 
City of London, in Common Council assembled:— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying the House to 
pass the Tests Abolition ( Ozford) Bill, was read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door, they 


were called in; and at the Bar presented,—A | 


Petition of the Lerd Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 


20th—21st March. 


1866. 


| Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Heywood 
the Heywood Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Water Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Holyhead 
the Holyhead Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Water Bill. 
mittee. | 

A Clause (Moneys borrowed on mortgage to 
have -priority), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bull. 

Another Clause (Company to lay down hydrants), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tynemouth 
the Tynemouth Improvement Bill, as amended in Improvement 
the Committee; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Redheugh Bridge and Approaches Bill was Redheugh 
read the first time. —— — 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- p}P [Lords.] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Dagenham (Thames) Dock Bill was read ey 


the first time. —— 





Ordered, That the Bill be réferred to the Exa- [Lords.] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Downpatrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle Downpatrick, 
Railway Bill was read the first time. —_ and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Railway Bi 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. |Lords.] 


The Midland Great Western Railway (of Jreland) Midland Great 
Bill was read the first time. an , 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 73." © 


‘ “a = “ Ireland) Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. [Lords.] 


The Great Southern and Western Railway Bill Great 
was read the first time. —_ and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Railway Bill 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. [Lords.] 


The Cork and Youghal Railway Bill was read Cork and 
the first time. Youghal 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Ctordey Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. ' 





A Motion was made, and the Question being Thames 
Embankment 
(North) 


| proposed, That the Thames Embankment (North) 
Approaches, 


mons of the City of London, in Common Council | Approaches Bill, the Zhames Embankment( Chelsea) 

assembled :—And then they withdrew. | Bill, and the Park-lane Improvement Bill, be com- &amp;c. Bills. 
And the said Petition, praying that all Bills | mitted to a Select Committee, consisting of Eleven 

by which it is intended to sanction the construction | Members, Six to be nominated by the House, and 

of Railway or other Works in the City of | Five by the Committee of Selection. 

London, may be referred to the same Committee;| An Amendment was gv to be made to the 

that it may be an Instruction to the Committee to Question, by leaving out from the words “ A 

make such Bills subject to the measure for the |“ proaches Bill” to the end of the Question, in 

Regulation of Railway Legislation in the Metro- | order to add the words “ be committed to a Select 

polis, introduced to the House by Her Majesty’sGo- |“ Committee upon this day six months,” instead 

vernment; that it bea further Instruction to such | thereof. 

Com.nittee not to allow any clause to pass which; And the Question being put, That the words 

will directly or indirectly repeal the ninety-second | proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 

Clause in the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, |—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

1845; that it be a further Instruction to such) Ordered, That the Thames Embankment (North) 

Committee that if they pass any clause altering | Approaches Bill, the Thames Embankment ( Chel- 

the general law of the land, they shall specially | sea) Bill, and the Park-lane Improvement Bill, be 

report to the House the clause making ma | /committed to a Select Committee, consisting of 

alteration, and their reasons for passing the same, | Eleven Members, Six to be nominated by the 

was read ; and ordered to lie upon the "Table. House, and Five by the Committee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Lemnccston, 
an 
Devon 


The House proceeded to take into consideration L 
the Briton Ferry Gas Bill, as amended in the | taken before the Committees on the a 
an 


Briton Ferry 
Gas Bill. 








Railway 
ess) Bill, 
C. 


Launceston 
and South 
Devon 
Railway | 
(1862) Bill, 
&amp;e. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twelfth 
Report. 
Occupiers 

and Owners in 
Counties. 





99 VicToRIA. 


and South Devon Railway Bill, in Session 1862, 
and the Launceston, Bodmin, and Wadebridge 
Junction Railway Bill, the Okehampton Railway 
(No. 2) Bill, and the Wiltshire Railway Bill, in 
Session 1865, be referred to the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway Bills. 


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 the Select Com- 
mittees appointed by their Lordships on the 
Launceston and South Devon Railway Bill, in 
Session 1862, and the Launceston, Bodmin, and 
Wadebridge Junction Railway Bill, in Session 
1865: And that the Clerk do carry the said 
Message. 


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, Returns in respect of each County or 
Electoral Division of a County in England and 
Wales, showing the Number of Persons on the 
Valuation Lists being Occupiers who are also 
Owners, the Value of whose Property appears by 
the Column of the Valuation Lists headed “ Gross 
Estimated Rental,” to be at £.2 and under £.5; 
at £.5 and under £.8; at £.8 and under £. 11; 
at £.11 and under £.14; and, Total under £.14; 
with Total for each County or Electoral Division, 
and Total for England and Wales :— 








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And, in respect of each County or Electoral Divi- 
sion of a County in England and Wales, showing 
the Gross Estimated Rental as it appears in the 
Column of the Valuation Lists ead’ * Gross 
Estimated Rental,” of the Property of those Per- 
sons, being Occupiers and also Owners, who are 
on the Valuation Lists at £.2 and under £. 5; at 
£.5 and under £.8; at £.8 and under £.11; at 
£.11 and under £.14; and, Total under £. 14; 
with Totals for each County or Electoral Division 
of a County, and Total for England and Wales :— 








1 2. 3 4, 5. 6. 
he Pm. 
gs |3 [3 [3 | lz 
3 : 5 3 8 7 % 
ba | ss Si 
3 F g g rE 3 
) 9 © 5 a+ » 2 ss 
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Sa | Sa | oa | Ba | Sse | Ba 
&lt; &lt; &lt; &lt; &amp; &amp; 























Such Gross Estimated Rentals to be estimated at 
a medium Sum. 

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

VoL. 121. 





Qist March. 





185 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Barony of 
a Return of Ejectment Processes in the Barony Fa™ey- 
of Farney entered at Quarter Sessions in the Divi- 

sions of Carrickmacross and Castleblaney, County 
Monaghan, in each year from 1846 to 1856; dis- 
tinguishing the Names of the Plaintiffs in Eject- 

ment and Owners of the Land for which Recovery 

of Possession was sought; and distinguishing the 

Cases in which Leases appeared to exist from 

Cases of Tenancy at Will or from year to year. 


Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on Bridgnorth, 
Group 8 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Wolverhamp- 
the Bridgnorth, Wolverhampton, and Staffordshire pom 
Railway Bill, they had examined the allegations Railway Bill. 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same by adding words for the purpose 
of referring in the Act to the deposited Plans and 
other Documents, and by striking out the words 
having reference to the Line to Kingswinford, 
which was not sanctioned by the Committee in its 
integrity, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Harbour garbour 
Loans, which was presented upon the 20th day of Loans. 
this instant March, be printed. No. 128, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Piers and Piers and 
Harbours, which was presented upon the 20th day Harbours. 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 129. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway Railway and 
and Dock Bills, which was presented upon the Dock Bills. 
20th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 130. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Tests 
Reading of the Tests Abolition ( Oxford) Bill; oo 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- (0**4) 3 
ing 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. Coleridge, 

Yeas, |Mr. Grant Duff: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Henley, 

Noes, Mr. Packe: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday the 16th day of May next. 


The New Forest Poor Relief Bill was, accord- New Forest 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Poor Relief 
to a Select Committee. Bill. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Court of 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Chancery 
upon the 16th day of this instant March, That the (ireland) Bi, 
Count of Chancery (Ireland) Bill be now read a 
second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 19th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 





Resolved, 





186 Q\st March. 1866. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday | striking off the names of James Harvey, Robert 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Jackson, John Anderson Stocks, Henry Darley, 

Edwin Clarke, John — Sneath, and Benjamin 

Ecclesiastical The Ecclesiastical Leases (Isle of Man) Bill| Booth, as not having had a right to vote at such 
Leases (Isle of was, according to Order, read a second time; and | Election. 





Bien) Be. committed to a Committee of the whole House,| Also, of John Hewison, Michael Cammack, Wil- 
for To-morrow. liam Green, Solomon Brummett, Zacariah Hipkin, 

Joseph Wharf, and Richard Kirkham, it having 

Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | been proved that they had received money for the 
Officers mittee on the Poor Law Officers Superannuation | purpose of influencing their Votes at such Elec- 


Superannta- , (Scotland) Bill ; tion. 

Bill (Scotland) ( Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | Mr. Edward Egerton, from the said Select Com- 
the 16th day of April next, resolve itself into the mittee, further saientel the House, That the Com- 
said Committee. mittee had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

| That it was proved to the Committee, That the 

East India The House, according to Order, proceeded to said John Hewison had been bribed with the pay- 

Military, &amp;c. take into consideration the East India Military, | ment of 77. 

_—.. pi, &amp;¢- Funds Transfer Bill, as amended in the Com- Michael Cammackh, Solomon Brummett, Joseph 
mittee. Wharf, and Richard Kirkham, with the payment 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | of 5/. respectively. 
To-morrow. _ Lachariah Hipkin with the payment of 62, and 
William Green with the payment of 11. before, 
The Dockyard Extensions Act Amendment Bill and 4/. after the Election; but that it was not 


Dockyard . ‘ . , 
Extensions was, according to Order, read the third time. = that such bribery was committed with the 
a Resolved, That the Bill do pass, nowledge or consent of the said Thomas Parry, 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Esquire, or his Agents. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. _ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 


County Courts 
Bill. read the third time. for the Borough of Boston, and amend the same, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. by rasing out the name of Thomas Parry, Esquire, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the and inserting the name of Meaburn Staniland, 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Esquire, instead thereof. 


Sheriff Court The Sheriff Court Houses ( Scotland) Act (1860) | 


Houses 
(Scotland) Act 


(1860) Amend. third time. | case of the Ross and Cromarty Roads Bill, they had 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 


The County Courts Bill was, according to Order, this House To-morrow, with the last Return penn to 


Return. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- Ross and 
Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read the mittee on Group A. of Private Bills; That in the Cromarty 


oads Bill 


ment Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | of the Bill, and had amended the same by making 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. /a separate Provision for the Island of Lews, ard 
| by placing the Royal Burgh of Dingwall under 
Cattle, &amp;c. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill the control of the County Trustees, and found the 
a toamend the Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
wean years of Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
and seven, to prevent the spreading of Contagious! Ordered, That the Report do-lie upon the Table. 
or Infectious Disorders among Sheep, Cattle, and | 
other Animals: And that Sir George Grey and; Admiral Duncombe reported from the Committee Railway Bills 
Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 'on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That the Parties (Group 9.) 
| promoting the Macelesfield, Knutsford, and War- 
New Writs. Ordered, That in all cases where the Seat of any | rington Railway Bill had stated that the Evidence 


Member has been declared void by an Election | of Percy Morris is essential to enable them to 
Committee on the ground of Bribery or Corrupt | establish their case, and it having been proved that 
Practices, no Motion for the issuing of a new Writ | his attendance could not be procured without the 
shall be made without two days’ previous notice | intervention of the House, he had been instructed 


being given in the Votes. 


Lunacy Acts Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


(Scotland) to) amend the Acts relating to Lunacy in Scotland, | 
Amendment. . Wt 
and to make further Provision for the Care and 
Treatment of Lunatics: And that Mr. Adam, the 
Lord Advocate, and Sir George Grey do prepare, 
and bring it in. 
Boston Mr. Edward Egerton, from the Select Com- 
Election. mittee appointed to try and determine the matter 


of the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Boston, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Thomas Parry, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Boston. 

That Meaburn Staniland, Esquire, is duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned a Bur- 
gess to serve in this present Parliament for the 

orough of Boston. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to 
be entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Edward Egerton, from the said Select Com- 
mittee, further informed the House, That they 
had altered the Poll taken at such Election by 





to move that the said Percy Morris do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, the 22d day of March, 
/at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That Percy Morris do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Admiral Duncombe reported the London and London and 
North Western Railway (New Lines) Bill, with North Western 
Railway (New 
Amendments. Lines) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Admiral Duncombe reported from the Committee Wrexham, 
on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That in the case of pe ag 
the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway Quay Railway 
(New Lines) Bill, they had examined the allega- (New Lines) 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill; but Bi! 
the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Sir George Bowyer presented a Bill to enable Inns of Court 
the Benchers of the Inns of Court to appoint Ju- Bill. 
dicial Committees in certain cases, and to give the _ Bill 83. 
necessary Powers to such Committees: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 











read 


























—&gt;-_—_—_—— 





Commons 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Bill 84. 


Controverted 
Elections, ° 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Lunacy Acts 
(Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 85. 


Cattle, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


Bill 86. 


29 Victoria. 


read a second time upon Wednesday the 11th day 
of April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to make Provision 
for the Improvement of Commons in the neigh- 
bourhood of the Metropolis, and the Protection 
thereof from Nuisances: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 9th day of April next ; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had appointed 
Tuesday the 10th day of April, to choose, from 
Panel No. 2, the Select Committees severally to 
try and determine the Town of Lewes, the Borough 
of Cambridge, the Borough of Reigate, and the 
Borough of Wexford Election Petitions; and that 
they had further appointed Thursday the 12th day 
of April, to choose, from the same Panel, the Se- 
lect Committees severally to try and determine 
the Borough of Horsham, the Borough of Maid- 
stone, the Borough of Helston, and the Borough of 
Bridgwater Election Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had appointed 
Tuesday the 17th day of April, to choose, from 
Panel No. 3, the Select Committees severally to 
try and determine the Borough of Lancaster, the 
Borough of Rye, the Borough of New Windsor, 
and the Borough of Taunton Election Petitions ; 
and that they had further appointed Thursday the 
19th day of April, to choose, from the same Panel, 
the Select Committees severally to try and deter- 
mine the Borough of Wakefield, the Borough of 
Huddersfield, the Borough of Northallerton, and 
the King’s County Election Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had selected the 
following six additional Members to be Members 
of the Chairmen’s Panel, and to serve as Chairmen 
of Election Committees for the present Session : 

Acton Smee Ayrton, Esquire. 
William Edward Baxter, Esquire. 
Gathorne Hardy, Esquire ( Ozford U.) 
Edward Howes, Esquire. 
Right Honourable Robert Lowe. 
Stearne Ball Miller, Esquire (Armagh). 
2 _ That the Report do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Adam presented a Bill to amend the Acts 
relating to Lunacy in Scotland, and to make further 
provision for the Care and Treatment of Lunatics : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday the 16th 
day of April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to amend the Act 
of the Eleventh and Twelfth years of Her present 
Majesty, chapter One hundred and seven, to pre- 
vent the spreading of Contagious or Infectious 
Disorders among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
port of the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition 
inst the Bristol and North Somerset Railway 
(Deviation) Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report be printed. 
VoL. 121. 


Y1st—22nd March. 





187 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Bute Docks, 
port of the Referees on Private Bills 6n a Petition Cardiff, Bill. 
against the Bute Docks, Cardiff’, Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Barry Railway 
port of the Referees on Private Bills ona Petition = and 
against the Barry Railway (Penarth and Cardiff Extension) 
Extension) Bill. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Kingsbridge 
port of the Referees on Private Bills ona Petition Bailway Bill. 
against the Kingsbridge Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Tapert be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Colonial 
of the House of the 20th day of this instant March, Governors 
** That, if any Motion be made in the House for Renet 
any aid, graut, or charge upon the Public Revenue, act Amend. 
whether payable out of the Consolidated Fund or ment Bill. 
out of Monies to be provided by Parliament, or for _ Bill 87. 
any charge upon the People, the consideration and 
debate thereof shall not be presently entered upon, 
but shall be adjourned till such further day as the 
House shall think fit to appoint, and then it shall 
be referred to a Committee of the whole House 
before any Resolution or Vote of the House do pass 
therein,” might be read; and the same being read ; 

And Notice being taken, That the Colonial 
Governors (Retiring Pensions) Act Amendment 
Bill having been printed by Order of the House 
before the said Standing Order had been made, 
was not prepared in conformity with the same ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-printed. 


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- Treasury 
tions of an Actof Parliament,—An Account showing Chest. 
all the Sums which have been received into the 
Treasury Chest, and which have been paid out of 
the same, between Ist April 1864 and 3lst March 
1865, and of the Assets and Liabilities of *the 
Chest on the latter day. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Thursday, 22nd March, 1860. 


T HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, mr. speaker's 
informed the House of the continued illness Indisposition. 
and unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker:— Where- 
upon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the Committee 

of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table as 

Deputy Speaker; and after Prayers, counted the 

House, and Forty Members being present, took 

the Chair, pursuant to the Standing Order of the 

20th day of July 1855. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Totnes 
Totnes Election Petition, have leave to sit this Election. 
day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


The Clerk of the Crown, attending according Boston 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough of Election. 
Boston. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitious 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 19th, Soeses 
20th, and 21st 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. O’ Reilly reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 6 of Haiterny Bills; That, there being no (Group 6.) 


BB2 business 








Teign Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Central 
Cornwall 
Railway Bill. 


Kingsbridge 
Railway Bill. 


Crofthead and 


Kilmarnock 
Extension 
Railway Bill. 


Frome Gas 
Bill. 


Hull and 
Hornsea and 


North Eastern 
Railways Bill. 


Hull South 
» Bridge Bill. 


188 


business for their consideration, the Committee 
had adjourned to Wednesday the 11th day of April, 
at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. O'Reilly reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Teign Valley Railway Bill, had stated 
to the Committee that it was not their intention to 
proceed with the same. 

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


Mr. O'Reilly reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Central Cornwall Railway Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and had amended the same, by striking out so 
much thereof as related to the expediency of 
authorizing Arrangements between the Company 
and the Midland Railway Company, and by specify- 
ing the portions of the Launceston and South Devon 
Railway on which narrow-gauge rails are to be laid 
down, 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 had 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. O'Reilly reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Kingsbridge Railway Bill, in accordance with the 
Resolution of the House of the 27th February, all 
Powers relating to the construction of the Railway 
mentioned in Clause 4 of the Bill, have been struck 
out; that they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended 
the same pursuant to the Resolution of the House 
before referred to, 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. Charles Forster reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Crofthead and Kilmarnock Extension 
Railway Bill; That they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
had amended the same, by reciting more fully the 
Provisions of the Acts referred to 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. Charles Forster reported the Frome Gas Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Hull and Hornsea and North Eastern 
Railways Bill; That they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by correcting some of the 
details of the statement as to the Share Capital of 
the Hull and Hornsea Railway Company, and had 
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. Charles Forster reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Hull South Bridge Bill; That they 


had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true, and had made Provision in the 
Bill pursuant to the Instruction of the House ; and 


22nd March. 





1866. 


had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Maidstone and Ashford Railway 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by omitting all reference to the Seven- 
oaks, Maidstone, and Tunbridge 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. Charles Forster reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Manchester Improvement Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out the recital, “ And whereas, if the 
** Corporation were authorized to receive at interest 
“ and to repay deposits of small sums, it would be 
** advantageous to them, and also to many inhabi- 
“tants of the City, of the class of Depositors in 
** Savings Banks; and it is expedient that Provision 
“in that behalf be made, and the Corporation be 
* authorized to raise, by receiving deposits accord- 
“ingly, portions of the money which they are 
** authorized from time to time to borrow,” in order 
to make the same consistent with the Bill as sub- 
mitted to, and passed by the Committee, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Newcastle and Gateshead Water 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out the recital, that it was 
expedient to alter the rates for Baths; and by 
adding a recital that ‘* Plans and Sections showing 
* the situation, lines, and levels of the Aqueducts 
* and Works by this Act authorized, and the lands 
** required for the purposes thereof, and also other 
“ lands by this Act authorized to be taken for the 
** purposes of the authorized Undertaking of the 
“ Company, and Books of Reference to the plans 
“have been deposited with the respective Clerks 
** of the Peace for the Counties of Northumberland 
* and Durham,” 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. Charles Forster reported the North Eastern 
Railway (Durham New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill, with 
Amendments. 

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


Mr. Charles Forster reported the North Eastern 
Railway (Leeds and Wetherby Branch) Bill, with 
Amendments. 

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


Mr. Charles Forster reported the North Eastern 
Railway (Yorkshire New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill, with 
Amendments. 

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


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Tain Water 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 








Mr. 


Maidstone and 
Ashford 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Newcastle and 
Gateshead 
Water Bill. , 


North Eastern 
Railway 
(Durham New 
Lines, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


North Eastern 
Railway 
(Leeds and 
Wetherby 
Branch) Bill, 


North Eastern 
Railway 
(Yorkshire 
New Lines, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Tain Water 
Bill. 
































Thames 
Tunnel 
Company Bill. 


Wrexham and 
Minera 
Railway Bill. 


Wrexham, 
Mold, and 
Connah’s Quay 
Railway 
(Additional 
Capital) Bill. 


Leeds 
Improvement 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Solway 
Junction 
Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 


Bridgnorth 
Election. 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return. 


Return 
amended. 


Central Wales 
ion 
Railway Bill. 





29 VicrorRIa. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Thames Tunnel 
Company Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Wrexham and 
Minera Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Wrexham, Mold, 
and Connah’s Quay Railway (Additional Capital) 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
ort from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
rivate Bills, in respect of non-compliance with 
the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for 
additional Provision in the Leeds Improvement 
Acts Amendment Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Re- 
= from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
rivate Bills, in respect of non-compliance with 
the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for 
additional Provision in the Solway Junction Rail- 
way (Capital) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Ellice, 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 Bridgnorth, and to defend which Return 
certain Electors were admitted as parties, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Sir John Emerick Dalberg Acton, Baronet, 
is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Bridgnorth. 

That Henry Whitmore, Esquire, is duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Bridgnorth. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Ellice, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, that they had altered 
the Poll taken at such Election, by striking off 
the name of William Edwards as not having had a 
right to vote at such Election. 

Also, of Mark Philip Lee, it having been proved 
that he had received money for the purpose of 
influencing his Vote. 

Mr. Ellice, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolution: 

That it was proved to the Committee, That the 
said Mark Philip Lee had been bribed with the 
payment of 41. by Charles Selby Bigge, under the 
pretext of travelling expenses; but that it was not 
is that such bribery was committed with the 

nowledge or consent of the said Sir John E. D. 
Acton, or his Agents. 

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 Bridgnorth, and amend the same, by 
rasing out the name of Sir John Emerick Dalberg 
Acton, Baronet, and inserting the name of Henry 
Whitmore, Esquire, instead thereof, 

The Clerk of the Crown attending, according to 
Order, amended the said Return accordingly. 


The Central Wales 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. 
VoL, 121. 





22nd March. | 189 


The Cornwall County Lunatic Asylum Bill was Cornwall 
read the third time. peed 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Tae 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the North Eastern North Eastern 
Railway (Gilling, Helmsley, and Pickering Branch) pom 
Bill be now read the third time. a 
Mr. Mowbray, by Her Majesty Command, ac- Pickering 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having Branch) Bill 
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 Paisley Water Bill was read the third time ; Paisley Water 
and a verbal Amendment was made to the Bill, _ Bill. 
Resolved That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Upavon and Andover Railway Bill was read Upavon and 
the third time. Avdover 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. any oe 
Ordered. That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Croydon 
the Croydon Commercial Gas Bill, as amended in the Commercial 
Committee; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 7** Bin. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Bridport, Lyme, and South Bridport, 


Coast Railway Bill be read a second time To- Lyme, and 
South Coast 
morrow. 


Railway Bill. 


Mr. Mowbray, from the Select Committeee, ap- Great 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the per sg 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and Re-~ 
turn for the Borough of Great Yarmouth, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, 
Baronet, is duly elected a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Great 
Yarmouth. 

That James Goodson, Esquire, is duly elected . 

a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Great Yarmouth. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Mowbray, 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 
James Smith, plumber, received 15/. as a bribe 
to vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon, Baronet, 
and James Goodson, Esquire, and subsequently 
received another sum of 3/. as a further bribe on 
account of having so voted : 

That William Smith, cordwainer and beerhouse 
keeper, received 152 as a bribe to vote for Sir 
Edmund H. K. Lacon, and James Goodson, Es- 
quire, and did so vote : 

That Edward Morter received 10/1. as a bribe 
to vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon and James . 
Goodson, Esquire, and did so vote: 

That Robert P. Etheridge received 151. as a 
bribe to vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon and 
James Goodson, Esquire, and did vote for Sir 
Edmund H. K. Lacon only: 

That William Bickers received 15/1. as a bribe 
to vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon and James 
Goodson, Esquire, and subsequently voted for 
Alexander Brogden, Esquire, and Philip Vander- 
byl, Esquire : 





BB3 That » 














and Thirteenth and referred tu a Select Committee. 


(Fraternity of to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 








190 22nd March. 1866. 


That Isaac Sillis received 151. as a bribe to 
vote for Alexander Brogden, Esquire, and Philip 
Vanderbyl, Esquire : 

That James Smith, tailor, was offered 151. as a 
bribe to vote for Sir Henry H. K. Lacon anil 
James Goodson, Esquire, and received 201. as a 
bribe to vote for Alexander Brogden, Esquire, and 
Philip Vanderbyl, Esquire, and did vote for the 
last-mentioned Candidates : : 

That John Jones, dentist, was offered 121. to 
vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon and James 
Goodson, Esquire, and subsequently received 
151. 10s. as a bribe to vote for Philip Vanderbyl, 
Esquire, and Alexander Brogden, Esquire, and did 
vote for the last-mentioned Candidates : 

That James Grymes, was offered 157. as a bribe 
to vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon and James 
Goodson, Esquire, and subsequently received 20 J. 
asa bribe to vote for Alexander Brogden, Esquire, 
and Philip Vanderbyl, Esquire, and did vote for the 
last-mentioned Candidates : 

That Robert Nobbs received 151. as a bribe to 
vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon and James 
Goodson, Esquire, with a promise of a further 
sum of 1/. if he voted early, and subsequently re- 
ceived a further sum of 15 /. as a bribe to vote for 
Alexander Brogden, Esquire, and Philip Vander- 
byl, Esquire, and did vote for the last-mentioned 
Candidates : 

That Edward Clarke received 14/7. 10s. as a 


pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Detailed Statement of all Monies 
expended upon Fortifications, Military Storehouses 
and Buildings, and upon Barracks, at Hong Kong 
and Kowloon, and of aie paid for hire of Go- 
downs or other temporary Buildings, up to the 
31st day of December 1865 (in continuation of 
Report No. 93). 

Ordered, That 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, Fisheries 
a Return of Weirs abated by the Fishery Com- (!reland) Act, 
missioners appointed under the Fisheries (Jreland) 
Act, 26 &amp; 27 Vie. c. 114, distinguishing those in 
respect of which a Charter existed, and those 
which, otherwise legal, were abated on the ground 
of being injurious to Navigation. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Justices’ 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Clerks. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Justices’ Clerks 
who are paid by Salary instead of Fees in each 
County and Borough in England and Wales, under 
the provisions of the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vie. c. 55, show- 
ing in each case the Date of the Order by the 
Secretary of State, for such Payment by Salary, 





bribe to vote for Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon and 
James Goodson, Esquire, and also received 10 7. as 
a bribe to vote for Alexander Brogden, Esquire, | 
and Philip Vanderbyl, Esquire, and did vote for | 
the last-mentioned Candidates : 

That it was not proved to the Committee that 
any of the aforesaid acts of bribery were com- 
mitted with the knowledge, authority, or consent 
of the said Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon and James 
Goodson, Esquire, or either of them, or of any of 
their Agents : 

That the Committee have reason to believe that 
corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at the 
last Election for the Borough of Great Yarmouth. | 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 





Admiral Duncombe reported the Macclesfield, | 


Knutsford,and Knutsford, and Warrington Railway Bill, with | 


Amendments. | 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | 


and be printed. | 
Several Public Petitions were presented, and | 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read; | 


Ordered, That all Petitions presented this Ses- | P 


sion relative to Postal Communication with Jndia 
be referred to the Select Committee on East India | 
Communications. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Copy of the Accounts of the Society 
known by the Name and Style of “ The Fraternity 
of Masters and Seamenin Dundee,” incorporated by 
Royal Charter, dated the 17th day of ieteuher 
1774, for the five years ending January 1866, as 
made up and exhibited to the Society, showing the 
suathealea of the Income and the sources from 
which it is derived ; and also the particulars of the 
Expenditure, together with a full state of the 
Funds and Obligations of the said Incorporation. 
Ordered, That 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 





and the Net Gain or Loss to the County or Bo- 
rough in each year, since the Date of such Order, 
by the Payment of each such Clerk by Salary 
instead of Fees 

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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Colonial 
the Colonial Governors (Retiring Pensions) Act Governors 
Amendment Bill, was read, and discharged. fonalonss Act 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Amendment 


upon Friday the 20th day of April next. Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Voters. 
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 Voters 
in every Borough and City in England and Wales 
in which there was a Contest at the last Election: 
——Of the Number of Voters of the Working 
Class in such Boroughs: Of the Number of 
Voters of all the other Classes collectively : 
And, of the Number of Voters who voted for any 
Candidate at the last Election at all: To be 
ut in a Tabular Form. 

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











The House was moved, That the several Acts Crown Lands 
relating to the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues 4“ 
of the Crown, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House 
will, To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee 
to consider the said Acts; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, a been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the consi- 
deration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie, from the Select Committee ap- Totnes 
ointed to try and determine the matter of the Election. 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and 




















Minutes 
ordered. 


Ships 

“ Octavia,” 

“ Constance,” 
and 

“ Arethusa.”’ 





Railway 
Accidents. 


Courts of 
Probate 
(London and 
Dublin.) 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Court. 





99 Vicroria. 22nd 


Return for the Borough of Totnes, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 
That John Pender, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Totnes. 
That Alfred Seymour, Esquire, is duly elected 





a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for | 


the Borough of Toénes. 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so 
far as regards the Return of John Pender, Esquire, 
is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Bouverie, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, that the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

(1.) That John Pender, Esquire, was guilty of 
Bribery at the last Election: 

(2.) That it was proved to the Committee that 
an offer of a place or employment was made by 
the said John Pender, Esquire, to Robert Harris: 

(3.) That it has been distinctly stated by some 
Witnesses, and the general tenor of the Evidence 
given, leads the Committee to believe, that a system 


similar occasions: 
(4.) That there is reason to believe that corrupt 
——- have extensively prevailed in the said 
orough. 
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. 


Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to an | 


Order, dated the 13th day of this instant March, 
for a Return relative to the Ships “ Octavia,” 
* Constance,” and “ Arethusa.” 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 


Table. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspecting | 


Officers of the Railway Department to the Lords 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, 
upon certain Accidents which have occurred on 
Railways during the Month of December 1865. 
(Part Seventh.) 

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


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the dire- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Annual Salaries of the Judges, the Registrars, 
Deputy Registrars, Clerks, and all others holding 





Mareh. 191 


other Monies: ——Also, a Return of all Super- 
annuations, Pensions, Annuities, Retiring Allow- 
ances and Compensations made payable under the 
Act, stating the Gross Amount and the Amount 
in detail of such Charges. ; 





in all Public Offices or Departments, which re- 
‘mained payable on the Ist January 1865; the 
| Annual Amount which was granted in the year 
1865; the Annual Amount which ceased within 
the year; and the Total Amount remaining pay- 
‘able on the 31st December 1865. 


An Account of all Allowances or Comy ensations Superannua- 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations tions (Public 


An Abstract of Accounts of every Increase and Increase and 


Diminution which has taken place within the year 


Salaries, Emoluments, Allowances and Expenses 


in all Public Offices or Departments. 





| disposal thereof, and of all Contracts for the grant 
| of Deferred Life Annuities, and for Payments on 
Death, made during the year ended the 31st De- 
| cember 1865. 


Diminution 
1865, in the Number of Persons employed, or in the Oialces.) 


Account of all Moneys received, and of the Government 
Assurances 


nd Annuities. 


Account of all Deposits received and paid under post Office 
of gross corruption prevailed at the last Election ‘the authority of the Post Office Savings Banks eg 
for the Borough of Totnes, and also on former | Act, 24 Vic. c.14, and of the Expenses incurred 3*™** 


during the year ended the 31st December 1865, 
together with a Statement of the Total Amount 
due at the close of the year to all Depositors. 

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


lin Metropolitan Police, which was presented upon 
the 15th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Trea- 
sury Chest, which was presented upon the 21st 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, 
which was presented upon the 19th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 











__ Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on a Pe- 
tition against the Rochdale Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
'mittee of Supply ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 





| 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 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Dub- Dublin 


Metropolitan 
olice. 


No. 132. 


Treasury 
Chest. 


No. 133, 
Navy. 

No. 134. 
Rochdale 
Water Bill. 


Supply. 


being proposed, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do now - 


Offices in the Courts of Probate in London and |“ in the opinion of this House, it is not expedient New Courts of 


Dublin, together with an Account of all Fees and 
Moneys received in the year ended 31st December 


1865; also, an Account of all Fees received by | 
the District Registrars of the said Courts in Eng-| 


land and Ireland, and the Disbursements thereout, 
and the Salaries paid to them respectively :—— 
Also, a Return of all Compensations payable 
under the authority of the Probate Acts for Eng- 
land and Ireland respectively, on the 31st De- 
cember 1865. 

Return of all Rules and Regulations concerning 
the Practice and Procedure of fixing or regulating 
Fees, made by the Court for Divorce and Matri- 
monial Causes, together with the Return of all Fees 
and Moneys levied in the year ending 31st Decem- 
ber 1865, on account of the Fee Fund of the Court 
for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, and of any 
other Fund under the authority of the Act 20 &amp; 
21 Vic. c. 85, ss. 67 and 68: Also, a Return 
of the Annual Salaries of the Judge Ordinary and 
of all Persons oo Offices in the said Court, 
with all the Incidental Expenses of the said Court, 
whether the Salaries and Incidental Expenses 





aforesaid be defrayed out of Fees or out of any | 


VoL, 121. 


| 6é 


| that the Competition for the Building of the 


* New Courts of Justice should be limited to six 
** Architects only,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Brand, 70 
Yeas, {Mn Adam : . 
Tellers for the fa Cavendish Bentinck, 101 
Noes, Mr. Beresford Hope: } . 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
‘in the opinion of this House, it is not expedient 
“that the Competition for the Building of the 
** New Courts of Justice should be limited to six 
“ Architects only,” be added instead thereof :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, 





it is not expedient that the Competition for the 

Building of the New Courts of Justice should be 

limited to six Architects only. 
BB4 


Resolved, 


Justice. 





192 








Supply. Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into the Committee of Supply :—The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 
(In the Committee. ) 
1. £. 212,800, for the Administration of the 
y: 

2. £.135,900, for Superannuation Allowances. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
the Judge Advocate reported, That the Committee 
had come to several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 

The Judge Advocate also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Vaccination The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 11th day of April next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 

Exchequer The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
and Audit mittee on the Exchequer and Audit Departments 
- en Bill: : 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

Labouring The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
aw into a Committee on the Labouring Classes’ 
BL ~=—Ss Dwellings Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

CiaAuseEs, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

Cxiause, N° 4( Authorities and persons to whom 
loans may be made, 18 &amp; 19 Vict. c. 121). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 24: To leave 
out from the word “ Same,” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question, That the words “ or to any such body 
“‘ or proprietor,” stand part of the Clause——put, 
and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criauses, N° 5 to N° 9, agreed to. 

A Clause added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

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

Friday, 23d March, 1866: 

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
the Judge Advocate 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. 

Merchant 


The Order of the da being read, for the Second 
Shipping Act Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 


(1854) Amendment Bill ; 

rn Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 9th day of April next. 

Land Tax The Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill was, 


Commis- according to Order, read a second time; and com- 

— Names jitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
‘ Monday the 9th day of April next. 

Ordered, That the Knights of the Shire do pre- 

pare Lists of the Christian and Surnames of Com- 


229nd—23rd March. 





1866. 


missioners for executing the Land Tax Acts for 
their respective counties. 

Ordered, That the Members for Cities, Boroughs, 
and Places, having Commissioners executing ex- 
clusive jurisdiction within the same, under the 
said Acts, do prepare similar Lists of Commis- 
sioners for executing the said Acts within such 
Cities, Boroughs, all Places respectively. 

Ordered, That the Members for other Cities, 
Boroughs, and Places, do prepare similar Lists of 
Commissioners for executing the said Acts for the 
Counties in which such nore: one Cities, 
Boroughs, and Places are respectively situated. 


The Contagious Diseases Bill was, according to Contagious 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Diseases Bill, 
Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second waterworks 

Reading of the. Waterworks Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday the 9th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways Clauses Bill ; Clauses Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 9th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Thames 
Reading of the Thames Navigation Bill ; Navigation 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 2 
upon Monday the 9th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself geciesiastical 
into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Leases Leases (Isle 
(Isle of Man) Bill; and, after some time spent % Man) Bill. 
therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and the Judge Advocate reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The East India Military, &amp;c. Funds Transfer past tndia 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. Military, &amp;. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Yunds 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the oe 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, Message from 
That a Message had been brought from the Lords, "¢ °4s- 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Mutiny Bill, with- yrutiny Bin, 
out any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 
(£. 19,000,000) Bill, without any Amendment. tai poaee) 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act i ne 

to confer further Powers on the British and Cana- Canadian 
dian Telegraph Company; to which the Lords Telegraph 
desire the concurrence of this House. (Lorde) - 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act arwich 
for the Reclamation from the Sea of certain Lands Harbour 
near Harwich, and the construction of a Pier and Estate and 
other Works in connection with such Reclamation; iments 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Company Bill 
House. [Lords.] 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act whitehaven 
to empower the Whitehaven and Furness Junction and Furness 
Railway Company, and the Whitehaven, Cleator, —s 
and Egremont Railway Company, to make a Rail- Cleator, and 
way from Egremont to Sellafield, in the County of Egremont 
Cumberland, to raise further Capital, and for other reordey a 
purposes; to which the Lords desire the concur-\“”"™” 
rence of this House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill poor Persons 
to enable Boards of Guardians in Ireland to bury Burial 
Poor Persons who may not during Life have been ‘e#4-) 
relieved out of the Poor Rates: And that Sir 





Hervey 








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— 





Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Grand Juries 
Presentment 
(Ireland. ) 


Master and 
Servant. 


Cattle 
Assurance. 


Poor Persons’ 
Burial 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 88. 


Grand Juries 
Presentment 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Bill 89. 


Cattle 
Assurance Bill, 


Bill 90. 


Tests 
Abolition 
(Oxford) Bill. 


Rivers 
Pollution, 


Slave Trade. 





29 VicToRIA. 


Hervey Bruce, Sir Colman O’Loghlen, and Mr. 
Peel Dawson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Name of each Poor Law 
Union in Ireland; the Number of Paupers for 
which Accommodation is made in the Workhouse 
or Workhouses of each Union; the Number of 
Patients for which the Infirmary of each Work- 
house has Accommodation ; the Number for which 
the Fever Hospitals or Fever Wards of each 
Workhouse has Accommodation; the Number of 
Medical Officers in attendance on each Work- 
house, or on the Infirmary and Fever Hospital or 
Fever Wards of each Workhouse; and the Sa- 
lary paid to each such Medical Officer, made up 
to the year ended the 29th day of September 
1865. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend “ An Act to consolidate and amend the 
Laws relating to the Presentment of Public 
Money by Grand Juries in Jreland”: And that 
Mr. Esmonde and Mr. Serjeant Armstrong do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the state of the Law as regards 
Contracts of Service between Master and Servant, 
and as to the expediency of amending the same. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to give further facilities for the establishment of 
Societies for the Assurance of Cattle and other 
Animals: And that Mr. Baring and Sir George 
Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Iervey Bruce presented a Bill to enable 
Boards of Guardians in Jreland to bury Poor 
Persons who may not during Life have been re- 
lieved out of the Poor Rates: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Tuesday the 10th day of April 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Esmonde presented a Bill to amend “ An 
Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand 
Juries in Jreland”: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to read a second time upon 
Tuesday the 10th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to give further 
facilities for the establishment of Societies for the 
Assurance of Cattle and other Animals: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 9th day of 
April next; and to be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Wednesday the 16th day of May 
next, on the Tests Abolition (Ozford) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 13th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Mr. Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the best means of prevent- 
ing the Pollution of Rivers. 

2 es That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

mand,—Copy of Correspondence with the British 
ommissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape 

of Good Hope, Loanda; and Reports from British 

"a Courts, and from British Naval 
OL. 121. 


29nd—23rd March... 














193 


Officers, relating to the Slave Trade (from Janu- 
ary lst to December 31st, 1865). Class A. 

Copy of Correspondence with British Ministers 
and Agents in Foreign Countries, and with Fo- 
reign Ministers in England relating to the Slave 
Trade (from January lst to December 31st, 1865). 
Class B. 

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


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





Friday, 23rd March, 1866. 
T HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, Mr. Speaker's 
informed the House of the continued illness ™4isposition. 
and unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker, and read 
the following Letter, which he had this day 
received :— 
Sir, Speaker’s House, March 23, 1866. 
I beg you will express to the House my thanks 
for the indulgence that has been shown me. It 
has been a great vexation and annoyance to me, to 
have been kept so long, by an unfortunate accident, 
from the service of the House. 
I have benefited very much by the complete 
rest, and I trust that at the end of the Recess I 
shall be able at once to resume my duties. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 


J. Evelyn Denison. 





To Sir Denis Ze Marchant, Bart. 


Whereupon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the 
Committee of Ways and Means, proceeded to the 
Table as Deputy Speaker; and after Prayers, 
counted the House, and Forty Members being 
present, took the Chair, pursuant to the Standing 
Order of the 20th day of July 1855. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Orders. 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Westminster Boulevard Westminster 
Bill, Petition of Frederick Lewis Malgarini, for the Boulevard 
re-insertion of the Petition for the said Bill in the ~~ 
* General List of Petitions,” the Standing Orders . 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. That in the case of the Wear Navigation and Wear 
Sunderland Dock Bill, Petition for leave to deposit N«vigation 
a Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders ought not een 
to be dispensed with. Bill. 

Ordered, Tnat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- Butterton 
mittee on Group A. of Private Bills; That in the — 
case of the Butterton Moor End Road Bill, they were 


| had examined the allegations contained in the 


Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out the words “ and improved” in l. 21, 
p- 2, and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- Private Bills 
mittee on Group A. of Private Bills; That, for the (Group A.) 
convenience of Parties, the Committee had ad- 
journed to Monday the 16th day of April next. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Rochdale 
gesses of the Town and Borough of Rochdale, and Water Bill. 
of the Rochdale Waterworks Company, praying 
that Provision may be made in the Rochdale Water 
Bill for vesting the Waterworks and other Works 
in the Corporation of Rochdale, was presented, 

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Railway and 


194 


and read ; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Great Eastern A Petition of the Great Eastern Railway Com- 


a pany, praying that Provision may be made in the 
owers) Bil], Great Eastern Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, 
for enabling the Company to raise a further 
Amount of Capital to enable them to meet certain 
Contracts, and to construct other Railways, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Metropolitan © A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, for 


ona leave to bring in a Bill for the construction of a 
“ Railway from Kensington to Putney, Wimbledon, 
and Richmond, in Surrey, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Dublin Port The Dublin Port Acts Amendment Bill was 
a — read the third time. 
; Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Corporation for 
Preserving and Improving the Port of Dublin to 
borrow further Sums of Money; for amending the 
Provisions of former Acts relating te the Supply 
of Ballast by the said Corporation, and for other 
purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dublin Port 


The Dublin Port (Docks) Bill was read the 
(Docks) Bill. 


third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Elham Valley 


The Elham Valley Railway Bill was read the 
Railway Bill. 


third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Kidwelly and 


The Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway and 
Burry Port * ) 


Burry Port Amalgamation Bill was read the third 


Burry Port time. 

Amalgamation Fesolved, That the Bill do pass. 

am. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Leicester The Leicester Cattle Market, &amp;c. Bill was read 

Cattle the third time. 


_ ™ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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


Rathminesand The Rathmines and Rathgar Improvement Bill 


Rathgar was read the third time. 

‘ron Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
_ Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Birkenhead The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


— - a Reading of the Birkenhead and Liverpool Junction 
unction allway iI]: 
Railway Bill Railway Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 19th day of April next. 


Birkenhead The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
and Liverpool Reading of the Birkenhead and Liverpool Railways 
Railways Bill. Bill _ bd 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 19th day of April next. 


Bridport, The Bridport, Lyme, and South Coast Railway 

ae = Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
u Oas . 

Railway Bill. and committed. 

London, Chat- The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway 

ham, and y ; i ; 

Dover Railway (NeW Lines, &amp;c.) Bill was, according to Order, 


(New Lines, read a second time ; and committed. 


&amp;c.) Bill. 





93rd March. 











1866. 


The British and Canadian Telegraph Company British ana 
Bill was read the first time. ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- a 
* *,¢ . . pany 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Bill | Lords. 
1 
The Harwich Harbour Estate and Lands Im- Harwich 
provement Company Bill was read the first time. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- etn 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Company 
Bill | Lords.] 
The Whitehaven and Furness Junction, and a 
Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway Bill Fiction 
was read the first time. and White. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- —— Cleator 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Railway Bil 
[ Lords. | 
Ordered, That Standing Order 129 be sus- Private Bills, 
pended, and that the time for depositing Petitions 
against Private Bills (which would otherwise expire 
during any adjournment of the House) be extended 
to Monday the 9th day of April next. 


Mr. Edward Craufurd reported the Merrybent Merrybent 
and Darlington Railway Bill, with Amendments. ne 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; *“"”*Y Bill. 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Great 
taken before the Select Committee on the Great naan 
Yarmouth Election Petition be laid before this ~ : 
House. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Metropolitan 
Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for "4 Richmond 
Private Bills, in respect of non-compliance with eat 
the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for 
the Metropolitan and Richmond Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Andover, 
Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for — and 
Private Bills, in respect of non-compliance with Railway, 
the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for 
the Andover, Radstoch, and Bristol Railway Bill. 

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


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide 
Thirteenth 
Report. 
Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Accidents 


to Her Majesty, dated the 19th dav of this instant (Metropolis.) 
March, for a Return relative to Accidents (Me- No. 135. 
tropolis). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Doe Park and 
the 20th day of this instant March, for a Return Bradford 


: . Reservoirs. 
rele 1O » P &gt; 
relative to Doe Park and Bradford Reservoirs. No. 136. 


Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the di- gankruptey 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Returns and Insolvency 
from the Official Assignees of the Court of Bank- (eland.) 
ruptey and Insolvency in Ireland, showing the 
State of every Bankruptcy and Insolvency under 
their charge, for the year ending on the 3lst day 
of December 1865. 

Tables of Criminal Offenders for the year 1865, Criminal 
reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for Scotland, (Seotland.) 
in terms of the Statute 1 Gul. 4, c. 37, with Alter- . 
ations and Additions ordered and required by one 
of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, in 
virtue of the Powers therein contained. 

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


Mr. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- civil Services. 
mand,—A Statement of the Sums required to be No, 161. 
voted, in order to make good Excesses on certain 
Grants for Civil Services, for the year ending 
3lst March 1865. 

Abstract 














Civil Services. 


No. 152. 


Colonial and 
Foreign 
Possessions. 


Works and 
Public 
Buildings. 


No. 137. 


Committees. 
No. 138. 


Totnes 
Election. 


No. 139. 


Great 
Yarmouth 
Election. 


No. 140. 


Ships 

“ Octavia,”’ 

* Constance,” 
and 

« Arethusa.” 


No. 141. 


Courts of 
Probate 
(London and 
Dublin.) 


No. 142. 
Superannua- 
tions (Public 
Offices.) 

No. 143. 
Increase and 
Diminution 
(Public 
Offices.) 


No. 144. 


Government 
Assurances 


and Annuities. 


No. 145. 


Post Office 
Savings 
Banks, 


No, 146. 


Mr. W. R. 
Havens. 


Electoral 
Statistics, 





29 VicroriaA, 


Abstract showing the Grants proposed in the 

timates for Civil Services for the year 1866-7, 
the Sums voted on account for the same year, and 
the Sums required to complete the several Grants. 

Mr. Childers also presented,— Return to an 
Order, dated the 8th day of this instant March, 
for a Return relative to Colonial and Foreign 
Possessions. 

Mr. Childers also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract Ac- 
counts of the Receipts and Expenditure on account 
of Public Works and Buildings, in the year ended 
3lst March 1865. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to Civil Ser- 
vices be referred to the Committee of Supply, 
and be printed; and that the other Papers do lie 
upon the Table, and that the last be printed. 





The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of this instant March, for a 
Return relative to Committees. 

The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were 
also laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House, 
— Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Totnes Election Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Se- 
lect Committee on the Great Yarmouth Election 
Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be printed. 


‘Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ships 
“ Octavia,” “ Constance,” and “* Arethusa,” which 
was presented upon the 22d day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Courts 
of Probate (London and Dublin), which was pre- 
sented upon the 22d day of this instant March, 
be printed. | 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Super- 
annuations (Public Offices), which was presented 
upon the 22d day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Increase and 
Diminution (Public Offices), which was presented 
upon the 22d day of this instant March, be printed. 


. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Govern- 
ment Assurances and Annuities, which was pre- 
sented upon the 22d day of this instant March, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Post 
Office Savings Banks, which was presented upon 
the 22d day of this instant March, 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, Copy of all Letters and Correspondence 
between the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment and Mr. W. R. Havens, relative to the 
alleged incompleteness of the Return made by the 
Crown to the House of Commons on the case of 
Mr. W. R. Havens. 

Ordered, That 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 several Parliamentary 
Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales, ar- 
ranged in order according to the proportion of 
Electors belonging to the Working Classes on the 
Register ; showing in a Tabular Form, as under, 
the Total Number of Electors; the Total Number 
VoL, 121. 


23rd Mareh. 











195 


of Persons of the Working Classes on the Regis- 
ter; the proportion by way of per-centage of the 
latter to the whole Number of Electors; and the 
Number of Male Occupiers at £.7 and under £. 10 
gross estimated Rental:—The Return to be di- 
vided into four portions, as nearly equal in num- 
ber of Cities and Boroughs as may be, having 
regard to the proportion of the Working Classes 
at the following per-centages: viz. 25 per cent. 
and over; 20 and under 25; 15 and under 20; 
and under 15; the Totals of each portion to be 
given, and also a Summary showing the Totals of 
the whole Return :— 





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Ordered, That the said Address he 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, Bantry Pier. 


a Copy of all Correspondence between the Com- 
missioners of Public Works in Jreland and the 
Ratepayers of Bantry, in the County of Cork, 
upon the subject of a Pier proposed to be erected 
in that Harbour. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ship 


an Extract of the Quarterly Report of Punish- “ Scorpion.” 


ments on board the ‘* Scorpion,” between the Ist 
day of October 1865 and the Ist day of January 
1866. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ship 


a Return giving the following Particulars of the “4™420n.” 


* Amazon:”— Length; Beam: Tonnage; esti- 
mated Load Draught of Water aft; estimated 
Load Draught of Water forward; Displacement 
on same; Nominal Horse Power; Number of 


Trials at measured Mile; Draught of Water for- 


ward and aft at each Trial; mean Speed, Full 
Power, at each Trial; Number of Revolutions of 
Engines at each Trial; indicated Horse Power, 
Full Power, at each Trial; mean Speed, Half 
Power, at each Trial; Number of Revolutions of 
Engines, Half Power, at each Trial; indicated 
Horse Power, Half Power, at each Trial; De- 
scription of Screw used on Trial, how many times 
altered, and Weight on board at each Trial; toge- 
ther with any Observations which the Controller 
of the Navy may have made at the time on the 
Results of these Trials. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Manufacturers, Metropolitan 


Millers, Traders, and Inhabitants of the Metro- 
polis and immediate vicinity. thereof (South of the 
Thames), which was presented upon the 20th day 
of this instant March, praying that no law may be 
passed which shall give to one authority in the 
City or Metropolis an exceptional power over the 
passing vehicles or traffic, public or private; and 
that whatever regulations or bye-laws may be 
made shall be uniform in the whole of the Me- 
tropolis, and that a controlling power or autho- 
rity in the interest of the whole of the Metropolis 
may be created, previous to any bye-law or regu- 
lation being adopted, be referred to the Select 
ees on Metropolitan Local Government, 
c. 
cco2 





Mr. 


Roads and 
Footpaths. 








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Ogmore 
Valley 
Railwa 


y 
(No. 1) Bill, 


Ogmore 
Valley 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Llantrissant 
and Taff Vale 


Junction 


Railway Bill. 


South Eastern 
and London, 
Chatham, and 
Dover (Lon- 


don, Lewes, 


and Brighton) 
Railways Bill. ° 


Municipal 
Boroughs 


(England and 


Wales.) 


Ripon Writ. 


Honiton Writ. 


Treason- 
felony . 
( Ireland.) 


196 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table—Re- 
ort of the Referees on Private Bills on several 
Petitions against the Ogmore Valley Railway 
(No. 1) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
port of the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition 
against the Ogmore Valley Railway (No. 2) Bill 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,--Re- 
port of the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition 
against the Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction 
Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
port of the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition 
against the South Easternand London, Chatham,and 
Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report 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 Numbers of Registered 
Voters on the Lists of all Municipal Boroughs in 
England and Wales :——And, of the Numbers who 
voted at the Municipal Elections in those Bo- 
roughs for the year 1852 and for all subsequent 
rears. 

Ordered, That 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. Deputy Speaker do issue his 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out 
anew Writ for the electing of a Citizen to serve 
in this present Parliament for the City of Ripon, 
in the room of John Hay, commonly called Lord 
John Hay, who, since his election for the said City, 
hath accepted the Office of one of the Commis- 
sioners for executing the Office of Lord High 
Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Deputy 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 
Honiton, in the room of Frederic David Goldsmid, 
Esquire, deceased. 


23rd March. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Abstract of Indictment of Treason-felony | 
against Daniel Sullivan (Bonane), at Tralee | 
Spring Assizes 1859:———Of Verdict of the Jury | 





ven: Of Order for his Discharge, and Date | 
thereof: 
Spring Assizes 1859, at Cork, with List of Wit- | 
nesses endorsed thereon, against Jeremiah O’ Dono- 
van ( Rossa): Same against Murtagh Moynahan 
and others, with Copies of the Pleas first pleaded | 
by said Prisoners thereto : Copies of Order of | 
the Court of Queen’s Bench on application to | 
admit said Prisoners to Bail: Of Entry in 
Crown Book, Summer Assizes 1859, of the Rulings 
in relation to the several Prisoners in Cork Gaol for 
Treason-felony : Of Entry inthe Stamp Office, 
Dublin, of the Proprietors, Managers, and Pub- | 
lishers of the ‘‘ People” Newspaper : Of In- 
formation of Lancelot Dawson (Detective Office), 
20th day of October 1865: Same of Pierce 
Nagle in same Month:——Copy of Abstract 
of Indictment for Treason-felony 1865, at the 
Commission Court, Dublin, against J. Luby :—— 
Same against Jeremiah O'Donovan (Rossa) :—— 























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thereon, and Sentence of the Court on said Sulli- | 


Of Abstract of Indictment found at | 











1866. 


Copies of Verdict of Jury against same :——Of 
Abstract of any Indictment found against Jere- 
miah O’Donovan at Cork Assizes, Spring 1859, 
produced to the Court in Dublin before Sentence 
pronounced on him upon the Verdict given in 
Dublin: Of Entry of the Judgment in Crown’ 
Book upon said O'Donovan (Rossa) in Dublin: 
——Of Abstract Indictment for Treason-felony at 
Cork Special Commission 1866 against 
Mountain, with Abstract of Evidence at the Trial, 
and finding of Jury thereon : Return of Num- 
ber of Persons arrested in Jreland since September 
1865 and charged with Fenianism, whether on 
ordinary Informations or under suspension of the 
Habeas Corpus Act: Of the Number of Per- 
sons indicted.for ‘lreason-felony in Jreland since 
the Ist day of September 1865 : Of the Date 
of the Arrest of James Stephens for Treason-felony 
in Dublin:——Copies of the Examination of 
Stephens before Mr. Stronge, the Police Magistrate, 
and of any Entry of Statement then made by 
Stephens: Of the Date of his Committal to 
Richmond Bridewell and of his Escape: Of 
the Amount of the several Rewards offered for 
his Arrest at different periods, and the Dates when 
same were offered : Of any Order directing 
a Guard of Police to be placed in Richmond Bride- 
well in the year 1865: Of any Crder directing 
a Military Guard to be placed in said Bridewell: 
Of any Report made by the Inspectors of 
Prisons relating to the Escape of said Stephens: 
——Of Abstract Indictment against — Byrne, 
Warder of said Gaol, for aiding in the Escape 
of said Stephens, with the Finding, if any, of Jury 
thereon: And, of recent Committal of Murtagh 
Moynahan for Treason-felony, and Date thereof. 












































Ordered, That there be laid before this House, James 
a Copy of the Report of the Inspectors General Stephens. 
of Prisons in Ireland to His Excellency the Lord No. 147. 
Lieutenant with regard to the Escape of James 
Stephens. 

Mr. Attorney General for Jreland accordingly 
presented the said Paper. 

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


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented, by Her Ma- victoria. 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of further Corresptnd- 
ence respecting the non-enactment of the Ap- 
propriation Act in Victoria, 1865 (in continuation 
of Papers presented March 1866). 

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


The Marquis of Hartington presented, by Her Ordnance 
Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Survey and 
&gt;rogress of the Ordnance Survey and Topographi- | me 

r 4 pot. 

cal Depot, to the 31st December 1865. 

The Marquis of Hartington also presented,— Army (Officeré 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the #74 Men 

a ‘ &gt; Drowned, &amp;c.) 

20th day of February last, for Returns relative to No. 148 
the Army (Officers and Men Drowned, &amp;c.) o. 18. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Army (Hong 
16th day of this instant March, for Returns rela- Kong and 
tive to the Army (Hong Kong and Kowloon). N "* 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the *“® —_ 
Table; and that the two last be printed. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s « London” 
Command,—Copy of Evidence taken at the Official Steam Ship. 
Inquiry ordered by the Board of Trade, into the No. 150. 
Loss of the Steam Ship “ London.” 

Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of Trade and 
the United Kingdom, for the Month ended 28th Navigation. 
February 1866, and Two Months ended 28th No. 68. 
February 1866. ; 

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

A Message 



































99 Vicroria. 


A Message was delivered by Colonel Clifford, 

Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Deputy 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 Com- 
mission read. 

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

My. Deputy Speakerreported, That the House, at 
the desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had beeu 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 men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, 
as follow : 


Royal Assent. 


Princess An Act to enable Her Majesty to settle an 
Helena’s =~=Annuity on Her Royal Highness the Princess 
Annuity Bil. elena Augusta. Victoria: 

Prince An Act to enable Her Majesty to provide for 
Alfred’s = the support and maintenance of His Royal Highness 
Annuity Bill. Drince Alfred Ernest Albert on his coming of Age: 
Consolidated An Act to apply the sum of Nineteen Millions 
Fund out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the 
(£-19,000,000) year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six : 


National Debt An Act for the cancellation of certain Capital 


Reduction  Stocks.of Annuities standing in the Names of the 

Bill. Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt : 

Jamaica An Act to make provision for the Government 


Government of Jamaica: 
Bill. 


An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s 
Royal Marine Forces while on Shore: 

An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to alter certain 
Duties of Customs in the Js/e of Man, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
the 9th day of April next; and to be printed. 


Customs 
Duties (Isle of 
Man) Bill. 


Bill 91. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence between the Commis- 
sioners of National Education, Ireland, or any of 
their Secretaries or Officers, and the Wexford 
Convent School, in or since the year 1864, relative 
to the Rules for Religious Instruction in the 
School :——Of any Minutes of the Board on the 
same subject, giving the Names of the Commis- 
sioners present, and distinguishing those (if any) 


Wexford 
Convent 
School. 


23rd March—9th April. 


197 


Bill in Session 1862, and on the Launceston, 
Bodmin, and Wadebridge Junction Railway Bill 
in Session 1865, as desired by this House, with a 
Request that the same may be returned. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :— The House was told by Mr. Deputy 
Speaker; and Forty Members not being present, 
and it being then after Four of the clock :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Deputy Speaker, 
without a Question first put, till Monday the 9th 
day cf April next. 





Monday, 9th April, 1866. 

PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker having taken the Chair, begged Mr. Speaker's 
to acknowledge the kindness and considera- ™4ispesition. 
tion of the House during his illness; and stated 
that, although far advanced in his recovery, he - 
should still be obliged to claim some further in- 
dulgence ; and he hoped he might be permitted to 
sit while putting the Questions. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Tiverton 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of "ction. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Robert Davey and George 
Laval Chesterton, relating to the Borough of T'ver- 
ton, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Lewes 
this day received a Letter from Messrs. Wilkinson "tio 
&amp; Co., as Agents for William Banks and Francis 
Corner, informing him that it is not their intention 
to proceed with their Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Lewes :—And the said Letter was read, as fol- 
loweth :— 

No. 4, Nicholas.lane, Lombard-street, 
London, E.C, 
Sir, 9th April 1266. 

As Agents for William Banks and Francis 
Corner, whose Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Town of Lewes, was 
presented to the House of Commons on the 20th 
day of February last, we beg to inform you that 
it is not intended to proceed further with the said 


Petition. 
We are, Sir, 
Your obedient Servants, 
Wilkinson &amp; Co. 
To the Right Honourable 

The Speaker of the House of Commons. 

The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
Generali Committee of Elections was read, and 
discharged. 





who dissented or protested, with their Protests : 
Of Inspector’s Report on the Wexford Con- 
vent School for the year 1865: 
“General Lesson” sanctioned by the Board as it 
stood before the year 1864 and as it now stands. 








Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday the 9th 
day of April next. 


Message from Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, 


the Lords. That a Message had been brought from the Lords 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 
Whitmarsh’s § The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
ae to enable William Whitmarsh, Clerk, to execute 
*] his office of a Priest, and to hold any Ecclesiatical 
* Preferment or office in the United Church of 
England and Ireland within Her Majesty’s Do- 
minions. . 
Launceston The Lords communicate Minutes of Evidence 
ag taken before Select Committees of the House of 
way Bill Lords on the Launceston and South Devon Railway 
(1862), &amp;c. VoL, 121, 





And, of the | 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Beverley 
this day received a Letter from Luke Hind and "ection. 
John Golding, informing him that it is not their 
| intention to proceed with their Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Beverley: —And the said Letter was read, as fol- 
loweth :— 


Sir, Beverley, 1866. 
We, the undersigned Luke Hind and John 
Golding, being the Petitioners complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of: 
Beverley, hereby beg to inform you that it is not 
our intention to proceed with the said Petition. 
We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servants, 
Luke Hind. 
John Golding. 


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. 


ccs 











Wexford 
Borough 
Election. 


King’s Lynn 
Election. 


Briton Ferry 
Gas Bill. 


Croydon 
Commercial 
Gas Bill. 


Heywood 
Water Bill. 


Holyhead 
Water Bill. 


Tynemouth 


Improvement 


Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 

Water Bill, 


198 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Letter from James M. Vieaw 
and Denis Dowd, informing him that it is not their 
intention to proceed with their Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Wexford: — And the said Letter was 
read, as followeth :— 

Sir, Weaford, 10th March 1866. 

We hereby give you notice that it is not our 
intention to proceed with the Election Petition 
delivered in on the 8th of February last, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Wexford. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servants, 
James M. Vieaw. 
Denis Dowd. 
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 L. W. Jarvis and 
James Bowker, informing him that it is not their 
intention to proceed with their Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of King’s Lynn:—And the said Letter was 
read, as followeth -— 

Sir, King’s Lynn, 12th March 1866. 

In the matter «f our Petition delivered in on 
the 20th day of February last, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
King’s Lynn, 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 obedient Servants, 
L. W. Jarvis. 
Jas. Bowker. 
To the Right IHonourable 

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 Briton Ferry Gas Bill was read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to | 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Croydon Commercial Gas Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Heywood Water Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Holyhead Water Bill was read the third 
time 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to | 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Tynemouth Improvement Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Cambridge University and Town Water Bill, 


Oth . 





April. 1866. 


|'as amended in the Committee; and an Amend- 


ment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Crofthead and 
the Crofthead and Kilmarnock Extension Railway a 
| Bill, as amended in the Committee. ae Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Derwent and 
the Derwent and Shotley Bridge Road Bill, as wey | Bridge 
= “atti, oad Bill. 
‘amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dryclough, 
the Dryclough, Shaw, and Rochdale Roads Bill, as —— _ 
amended in the Committee. Roads Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





Exe Valley 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill, 


|the Exe Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


_ The House proceeded to take into consideration Frome Gas 
the Frome Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
_ The House proceeded to take into consideration Huddersfield 
‘the Huddersfield Water Bill, as amended in the Wter Bill. 
| Committee. 
| &lt;A Clause (Filling up of vacancies among Life 
_Commissioners), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 
Another Clause (Power to agree for easements, 
&amp;c.), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
| Another Clause (Application of Railways 
Clauses Act), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 
Another Clause (Application of Waterworks 
| Clauses Act}, was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 
| Another Clause (Receiver for mortgagees), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Priority of existing mortgages), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
| Another Clause (Payment off of debt by instal- 
ments or sinking fund), was twice read; and made 
| part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Power to re-borrow), was twice 
read; and made part of the Bill. 
| Another Clause (Incoming tenant not liable for 
| arrears), Was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
| Another Clause (Evidence of bye-laws), was 
| twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
| Another Clause (Rating of Railways, &amp;c.), was 
| twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
| Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


. , . . 
The House proceeded to take into consideration fun and 


| the J/ull and Hornsea and North Eastern Railways Hornsea and 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- North Zastern 
. Railways Bill. 
| ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingsbridge 
the Kingsbridge 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 London and 
the London and North Western Railway (New North Western 
Paes : - . Railway (New 
Lines) Bill, as amended in the Committee. : , 
rr . ° e Lines) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North Eastern 
the North Eastern Railway (Leeds and Wetherby oe P 
Branch) Bill, as amended in the Committee. GVetherb 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third —~. Branch) Bil. 

The 




















99 VicToRIA. 


South The House proceeded to take into consideration 
on the South Staffordshire Water Bill, as amended in 
ater Bill. ° 
the Committee; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Stafford, — The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the ns Churchbridge, &amp;c. Roads Bill, as 
c. Roads 4. - 
Bill. amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Stocktcn The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Gas Bill. the Stockton Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Wrexham, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Mold,and =~ the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway 
Cotway 2"*Y (Additional Capital) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
(Additional mittee. 


Capital) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Columbia The Columbia (Bethnal Green) Market and Ap- 
Gubaet proaches Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Green) Market 1", 

Approaches 

Bill [Lords.] 
London Gas The London Gas Bill was read a second time. 
Bill [Lords. | And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being put, That the Bill be committed to the 
Select Committee on the London (City) Corpora- 
tion Gas Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the; Mr. Alderman Lawrence, \ 73 
Yeas, Mr. Crawford: | ae 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Kinnaird, \ 36 
Noes, UMr. Adair: { ’ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the | 
Second Reading of the Mid-Kent and South | 


Mid-Kent and 
South Eastern 


ae A Eastern Railway Companies Bill; ; 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday the 23d day of this instant April. 
Whitmarsh’s Whitmarsh’s Disabilities Bill was read the first 
Bill [Lorde] time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Tavistock and The Order for reading a second time the Tavis- 


——-. tock and Gunnislake Railway Bill was read, and 
way discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Cambridge Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he 
ee had this day received a Letter from Messrs. 
9 . 


Fearon, Clabon, and Fearon, as Agents for William 
Dougal Christie, Esquire, informing him that it is 
not his intention to proceed with his Petition com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Deon of Cambridge:—And the said Letter 
was read, as followeth :— 

21, Great George-street, 8.W., 
Sir, 9th April 1866. 

As Agents for William Dougal Christie, Esquire, 
in the matter of his Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Cambridge, we beg hereby to inform you that it 
is not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servants, 
Fearon, Clabon, &amp; Fearon. 


To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this ep received a Letter from Messrs. Fearon, 
Clabon, and Fearon,as Agents for Samuel Coulden 
and others, informing him that it is not their 
intention to proceed with their Petition to be 


9th April. 





199 


admitted parties to oppose the prayer of the 
Petition of Robert Richard Torrens complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Cambridge :—And the said Letter was read, as 
followeth :— 


21, Great George-street, S.W., 
Sir, 9th April 1866. 

As Agents for Samuel Coulden and others, 
Electors, being Petitioners to be admitted parties 
to oppose the prayer of the Petition of Robert 
Richard Torrens complaining of an undue Election 
anda Return for the Borough of Cambridge, we beg 
hereby to give you Notice that it is not intended 
to proceed with the Petition of the said Electors. 

We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servants, 
Fearon, Clabon, § Fearon. 


To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


The Orders for referring the said Petitions to 
the General Committee of Elections were severally 
read, and discharged. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide 


Thirteenth 
Report. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial Colonial and 














-and Foreign Possessions, which was presented | Se = 
_upon the 23d day of March last, be printed. No.1 53. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative criminals 
to Criminals (Scotland), which was presented (Scotland.) 
upon the 23d day of March last, be printed. No. 154. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Court of 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the seen a 
‘Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Act of S°tn#) 
Sederunt to regulate Proceedings in Outer House 
of the Court of Session (Scotland). 

An Account in Abstract of the several Sums of Thames 
Money received and disbursed by the Com- Navigation. 
missioners of the Thames Navigation in the year 
1865. 


Lord Clarence Paget presented, Return to an Ships 
Order, dated the 19th day of March last, for “Scorpion” 
Returns relative to the Ships “ Scorpion” and Wyvern.” 
“ Wyvern.” 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of March ship 
last, for a Return relative to the Ship “ Scorpion.” “ Scorpion.” 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of shiz 
March last, for a Return relative to the Ship “ Amazon.” 
“© Amazon.” 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Banns of 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of June, in Marriage 
the last Session of Parliament, for Returns of the (Bevtnnd.) 
Amount of Fees exacted in the various Parishes 
in Scotland for Proclamation of Banns of Marriage 
on one, two, and three Sundays respectively : —— 

What means are used in each Parish before Pro- 
clamation to ascertain that there is no legal impe- 
diment to the Marriage of the Parties makin 
application :——- When Objections are lodged after 
Proclamation, what course is adopted for ascer- 
taining their relevancy :——And, to what purposes 
are the Proclamation Dues applied, 

Return to an Address to lice Majesty, dated the Burghs 
15th day of February last, for a Return relative (Scotland.) 
to Burghs ( Scotland). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Cattle Plague. 
2d day of March last, for Returns relative to the 
Cattle Plague. 

Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, Election 
dated the 2d and 6th days of March last, for Re- Expenses. 
turns relative to Election Expenses. 





Vo.. 121. 


cc4 Return 

















' Edinburgh 


200 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 


Parliamentary 14th day of March last, for a Return relative to 
Burgh. 


Municipal 
Boroughs, &amp;c. 


hiumber 
River. 


Mr. W. R.. 
Havens. 


Peerage of 
Treland. 


Peace 
Preservation 
(Ireland) Act. 


Manufactures, 
Commerce, 
&amp;e. 


University 
Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Cattle Plague 
(Ireland.) 


Post Office. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Portpatrick 
and 
Donaghadee 
Harbours, &amp;c. 


Government 
Property. 


Metropolis 
Local 


Taxation, &amp;c. 


Tidal Lands 
and Epping 
Forest. 


Edinburgh Parliamentary Burgh. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of March last, for a Return relative to 
Municipal Boroughs, &amp;c. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of March last, for a Return relative to 
the Humber River. 

Return toan Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
23d day of March last, for a Return relative to 
the case of Mr. W. R. Havens. 


Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of | 


March last, for a Return relative to the Peerage 
of Ireland. 

Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a Pro- 
clamation declaring that the Provisions of the 
Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act as continued 
and amended by the Act 28 &amp; 29 Vic. c, 118, shall 
app.y to and be in force in the Baronies of Nenagh 
and Rheban East, Nenagh and Rheban West, and 
Kilrea and Moone, in the County of Kildare. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Reports by Her Majesty’s Secre- 
taries of Embassy and Legation, on the Manufac- 
tures, Commerce, &amp;c. of the Countries in which 
they reside; No. 13. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Command,—Copy of a Letter, dated the 26th March | 
1866, from the Secretary of State for the Home | 


Department, to the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, on 
the subject of University Education in Jreland. 


Copy of Sequel to the Report of the Committee, | 


convened by the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, to 
consider the measures to be adopted for arresting 


the Progress of the Cattle Plague, in case of its | 


appearance in Ireland. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Twelfth Report of the Post- 
master General on the Post Office. 

Mr. Childers also presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 8th day of March last,’ for a 
Return relative to Exchequer Bills. 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of 
March last, for a Return relative to Portpatrich 
and Donaghadee Harbours, Xe. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Appropriation of the whole, or 
any part, of the Sums voted in aid of Local Assess- 
ments for the Relief of the Poor on certain descrip- 
tions of Government Property, specifying the 
Amount paid in each District up to the 31st day 
of March 1866 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 333, of Session 1865). 


Ordered, That the Reports which, upon the 2d 
day of May, the 24th day of June, and the 26th 
day of July 1861, were made from the Select 
Committee on Metropolis Local Taxation, &amp;c., 
be referred to the Select Committee on Metro- 
politan Local Government, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence between the Treasury 
a the Board of Trade as to the transfer to the 
latter of the Management of certain Rights of the 
Crown in Tidal Lands: And, of Correspond- 
ence with the Treasury as to the Rights of the 
Crown in Epping Forest. 





9th—10th April. 


1866. 


The House, accordin 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee. ) 


1. £.40,925, to complete the Sum for the Main- 
tenance and Repair of the Royal Palaces. 

2. £. 85,437, to complete the Sum for the Main- 
tenance and Repair of Public Buildings. 

3. £. 9,000, to complete the Sum for the Supply 
and Repair of Furniture in the Public Depart- 
ments. 

4. £. 78,769, to complete the Sum for Main- 
taining and Keeping in Repair the Royal Parks, 
Pleasure Gardens, &amp;c. 

5. £. 49,090, to complete the Sum for Works and 
Expenses at the New Houses of Parliament. 

6. £.485, to complete the Sum for the Embassy 
Houses at Paris and Madrid. 

7. £.2,000, to complete the Sum for the Em- 
bassy Houses, Constantinople. 

8. £.5,525, to complete the Sum for Expenses 
connected with the Bridge at Westminster. 

9. £.48,500, to complete the Sum for erecting 
a New Office for the Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs. 

10, £. 38,000, to complete the Sum for the pur- 
chase of Land and Houses near the Downing-street 
Site for Public Offices. 

11. £. 20,500, tocomplete the Sum for the Pro- 
bate Court and Registries. 

12. £.17,970, to complete the Sum for the 
Public Record Repository. 

13. £.4,000, to complete the Sum for the Nelson 
Column. 

14. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,600, be granted to Her 
| Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Charge which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
| 1867, for the extension of the Buildings of the 
| Patent Office ; 
| Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report progress, and ask leave to 
sit again—put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Tuesduy, 10th April, 1866: 





attendant that he was not in a condition to return 
to the House at this late hour. 

Whereupon Mr, Dodson, the Chairman of. the 
Committee of Ways and Means, took the Chair as 
Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Order 
‘of the 20th day of July 1855; and Mr. Childers 





reported, That the Committee had come to several Supply. 


Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Childers 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. 


into a Committee on the Crown Lands Acts. 
(In the Committee. ) 


1. Resolved, That the Costs of Improvements 
on Crown Lands within the meaning of the Im- 
provement of Lands Act, 1864, may, with the 
consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury, from time to time be charged to the 
Capital of the Land Revenues of the Crown, sub- 
ject to such Provisions as to Repayment as may 
be prescribed by Parliament. 

2. Resolved, 








to Order, resolved itself Supply. 


The Clerk at the Table informed the House, Mr. speaker's 
That Mr. Speaker was advised by his medical Indisposition. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Crown Lands 








Exchequer 
and Audit 
Departments 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Administra- 
tion of the 
Army. 


Super- 
annuation’ 
Allowances, 


Commons 
“cr 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 
(1854) 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Land Tax 
Commis- 
sioners’ 
Names Bill. 


Waterw 
oe orks 


Railways 
Clauses Bill. 





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2. Resolved, That one moiety of the Net Income 
of the said Land Revenues from Mines, Quarries, 
and Mineral Substances, be from time to time 
carried to the account of the Capital of the said 
Land Revenues. 

3. Resolved, That in consideration of the transfer 
to the Board of Trade, on behalf of the public, of 
the Management of certain rights of the Crown in 
Tidal Lands in the United Kingdom, it is expedient 
that Compensation shall be made to the said Land 
Revenues for such transfer, in such manner as may 
be prescribed by Parliament. 

4. Resolved, That it is expedient to make Pro- 
vision for the enjoyment by Her Majesty, during 
Her life or pleasure, of Claremont House, together 
with certain Lands settled by the Act of the Fifty- 
sixth year of King George the Third, chapter 
One hundred and fifteen. 

5. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Acts relating to the Woods, Forests, and Land 
Revenues of the Crown. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker ‘resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Baring reported, That the Committee had 
come to several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Exchequer and Audit Departments 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : . 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 212,800, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
for the Administration of the Army, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 3lst day of March 1867, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.135,900, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Superannuation Allowances, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Commons ( Metropolis) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 
Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, fur the Com- 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 7th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day een, I for the Second 
Reading of the Waterworks Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railways Clauses 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 Thames Navigation Bill ; 
—" That the Bill be read a second time 
a 


9th—10¢h April. 201 


The Cattle Assurance Bill was, according to Cattle 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Assurance 


Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


according to Order, read the third time. 


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


Communication) Bill ; 


this day. 


couragement of the Sea Fisheries in [reland, b 
promoting and aiding the Grants of Public Money, 
the construction of Piers, Harbours, and other 
Works: And that Mr. Childers, Mr. Chichester 
Fortescue, and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Childers and Mr. Attorney General for Jre- 
land do prepare, and bring it in. 


executed under the Acts for the Drainage of “ 
Lands in Ireland: And that Mr. Childers and 
Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Officers in their Service in certain cases: An 
that Sir Colman O’Loghlen and Sir John Gray 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Members. 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Lord Clarence Paget, Sir John en Mr. 
Walpole, Mr. Hunt, Lord Hotham, Sir James 
Fergusson, General Peel, Sir Harry Verney, Ad- 
miral Erskine, Sir Morton Peto, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. 





Vot. 121. 


DD Kinnaird, 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Customs 
Reading of the Customs Duties ( Isle of Man} Bill; Many of 


The Public Offices (Site) Bill was, according to Public Offices 
Order, read the third time. (Site) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 


The Cattle, &amp;c. Contagious Diseases Bill was, ac- Cattle, &amp;e. 


cording to Order, read a second time; and committed Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Labouring 
take into consideration the Labouring Classes’ Vl#sses 


° ‘ P . Dwelli 
Dwellings Bill, as amended in the Committee: Bill, ~~ 


The Ecclesiastical Leases (Isle of Man) Bill was, Ecclesiastical 
Leases (Isle of 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Mau) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 


Reading of the Railways (Guards’ and Passengers’ (Guards’ and 
&gt; Passengers’ 
Communi- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time cation) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fishery Piers 


to extend the Provisions of the Acts for the en- #"4. Harbours 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That leave,be given to bring in a Bill Labouring 
to encourage the Establishment of Lodging-houses Classes’ 


for the Labouring Classes in Jreland: And that (uoeed 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Drainage 
to provide for the better Maintenance of Works Maintenance 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Local Officers 
to enable Corporate and other Public Bodies in Super- 


Ireland to grant Superannuation Allowances to (Ireland.) 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Contagious 
Contagious Diseases Bill do consist of Seventeen Diseases Bill. 


i 
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; 
| 
; 
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| 
; 

















Local Officers 
Super- 


annuation 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 92. 


Fishery Piers 
and Harbours 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 93. 


Labouring 
Classes’ 
Dwellings 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 94. 


Drainage 
Maintenance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 95. 


Convict 
Establishment 
(Gibraltar.) 


Immigrants 
and Liberated 
Africans. 


Capital 
Punishments 


within Prisons 
Bill. 


Grand Juries 
Presentment 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Legitimacy 
Declaration, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Q2 


Kinnaird, Myr. Locke, the Marquis of Hartington, Sir 
George Grey, Colonel Herbert, and Mr. Morley. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Sir Colman O’Loghlen presented a Bill to enable 
Corporate and other Public Bodies in Jreland to 
grant Superannuation Allowances to Officers in 
their Service in certain cases: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Wednesday the 2d day of May 


next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to extend the Pro- 
visions of the Acts for the encouragement of the 
Sea Fisheries in Jreland, by promoting and aiding 
the Grants of Public Money, the construction of 
Piers, Harbours, and other Works: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 23d day of 
this instant April; and to be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to encourage the 
Establishment of Lodging-houses for the Labour- 
ing Classes in /reland: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 23d day of this instant 
April; and to be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to provide for the 
better Maintenance of Works executed under the 
Acts for the Drainage of Lands in /reland: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
be printed, 


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Annual Report on the 
Convict Establishment at Gibraltar, for 1865. 

Mr. Secretary Cardwell also presented,—Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th 
day of February last, for Returns relative to Im- 
migrants and Liberated Africans. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Capital Punishments within 
Prisons Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 30th day of May next. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Grand Juries Presentment (Jreland) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 20th day of this instant April. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Tuesday, 10th April, 1866. 


Mr. Speaker’s T HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, 


Indisposition. 


informed the House of the unavoidable absence 
of Mr. Speaker, and read the following Letter, 
which he had this day received :— 

Sir, Speaker's House, 10th April 1866. 

I am directed by my medical advisers to abstain 
from attending the House this day and To-morrow. 
They think this important for my speedy recovery. 

I trust the House will permit me to obey their 
directions. 


9th—10th April. 





1866. 


Two days of rest will enable me, I make sure, 
to enter on my duties with efficiency on Thursday 
next. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
J. Evelyn Denison. 


To Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart. 


Whereupon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the 
Committee of Ways and Means, proceeded to the 
Table as Deputy Speaker; and after Prayers, 
counted the iy and Forty Members being 
present, took the Chair, pursuant to the Standing 
Order of the 20th day of July 1855. 


The House being informed, That the Lord University 
Mayor of the City of Dublin attended at the door, #4 Collegiate 
he was called in; and at the Bar presented,—A /uucation 

ws ! A P , (Ireland.) 
Petition of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin :—And then 
he withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the House 
will adopt, in relation to University and Collegiate 
Education in Jreland, such measures as will place 
the members of the several Religious Denomina- 
tions in that Country on a footing of complete 
equality, a result which the Petitioners submit 
can only be realised either by giving to the Catho- 
lic University the power of granting Degrees and 
an Endowment commensurate with the educa- 
tional requirements of the Catholic population of 
Ireland, or by withdrawing all Endowments from 
existing Colleges, and affording to the students of all 
the same facilities for obtaining Academical De- 
grees from a Central National University, was 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House being informed, That the Lord Railway 
Mayor otf the City of Dublin attended at the door, Communica. 
he was called in; and at the Bar presented,—A tion (ietena) 
Petition of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, 

Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dudlin:—And then 
he withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying the House to 
adopt such altered measures or principles for the 
improvement of Railway Communication in Jre- 
land as the Act of 1844, 7 &amp; 8 Vic., contemplated, 
or such other measures as to their wisdom may 
seem meet, was read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The House being informed, That the Lord £stablishea 
Mayor of the City of Dudlin attended at the door, Church 
he was called in; and at the Bar presented,—A (Ireland.) 
Petition of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin :—And then 
he withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the House 
will take immediate steps for the Disendowment 
of the Established Church in Jreland, and for the 
establishment of perfect religious equality among 
all Classes in that portion of the Empire, was read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House being informed, That the Lord Record of 
Mayor of the City of Dublin attended at the door, Title (Ireland) 


he was called in; and at the Bar presented,—A ache ota 
Petition of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, (Ireland) Act. 
Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin :—And then 
he withdrew. 
And the said Petition, stating that the Peti- 
tioners earnestly desire that the operation of the 
Record of Title Act and the Land Debentures 
Act should be facilitated to the utmost, and that 
the benefits contemplated by their enactment should 
be as far as possible extended to all classes in- 
terested in Land and Land Securities in Jreland, 
and praying that such relief in respect of the pre- 
mises may be afforded as shall seem fit to the House, 


was read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Mr, 








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99 VicTorta. 


Message from Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, 

the Lords. = That a Message hud been brought from the Lords, 
‘ by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

Letterkenny The Lords, have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

y —- to authorize certain Arrangements between the 


Lough Swilly Letterkenny Railway Company and the London- 

Railways Bill derry and Lough Swilly Railway Company, and 

(Lords. } the Lease of the Undertaking of the Letterkenny 
Railway Company; to extend the time limited for 
the completion of the authorized Railway of the 
Letterkenny Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

Barry The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Bit [Zor ds.) for converting the Estuary of Barry Island, in the 
County of Glamorgan, into a Tidal Harbour, and 
for constructing Works in connection therewith, 
and for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


, Barry Railway The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


(Alteration) 


{Bill [Lords.) for authorizing an Alteration in the Line and 


Levels of the Barry Railway, and for other pur- 
poses ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


East London The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Railway for conferring further Powers on the East London 
(Additional 5 


Powers) Bill. SXailway Company for the construction of Branch 
Railways and Works, and the acquisition of Lands, 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


Nottingham Mr. Adair, from the Select Committee appointed 
| il to try and determine the matter of the Petitions com- 
: plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Town of Nottingham, informed the House, That it 
appeared from Evidence adduced before the Com- 
mittee on Monday the 2d day of April, that James 
Pringle having been duly summoned by the 
Speaker’s Warrant, had disobeyed such Warrant, 

and had not appeared before the said Committee. 

Resolved, That James Pringle having been duly 
summoned by the Speaker’s Warrant to attend the 
said Committee, and having disobeyed such War- 
rant, and not having appeared before the said 
Committee, has been guilty of contempt and of a 
breach of the privileges of this House. 

Ordered, That James Pringle, having been guilty 
of contempt, and of a breach of the privileges of 
this House, be for his said offence taken into the 
custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House ; and that Mr. Deputy Speaker do issue 
his Warrant accordingly. 


Buckley Mr. Charles Forster reported the Buckley Rail- 
Railway way (Additional Powers) Bill, with Amendments. 


ame Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
London and Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Committee 


a Western on the London and South Western Railway (Poole 
Sooke wad and Bournemonth Junctions) Bill; That they had 
ournemouth examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 

stem) of the Bill, and amended the same, by limiting the re- 

citals relating to the authorized Poole and Bourne- 
mouth Railway, and to the authorizing of contracts, 
agreements, and arrangements with other Com- 
panies, so as to make those recitals consistent with 
the Clauses 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. 


Mersey Docks Mr. Charles Forster reported the Mersey Docks 
en ee and Harbour Board (Shore Road Purchase, &amp;c.) 
Road — Bill, with Amendments. 

on &amp;e.) 


Ordered, That the Report do lie u the 
Table. | “ we 
Vou. 121. 


10th April. 203 


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Stourbridge stourbridge 
Gas Act Amendment Bill, with Amendments. om a 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 33)" — 
Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported the Sunningdale and Sunningdale 
Cambridge Town Railway Bill, with Amendments. a oe 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; gi)" 7 


and be printed. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Committee Bridgwater 
on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal and Bristol and Taunton 
and Exeter Railway Bill; That they had exa- ety 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble Exeter 
of the Bill, and had verbally amended the same, Railway Bill. 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


A Petition of the Metropolitan and Saint John’s —_—— 
Wood Railway Conapany for leave to bring in a yet Wood 
Bill to authorize the Metropolitan and Saint John’s Railway 
Wood Railway Company to raise further Capital, (Capital.) 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Zee and Mr. 


Sherriff. 


A Petition of Owners, Ratepayers, and Inhabi- Stourbridge 
tants of the Township of Stourbridge, in the County — 
of Worcester, Promoters of the Stourbridge Im-~ 
provement Bill, praying that Provision may be 
made in the said Bill for enabling Owners and 
Ratepayers of certain Townships to adopt the Act, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Manchester 
gesses of the Borough of Salford, and of the Jus- Division Petty 
tices of the Division of Mafchester, in the County 53"°" —_ 
of Lancaster, praying that Provision may be made 
in the Manchester Division Petty Sessions Court 
Bill for increasing the Salary of the Stipendiary 
Justice of the said Borough, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 


for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bromsgrove 
the Bromsgrove and Droitwich Water Bill, as =a Desioatal 
amended in the Committee. Water Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North Eastern 
the North Eastern Railway (Durham New Lines, ered 5 
&amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. i ke.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill. ’ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North Eastern 
the North Eastern Railway (Yorkshire New (Torkehire 
Lines, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. New Lines, 


Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time. ce.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Manchester Improvement Bill, as amended in }™provement 
the Committee. ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Thames 
the Thames Tunnel Company Bill, as amended in Tunnel Bi 
the Committee. Conger 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order, That the Cambrian Railways Cambrian 
(Steamboats) Bill be committed, was read, and Railways 
discharged. Srccetente 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order, That the Hampstead, Highgate, and Hampstead, 
Charing Cross Railway Bill be committed, was Hiehgate, and 
read, and discharged. alone —y 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 











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204 
The Order, That the Calne Railway Bill be 


committed, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order, That the Neath and Brecon Railway 
and other Companies Bill be committed, was read, 


and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Calne Railway 
Bill. 


Neath and 
Brecon 
Railway and 
other Com- 
panies Bill. 


East Glouces- 
tershire 
Railway Bill 
(1862), &amp;e, 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committees on the East Gloucestershire 
Railway Bill, in Session 1862, the Great Western 
and West Midland Railways Amalgamation Bill, 
in Session 1863, the East Gloucestershire Railway 
Bill, in Session 1864, and the South Wales and 
Great Western Direct Railway, the North and 
South Wiltshire Junction Railway, and the Mid- 
land Railway (New Lines and Additional Powers) 
Bills, in Session 1865, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway Bills. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Kingston and Epsom 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, provided that an 
amended Copy of the Plan be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office; that the Committee on the 
Bill do report how far such Order has been com- 
plied with on the Report of the Bill. . 

2. That in the case of the Aberdare Northern 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, provided that an 
amended Copy of the Plan, Sections, and Book 
of Reference be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office ; 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 Leeds Improvement 
Acts Amendment Bill, Petition for additional 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to in- 


Standing 
Orders. 


Kingston and 
Epsom 
Railway. 


Aberdare 
Northern 
Railway. 


Leeds 
Improvement 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


troduce their additional Provision accordingly, if 


the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, provided 
that Notice of the said proposed additional Provision 
be inserted for two successive weeks in some one 


and the same Newspaper published in the Town of | 


Leeds; that the Committee on the Bill do report 
how far such Order has been complied with on the 
Repert of the Bill. 

4, That in the case of the Metropolitan Railway 
( Additional Powers) Bill, Petition of Messrs. Dor- 
ington, for dispensing with Standing Order 129 in 
the case of the Petition of the Earl of Harrington, 
against the Bill, the said Standing Order ought 
to be dispensed with. 

5. That in the case of the Cape Town Railway 
and Dock, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition 
for Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

‘The first four Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Metropolitan 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


Cape Town 
Railway and 
Dock. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— 
Revort from one of the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills, in respect of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Pe- 
tition for additional Provision in the Great Eastern 
Railway (Additional Powers) Bill. 

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


Great Eastern 

Railway 
Additional 
‘owers) Bill. 


Mr. Deputy 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 Pe- 


10th April. 


1866. 


tition for additional Provision in the Rochdale 
Water Bill. 

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


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Bristol and 
Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions — 
for Private Bills, in respect of non-compliance Railway. 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Pe- (Southern 
tition for the Bristol and North Somerset Rail- Extension) 

“ ._. os Bill. 
way (Southern Extension) Bill. 

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


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Ventnor Gas 
Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions $4 ro 
for Private Bills, That in the case of the Ventnor (Lerds.] 
Gas and Water Bill, originating in the Lords, and 
referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which are 
applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Harwich 
Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions farbowr 
for Private Bills, That in the case of the Harwich tands 
Harbour Estate and Lands Improvement Com- Improvement 
pany Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred oY Bill 
on the First Reading thereof, no Standing Orders _s 
not previously inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, '‘\hat the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— weaver River 
Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions Navigation 
for Private Bills, That in the case of the Weaver om (Lert 
River Navigation 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. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Hornsey Gas 
Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions Bil! [Lerds.] 
for Private Bills, That in the case of the Hornsey 
| 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. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Lancashire 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on several ow Yorkshire 
Petitions against the Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding 
Railway (West Riding Branches, &amp;c.) Bill. Branches, &amp;€¢.) 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. Bill. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Huddersfield 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on a Pe- hen F 
tition against the Huddersfield and Halifax Rail- ee 
way Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— London, 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on several emg 
Petiti ainst the London, Chath dD ae 
etitions against the &lt;ondon, Chatham, an over. South Eastern 
and South Eastern (Kennington, Clapham, and (Kennington, 
Brixton) Railways Bill. Clapham, and 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. Railways Bill. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,— Brixton, 
Report of the Referees on Private Bills on several — and 
Petitions against the Brixton, Clapham, and Bal- Extension 
ham Extension Railways Bill. Railways Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


ea and publie 


able. Petitions. 


Vide Thir- 
teenth Report. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented whitworth 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Guns. 





to 

















Controverted 
Elections. 


99 VicToRIA. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all the Whitworth Guns, Brass, 
Iron, or Steel, or any Combination of those Metals 
which, up to the present date, have been tried, 
with particulars of their Weight and Dimensions ; 
Number of Rounds fired from each Gun respec- 
tively ; also, under what Conditions those Rounds 
have been fired; the Nature and Composition of 
the Ammunition employed; the wholesummarized 
in a Tabular Statement. 

Ordered, That 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. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had appointed 
Wednesday the 25th day of April to choose, 
from Panel No. 4, the Select Committees severally 
to try and determine the Borough of Cheltenham, 
the City of Lichfield, the City of Lincoln, and 
the Borough of Banbury Election Petitions ; and 
that they had further appointed Thursday the 
26th day of April to choose, from the same Panel, 
the Select Committees severally to try and deter- 
mine the Borough of Barnstaple, the Borough 
of Harwich, and the Town and Port of Dover 
Election Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had appointed 
Tuesday the Ist day of May to choose, from 
Panel No. 5, the Select Committees severally to try 
and determine the City of Hereford, the Borough 
of Wareham, the Borough of Carlow, and the | 
Borough of Drogheda Election Petitions; and | 
that they had further appointed Wednesday the | 
2d day of May to choose, from the same Panel, | 
the Select Committees severally to try and deter- | 
mine the Borough of Devonport, the Borough of | 
Galway, and the Borough of Tiverton Risction | 
Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the | 
Table. 


Controverted 
Elections. 





Ships “ Scor- 
pion” and 
“Wyvern.” 


No. 156, 
Ship Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ship | 


“Scorpion.” « Scorpion,” which was presented upon the 9th 
No. 156, day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ship ‘ Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ship 
Amazon.” « 4mazon,” which was presented upon the 9th 
No.157. day of this instant April, be printed. 


Burghs Ordered, That the Return relative to Burghs 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ships | 
* Scorpion” and “ Wyvern,” which was presented | 
upon the 9th day of this instant April, be printed. 








age (Scotland), which was presented npon the 9th day 
0. 158. of this instant April, be printed. 
Cattle Plague. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Cattle | 


No, 159, Plague, which was presented upon the 9th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Election Ordered, 'That the Return relative to Election | 
Expenses. Expenses, which was presented upon the 9th day | 
No. 160. of this instant April, be printed. | 


Edinburgh Ordered, That the Return relative to Edinburgh | 
Farliamentary Parliamentary Burgh, which was presented upon 
the 9th day of this instant April, be printed. 





No. 161, 
— 7 Ordered, That the Return relative to Municipal | 
_ &gt; oroughs, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 9th 
No. 162, day of this instant April, be printed. 
munber Ordered, That the Return relative to the Humber 


River, which was presented upon the 9th day of 
No. 163. this instant April, , 


e printed, 





Vou. 121. 





10th April. 805 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Peerage Peerage of 
of Ireland, which was presented upon the 9th day Ireland. 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 164. 


Ordered. That the Return relative to Exchequer Exchequer 
Bills, which was presented upon the 9th day of Bills. 
this instant April, be printed. No. 165. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Portpatrick Portpatrick 
and Donaghadee Harbours, &amp;c., which was pre- snd 


sented upon the 9th day of this instant April, be none oe 


printed. No. 166. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Immi- Immigrants 
grants and Liberated Africans, which was pre- = Liberated 
sented upon the 9th day of this instant April, be “"“"™* 
printed. No. 167. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Turnpike 
Command,—Copy of Sixth Report, with Abstracts 7s" 
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 con- 
ferred upon him by the Act of the 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 


le, 80: 


No. 15. Watling-street Road, Wallington Dis- 
trict. 
16. Kingsbridge and Dartmouth Roads. 
17. Swindon, Calne, and Cricklade Roads 
(Three Districts). 
_18. Tonbridge and Ightham Roads. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Order, Dublin Port. 
dated the 16th day of February last, for Returns 
relative to Dublin Port. 

Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the di- Medical 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Returns —_ 
of Receipts and Expenditure of the General po... 04: 
Council af Medical Education and Registration of aaa a 
the United Kingdom, and of the Branch Councils 
for England, Scotland and Ireland respectively, for 
the year ending the 5th of January 1866. 

Classified Abstract of Criminal Reports of Criminals 
Sheriffs of Counties and Magistrates of Burghs in (Seotland.) 
Scolland, under Act 20 &amp; 21 Vie. c. 72, for year 
ending 29th September 1865. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


| Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, West African 
a Copy of Correspondence between Mr. Gregory Mail 
and the Post Office with reference to the renewal Contract. 
of the West African Mail Contract. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Population, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Revenue, &amp;e. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns (in continuation of Return dated 
23d February 1859) of the Estimated Population 
of England, Scotland and Ireland respectively, in 
April 1866, assuming that the Increase or Decrease 
in each case, for the five years which have elapsed 
since the Census of 1861, has been in the same 
ratio as for five years during the period from the 
years 1851 to 1861, but making such corrections 
thereon from the Reports of the Registrar General, 
or other authentic sources, as will secure the 
greatest attainable degree of accuracy : And, 
of the Total Amount of the Revenue derived from 
the Taxation of England, Scotland and Ireland re- 
spectively, for the last two years for which the 
Accounts have been made up under the Depart- 
ments of Inland Revenue, Customs, and Post 
Office respectively ; showing also the Number of 
Representatives which each of these Divisions of 
the United Kingdom would have if the 658 Mem- 
bers of the House of Commons were allotted to 
them—(1.) proportionally to Population; (2.) 

DD3 proportionally 











Barony of 
Farney. 


Army (Hong 
Kong.) 


Dockyard 
Voters. 


New Courts of 
Justice. 
No. 154, 


Tidal Lands 
and Epping 
Forest. 





Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works. 


206 


proportionally to Revenue; (3.) proportionally to 
the mean of such Population and Revenue; and (4.) 
also showing the present Number of Members for 
each Division, as compared with the results shown 
by taking the mean of the 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return specifying the Date or Dates upon which 
the Barony of Farney, County Monaghan, was 
proclaimed under “the Act for preventing Crime 
and Outrage in Ireland ;” the Date or Dates upon 
which such Proclamation or Proclamations were 
revoked ; the Date on which the General Election 


for said County was held in the year 1865; also | 


the Date or Dates upon which the Barony in ques- 
tion or the whole of the County Monaghan was 
again proclaimed under the Peace Preservation 


Act of Jreland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this' 


House, a Copy of Letter, dated Treasury Cham- 
bers, 17th September 1862, signed by Mr. Peel, 
and addressed to Sir Edward Lugard, K.C.B., 
War Office, relative to the Garrison of Hong 
Kong. 

Ordered, That 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, in respect of each Dockyard 
Borough in England and Wales, of the Number of 
Persons in the Employment of Government who 
claimed the Privilege of Voting at the last Elec- 
tion of Representatives in Parliament, and who 
will be disqualified by Clause 16 of the Repre- 
sentation 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. 


10ch—A1th April. 





1866. 


: Loans, with Dates of ee and 


the principal Sums outstanding ; 

2. Asto Works. The several Sums borrowed 
for carrying on the Works, with Dates 
of Borrowing, and any other Sums re- 
ceived available for such Works, and the 
Monthly Payments for Works executed 
and Services performed, with description 
of the several Works and Services ; 

3. As to Sinking Fund. The amount of the 
Main Drainage Rate assessed in each 
year; the Payments made to the Bank 
of England on account of such Assess- 
ments; the Amounts received for Invest- 
ments sold, and the Interest received 
upon Investments; the Amounts paid for 
Investments purchased; the Interest 
paid upon Bonds, Debentures or Securi- 
ties issued; and the amounts applied to 
the redemption thereof, with the Dates 
of such redemption. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

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





| 

| A Motion was made, and the Question being 
|proposed, That the position of the Established 
| Church in Jreland is a just cause of dissatisfaction 
|to the People of that Country, and urgently de- 
|/mands the consideration of Parliament:—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

| Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


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


Wednesday, 11th April, 1866: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
appropriate a portion of the Income of the Estate 
lately belonging to the Prebend of Finsbury, in the 
Cathedral of Saint Paul, London, for the Relief of 
Spiritual Destitution in the Metropolis: And that 
Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Locke do prepare, and bring 
it in, 
| A Motion was made, and the Question being 
| put, That this House do now adjourn :—It passed 
in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Established 


Church 
(Ireland, ) 


Finsbury 
Estate. 


Adjournment, 


Marriages 


Mr. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-| to amend the Law relating to Marriages by Ro- eae 


mand,—An Estimate of the Sum required to en- 
able the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury to make the necessary Advances during 
the year ending 3lst March 1867, for the Pur- 
chase of a Site, and for other Expenses for the 
New Courts of Justice and Offices belonging 
thereto; the Amount of such Advances to be re- 

aid to the Consolidated Fund out of the Surplus 
ia Fund of the Court of Chancery. 

Mr. Childers also presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 9th day of this instant April, for 
Returns relative to Tidal Lands and Epping 
Forest. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply, and be printed; and that 
the said Return do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Financial Transactions of 
the Metropolitan Board of Works, under the Act 
21 &amp; 22 Vict. c. 104, and the Acts amending the 
same, to the 3lst day of January 1866, as fol- 
lows :— 


1, As to Loans. The principal Sums bor- 


rowed, with the Date and Amount of 
each Loan, the Rate of Interest, the 
several Sums paid on account of the 





;man Catholic Clergymen in Jreland: And that 
| Mr. Serjeant Armstrong and Mr. Bryan do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Re- 
turns of all Ships and Vessels in Commission and 
| Reserve, and also of Hulks; specifying Descrip- 
_ tion, Guns, Tonnage, and Horse Power; and the 
| Date when each Vessel was laid down, and the 
| Date when Launched or Completed; and, in the 
ease of Purchase, the Date of Purchase : And, 
of the Total Cost of each Vessel up to the end 
of the last financial year, March 1865:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 











The Select Committee on Mortality of Troops 
(China), was nominated of Colonel North, the 


Marquis of Hartington, Lord Hotham, Mr. Bazter, ‘ 


Mr. Adderley, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Mr. 
Roebuck, Colonel Percy Herbert, Mr. Dalglish, 
Lord Henry Percy, Mr. Calthorpe, Major Anson, 
Lord John Hay, Mr. Trevelyan, and Mr. 
O’ Reilly ; with Power to send for persons, papers, 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





‘The 


Navy (Ships in 
Commission, 


&amp;c.) 





Mortality of 


Troops 
China.) 




















29 Vicroria. 


pon an The Superannuations .(Officers Metropolitan 
yo em Vestries and District Boards) Bill was, according 
etropolitan to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 

— Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 

Boards) Bill. 

Poor Persons The Poor Persons Burial (Jre/and) Bill was, 

Burial ____ according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 

(Ireland) Bil. vitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Tuesday next. 

Supply. Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : : 

Royal Palaces, 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.40,925, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Maintenance 
and Repair of the Royal Palaces. 

Public 2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 85,437, be 

Buildings, &amp;c. granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Maintenance 
and Repair of Public Buildings ; for providing the 
necessary Supply of Water for the same; for 
Rents of Houses for the temporary Accommoda- 
tion cf Public Departments, and Charges con- 
nected therewith. 

Furniture, 3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,000, be 

Public granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

Departments. Decessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Supply and Re- 
pair of Furniture in the Public Departments. 

Royal Parks, 4, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 78,769, be 

Pleasure granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

oe necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for Maintaining and 
Keeping in Repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure 
Gardens, &amp;c. 

New Houses 5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 49,090, be 

of Parliament. granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for Works and Ex- 
penses at the New Houses of Parliament. 

Embassy 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.485, be 

Houses at = granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

Madrid, necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Maintenance 
and Repairs of Embassy Houses at Paris and 
Madrid. 

Embassy 7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000, be 

a st cranted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

nople. necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Mainten- 
ance and Repairs of the Embassy Houses, Chapel, 
Consular Offices, Hospital, Surgeon’s House, and 
Prison at Constantinople. 

Westminster 8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,525, be 

Bridge. granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for Expenses con- 
nected with the Bridge at Westminster. 

Rew Wisrign 9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 48,500, be 

- granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for erecting a New 
Office for the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 

Public Oflces 10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 38,000, be 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

necessary to defray the Charge which will come 

in course of payment during the year ending on 

~ eo of March 1867, for the purchase of 
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10th—1 hth April. 


207 


Land and Houses near the Downing-street Site for 
Public Offices. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 20,500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for Expenses con- 
nected with the Probate Court and Registries. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 17,070, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for Enlarging the 
Public Record Repository, and providing the 
necessary Fittings. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,000, be Nelson 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Teafalow 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come square. 
in conrse of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for completing the 
Stylobate, &amp;c. of the Nelson Column in Trafalgar- 
square, 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,600, be Patent Office. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Extension of 
the Buildings of the Patent Office. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Probate 
Court and 
Registries. 


Public Record 
Repository. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on Crown Lands 
the Crown Lands Acts, several Resolutions ; which Acts. 
were read, as follow: , 

1, That the Costs of Improvements on Crown 
Lands, within the meaning of the Improvement 
of Lands Act, 1864, may, with the consent of the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, from 
time to time be charged to the Capital of the Land 
Revenues of the Crown, subject to such Provisions 
as to Repayment as may be prescribed by Parlia- 
ment. 

2. That one Moiety of the Net Income of the 
said Land Revenues from Mines, Quarries, and 
Mineral Substances, be from time to time carried 
to the Account of the Capital of the said Land 
Revenues. 

3. That the consideration of the Transfer to the 
Board of Trade, on behalf of the Public, of the 
Management of certain Rights of the Crown in 
Tidal Lands in the United Kingdom, it is expe- 
dient that Compensation shall be made to the said 
Land Revenues for such Transfer, in such manner 
as may be prescribed by Parliament. 

4, ‘hat it is expedient to make Provision for 
the enjoyment by Her Majesty, during Her life or 
pleasure, of Claremont House, together with certain 
Lands settled by the Act of the fifty-sixth year of 
King George the Third, chapter one hundred and 
fifteen. 

5. That it is expedient to amend the Acts re- 
lating to the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues 
of the Crown. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolutions: And that Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Mr. Childers do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Exchequer 
mittee on the Exchequer and Audit Departments 2"4 Audit 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve — 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways Clauses Bill; Clauses Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 





pp4 The 





208 


Thames The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Navigation Reading of the Thames Navigation Bill; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 

Cattle, &amp;c. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Contagious 


Diseases Bill, into a Committee on the Cattle, &amp;c. Contagious 
Bill 96. Diseases Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Waldegrave-Leslie 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. 


Labouring The Labouring Classes’ Dwellings Bill was, ac- 
Dwellings cording to Order, read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill de pass. 

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

Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

ororehergy Reading of the Railways (Guards’ and Passengers’ 

Communica- Communication) Bill; 

tion) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 

Finsbury Mr. Ayrton presented a Bill to appropriate a 

a = portion of the Income of the Estate lately belong- 

Bill 97. ing to the Prebend of Finsbury, in the Cathedral 

of Saint Paul, London, for the Relief of Spiritual 
Destitution in the Metropolis: 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. 

av Lands Mr. Childers presented ‘a Bill to amend the Law 


relating to the Woods, Forests, and Land Re- 


Bill 98. yenues of the Crown: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 

Marriages _ Mr. Serjeant Armstrong presented a Bill to amend 
(lreland) Bill. the Law relating to Marriages by Roman Catholic 

Bill 99. Clergymen 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. 

Art Bill The Art Bill was read the first time; and or- 
(Aands.} dered to be read a second time upon Thursday 

Bill 100. next; and to be printed. 

Juries in The Order for reading a second time, upon 


pana! Cases Wednesday the 18th day of this instant April, 
. the Juries in Criminal Cases Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of May next. 


em ae Mr. Villiers presented,—Return to an Address 

wl to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of March 
last, for a Return relative to Borough Electoral 
Statistics. 

Voters. Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 22d day of March last, for Returns relative to 
Voters. 

Electoral Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 

Statistics. 


23d day of March last, for a Return relative to 

Electoral Statistics. 

. re That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
ww morning, adjourned till this 

ay. 





10th—11th April. 





1866. 


Wednesday, 11th April, 1866. 


T HE House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, Mr. Speaker's 
informed the House of the continued indis- "4isposition. 
position of Mr. Speaker, which prevented his 
attendance this day:—Whereupon Mr. Dodson, 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means, proceeded to the Table as Deputy Speaker; 
and after Prayers, counted the House, and Forty 
Members being present, took the Chair pursuant 
to the Standing Order of the 20th day of July 1855. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Aberdare 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in — 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the - 
Aberdare Northern 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 Aberdare, in the County 
of Glamorgan, to a point of junction with the in- 
tended Neath and Brecon Railway, near to Senny 
Bridge, in the Parish of Defynoc, in the County of 
Brecon, and also a Railway from a point of junction 
with the proposed Line near Weighbridge House 
Garden, in the Parish of Penderyn, to a point of 
junction with the Pond Line Railway, in the Parish 
of Ystradyfodwg, in the County of Glamorgan, and 
for other purposes: And that the Earl of Brecknock 
and Mr. Bruce do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Kingston and 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in RPs™ 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Kingston and Epsom Railway Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways from Kingston, in the County 
of Surrey, to Epsom, in the same County, and for 
other purposes: And that Captain Jervis and Sir 
John Gray do prepare, and bring it in. 


ilway. 





| The House proceeded to take into consideration ae and 
the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Bill, as rang 

| amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 

'made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration ar 
the Sheffield Water Bill, as amended in the Com- "““*** 
| mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Bill to authorize the Metropolitan and Saint Metropolitan 
John’s Wood Railway Company to raise further an 
Capital, was read the first time ; and ordered to be Railway 


read a second time. (Capital) Bill. 


The Barry Railway (Alteration) Bill was read Barry Railway 
the first time. Bill [Lorde] 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- ; 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Barry Harbour Bill was read the first time. Barry Harbour 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill |Lords.] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The East London Railway (Additional Powers) East London 
Bill was read the first time. rp a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- ance Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. [Lords.] 


Letterkenny 
and London- 
derry and 


The Letterken 
Swilly Railways 


my and Londonderry and Lough 
ill was read the first time. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- ion Swill 
Railways B: 
[Lorde.} 
The Order, That the London, Bucks, and Glou- London, 
cestershire Junction Railway Bill be committed, Bucks, and 
was read, and discharged. I 
Ordered, That the 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Gloucester- 
shire Junction 


ill be withdrawn. Railway Bill. 





Several 














Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Votes, 


and Four- 
teenth Report. 


Reigate 
Election. 





Cambridge 
Borough 
Election. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Fire 
Insurances. 


Dublin Port. 
No, 171. 


Tidal ‘Lands 


and Epping 
Forest. 


No. 172. 
Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works. 

No. 173. 








29 Vicroria. 


11th April. 209 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and| Ordered, That the Return relative to Borough Borough 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Electoral Statistics, which was presented upon the rae 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; 10th day of this instant April, be printed. No “a 


and referred to a Select Committee. 

Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- | 
mittee of Klections 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 | 
Reigate, to which they had annexed the Petition | 
referred to them by the House relating thereto: | 

Edward Akroyd, Esquire, 

The Honourable Ralph Heneage Dutton, | 

Edward Bourchier Hartopp, Esquire, | 

John Peel, Esquire ( Tamworth), 

Henry Hussey Viviun, Esquire, Chairman. | 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com-| 
mittee 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 
Cambridge, to which they had annexed the Petition | 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, | 
and the List of Voters delivered in to the Com- | 
mittee : 

John Duke Coleridge, Esquire, | 

Sir James Fergusson, 

Gabriel Goldney, Esquire, | 

Lord Henley (Northampton), | 

The Right Honourable Robert Lowe, Chair- 
man. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- | 
mittee of Elections, That they had appointed—- 
John Tomlinson Hibbert, Esquire, and 
The Honourable Charles W. G. Howard 
( Cumberland), 
to be Members of the Chairmen’s Panel, and to | 
serve as Chairmen of Election Committees during | 
the present Session, in the room of— | 
The Right Honourable Edward Pleydell Bou- | 
verie, and 
Edward Ellice, Esquire, 
who had been discharged from continuing on the 
Chairmen’s Panel. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Sums paid into the Inland Re- 
venue Office in Great Britain and Ireland, for 
Duty on Insurances 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 1865; distinguishing the 
Amount of Allowance made to each Office for col- 
lecting the same in the country, and in London, 
Edinburgh, and Dublin respectively, with the 
dates of such Payment; together with an Ab- 
stract showing the Gross Amount of Duty col- 
lected in the year by each Company, and distin- 
guishing the Sums collected by such Company for 
Duty at ls. 6d. per centum per annum and 3s. 
per centum per annum :—— And, like Account of 
Sums insured by each Office on Farming Stock, 
for the same period (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 406, of Session 1865). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dublin 
Port, which was presented upon the 10th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tidal 
Lands and Epping Forest, which was presented 
upon the 10th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Me- 
tropolitan Board of Works, which was presented 








upon the 10th day of this instant April, be printed. 
VoL. 121. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Voters, Voters. 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this No, 169, 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Electoral Electoral 
Statistics, which was presented upon the 10th day Statistics. 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 170. 


The Postmaster General Bill was, according to Postmaster 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a General Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Public Libraries Act Amendment Bill was, Public 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com~ (ibraries Act 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for piu, 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Valuation of 


Reading of the Valuation of Lands and Heritages Lands and 
(Scotland) Bill; (Goatiend) on 


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. Dunlop, 

Yeas, | Sir James Fergusson: 

Tellers for the f Mr. Brand, 

Noes, Mr. Adam: 

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. 


} 33. 


f 80. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cattle Sheds 
into a Committee on the Cattle Sheds in Burghs ‘Scotlend) 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent Bin, 
therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Childers reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Inns of Court Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Inns of Court 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; Bill. 
Anda Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do now 

leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ the Bill be committed to a Select Com- 

“ mittee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—lIt passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“the Bill be committed to a Select Committee,” 
be added instead thereof:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

EE Then 








210 L1th—12th April. 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed toa Select 
Committee. 


Supply. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee. ) 


£. 660,000, for the Purchase of a Site and for 
other Expenses for the New Courts of Justice 
and Offices belonging thereto. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mor- 
row. 

Mr. Waldegrave- Leslie also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

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


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, '\ hat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Exchequerand ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Audit Depart- mittee on the Exchequer and Audit Departments 
ments Bill. Bill: 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Railways" The Railways Clauses Bill was, according to 
Clauses Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Thames | The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
= gation Reading of the Thames Navigation Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Cattle, &amp;c. Contagious 
Diseases Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Waldegrave-Leslie 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. 


Cattle, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


Railways The Railways (Guards’ and Passengers’ Com- 
’ . . . . 
(Guards’ and munication) Bill was, according to Order, read a 


— second time; and committed to a Committee of 

tion) Bill. the whole House, for Wednesday the 25th day of 
this instant April. 

Trade in The Select Committee on Trade in Animals 

Animals. was nominated of Mr. Milner Gibson, Sir Staf- 
ford Northcote, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Hunt, Mr. 
Cogan, Mr. Edward Egerton, Mr. Norwood, Mr. 
Banks Stanhope, Mr. Wathin, Viscount Cranborne, 
Mr. Dent, Mr. Graham, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Cheet- 
ham, and Sir James Fergusson; with Power to 
send for persons, papers, and records, 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

East London §=90s Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 

vy ne of the Referees on Private Bills on several 

Western *etitions against the East London Railway (South 

Tee Western Extension) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











1866. 
Thursday, 12th April, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions o 

had examined the Petitions presented upon the 22d Keang 
and 23d days of March last, and the 9th and 10th 
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. O’Reilly reported from the Committee on Bromyard and 
Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Hereford Rail- 
the Bromyard and Hereford Railway Bill they ¥*Y 31 
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. 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on East London 
Group la of Railway Bills; That in the case of Railway 
the East London Railway (South Western Exten- —. Ex- 
sion) Bill, the Referees on Private Bills having tension) Bill. 
reported that the Estimate in respect to the sai 
Bill is insufficient, the Committee had not pro- 
ceeded with the consideration of the Bill. 

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


The Names of the five Members appointed to Reigate 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- Fiection. 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Reigate, 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. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to Cambridge 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- Borough 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the ee 
Borough of Cambridge, were called over; and it 
appeared that John Duke Coleridge, Esquire, was 
absent. 


The Cambridge University and Town Water Cambridge 


Bill was read the third time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Water Bill. 


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


The Crofthead and Kilmarnock Extension Rail- Crofthead and 
way Bill was read the third time. meg 
Resolved, T hat the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Derwent and Shotley Bridge Road Bill was Derwent and 
read the third time. Shotley Bridge 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aeasinnes 

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


The Dryclough, Shaw, and Rochdale Roads Bill Dryclough, 


was read the third time. = 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Roads Bill. 


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


The Exe Valley Railway Bill was read the third Exe Valley 
time. Railway 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The 











29 Victoria. 


Frome Gas The Frome Gas Bill was read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
: Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Huddersfield The Haddersfield Water Bill was read the third 
Water Bill. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Hull and The Hull and Hornsea and North Eastern Rail- 
Hornseaand ways Bill was read the third time. 


North Eastern 


Railways Bill, /tesolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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


Kingsbridge 


The Kingsbridge Railway Bill was read the third 
Railway Bill. 


time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Kingsbridge Rail- 
way Company to make Deviations in and to alter 
the Levels of their authorized Railway, and for 
other purposes. 

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


London and A Motion being made, That the London and 
North Western North Western Railway (New Lines) Bill be now 
oe read the third time ; 

; The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as 
they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


North Eastern The North Eastern Railway (Leeds and We- 


_—? a therby Branch) Bill was read the third time. 

Wetherby Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Branch) Bill. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

South The South Staffordshire Water Bill was read 


—a the third time. 

‘ Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to confer further Powers on the 
South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, with 
reference to their Undertaking, and to enable 
them to extend their Works and District of Sup- 
ply, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Stafford, The Stafford, Churchbridge, &amp;c. Roads Bill was 
Churchbridge, read the third time. 
~ Beats Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
; Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Stockton 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. 


Stockton Gas 
Bill. 


Wrexham, The Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Rail- 
a, and _ way (Additional Capital) Bill was read the third 
n eng time 
- . 
(Additional Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Capital) Bill. © Qrdered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Aldrington, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Brighton Gas the Aldrington, Hove, and Brighton Gas Bill, as 
Bill. amended in the Committee; and Amendments 


were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Vo.. 121. 


12th April. 














211 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bridgnorth, 


; 4 ‘»e Wolverhamp- 
the Bridgnorth, Wolverhampton, and Staffordshire Scie aa Steg. 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. fordshire 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Railway Bill. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Aberdare, in Aberdare 
the County of Glamorgan, to a point of junction Northern Rail- 
with the intended Neath and Brecon Railway, “*Y = 
near to Senny Bridge, in the Parish of Defynoc, 
and also a Railway froma point of junction with 
the proposed Line near Weighbridge House Garden, 
in the Parish of Penderyn, to a point of junction 
with the Pond Line Railway, in the Parish of 
Yystradyfodwg, in the County of Glamorgan, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways from Kingston, in Kingston and 
the County of Surrey, to Epsom, in the same Epsom Rail- 
County, and for other purposes, was read the first ““Y _ 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Banks Stan- (Group 1.) 
hope, one of the Members of the said Committee, 
was not present during the sitting of the Com- 
mittee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Banks Stanhope do attend 
the said Committee To-morrow. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from midland Great 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Western Rail- 
That in the case of the Midland Great Western ea 
Railway (of Ireland) Bill, originating in the Lords, [ Lords.] 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and 
= are applicable thereto, have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from East Strath- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private more Railway 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- _ 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the East 
Strathmore Railway 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. 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read; yiae Votes, 


and referred to a Select Committee. and Four- 
teenth Report. 


Major Cornwall Legh reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That Mr. (Group 13.) 
Trefusis, one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Trefusis be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 


Major Cornwall Legh reported from the Com- Huddersfield 
mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; Thatin the and Halifax 
case of the Huddersfield and Halifax Railway Bill, ®wy Bill 
the Referees on Private Bills having reported that 
the Estimate in respect to the said Bill is insuffi- 
cient, the Committee had not proceeded with the 
consideration of the Bill. 

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


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee Bridgwater 
on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Railway Bill. 
the Bridgwater Railway Bill they had examined 
the allegations coritained in the Prouniile 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. ; 

EE2 Mr. 






































































212 12th April. 


Great Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
— the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
(Additional the Great Northern Railway (Additional Powers) 


Powers) Bill. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Chinese Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


wtestes. a Return of the Number of Chinese Pirate Vessels 
Captured, or Burnt, or otherwise Destroyed by 
Her Majesty’s Vessels of War in the China Seas 
during the Command of Admiral King :-—-And, 
Copy of Report as to how the captured Vessels 
and Property were disposed of, and what Amount 
of Prize Money was shared by the respective 
Captors; stating the Number of Pirates given up- 
to the British Authorities at Hong Kong and to 
the Chinese Authorities. 


East India Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Educational.) ¢) Ter Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions, that there be laid before this | 


House, a Copy of the Despatch, 9th March 1866, 
Educational, No. 5, to the Government of India, 
on the Working of the Grants in Aid System. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 


Council. 
Leave of Ordered, That Lord Jiotham have leave of ab- 
Abeence. sence for a fortnight, on account of ill health. 


Poor Removal 
(Ireland.) a Copy of all Correspondence and Papers in the 
Office of the Commissioners for administering the 
Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Jreland, rela- 
ting to the Removal of Elizabeth Finn and her 
Children from Toxteth Park Parish, Liverpool, to 
the Wexford Union; Mary Barry and her Chil- 
dren from Saint Margaret and Saint John’s, West- 
minster, to Limerick; and Catharine Nevins and 
her Children from she Strand Union, London, to 
Loughrea. 


The Members appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Cambridge, 

s IJ 


Cambridge 
Eorough 
Blection. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 





1866. 


being again called to the Table at Five of the clock, 

and John Duke Coleridge, Esquire, being still ab- 

sent, Mr. Bovill, Member for the Borough of . 
Guildford, stated in his place that he had a Letter 

in his hand from Mr. Coleridge, from which it ap- 

peared that he was now on his way to London by . 
Railway, from Devonshire, the Train being due at 

the Waterloo Station at twenty minutes after Six 

this afternoon; and Mr. Bovill having verified 

such statement upon Oath, Mr. Speaker directed 

'the four other Members not to depart the House 

before the Committee is sworn, or the swearing 
adjourned, 





The following Paper was laid upon the Table Metropolitan 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to several Workhouses. 
| Orders, dated the 15th day of February last and 
|8th day of March last, for Returns relative to 
| Metropolitan Workhouses. 
Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Loan Fund 
| Command,—Copy of Twenty-eighth Annual Re- — a 
| port of the Commissioners of the Loan Fund Board ——— 
|of Ireland, pursuant to the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vie. ¢. 91, 
for 1865. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Sanitary 
to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of March, in Works. 
the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of all 
Districts under the * Public Health Act, 1848,” 
and “ Local Government Act, 1858 ;” the Expense 
incurred for Works of Sewerage, Water Supply, 
Street Improvement, Public Pleasure Grounds, 
and other Sanitary Works respectively, completed 
or in progress, with the Dates of the Commence- 
ment and Completion of such Works; the Total 
Amount raised on account of such Works on the 
security of the Rates; and, in cases where the 
Districts of Local Boards correspond with Districts 
or Sub-Districts for which Returns are made to the 
Registrar General, the Average Annual Rate of 
Mortality per thousand of the Population during 
the 10 years prior to the Completion of such Works, 
and the years (as the case may be) subsequent 
to the Completion thereof respectively, arranged 
alphabetically in the following Form :— 
















































































a 
Dates. Expenses incurred for Sanitary Works. ” 
| i er. 5 Average Annual 
le is de | ] | a Rate of Mortality 
\3 2 is . Water | Street Im- | Public Plea- Other Total. &amp; a per Thousand of 
te g : Sewerage. | Supply. | provement. | sure Grounds, | Works.* = = Population. 
laid fF ls |S [gd | s | |8 | ls Et) ss | ge 
2124 Fi. isz fe e¢ | Z 2 wit) Be - 
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elelegs lee) 2 (FS |e) es |ele.|/ a] 3 ial .j2/8}e8les.183.] 
z sig e Oe! &amp; a | © # lief &amp; a s BS Oo a SO 2 a 
Tol cise Ste mi .| &amp; *s |8!s$5 = S s&amp;s |%s/ gs * S e % &gt; £ 8 
= = (88.3 — 3 #,jatsi eo] 32 | 5] = -2 = la o /e.2] 0 | Sr ises &gt;) ee 
A /EBISESSER Ag | esi zt) BF el bF) = | s | BIBS E| 2 | SP] SSE | BEE | 
SlSlES BESS Ge ligsh wl] HB | | eB wm | = mimns| @i/ sins |e o/s e«| &amp; 
Bi} 6 |&amp;S EE|RS 28 288 § | =o |) 3° - | = a |= 5 - | Sa | 825/588) 3 
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_s -—_ — —_—|\— —_— 
| | | | 
| | 
| | | | 
* Exclusive of Burial Grounds or Baths and Washhouses. 
+ State the Number in each case. 
Dundee Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated| Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of Habeas Corpus 


ene st the 22d day of March last, for a Return relative 
—_ to Dundee (Fraternity of Masters and Seamen). 


Seamen.) 
Habeas Corpus Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of 
Suspension March last, for a Return relative to the Habeas 


(Ireland) Act Corpus Suspension (Jreland) Act (Cork Gaol). 


Cork Gaol. 

nl Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of 
Suspension March last, for Returns relative to the Number 
— _ and Names of Prisoners confined in the Gaol of 
— ord) Waterford, under the Habeas Corpus Suspension 


(Ireland) Act, &amp;c. 


March last, for — of any Letters addressed by Suspension 
the Stipendiary Magistrate and local Inspector of a De 
Prisons at Waterford, to the Inspectors General Gaol) : 
of Prisons, as to treatment of Prisoners in Water- 
ford Gaol, under the Habeas Corpus Suspension 
(Ireland) Act, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of Barony of 
March last, for a Return relative to the Barony Farney. 
of Farney. 

Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the Peace Préser- 

directions vation 













29 Victoria. 12th—13th April. 213 

























(Ireland) directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of} Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Act. a Proclamation issued by the Lord Lieutenant | Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
° of Ireland on the 7th April 1866, under the Peace | loweth: 
Preservation (Ireland) Act, 28 &amp; 29 Vie. c. 118. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 660,000, be granted Sow Oot of 
Police Statement in terms of the 66th Section of the| to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to make Justice. ‘ 
(Scotland.) Act 20 &amp; 21 Vic. c.72, showing the grounds upon | the necessary Advances during the year ending 
which the Secretary of State withheld his Certi-|on the 31st day of March 1867, for the Purchase 
ficate of Efficiency from the Police of the County | of a Site and for other Expenses for the New 
of Cromarty and the Burgh of Dumfries, for the | Courts of Justice and Offices belonging thereto. 
year ended the 15th of March 1865. The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
County Copy of Rules made by the Right Honourable | was agreed to. " 
Constables. Sir George Grey, Baronet, one of Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretaries of State, pursuant to the| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cattle 
3d Section of the 2 &amp; 3 Vie. c. 93, for establishing | mittee on the Cattle Assurance Bill; ~:~ cee, 
° . ‘ 7 . . ° Bill. 
an Uniform System for the Government, Pay,| . Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
Clothing, Accoutrements, and Necessaries for | itself into the said Committee. 
Constables appointed under that Act. 
Ordered, Vhat the said Papers do lie upon the The Order of the day being read, for the Second Thames 
? I I . * y 5 : “ Navi : 
Table. Reading of the Thames Navigation Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 
Militia The Marquis of Hartington presented,—Return | this day. _ 
Regiments. to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day : 
of February last, for a Return relative to Militia} The House, according to Order, proceeded to Cattle, &amp;e. 
Regiments. ; take into consideration the Cattle, &amp;c. Contagious + ay 
, Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated | Diseases Bill, as amended in the Committee. a 
vies) = ye wi ae last, for Returns relative to Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
‘ the Army (Limited Service ). this day. 
Army (Hong Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated ’ 
ame = the 22d day of March last, for a Return relative to} The Art Bill was, according to Order, read a Art Bill 
ee the Army (Hong Kong and Kowloon). _ second time; and committed to a Committee of the 4°] 
Army (Hong Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated | whole House, for Wednesday next. 
Kong. ) the 10th day of this instant April, for a Return 
relative to the Army (//ong Kong). The Order of the day being read, for resuming Established 
Army. The Marquis of Hartington also presented, pur-| the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Chee 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— | upon the 10th day of this instant April, That the (treland.) 
Return of Officers who have been allowed to re-| position of the Established Church in Jreland is a 
ceive their Half-pay, since the Ist April 1865 to | just cause of dissatisfaction to the people of that 


the 3lst March 1866, with Civil Situations, under 
the Provisions of the Act 28 &amp; 29 Vie. c. 123. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


country, and urgently demands the consideration 
of Parliament ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


Table. 


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 

































till Thursday the 26th day of this instant April. 


Represehta- 
tion of the 
People Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public 
mittee on the Public Libraries Act Amendment ae Act 
l mendment 
Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Members appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Cambridge, 
being again called to the Table at Seven of the 
clock, and John Duke Coleridge, Esquire, being 
still absent; 

Ordered, That the swearing of the said Com- 
mittee be adjourned till To-morrow, at Four of 
the clock. 


Cambridge 
Borough 
Election. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Cattle Sheds 
take into consideration the Cattle Sheds in Burghs (teeshtad 
( Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 


Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was London (City) 
proposed, that Mr. Hastings Russell be one of the Corporation 
Members of the Select Committee on the London “™* 
(City) Corporation Gas Bill:—And the said Motion 


Representa- ‘ , 
ery was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


tion of the 
People Bill. 


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 from the word 
* That” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ this House, while ready to con- 
** sider, with a view to its settlement, the question 
* of Parliamentary Reform, is of opinion that it is 
** inexpedient to discuss a Bill for the reduction of 
“ the Fosciies in England and Wales, until the 
** House has before it the entire scheme contem- 
* plated by the Government for the amendment 
“of the Representation of the People,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question .being proposed, That the 
} words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
- i Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Mor- Mortality of 
tality of Troops (China) do consist of Seventeen Foe 
Members. — 

Ordered, That Sir Harry Verney and General 
Dunne be added to the Committee. 


Mr. Bruce presented, pursuant to the directions Public Health. 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Eighth 
Report of the Medical Officer of the Pie Council 
on Public Health. 

Copies of three Orders of the Lords of the Cattle Plague. 
Council, relating to the Cattle Plague, dated 
respectively, 14th March 1866, 17th March 
1866, 24th March 1866. 

Copies of an Order of the Lords of the Council, Cattle Plague 
relating to the Ca.tle Plague (Scotland), dated Scotland.) 
17th April 1866. 

Copy of an Order of Her Majesty in Council, Cattle _ 
prohibiting the Importation into the United King- yor oot , 
dom of Cattle from the Netherlands, dated a oe 
March 1866. 

Copies’ 


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


Friday, 13th April, 1866: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 


day. 
“Vou. 121, 








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14 


Copies of three Orders of the Lords of the 
Council, dated respectively 

2d April 1866. — Relating to the Removal of Sheep 
to or from the Parish of Earls Coine, Essex. 

5th April 1866.— Relating tothe Removal of Sheep 
to or from the Parish of Great Yeldham, Essex. 

6th April 1866.—Relating to the Removal of Sheep 
to or from the Parishes of Black Notley and Fair- 
stead, Essex. 

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. 


Small Pox in 
Sheep. 











Friday, \3th April, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 

HE House was moved, That the Standing 

Order of the House of the 20th day of March 
last, “ That, if any Motion be made in the House 
for any aid, grant, or charge upon the Public 
Revenue, whether payable out of the Consolidated 
Fund or out of Monies to be provided by Parlia- 
ment, or for any charge upon the People, the con- 
sideration and debate thereof shall not be presently 
entered upon, but shall be adjourned till such 
further day as the House shall think fit to appoint, 
and then it shall be referred to a Committee of the 
whole House before any Resolution or Vote of the 
House do pass therein,” might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

And Notice being taken, That the Elective 
Franchise Bill having been printed by Order of 
the House before the said Standing Order had 
been made, was not prepared in conformity with 
the same ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-printed. 


Elective 
Franchise Bill. 


Bill 101. 


Bristol and 


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee 
Exeter Rail- 


— ; on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
y (Addi- 3 ; Ne: : 
tional Powers) the Bristol and Exeter Railway ( Additional Powers) 
Bill. Bill they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same by striking out the proposed extension of 
time in respect of the Brean Down Railway, and 
by inserting a paragraph as to the working of the 
narrow gauge lines fairly and efficiently for the 
development of the traffic, 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. 


Committee of Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- 


Selection mittee of Selection; That they had made Altera- 
Sixth tious in Groups already formed, and had formed 
Report.) A &gt; 2 : . hoa 

No. 63, Certain Private Bills into additional Groups, and 


had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Talacre Pier Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Railway) Bill one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
a Bills; That in the case of the Talacre Pier and 
Harbour ewe af Bill, originating in the Lords, 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Stand- 
ing Orders not previously inquired into, and which 

are applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Bromsgrove 
and Droitwich 
Water Bill. 


The Bromsgrove and Droitwich 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. 





1Qth— 13th April. 





1866. 


A Motion being made, That the North Eastern North Eastern 
Railway (Durham New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill be now root N 
read the third time ; pmemey pa 

Sir John Trollope, by Her Majesty’s Command, Bill. 
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. 


Ordered, That the North Eastern Railway North Eastern 


( Yorkshire New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill be read the third rain, OR 


time upon Monday next. New Lines, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
The Vanchester Improvement Bill was read the Manchester 
third time. Improvement 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Thames Tunnel Company Bill was read the Thames 
third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ita 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Butterton 
the Butterion Moor End Road Bill, as amended in Moor End 
the Committee. Road Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Macclesfield, 
the Macclesfield, Knutsford, and Warrington Rail- a 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee. a ne 

O¢dered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Bristol and 
taken before the Committees on the Bristol and —— 
Clifton Railway Bill, in Session 1862, the Bristol (1868), &amp;e. 
and North Somerset Railway Bill, in Session 1863, ‘ 
and the Bristol Port Extension Railway Bill, in 
Session 1864, be referred to the Committee on 


Group 5 of Railway Bills. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Bristol Port 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Extension 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes (1864), Bill, 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by their Lordships on the Bristol 
Port Extension Railway Bill, in Session 1864: 


And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Cork and 
Youghal Rail- 
way Bill 
[Lords.] 


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 
Lordships on the Cork and Youghal Railway Bill: 
And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


A Petition of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Bristol and 
Company, and the Bristol and North Somerset &lt;a 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for (southern 
authorizing the Bristol and North Somerset Railway Extension). 
Company, and the Somerset and Dorset Railway 
Company jointly to make and maintain a connect- 
ing Railway between the Bristol and North So- 
merset Railway at Farrington Gourney, in the 
County of Somerset, and the Somerset and Dorset 
Railway at or near Bruton, in the same County, 
with Branches therefrom, to the East Somerset 
Railway at Shepton Mallet, and through the Net- 
tlebridge Valley to the Radstock Branch of the 
Great Western Railway, to raise additional Ca- 
pital, and for further purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 

















Standing Orders. 
The 














Cambridge 
Borough 
Election. 


99 VicTortia. 


The Order of the day being read, for the swearing 
of the Cambridge Borough Election Committee ; 

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 said Borough 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. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes, 
and Four- 
teenth Report. 


Horsham 
Election. 


Maidstone 
Election. 


Helston 


Election. 


Bridgwater 
tion. 


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. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Horsham, to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tion referred to them by the House relating thereto, 
and the Lists of Voters delivered in to the Com- 
mittee : 

Lord Eustace H. B. G. Cecil, 

Admiral the Honourable Arthur Duncombe 
( York, E. R.), 

Robert Needham Philips, Esquire, 

Edward William Watkin, Esquire, 

Charles Wathin Williams Wynn, Esquire, 
Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee 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 Maidstone, to which they had annexed the Pe- 
tition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto: 

Alexander Dundas R. W. Baillie Cochrane, 
Esquire, 

Sir Francis Crossley, 

Francis John Savile Foljambe, Esquire, 

Clare Sewell Read, Esquire, 

The Honourable Charles 
Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee 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 
Helston, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto : 

William Orme Foster, Esquire (Staff. 8.), 
Frederick Winn Knight, Esquire, 
The Honourable W. Henry B. Portman, 
Lord Arthur Edwin Hill- Trevor, 
Stearne Ball Miller, Esquire, Chairman. 
~ — That the Report do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petitions complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Bridgwater, to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tions referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the Lists of Voters delivered in to 
the Committee : 


The Right Honourable John W. FitzPatrick, 
Vou. 121. 


W. G. Howard, 


13th April. 


Ion Trant Hamilton, Esquire (Dublin Co.), 
Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, Esquire, 
Lord Henry Scott ( Selkirkshire), 
William Edward Baxter, Esquire, Chairman. 
. — That the Report do lie upon the 
able. 





215 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the london (City) 
London (City) Traffic Regulation Bill have leave Traffic Regu- 
to make a Special Report rns 

make a Special Report. (Special 

Sir William Jolliffe reported from the said Com- Report.) 
mittee, and who were instructed “to inquire into No. 174, 
the best means of regulating the Traffic of the Me- 
tropolis;” That they had agreed to the following 
Special Report : 

1. Your Committee have heard evidence as to the 
general street traffic of the Metropolis, and as to 
the attempts made to regulate it under several 
Acts of Parliament passed to give to the various 
authorities in the City, and in the Metropolitan 
Police District, power for this purpose. 

2. Your Committee are of opinion, that any 
legislation which may be necessary for the further 
regulation of the public traffic within the City of 
London would be inefficacious and incomplete 
unless corresponding regulations were in force in 
a much larger portion of the Metropolis, and that 
such regulations should be submitted for the ap- 
proval of the Secretary of State, by the Commis- 
sioners of Police for their respective districts. 

3. Entertaining these views, your Committee 
think that it is not desirable to proceed with the Bill 
referred to them, which is limited to the regulation 
of the traffic within the City of London; your 
Committee therefore recommend that a general 
measure to correct the present defects in the law, 
and to give additional Powers to regulate traffic in 
every portion of the Metropolis, should be brought 
forward by the Government. 

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


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Select London (City) 
Committee on the London (City) Traffic Regula- Traffic Regu- 
tion Bill; That they had directed him to report the !*to Bill 
same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Orders: 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Solway Junction golway June- 
Railway (Capital) Bill, Petition for additional tion Railway 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought not to be (Capital. 
dispensed with. 

2. That in the case of the Metropolitan and Metropolitan 
Richmond Railway Petition, the Standing Orders #4 Richmond 
ought not to be dispensed with. mene 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled. An Act Medway 
to authorize the construction of Docks on the west Docks (No. 1) 
side of the River Medway, at Rochester, with a Bi [Levds} 
Railway to connect the same with the London, 

Chatham, and Dover Railway ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Grange and 
for supplying Grange, Cartmel, and other places in Cartmel 
Lancashire, and Arnside, in Westmoreland, with pi gy 
Gas and Water; to which the Lords desire the Bit [Lords.]" 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Caithness 
to authorize the construction of a Railway between Railways Bill 
Wick and Thurso, in the County of Caithness, to 
be called “ The Caithness Railway ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 








The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Downs Docks 
EE4 for Bill [Lords.) 








216 


for granting further powers to the Downs Docks 
Company ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Teme Valley Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Teme Valley 
Railway Bill. 





City, King- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 

, the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 

Railway Bil. the City, Kingston, and Richmond Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 

London and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 

pana the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against | 

( Additionat the London and South Western Railway (Addi-| 


tional Powers) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


| 


Powers) Bill. 


13th April. 





1866. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army Army (Hong 
(Hong Kong and Kowloon), which was presented Hong and 


007 é ; owloon. ) 
upon the 12th day of this instant April, be printed. No. 181. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army Army (Hong 
(Hong Kong), which was presented upon the 12th Kong.) 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 182. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle Cattle Plague. 
Plague, which was presented upon the 12th day No.4, 
of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle Cattle Plague 
Plague (Scotland), which was presented upon the (Scotland.) 
12th day of this instant April, be printed. No. 184. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Cattle Cattle Impor- 
Importation (Netherlands), which was presented ‘tion (Ne- 


upon the 12th day of this instant April, be printed. a poh 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Small Pox smali-pox in 


| in Sheep, which was presented upon the 12th day Sheep. 


of this instant April, be printed. No. 5. 








Wearaaie Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of ; ee 
end Shildon the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions) The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was Divorce and 
Water Bill. against the Weardale and Shildon District Water | ead the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- ee 
Bill. cond time upon Monday next; and to be printed. ; Levis} 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. Bill 102. 
Ordered, 'That there be laid before this House, pritish 
Thames and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of| Accounts of the Income and Expenditure of the Museum. 
Severn Canal the Referees on Private Bills ona Petition against | British Museum for the financial year ended the 
mete" the Thames and Severn Canal Navigation Bill. 31st day of March 1866:——Of the estimated 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. Charges and Expenses for the year ending the 
31st day of March 1867 :——Of the Sum neces- 
Navy (Turret Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to an sary to discharge the same: And, of the Num- 
Ships.) Order, dated the 8th day of March last, for a) ber of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in 
Return relative to the Navy (Turret Ships). each year from 1860 to 1865, both years inclusive; 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the together with a Statement of the Progress made 
Table. in the Arrangement of the Collections, and an Ac- 
count of Objects added to them in the year 1865. 
Board of Trade Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s j 
(Meteorolo- Command,—Copy of Report of a Committee ap- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
— »ointed to consider certain questions relating to the | mittee of Supply ; ; 
{eteorological Department of the Board of Trade.| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair: 
Table. —And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 
Metropolitan Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropo-| esolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
Workhouses. Jitan Workhouses, which was presented upon the | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
No. 175. 12th day of this instant April, be printed. oe Lf : 
; : : 1e Order of the day being read, for resuming Representa- 
caaer Penge vine the es — oa ag ve the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, ton = pod 
No. 176 or! ss Ww 58 og sepensee upon the 12th day of | upon the 12th day of this instant April, was pro- eople Bill. 
**@% this instant April, be printed. | posed to be made to the Question, That the Repre- 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Habeas 
Corpus Suspension (Jreland) Act (Cork Gaol), 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this 
instant April, be printed. 


Habeas Corpus 
Suspension 
(Ireland) Act 
(Cork Gaol.) 


No. 177. 
Habeas Corpus Ordered, That the Return relative to the Num- 
Suspension her and Names of Prisoners confined in the Gaol | 
(Ireland) Act - eas " ° 
(Waterford Of Waterford under the Habeas Corpus Suspension 
Gaol ) (Ireland) Act, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 
No. 177. 12th day of this instant April, be printed. 
Habeas Corpus Ordered, That the Return of Copies of any 
Suspension Letters addressed by the Stipendiary Magistrate 
(Ireland) Act ’ D.: S 
(Waterford and Local Inspector of Prisons at Waterford to 
Gaol.) the Inspectors General of Prisons as to Treatment 
No. 177. of Prisoners in Waterford Gaol under the Habeas 
Corpus Suspension (Jreland) Act, &amp;c., which was 
—— upon the 12th day of this instant April, 
e printed. 
Barony of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Baron 
Farney. of Farney, which was presented upon the 12th 
No. 178. day of this instant April, be printed. 
Militia Ordered, That the Return relative to Militia 
aren Regiments, which was presented upon the 12th day 


of this instant April, be printed. 


Army (Limited | Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
(Limited Service), which was 
12th day of this instant April, 


Service.) 
No. 180. 


resented upon the 
e printed. 


f 





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, while ready 
** to consider, with a view to its settlement, the 
| « question of Parliamentary Reform, is of opinion 
that it is inexpedient to discuss a Bill for the 
reduction of the Franchise in England and Wales, 
| until the House has before it the entire Scheme 
| contemplated by the Government for the 
* Amendment of the Representation of the Peo- 
ple,” 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. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 





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] 


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- Exchequer and 
mittee on the Exchequer and Audit Departments _ 
Bill; 

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

e 














Railways 
Clauses Bill. 


Cattle 
Assurance 
Bill. 


Thames 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Cattle, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


Superannua- 
tions (Officers 
Metropolitan 
Vestries and 
District 
Boards) Bill. 


Postmaster 


29 Victoria. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Cattle Assurance Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Thames Navigation Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Cattle, &amp;e. Contagious Diseases Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day bemg read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Superannuations (Officers Metro- 
politan Vestries and District Boards) Bill ; 

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


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


General Bill. mittee on the Postmaster Geneval Bill; 


Cattle Sheds 
in Burghs 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Dogs 
({reland.) 


Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


Londen (City) 
Corporation 
Gas Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
and 
Insolvency. 


Turnpike 
Trusts Acts. 


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


The Cattle Sheds in Burghs ( Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, 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. 


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


Saturday, 14th April, 1866: 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Number of 
Dogs registered in each Petty Sessions District in 
Ireland, up to the 16th day of April 1866. 


Ordered, That Lord Hotham be discharged from 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the 
Contagious Diseases Bill. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Russell be added to 
the Committee. 


The Select Committee on the London (City) 
Corporation Gas Bill was nominated of Mr. Hast- 
ings Russell, Mr. Dutton, Mr. Woods, Colonel 
North, Mr. Morrison, and Mr. Westropp. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie be one other 
Member of the said Committee :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Order made upon the 26th day of February 
last, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble 
Address, that She would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns relative to Bankruptcy and In- 
solvency, 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 specifying the Turnpike Trusts 
Acts which were continued by the Turnpike Trusts 
Continuance Act (1865), distinguishing those that 
are free from Debt; and as to the residue, speci- 
fying the Amount of Debt due thereon on the 31st 

ay of December 1864. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to a Majesty, by such Members of this House 

OL. . 





13th—14th—16th April. 





217 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented,—Return to Ceylon. 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of 
March last, for Returns relative to Ceylon. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 








Monday, 16th April, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they masons 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the Report.) 
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. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Middles- 
gesses of the Borough of Middlesbrough, in the —, — 
North Riding of the County of York, under their tmprovement 
Common Seal acting as the Local Board for the Bill. 
District of the said Borough, praying that Pro- 
vision may be made in the Middlesbrough Exten- 
sion and Improvement Bill for the Repair of 
several Private Roads, and cleansing, &amp;c. the 
Boundary Watercourse between the said Borough 
and adjoining Township of Ormesby, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Pro- Leeds 
perty and Ratepayers in the Borough of Leeds, — 
praying that Provision may be made in the Leeds amendment 
Improvement Acts Amendment Bill for the better Bill. 
prevention of Smoke, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


The &lt;Aldrington, Hove, and Brighton Gas Bill Aldrington, 
was read the third time. Amar A a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bil 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bridgnorth, Wolverhampton, and Stafford- Bridgnorth, 
shire Railway Bill was read the third time. Wolverhamp- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the bo 
Title be, An Act for making Railways from Railway Bill. 
Bridgnorth in Shropshire, to Wolverhampton, and 
other Districts in Staffordshire, and for other pur- 
poses. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Newcastle and Newcastle and 
Gateshead Water Bill be now read the third time; Gateshead 
Mr. Adderley, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- #*t - 
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. 


Pg Sheffield Water Bill was read the third —, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
FF The 











North Eastern 
Railway 
(Yorkshire 
New Lines, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Bridgwater 
and Taunton 
Canal and 
Bristol and 
Exeter 
Railway Bill. 


Ross and 
Cromarty 
Roads Bill. 


Stourbridge 
Gas Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Tain Water 
Bill. 


Wrexham and 
Minera 
Railway Bill. 


Harwich Har- 
bour Estate 
and Lands 
Improvement 
Company 

Bill [ Lords.} 


Hornsey Gas 
Bill { Lords.) 


Metropolitan 
and Saint 
John’s wood 
Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 


Ventnor Gas 
and Water 
Bill [Lords. } 


Weaver River 
Navigation 


Bill | Lords.] 


Whitmarsh’s 
Disabilities 
Bill [Lords. } 


Medway 
Docks 
(No. 1) Bill 
[ Lords. } 


Grange and 
Cartmel 
District Gas 
and Water 
Bill | Lords. } 


Caithness 
Railways Bill 
| Lords. } 


218 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third | 
Reading of the North Eastern Railway ( Yorkshire 
New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill ; | 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now | 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Adderley, 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 House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, and Bristol 
and Exeter Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


16th April. 





1866. 


The Downs Docks Bill was read the first time. 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 





Downs Docks 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa~ Bill (Zerds.] 


Ordered, That in the case of the Andover, Rad- Andover, 


stock, and Bristol Railway, Standing Order 183 Radstock, and 


Bristol 


be suspended, and that leave be given to present Railway. 


the Petition for the Bill. 

A Petition of Promoters of the Andover, Rad- 
stoch, and Bristol Railway Bill, and of the Bristol 
and North Somerset Railway Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making Railways to connect 
the London and South Western, and the Bristol 
and North Somerset Railway at Radstock, with 
a Branch therefrom to the Town of Trowbridge, 


_and for other purposes, was accordingly presented, 


and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. ‘ 


Mr. Ilussey Vivian, from the Select Committee 


| appointed to try and determine the matter of the 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Ross and Cromarty Roads Bill, as amended 
in the Committee; and Amendments were made | 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stourbridge Gas Act Amendment Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Tain 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 Wrexham and Minera Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Harwich Harbour Estate and Lands Im- | 
provement Company Bill was read a second time; | 
and committed. 





The Hornsey Gas Bill was read a second time; 
and committed, 


The Metropolitan and Saint John’s Wood Rail- | 
way (Capital) Bill was read a second time; and | 


committed. | 


The Ventnor Gas and Water Bill was read a| 
second time; and committed. 

The Weaver River Navigation Bill was read a | 
second time; and committed. | 
| 
Whitmarsh’s Disabilities Bill was read a second | 
time; and committed. 


Petition of certain Electors, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Reigate, informed the House, that the Committee 
had determined, 

That Granville William Gresham Leveson Gower, 
Esquire, is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Reigate. 

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. 


Reigate 


Election. 


Mr. Jlussey Vivian, from the said Select Com- | 


mittee, further informed the House, That the 
Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
tions :— 

1. That Granville William Gresham Leveson 
Gower, Esquire, was, by his Agents, guilty of 
bribery and treating at the last Election. 

2. That it has been proved to the Committee, 

That George Charles Beale received a bribe from 
C. J. Smith, the authorized agent of the said 
G. W. G. Leveson Gower, with a promise of further 
payment, on account of having voted for the said 
G. W. G. Leveson Gower: 

That Josiah Ede was bribed by a promise of 
5 1. made to him by Alexander Rose, to vote for the 
said G. W. G. Leveson Gower, and was subse- 
quently paid 21. by Frederich Joyce on account of 
having so voted: 

That John Farringdon was bribed by a promise 
of 52. made to him by Frederick Joyce, to vote for 
the said G. W. G. Leveson Gower, and was subse- 


| quently paid 32. by the said Frederick Joyce for 


having so voted: 

That James Peters was bribed by a promise of 
41. made to him by Job Apted to vote for the said 
G. W. G. Leveson Gower, and was subsequently 
paid 22. by the said Job Apted for having so 
voted: 

That James Bonny was bribed by a promise of 
51. made to him by Alexander Rose to vote for the 


| said G. W. G. Leveson Gower: 


That James Hall was bribed by a promise of 


The Medway Docks (No. 1) Bill was read the | money made to him by Job Apted to vote for the 


first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Grange and Cartmel District Gas and 
Water Bill was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Caithness Railways Bill was read the first 
time. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 








said G. W. G. Leveson Gower, and received thirty 
shillings for having so voted: 

That Alfred Latham was bribed by a promise 
of money made to him by Job Apted to vote for 
the said G. W. G. Leveson Gower, and was sub- 
sequently paid 31. by C. J. Smith for having so 
voted. 

3. That William Johnson and other witnesses 
proved that a system of treating prevailed at the 
last Election. 

4. That the said bribery and treating were 
practised without the knowledge and consent of 


5. That 


| the said G. W. G. Leveson Goiver. 





Minutes 
ordered. 


Maidstone 
Election. 


Helston 
Election. 


Bridgwater 
Election. 


Horsham 
lection. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Votes, 
and Fifteenth 
Report. 


Cattle Plague 
(Ireland. ) 





29 Victoria. 


5. That corrupt practices have extensively pre- 
vailed at the last Election for the said Borough. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


16th April. 





219 


John Baron Wodehouse, Lord Lieutenant-General 


| and General Governor of Jreland. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken | 


before the Committee be laid before this House. 


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 Maidstone, were called over; and 
being come to the Table, they were sworn by the 
Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To- 
morrow,.in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at 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 Helston, were called over; and it ap- | 


peared that Lord Edwin Hill- Trevor was absent : 
—Whereupon Colonel Taylor, Member for the 
Yor, 


County of Dublin, stated in his place that he had | 


received a Letter from Lord Edwin Hill-Trevor, 
stating that he was prevented by illness from 
attending this day, and inclosing a Medical Cer- 
tificate, which he put in :—And the said Certificate 
was read, as followeth: 

I hereby certify that Lord &amp;. Hill-Trevor has 
been suffering severely from sore throat of a ma- 
lignant type, which has left him extremely debili- 
tated, and quite unable to leave home before 
Monday next. 

J. Edmunds, 

Friday, April 13th, 1866. Surgeon, &amp;e. 
Sworn before me, 

this 13th day of April 1866, 

J. H. Lovett, J. P., 
Co. Salop. 


And Colonel Taylor having verified such state- 
ment upon oath; 


Ordered, That the swearing of the said Com-| : : . 
’ 5 of | the conduct of the License Holders, and on their 


mittee be adjourned till To-morrow, at Four 
the clock. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petitions com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Bridgwater, 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- 
morrow, 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- 
—— of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Horsham, 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- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at Twelve of the clock. 


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. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Co MY of Professor Ferguson’s Report 
on the Cattle Plague in Ireland to his Excellency 
Vou. 121, 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


| Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Penal 
to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of June, in Servitude 


the last Session of Parliament, for Returns, in a “© 
tabular form, from each District in the United 
Kingdom having a separate Police Jurisdiction, of 
the Number of License Holders registered by the 
Police, under the Provisions of “ The Penal 
Servitude Act, 1864;” showing how many were 
discharged on License within the District, and 
how many were notified by the Police of other 
Districts as having removed into the District; 
also showing the Numbers who have removed out 
of the District, with notice. and without notice, 
| respectively, distinguishing, where possible, those 
who have emigrated or gone to sea, from those 
who have removed into other districts; also show- 
ing the Numbers who have been apprehended by 
the Police for Crimes or Misdemeanors, for not 
reporting themselves to the Police, and for breach 
of conditions of License, and on Revocation: 
Of the Numbers who have died, who have failed 
to report themselves, and who cannot be found by 
the Police:—-——And, of the Total Number of 
registered License Holders whose Sentences have 
expired; showing how many have, and how many 
have not, complied with the Law as to reporting 
themselves to the Police; and of the Numbers 
whose Sentences have not expired and who con- 
tinue to report themselves to the Police or to the 
Prisoners’ Aid Society, or other Society or Person 
having a like object, who reported themselves to 
the Police on liberation, and who would be liable 
| to do so previous to leaving or returning to the 
| District: ——The above Returns to be so made, 
| as that all the License Holders mentioned in the 
| first Return shall be accounted for in the other 
| Returns; and that in each Keturn the Number 
of Males and Females respectively shall be 
specified, together with any Information which 
can be given as to the effect in each District on 








|chances of procuring employment, of the Pro- 
| visions of the Act with respect to their registration, 
and their reporting themselves to the Police. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy Navy (Tarret 
(Turret Ships), which was presented upon the Ships.) 


13th day of this instant April, be printed. 


which was presented upon the 13th day of this 
instant April, be printed. 


dated the 5th day of March last, for Returns 
relative to Brewers, &amp;c. 


March last, for Returns relative to the 
Debt. 

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


National 


Ordered, That Admiral Duncombe be discharged Railway Bills 
from further attendance on the Select Committee (Group 9-) 


on Group 9 of Railway Bills. 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to 
proceed with three Members. 


Mr. Lowe, from the Select Committee a 
to bes and determine the matter of the 


complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the 1 of Cambridge, informed the House, 





That the Committee had determined, 
FF2 That 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Ceylon, Ceylon. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, Brewers, &amp;c. 


Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of National Debt. 


ointed Cambridge 
etition Borough 



























































aoe a a 


ne 





290 16th April. 


That William Forsyth, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Cambridge. 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so 
far as regards the Return of the said William 
Forsyth, Esquire, is a void Election. | 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be | 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Manchester Admiral Duncombe reported from the Comvuittee | 
and Stockport on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
Sate OE. o, Manchester and Stockport Railway Bill, they , 
had examined the allegations contained in the | 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same | 
by striking out so much thereof as related to the 
expediency that traffic facilities and other powers 
over the Railways and parts of Railways of the 
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway | 
Company and other Companies, as by the Bill 
provided, should be granted to the Company, and 
found the same,asamended, 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. 


-at Arms during the last Ten years: 





1866. 


ways Bill had stated that the evidence of John 
Joseph Mayo and Joseph William Bazalgette was 
essential to enable them to establish their case, and 
it having been proved that their attendance could 
not be procured without the intervention of the 


| House, he had been instructed to move that the 


said John Joseph Mayo and Joseph William Bazal- 


_gette do attend the said Committee on Tuesday 


the 17th day of April, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That John Joseph Mayo and Joseph 
William Bazalgette do attend the said Committee, 
To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. , 


Mr. Walpole reported Dr. Cashel’s Divorce Bill, Dr. Cashel’s 

without Amendment. pen, Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ata 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lord Lyon 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ol 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, Returns of the Names and Official Desig- 

nations and Duties of all Persons who have been 

connected with the Office of the Lord Lyon King 

And, of 





'the Salaries of each, and of the Receipts of the 


Metropclitan Ordered, That the Select Committee on Metro- 


Local Govern- politan Local Government, &amp;c., have Power to) 
ment, &amp;c. 
(First Report.) 


: . together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
No. 186. . 


before them, from time to time. 

Mr. Ayrton 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 Evidence taken before them, and an Appendix. 

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


Manchester Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—feport 
Division Petty from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
-eamy Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for 
additional Provision in the Manchester Division 
Petty Sessions Ceurt Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


from the Select Committee appointed by the 


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

(Thames) one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 

Dock Bilt Bills, That in the case of the Dagenham ( Thames) 
[Lords.] * Pp: &gt;» ° ° . . 

Dock Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred 

on the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders 

not previously inquired into, and which are appli- 

cable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. | 

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


Improvement one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 

om. Bills, That in the ease of the Petition for addi- 
tional Provision in the Stourbridge 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 
provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the | 
said Petition. 


Bray and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


ie one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
ailway Bi a. Ws 2 oer ~~ ee a Peewee | 
| Lords.] Bills. That in the case of the Bray and Ennisherry 


Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, and re-| 
ferred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing | 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which | 
are applicable thereto, have been complied with. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. | 


Railway Bills 


report their Observations thereupon to the House, | 


_to empower the Southern Railway Company to Railway Bill 
‘make Deviation and Branch Railways, and for 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on| time; and which Amendment was to leave out 
(Group 14.) Group 1 A of Railway Bills, That the parties pro- | from the word “ That” to the end of the Question, 
moting the London, Chatham, and Dover and South | in order to add the words “ this House, while ready 
Eastern (Kennington, Clapham, and Brixton) Rail-| “ to consider, with a view to its settlement, the 


Office from all sources, under their several heads ; 
distinguishing the Fees received on account of 
Grants or Registration of Arms from those re- 
ceived on account of Patents conferred by the 


_Crown; and showing the Sums derived from the 


Sale of the Offices of Herald, Pursuivant, and 
Messenger at Arms, during the same period. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Ter Majesty, by such Members or this House as 
are of Iler Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one the Lords. 
of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Southern 


Lords.] 


other purposes; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Montrose 
for the construction of a Wet Dock at the Harbour Harbour Bill 
of Montrose, and for other purposes; to which the nian. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords communicate Minutes of Evidence Bristol Port 
taken before the Select Committee of the House of Extension _ 
Lords, appointed in Session 1864, on the Bristol Port "aaa 
Extension Railway Bill, as desired by this House, ~ 
with a request that the same may be returned. 


The Lords communicate Copy of the Report Cork and 
Youghal 

» ° . ° " Railway Bill 

House of Lords, in the present Session of Par- [Lords] 

liament, on the Cork and Youghal Railway Bill, 

as desired by this House. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Colnbrook _ 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against *4!ways Bill 
the Co/nbrook Railways Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Watford and 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions oo 
against the Watford and Edgware Junction Rail- Railway Bill. 
way Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Represeuta- 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 5" ah 
upon the 12th day of this instant April, was pro- a 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Repre- 
sentation of the People Bill be now read a second 


“ question 


Mr. Speaker's 
Indisposition. 


Writs Regis- 
tration 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Summary 

Procedure 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Trusts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Lunacy Acts 

Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Commons 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Merchant 


Shipping Act 
854) 


mendment 
Bill. 


99 VicroRtia. 


* question of Parliamentary Reform, is of opinion 
“that it is inexpedient to discuss a Bill for the 
“reduction of the Franchise in England and 
** Wales, until the House has before it the entire 
“scheme contemplated by the Government for 
“the amendment of the Representation of the 
* People,” 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 ; 


Tuesday, 17th April, 1866: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


Mr. Speaker having retired, the Clerk at the 
Table informed the House that Mr. Speaker, in 
the present state of his health, was unable to return 
and resume the Chair at this late hour :-—Where- 
upon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the Committee 
of Ways and Means, took the Chair as Deputy 


Speaker, pursuant to’ the Standing Order of the | 


20th day of July 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Writs Registration (Scotland) Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question | 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read a se- 
cond time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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





The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) 
Bill; 

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


The Trusts (Scotland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
30th day of this instant April. 


The Lunacy Acts (Scotland) Amendment Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday the 30th day of this instant April. 


- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Commons (Metropolis) 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 proposed Amendment and Motion were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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 Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 
Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 

VoL. 121, 





16¢h—1 





921 


read, for the Second Wolerwertes 
lil, 


7th April. 
being 


The Order of the day being 
Reading of the Waterworks Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. ; 


The Customs Duties (Jsle of Man) Bill was, Customs 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Duties (Isle of 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ™*™ ou. 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second em 
alt % . elon . alntenance 
— of the Drainage Maintenance (Jreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
b] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Crown Lands 
Reading of the Crown Lands Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Divorce and 
Reading of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill; M**timonial 
ae ; ‘ Causes Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time [rords.] 


upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers Superannuation ee 
( Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill. 


/next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Exchequer and 
Audit Depart- 


| ; 1A ry re =) yo i ; InNAYTr : 
mittee on the Exchequer and Audit Departments jonts Bile 


| Bill; 

| Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 

| 

| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railways 

\into a Committee on the Railways Clauses Bill ; luses Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy Bill 103. 

| Speaker resumed the Chair; and the Judge 

| Advocate 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cattle 

‘mittee on the Cattle Assurance Bill; Assurance 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- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public 
into a Committee on the Public Libraries Act Libraries Act 


Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent a 
therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; Rill 104 


and the Judge Advocate 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 the 
20th day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Postmaster 
into a Committee on the Postmaster General Bill ; General Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and the Judge Advo- 
cate 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. 

FF3 Ordered, 








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SR Bat 


a TE: 








Convicts’ 
Property. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment, &amp;c, 


Gibraltar and 
Malta. 


“ The Eagle 
Speed.” 


Trade in 
Animals 
Comumnittee. 


Rifled Guns. 


Local 
Government 
Supplemental. 


London (City) 
Corporation 
Gas Bill. 


222 16th—i7th April. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish Forfeiture for Treason and Felony, and 
to make other provisions in relation thereto: And 
that Mr. Attorney General and Sir George Grey do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend and consolidate the Law relating to 
Bankruptcy in England, and to abolish Imprison- 
ment for Debt on final Process: And that Mr. 
Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the state of the Mortality 
of the Garrison of Gibraltar compared with that of 
the Civil Population ; stating the Number of Men 
in that Garrison, and Deaths in each year during 


the Jast ten years; also the amount of the Civil | 
Population and annual Mortality for the same | 
And, similar Return for the Fortress | 


period : 
and Island of Malta. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to investigate the Circumstances attending 
the Loss of “ The Eagle Speed ;” together with 
any Papers showing the action of the Indian Go- 
vernment thereupon. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on Trade in Animals, That they inquire 
how far it is desirable and practicable for Animals 


brought by Sea to Portsin the United Kingdom | 


to be Slaughtered or Quarantined at the Port of 
Landing, and to report their Opinion thereon to the 
House. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Committee do consist of 
Twenty-one Members ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And the 
said Motion and Original Question were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That 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 Heavy 
Rifled Guns, of not less than 7-inch Calibre and 
up to 13°2-inch Calibre, that have been Tried ; 
specifying the Mode of Rifling employed, the 
Number of Rounds fired, the Charges of Powder, 
Weight and Nature of the Projectile used, and 
stating the Injuries resulting to each Gun. 

Ordered, That 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 confirm certain Provisional Orders under “ The 
Loval Government Act, 1858,” relating to the 
Dis:ricts of Winchester, Burton-upon- Trent, Long- 
ton, Accrington, Preston, Bangor, Elland, Halstead, 
Wadsworth, Canterbury, Dartmouth, Dukinfield, 
Stroud, and Bridlington, and for other purposes 
relative to certain Districts under the said Act: 
And that Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen and Sir George 
Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lusk be added to the Select 
Committee on the London (City) Corporation Gas 
Bill. 








1866. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, Taunton 
That Mr. Speaker had this day received a Letter Election. 
from Messrs Holmes and Co., as Agent for Edward 
Lyne Parsons, William George Carter, William 
Mattocks Chapman, William Cousins, and Thomas 
Stirling, informing him that it is not their inten- 
| tion to proceed with their Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
| Taunton :— And the said Letter was read, as fol- 

























| loweth :— ‘ 
| 18, Abingdon-street, Westminster, 
Sir, "16th April 1866. 


As Agent for Edward Lyne Parsons, William 
| George Carter, William Mattocks Chapman, Wil- 
liam Cousins, and Thomas Stirling, in the matter 
of their Petition delivered in on the 16th day of 
February last, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Taunton, I hereby 
beg to inform you that it is not intended to pro- 
| ceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servant, 
Holmes and 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. 





_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Customs 
itself into a Committee to consider of empowering Duties (Isle of 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s ‘Treasury to ; an) 

: . a . [Harbour 
alter the Seale of the Isle of Man Harbour Dues, pues.} 
in case the Amount derived therefrom should not 


be suflicient to meet the Mortgages thereon. 


Mr. Kuatchbull-Hugessen presented a Bill to conviets’ 
abolish Forfeiture for Treason and Felony, and to Property Bill, 
i'make other Provisions in relation thereto: And _ Bill 105. 


the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
| be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 

| Mr. Anatchbull-Hugessen presented a Bill to Bankruptey 
amend and consolidate the Law relating to Bank- Law 
|ruptey in Hngland, and to abolish Imprisonment a 
_for Debt on final Process: And the same wasread pj 106 
'the first time; and ordered to be read a second : 


| time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 





Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented a Bill to Local 

confirm certain Provisional Orders under “ The ——, 
Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to the ph? _—" 
Districts of Winchester, Burton-upon- Trent, Long-  3}) 107. 
ton, Accrington, Preston, Bangor, Elland, Halstead, — - 
Wadsworth, Canterbury, Dartmouth, Dukinfield, 
Stroud, and Bridlington, and for other purposes 
relative to certain Districts under the said Act: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do issue Cambridge 
his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make Borough 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to _— 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Cambridge, in the room of William Forsyth, 
Esquire, whose election has been determined to be 
void. 


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



















»(Group K.) 


2G Vicroria. 


Tuesday, 17th April, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


Butterton HE Butterton Moor End Road Bill was read 
Moor End the third time. 
Road Bill. pas P 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
facclesfield, The Macclesfield, Knutsford, and Warrington 
_——. Railway Bill was read the third time. 
Wisslegten Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Railway Bill. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Buckley The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(additional the Buckley Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, 


Powers) Bill. 8 amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
South Western the London and South Western Railway (Poole 


Railway : ; : 
(Poole ya and Bournemouth Junctions) Bill, as amended in 


Bournemouth the Committee. 


— Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mersey Docks ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Harbour the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (Shore 
Board (Shore ‘ K 


Road Road Purchase, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
Purchase, &amp;c.) mittee. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Abeodare Ordered, That the Aberdare Northern Railway 


Northern 
Railway Bill. 


Midland Great 
Western 
Railway (of 
Trejand) Bill 


Bill be, read a second time To-morrow. 


The Midland Great Western Railway (of Jre- 


land) Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


[Lords: ] : , 

Senthaee _ The Southern Railway Bill was read the first 
Railway Bill time. 

| Lords.} Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Montrose The Montrose Harbour Bill was read the first 
Harbour Bill time. 

(Lord. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Maryport and ‘Lhe Order, That the Maryport and Carlisle Rail- 
Carlisle = == way Bill be committed, was read, and discharged. 
Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


North and Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
South taken before the Committees on the North and 


—— South Wiltshire Junction Railway Bill, and the 


Railway Bill, Wiltshire Railway Bill, in Session 1865, be re- 


Xe, (1865). ferred to the Committee on Group 5 of Railway 
Bills. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. yead; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Fifteenth 

Report. 


Private Bills Mr. Tomline reported from the Committee on 


Group K. of Private Bills; That Mr. Barnes, 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 Mr. Barnes be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 


Railway Bills Mr. Richard B. Sheridan reported from the 


(Group 9.) Committee on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That, 
for the convenience of parties, they had adjourned 
to Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That.the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Chester and 


Mr. Richard B. Sheridan reported from the 
} a Committee on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That 
Railway Bill. VOL. 121. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | panies Bill. 


17th April. ; 223 


in the case of the Chester and West Cheshire Junc- 
tion Railway Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
verbally amended the same, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 13 of Manchester, 
Railway Bills have leave to make a Special Re- Sheffield, and 
port in the case of the Manchester, Sheffield, and ene ena 
Lincolnshire, and Great Eastern Railway Com- Eastern 
Railway 


Major Cornwall Legh reported from the said Bill (Special 





Committee; That in the case of the Manchester, Report.) 
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and Great Eastern 

| Railway Companies Bill, they had agreed to the 

| following Special Report : 

That the Agent for the Great Eastern Railway 
| Company, who are joint Promoters of the Bill, had 
| stated that it is not the intention of that Company 
to proceed with the Bill. 

That the Agent for the Manchester, Sheffield, 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company, the other 
joint Promoters, had stated that this step is taken 
without the concurrence of that Company, and in- 
consistently with agreements subsisting between 
the Companies. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 13 of Great 
Railway Bills have leave to make a Special Re- penne: won 
port in the case of the Great Northern and Great Railway 
astern Railway Companies Arrangements (Spald- Companies 
ing to Lincoln) Bill. — 

Major Cornwall Legh reported from the said (Spalding to 
Committee; That in the case of the Great lincoln) Bill. 
Northern and Great Eastern Railway Companies Ne mma 
Arrangements ( Spalding to Lincoln) Bill, they had ae 

s L I Jy 

agreed to the following Special Report: 

That the Agent for the Great Eastern Railway 
Company, who are joint Promoters of the Bill, had 
stated that it is not the intention of that Company 
to proceed with the Bill. 

That the Agent for the Great Northern Rail- 
way Company, the other joint Promoters, stated 
that this step is taken without the concurrence of 
that Company, and inconsistently with agreements 
subsisting between the Companies. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 13 of Great Eastern, 
Railway Bills have leave to make a Special Re- — 

: - “a ; rthern, and 
port in the case of the Great Eastern, Great Manchester, 
Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- Sheffield, and 
shire Railway Companies Bill. a 

‘ . y 

Major Cornwall Legh reported from the said Companies 
Committee ; That in the case of the Great Eastern, Bill (Special 
Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Pot.) 
Lincolnshire Railway Companies Bill, they had 
agreed to the following Special Report: 

That the Agent for the Great Eastern Railway 
Company, who are joint Promoters of the Bill, had 
stated that it is not the intention of that Company 
to proceed with the Bill. 

That the Agents for the Great Northern, and 
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway 
Companies, the other joint Promoters, stated that 
this step is taken without the concurrence of those 
Companies, and inconsistently with agreements 
subsisting between the Companies. 

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


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee Wiltshire 
on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That the Parties Railways Bill. 
promoting the Wiltshire Railways Bill had stated 
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994 


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 John Hanmer reported from the Committee 
(Group 5.) 


on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That the Parties 
opposing the Bristol and North Somerset Railway 
(Deviation) Bill had stated that the Evidence of 
John Bingham 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 John Bingham do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the 
clock, 

Ordered, That John Bingham do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Private Bills 


General Peel reported from the Committee on 
(Group H.) 


Group H. of Private Bills; That, there being no 

business for their consideration, the Committee had 

adjourned to Friday next, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Macclesfield 
and Chapel-in- 
the-Frith 
Road Bill. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Macelesfield and 
Chapel-in-the-Frith Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Congletonand Colonel Pennant reported the Congleton and 
— Koad Burton Road Bill, with Amendments. 
; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Dover 


Jover Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he 
Election. 


had this day received a Letter from Benjamin 
Igglesden and John Agate, 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 Dover:—And the said Let- 
ter was read, as followeth:— 
Port of Dover Election Petition. 
Sir, Dover, 16th April 1866. 

We beg to inform you that it is not our intention 
to proceed with the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Port of Dover. 


We have the honour to remain, 
Your obedient Servants, 
Benjamin Igglesden, 
John Agate. 
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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the swear- 
ing of the Helston Election Committee ; 

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 
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. 


Helston 
Election. 


Bury Gas Bill. 


Mr. Dodson ewer from the Committee on the 
I 


Bury Gas Bill; That they had examined the alle- 
gations 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 there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Cleethorpes Gas Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Cleetho: 
Gas Bill. 


17th April. 


1866. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Columbia (Bethnal Columbia 
Green) Market and Approaches Bill, without = 
Amendment. 


: 2 Market and 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Approaches 


Bill [Lords.] 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Congleton Gas 
Congleton Gas and Improvement Bill; That they a 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- "" ? 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
striking out the following recital : “ And whereas, 
in order that the Corporation may be able to make 
the Improvements aforesaid in relation to Mar 
kets and Fairs, it is expedient that they be autho- 
rized to borrow Money, and to receive Tolls in the 
Markets and Fairs, until the Money so borrowed, 
with interest, is paid off,” in order to make the 
same consistent with the Bill as submitted to and 
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. 





Mr. Dodson reported the Ebbw Vale, Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, 
&amp;c. Water Bill, with Amendments. amy 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. °° 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Ellesmere and 
Ellesmere and Glyn Valley Railway Bill; That Gly" Valley 
they had examined the allegations contained in the —— a 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
striking out the Power to the Company and the 
Drayton Junction Railway Company to enter into 
agreements, and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Glasgow Houses of Glasgow 
Refuge Bill, with Amendments. — =. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. “°"8° ™" 


Mr. Dodson reported the Manchester, Sheffield, Manchester, 
and Lincolnshire (Liverpool Extension) Railway Sheffield, and 
Bill, with Amendments. emma 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 


; C Extension) 
Table; and be printed. Railway 


Bill. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Nelson Local Board Nelson Local 
Bill, with Amendments. Board Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on presteign, 
the Presteign, Clun, and Bishops Castle Railway Clun, and 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- BishoPs Pt 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended Bill. oe 
the same, by inserting the recital as to certain 
arrangements with the Knighton Railway Com- 
pany, and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Uxbridge and Rick- Uxbridge and 
mansworth Railway Bill, with Amendments. Rickmans- 

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








Mr. Dodson reported the Winchcomb and Midland Winchcomb 
Railway Bill, with Amendments, and Midland 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Worcester, Bromyard, Worcester, 
and Leominster Railway Bill, with Amendments. Bromyard, 

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














29 Victoria. 


Wrexham, Mr. Dodson reported the Wrexham, Mold, and 
—— Connah’s Quay Railway (Extensions) Bill, with 
~ Amendments 
Quay Railway endments. 
(Extensions) Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
Bill. and be printed. 
Standing Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Cndene. Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow : 
Rochdale. 1. That in the case of the Rochdale Water Bill, 
Water Bill. Petition for additional Provision, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
_— be permitted to introduce their additional 
rovision accordingly, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit. 
Thamesand 2. That in the case of the Thames and Severn 
Severn Canal Canal Navigation Bill, Petition of the Thames and 
— Isis Navigation Commissioners, for dispensing 
: with Standing Order 129 in the case of their 
Petition against the Bill, the said Standing Order 
ought not to be dispensed with. 
Great North 3. That in the case of the Great North of 
of Scotland Scotland Railway Bill, Petition of the Banffshire 
Railway Bill. 


Railway Company, for dispensing with Standing 
Order 161, the said Standing Order ought not to 
be dispensed with. 


Great Eastern 4+ That in the case of the Great Eastern Railway 


Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, Petition for additional 
(Addition®’ Provision, the Standing Orders ought not to be 
owers) Bill. di i ol © 
ispensed with. 
The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Hoylake Mr. Richard B. Sheridan reported the Hoylake 
Railway Bill. Railway Bill, with Amendments. : 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Army Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Recruits.) 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 Recruits 
raised in the Three Months ended the 31st day of 
December of the vears 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865; 
distinguishing those enlisted by Line Parties from 
those enlisted by Pensioners; and showing also 
the Total Number of Recruiters of each Class 
employed, in the following form :— 








LINE. PENSIONERS. 
ne Number of Number of 
Number of Recruits Number of Recruits 
Recruiters finally Recruiters finally 
employed. approved. employed. approved. 





In 3 months ending 
31st December, 

1862 

1863 

1864 

1865 | 














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


Greenock 
Water Bill, 


Mr. Hankey reported from the Court of Referees 
on Private Bills; That the parties promoting the 
Greenock Water Bill had stated that the evidence 
of John Neill 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 John Neill do attend the Court 
of Referees To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock. 

Ordered, That John Neill do attend the said Court 
of Referees To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock. 
Vot. 121, 


17th April. 





225 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Marriages _ 
Reading of the Marriages (Jredand) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the lst day of May next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tea, Coffee, 

a Return showing the Quantities of Tea, Coffee, ** 
Sugar, Molasses, Spirits (distinguishing British 
from Foreign and Colonial Spirits), Malt, Wine, 
and Tobacco retained for Home Consumption in 
the United Kingdom, the Rates of Duty charged, 
the Amounts of Duty received upon each Article, 
the Rate of Consumption per Head of the Popu- 
lation, and the Rate of Contribution per Head to 
the Revenue (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 246, of Session 1862). , 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Entail 
the Entail (Scotland) Bill, was read, and dis- _—ee 
charged. ps 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday Colonial 
next, the Colonial Governors (Retiring Pensions) — 
Act Amendment Bill, was read, and discharged. Pensions} 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Act Amend- 


upon Friday the 27th day of this instant April, ™ent Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Glasgow 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against Co™poration 
the Glasgow Corporation Water Bill. haan tinsias 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Glasgow and 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against South Western 


the Glasgow and South Western Railway (Addi- (yyy 
tional Powers) Bill. Powers) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Great 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against —— 
the Great Northern Railway (Potter’s Bar, Barnet, (Potter's Bar 
and Hendon) Bill. 


Barnet and 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. Hendon) Bi. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Edgware, 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against Highgate, and 
the Edgware, Highgate, and London Railway Bill. Railway Bil, 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of London and 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions Nth Western 


against the London and North Western and Mid- ya ye 
land Counties Coal Fields Railway Bill. Fields Railway 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. Bill. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought frdm the Lords, by one *H¢ Lords. 
of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Worcester and 
to confirm and give effect to the transfer to a new 
Company of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal 
Navigation, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ryde Gas 
to make further provision for lighting with Gas the Bill [Lords] 
Town of Ryde, and the neighbourhood thereof, in 
the Isle ef Wight; to incorporate the Ryde Gas 
and Coke Company, and for other purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Aldershot Gas 
for re-constituting the Aldershot Gas and Water snd Water 
Company, and for enabling the Company the better ee, 
to supply the Parish of Aldershot, in the Count 
of Southampton, and for other purposes; to vith 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


[ Lords. ] 








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226 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 13th day of this instant April, for Re- 
turns relative to the British Museum. 

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


British 
Museum. 


No. 187. 


Penal Ordered, That the Return relative to the Penal 
Servitude Act. Servitude Act, which was presented upon the 16th 
No. 188. day of this instant April, be printed. 


Brewers, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Brewers, 
No. 189. &amp;c., which was presented upon the 16th day of this 
instant April, be printed. 


National Debt. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Na- 
No. 190, tional Debt, which was presented upon the 16th 
day of this instant April, 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 Reigate Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 


Reigate © 
Election. 


No, 191. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That, upon any future remission of in- 
direct taxation, this House will take into consi- 
deration the Duty upon Malt, with a view to its 
immediate reduction and ultimate repeal ; 

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 
National Debt. words “in the present state of the Taxation and 
** Resources of the Country, it is the duty of Par- 
“ liament to make provision for the systematic re- 
“ duction of the National Debt, and not to sanction 
“any proposal for any repeal or change of Taxes 
*‘ which is likely to be attended with a diminution 
“ of the Revenue,” instead thereof. 

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

Then the main Question being put; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,| ~y4 a Uys 


Tellers for the Noes,{ Me — 


Malt Duty. 


\ 150. 


| 235. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Speaker's The Clerk, at the Table, informed the House, 

Indisposition. That Mr, Speaker had been obliged, by the state 
of his health to retire from the House for the re- 
mainder of the night:—Whereupon Mr. Dodson, 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, pur- 
suant to the Standing Order of the 20th day of 
July 1855. , 


Tithe Rent- 
charge 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the Triennial variation of Rent- 
charges in lieu of Tithe in Jreland, and the re- 
i and apportionment of such Rent- 
charges in certain cases: And that Mr. Esmonde 
and Mr. Murphy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Army (Hong 
Kong and 
Kowloon.) 


Resolved, That 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 Annual Sanitary Report (War 
Office, Form 517), of 99th Regiment, for 1864: 

And, Annual Return of Sick and Wounded 
of 99th Regiment, with Report which accompanied 
the same relative to Hong Kong and Kowloon, for 
1864. 

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


17th April. 


1866. 


are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That Colonel North be discharged London (City 
from further attendance on the Select Committee a 
on the London (City) Corporation Gas Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Staniland be added to the 


Committee. 


The Select Committee on the Vaccination Bill Vaccination 

was nominated of Mr. Bruce, Mr. Henley, Mr. Bill. 
Lowe, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Poulett Scrope, 
Mr. Mitford, Viscount Enfield, Mr. Barnett, Mr. 
Evans, Mr. Edward Egerton, Lord Henley, Mr. 
Sclater-Booth, Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Algernon Eger- 
ton, Mr. Candlish, Mr. Read, and Mr. Owen Stan- 
ley. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the Thames Embank- Thames 
ment (North) Approaches Bill, the Thames Em- ae 
bankment (Chelsea) Bill, and the Park-lane Im- yon 
provement Bill was nominated of Mr. William &amp;c. Bills. 
Cowper, Mr. Tite, Lord Henry Lennox, Mr. Beres- 


Jord Hope, Mr. Hughes, and Mr. Baillie Cochrane. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Railway 
for the Registry of Railway Debentures and De- Debentures, 
benture Stock and-other Obligations: And that So. SeGeep. 
Mr. Scourfield and Mr. Hankey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Drainage and 
to secure the Repayment of Public Moneys ad- Improvement 
vanced for the nl and Improvement of CIreland,) 
“Lands and other like objects in Jreland: And that 
Mr. Childers, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, and Mr. 

Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 24 &amp; 25 Harbour 
Vic. c. 47, to facilitate the Construction and Im- 188- 
provement of Harbours, by authorizing Loans to 
Harbour Authorities ; to abolish Passing Tolls, 
and for other purposes, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

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


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend “The Harbours and Passing Tolls, &amp;c. 
Act, 1861.” 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
the Judge Advocate reported, That the Committee 
had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

The Judge Advocate 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 Harbours and Passing Tolls, &amp;c. 
Act, 1861 ”?:—And he moved the House accord- 
ingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Monsell, 
and the Judge Advocate do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The Grand Juries Presentment (Jreland) Bill Grand Juries 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and treand) Bill 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for ( 
To-morrow. 

The 











ity 
: 


id 
t 





29 Vicroria. 


Poor Persons’ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Burial 5, 
(Ireland) 


Bill. into a Committee on the Poor Persons’ Burial 


(Jreland) Bill. 


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


Wednesday, 18th April, 1866: 


Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
the Judge Advocate 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. 


Superannua- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
tions (Officers into a Committee on the Superannuations (Officers 
Metropolitan Wetropolitan Vestries and District Boards) Bill. 


Vestries and 
(In the Committee.) 


District 
Boards) Bill. 
Bill 108. Preamble postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 1 (Vestries and District Boards 
may grant Superannuation Allowances to Officers 
in certain cases). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1,1. 12: 
After the word “ Service,” to insert the words 
“including the Chairman of the Metropolitan 
** Board of Works.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 

put, and negatived. 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
CriauseE, N° 2, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to: 
Cravuses, N° 4 and N° 5, agreed to. 
Four Clauses added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
the Judge Advocate reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next; and be printed. 


Customs The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Men) i into a Committee on the Customs Duties (Isle of 
" Man) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and the 

Judge Advocate 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. 


Exchequer and 
Audit 
Departments 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
og on the Exchequer and Audit Departments 

ill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Postmaster The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

General Bill. take into consideration the Postmaster General 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 
a is The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
- ® * into a Committee on Customs Duties (Isle of Man) 
= [Harbour Dues]. 
ues. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That in case the Dues which, under 
the authority of any Act of Parliament heretofore 
passed, may be taken from Vessels using any of 
the Harbours in the Isle of Man shall not be suffi- 
cient to keep down the interest and instalments 
of principal payable under any Mortgage of the 





17th—18th April. 227 


said Dues made under the authority of any Act 
of Parliament, it shall be lawful for the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, with the 
consent of the Court of Tynwald, from time to 
time to alter the Scale of Dues, but so as not to 
reduce the same, or any of them, below the amount 
prescribed by any Act of Parliament. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
the Judge Advocate reported, That the Committee 
had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, Message from 
That a Message had been brought from the Lords, *e Lords 

by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lowther’s 

to naturalise Francis William Lowther, Esquire, a Bill [Lords] 
Lieutenant in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, and to 

grant to and confer upon him all the Rights, Pri- 

vileges, and Capacities of a naturai-born Subject of 

Her Majesty the Queen; to which the Lords desire 

the concurrence of this House. 


Mr. Scourfield presented a Bill for the Registry Railway 

of Railway Debentures and Debenture Stock and pyr 
other Obligations: And the same was read the Bill. 

first time ; and ordered to be read a second time Bill 109. 


upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Esmonde presented a Bill to provide for the Tithe Rent- 
Triennial variation of Rent-charges in lieu of — 4) Bill 
Tithes in Jreland, and the re-applotment and ap- ‘ = 
portionment of such Rent-charges in certain cases: Bill 110. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Tuesday the Ist 
day of May next; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Inns of Court 
the Inns of Court Bill, was read, and discharged. L. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


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


Wednesday, 18th April, 1866. 


HE Clerk, at the Table, informed the House Mr. Speaker’s 
that the state of Mr. Speaker’s health was !4isposition. 
such as to prevent him from attending the House 
this day :—Whereupon Mr. Dodson, the Chairman 
of the Committee of Ways and Means, proceeded 
to the Table as Deputy Speaker; and after Prayers, 
counted the House, and Forty Members being 
present, took the Chair, pursuant to the Standing 
Order of the 20th day of July 1855. 





Ordered, That the Kingston and Epsom Railway a and 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. aoe 


Railway Bill. 
The Talacre Pier and Harbour (Railway) Bill a ee 
was read a second time; and committed. (Railway) Bin 
fords] 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Aberdare 
Reading of the Aberdare Northern Railway Bill; aren 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time "” = 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Aldershot Gas and Water Bill was read the Aldershot Gas 
first time. — trode.) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- ; 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Ryde Gas Bill was read the first time. Ryde Gas Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- [40r¢.] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 





OL. 121, 





G@Ga2 The 





228 


Worcester and The Worcester and Birmingham Canal Bill was 

a read the first time. 

[Lords,] Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Lowther’s 
Naturalization 
Bill [Lords.] 


Lowther’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Dr. Cashel’s 
Divorce Bill 
| Lords.} 


The Order for reading the third time Dr. 
Cashel’s Divorce Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 

Ordered, That Standing Order 229 be suspended 
in the case of the said Bill; and that the Com- 
mittee have leave to sit and proceed forthwith. 


Lancaster 
Borough 
Election. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee 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 
Lancaster, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto : 

William Graham, Esquire, 
Samuel Trehawhe Kekhewich, Esquire, 
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, Esquire, 
Sir Graham Montgomery, 
Edward Howes, Esquire, Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


New Windsor 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
Election. 


mittee 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 
New Windsor, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the List of Voters delivered in to the 
Committee : , 

Robert Dalglish, Esquire, 

Arthur Wellesley Peel, Esquire (Warw.), 

The Honourable Fred. Stanley (Preston), 

Samuel Waterhouse, Esquire, 

John Tomlinson Hibbert, Esquire, Chairman. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Rye Election. Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to dry and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Town and 
Port of Rye, to which they had annexed the Pe- 
tition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto : 

Sir Andrew Agnew, 

The Honourable D. F. Fortescue (Andover), 

Sir Frederick William Heygate, 

Henry Christopher Wise, Esquire, 

Thomas William Evans, Esquire, Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the ‘Table 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifteenth 
Report. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Llynvi Valley Colonel Sykes reported from the Committee 
Railway Bill. on the Liynvi Valley Railway Bill; That they 
had «xamined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and made a verbal Amend- 
ment therein, and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


National 
Portrait 
Gallery. 


Mr. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Ninth Report of the Trustees of the Na- 
tional Portrait Gallery to the Lords of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, 1866. 


18th April. 


1866. 


Mr. Childers also presented,—Return to an Sugar, &amp;c. 
Order, dated the 15th day of February last, for 
Returns relative to Sugar, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of Fe- Foreign 
bruary last, for a Return relative to Foreign Sugar. 
Sugar. 

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


Mr. Stansfeld presented,—Return to an Address fast India 
to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of this instant (Educational.) 
April, for a Return relative to East India (Edu- 
cational). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Hop Trade Bill ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a se- 
cond time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, adding the words 
** upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

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


Hop Trade 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Bank Notes 
Reading of the Bank Notes (/reland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prosecution 
‘into a Committee on the Prosecution Expenses Expenses Bill. 
| Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
|Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and the 
‘Judge Advocate reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself art Bil 
into a Committee on the Art Bill; and, after some (Zerds.] 
time spent therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and the Judge Advocate reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Friday next. 


The Thames Navigation Bill was, according to Thames 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Navigation 
Select Committee of Eleven Members, Six to be Bil. 
nominated by the House, and Five by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second commons 
Reading of the Commons (Metropolis) Bill; (Metropolis) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bil 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Su 
Resolved, 


ly ; 
hhat this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 











The 








Ways and 
Means. 


Grand Juries 
Presentment 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 111. 


Poor Persons’ 


Burial 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Exchequer 
and Audit 
Departments 
Bil. 


Postmaster 
General Bill. 


Customs 


Duties (Isle of Cystoms Duties (Isle of Man) [Harbour Dues], a 


Man) 
Harbour 
ues. } 


Helston 
Election. 





7 
99 VicrToria. 


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 Grand Juries Present- 
ment (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and the Judge Advocate 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 Tuesday the 
Ist day of May next. | 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 
take into consideration the Poor Persons’ Burial | 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 


To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com-_ 
mittee on the Exchequer and Audit Departments 
Bill; | 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. | 


The Postmaster General 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. Childers reported from the Committee on 


Resolution ; which was read, as followeth: | 

That in case the Dues which, under the authority 
of any Act of Parliament heretofore passed, may 
be taken from Vessels using any of the Harbours | 
in the Isle of Man shall not be sufficient to keep | 
down the Interest and Instalments of Principal | 
payable under any Mortgage of the said Dues} 
made under the authority of any Act of Parlia- | 
ment, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, with the consent of the | 
Court of Tynwald, from time to time to alter the 
Scale of Dues, but so as not to reduce the same, 
or any of them, below the Amount prescribed by 
any Act of Parliament. 

The said Resolution being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Stearne Ball Miller, from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter 
of the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Helston, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Adolphus William Young, Esquire, was not 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Helston. 

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. Stearne Ball Miller, from the said Select 
Committee, further informed the House, That the 
Committee had agreed to the following Reso- 
lutions: 

1. That Adolphus William Young, Esquire, was, 
by his Agents, guilty of bribery and treating at 
the last Election. 

2. That it was proved to the Committee that 
William Rowe received an offer of 20/. from Henry 
James Seccombe, the Agent of the said Adolphus 
William Young, in order to induce him to vote for 
the said Adolphus William Young. 

3. That it was not proved that the said acts of 
bribery and treating were committed with the 

VoL. 121. 


18th April. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Ways and Means; 


229 


knowledge and consent of the said Adolphus Wil 
liam Young. 

4, That the Committee have no reason to believe 
that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed 
at the last Election for the said Borough. 

- — That the Report do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Chancellor, Thames 
Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, Navigation 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this in- _ 
stant April, praying that the Thames Navigation 
Bill may not pass into a law; and that they may 
be heard by their Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses 
against the Preamble and Clauses thereof, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill; and 
the Petitioners heard by themselves, their Counsel 
or Agents upon their Petition, if they think fit, 
and Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against 
the said Petition. 


Major Cornwall Legh reported from the Com=- wandswortk 
mittee on Group K. of Private Bills; That inthe case and Putney 
of the Wandsworth and Putney Gas Bill, they had &amp;8 Bill. 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting 
certain paragraphs having reference to a Clause 
which was struck out 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. 


Major Cornwall Legh reported from the Com- Great Eastern, 
mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That the Great 
parties promoting the Great Eastern, Great en 
Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- sheffield, and 
shire Railway Companies Bill had stated to the Lincolnshire 
Committee that it was not their intention to pro- ent 
ceed with the Bill. Bill.” 

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


Major Cornwall Legh reported from the Com- Great 
mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That the Northern and 
parties promoting the Great Northern and Great — 
Eastern Railway Companies Arrangements ( Spald- Companies 
ing to Lincoln) Bill, had stated to the Committee that Atrangements 
it was not their intention to proceed with the Bill. Topcon) Bin 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; - ; 


and be printed. 


Major Cornwall Legh reported from the Com- Manchester, 
mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That the Shefileld, and 
parties promoting the Manchester, Sheffield, and ha er 
Lincolnshire and Great Eastern Railway Com- Eastern 
panies Bill had stated to the Committee that it was —— 
not their intention to proceed with the Bill. — 

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


Major Cornwall Legh reported from the Com- Lancashire 
mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That in the ws Yorkshire 
ease of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Riding” eee 
(West Riding Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, they had exa- Branches, &amp;c.) 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble B#l- 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
so much thereof as related to the new road at 
Huddersfield, and the running powers over a por- 
tion of the London and North Western Railway, 
so as to be in conformity 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 thereto. 

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


Mr. Tomline reported from the Committee on Private Bills 





Group K. of Private Bills; That, in consequence (Group K-) 
¢@3 . of 





Dr. Cashel’s 
Divorce Bill 
[Lords.] 


Metropolitan 
District 
Railway Bill. 


Landed 

Property 

Improvement 
Ireland) 
Advances. } 


Harbour 
Loans Bill. 


Bill 112. 


Turnpike 
Roads Bill. 


Bill 113. 


Barnet, 
Hendon, and 
Midland 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


«‘ The Eagle 
Speed.” 


230 


Mr. Walpole reported Dr. Cashels Divorce 
(re-committed) Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Metropolitan District Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had made some verbal Amendments 
therein, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and had 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of making further Advances from the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom for the 
Improvement of Landed Property in Jreland ; 

r. Milner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to amend “ The 
Harbours and Passing Tolls, &amp;c. Act, 1861:” And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House of the 20th day of this instant March, 
“That, if any Motion be made in the House for 
any aid, grant, or charge upon the Public Revenue, 
whether payable out of the Consolidated Fund or 
out of Monies to be provided by Parliament, or for 
any charge upon the People, the consideration and 
debate thereof shall not be presently entered upon, 
but shall be adjourned till such further day as the 
House shall think fit to appoint, and then it shall 
be referred to a Committee of the whole House 
before any Resolution or Vote of the House do pass 
therein,” might be read ; and the same being read ; 

And Notice being taken, That the Turnpike 
Roads Bill having been printed by Order of the 
House before the said Standing Order had been 
made, was not prepared in conformity with the 
same ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
ort of the Referees on Private Bills on several 
Petitions against the Barnet, Hendon, and Mid- 
land Junction Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 16th day of this instant April, for 
a Return relative to “ The Eagle Speed.” 

‘ — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





18¢h—19th April. 


of there being no business for their consideration, 
the Committee had adjourned to Friday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





1866. 
Thursday, 19th April, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 

T HE Bridgwater and Taunton Canal and 
Bristol and Exeter 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 Ross and Cromarty 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 Stourbridge Gas Act Amendment Bill was 
read the third time. ° 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Ordered, That the Tain Water Bill be read the 


third time To-morrow. 


The Wrexham and Minera Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Birkenhead and Liverpool Junction 
Railway Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the Ist day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Birkenhead and Liverpool Rail- 
ways Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the lst day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Kingston and Epsom Railway Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order that Mr. Barnes be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee on Group K. 
of Private Bills was read, and discharged. 


1A of 


Ordered, That the Committee on aoe 
1 Six of 


Railway Bills have leave to sit this day ti 
the clock during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 16th 
and 17th 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. O'Reilly reported from the Committee on 
Group 7 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Ross and Tewkesbury Railway Bill had 
stated to the Committee that it was not their in- 
tention to proceed with the same. 

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


The Names of the five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Sava of Lancaster, were called over; and bei 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 
Ordered Thai the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 





Bridgwater 
and Taunton 
Canal and 
Bristol and 
Exeter 
Railway Bill. 


Ross and 
Cromarty 
Roads Bill. 


Stourbridge 
Gas Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Tain Water 
Bill. 


Wrexham 
and Minera 
Kailway Bill. 


Birkenhead 
and Liverpool 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Birkenhead 
and Liverpool 
Railways Bill, 


Kingston and 
Epsom 
Railway Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group K.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 1 A.) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifteenth 
Report.) 


Ross and 
Tewkesbury 
Railway Bill. 


Lancaster 


Ordered, That the Committee do meet To- 


morrow, 


























29 VicToRIA. 19th 


morrow, 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- 
= of an undue Election and Reiurn for the 

orough of New Windsor, 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 N f the five Memb inted to | 
oe ae en ee ee | Lincoln, delivered in on the 20th day of February 


laining of an undue Election and Return for the | ast. 
_ and Port of Rye, were called over; and | 


try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 


being come to the Table, they were sworn by the 
Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at Eleven of the clock. 


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 
provision in the Leeds Improvement Acts Amend- 
ment Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
p'ied with. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the 
said Petition. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Medway Docks (No. 1) 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, 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 Finsbury Estate Bill no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee 
on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Bristol Harbour Junction Railway and Wharf 
Depét Bill they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same, by stating the expediency of 
granting facilities to the Bristol and North Somer- 
set Railway Company, and had 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. Richard B. Sheridan reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay 
and Hoylake Railways Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had amended the same by striking out that 
portion of the recital relating to the extension of 
the Railway to the Hoyake Railway, as the com- 
munication between Neston and Birkenhead could 
be equally effected by an extension of the Hoylake 


Railway, and had found the same, as amended, to 
Vou. 121. 











April. 231 
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 Lincoln City 
this day received a Leiter from J. Bramley-Moore, Blection. 
Esquire, informing him that it is not his intention 
to proceed with This Petition complaining of an 
aula Election and Return for the City of Lin- 
coln:—And the said Letter was read, as fol- 
loweth :— 

Sir, Gerrard's Cross, 18th April 1866, 

I hereby give you notice that it is not my inten- 
tion to proceed with my Petition complaining of 
an undue Elsction and Return for the City of 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your ovedient Servant, 
J. Bramley-Moore. 


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. Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, from the Horsham 
Select Committee appointed to try and determine Election. 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Horsham, 
informed the House, That the Commitee had 
determined, 

That Robert Henry Hurst, Esquire, is duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Horsham. 

And the said Determination was ordered ‘to be 
eniered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, from the 

said Select Committee, further informed the House, 
That they had altered the poll taken at such 
Election by striking off the names of Henry Fore- 
man, James Winscom, and Richard Howes, as not 
having had a right to voie at such Election. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ee 
Vide Sixteenth 
Report. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Parliamentary 
Returns of the Names of Cities, Municipal and es 
other Boroughs in Jredand, now returning Members a 
or a Member to Parliament, with ihe Population 
in such contained, according to the Census of 1861: 
——And, of all Market Towns possessing a Popu- 
lation of Three thousand Inhabitants and upwards 
which are not now represented in Parliament, 
grouped according to Counties in which they are 
situated. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Irrigation 
to give directions, that there be laid before this oo 
House, a Copy of Despatch from the Government 
of India to the Secretary of State of the 9th day 
of March 1865, with Enclosures, on the subject of 
Irrigation Works. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cunard Mail 
a Return, from 1861 to the present time, of the Steamers. 
Passages of the Cunard Mail Steamers to and from 
England, Ireland, and America, showing the Hour 
of Sailing of the Steamers from Liverpool, Arrival 
at Queenstown, Departure from Queenstown, Arrival 
@a4 at 








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19th April. 





1866. 


at Halifax, Departure from Halifax, &amp;c. (in con- {| Committee on Public Petitions to &lt;&lt; specially 
the 


tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 188 of Ses- | to the House upon the genuineness o t 
purporting to be a Petition from the Inhabitants 


of Harden, and of the Signatures thereto :—And 


sion 1862), 


Quebec Forti- 
fications. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be pas 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the difference in Cost 
of Work performed respectively by Military Work- 
ing Parties and by Contract, upon the Works of 
Fortification now in progress at Quebec :— 














Cost. 
aa i 
a4 
om 
. 2 
Description of Work. S1F, Remarks. 
= ES 
g | 2: 
&gt; a 4 
- a= 
Excavating ground for Ditches, &amp;c., removing The cost by Military 
the stuff, and forming Earthworks  - - | 1:00 Parties is to be 
Excavating, removing, and forming for Roads 1-00 shown in decimals, 
Forming service of Roads and covering with that by Contract 
broken stone metalling - - 1-00 being equal to 1-. 


Rubble masonry of Stone found on the Works 1:00 
Ditto of Stone purchased from Quarries at a 





distance - - - - - - | 1:00 
Ashlar masonry of Stone found on the Site - | 1°00 
Ditto of Stone purchased - - - - | 1°00 
Brickwork, the Bricks being made on the 

Works - - - - - - - | 1:00 
Ditto, the Bricks purchased - - - - | 1:00 
Carpenters’ work in Floors, Roofs, &amp;c. - - | 100 | 
Joiners’ work in Doors, Sashes, &amp;c. = -| 100 
General Cost of Work by Military Labour as 

compared with Work by Contract - - | 1:00 














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


Message from © Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


the Lords. = save had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 
County Courts The Lords have agreed to the County Courts 
ul. 


Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Banbury Gas 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the South Essex Railway Company to 
make a Railway to the London, Tilbury, and 
Southend Railway at Pitsea ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to remove Doubts as to the validity of certain Re- 
solutions of Meetings of the Titanic Steel and 
Iron Company (Limited), and for other purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this } 
House. 

The Lords request that this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Report from the Select Committee appointed 
in the last Session of Parliament on Education, 
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, 


Banbury Gas 
Bill. 


South Essex 
Railway Bill 
| Lords, ; 


Titanic Steel 
and Iron 
Company 
Bill [Lords.] 


Education. 


Complaint being made to the House by William 
Ferrand, Esquire, Member for the Borough of 
Devonport, of a Petition from Harden, in favour 
of the Representation of the People Bill, which 
was presented upon Thursday last, as containing 
several fictitious Signatures, in breach of the Pri- 
vileges of this House ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was 


Complaint. 


etition 


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

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the circumstances connected with the 
preparation of the Petition from Harden, which 
was presented = Thursday last, and into the 
genuineness of the Signatures thereto:—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Marriages, 
Command,—Table of the Number of Marriages, Births, and 
Births, and Deaths registered in England in the Deaths. 
year 1865. 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Metropolis 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of March last, Turnpike 
for Returns relative to the Metropolis Turnpike Roads. 
Roads. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Na- National Por- 
tional Portrait Gallery, which was presented upon trait Gallery, 
the 18th day of this instant April, be printed. No. 192, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, Sugar, &amp;c. 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 18th day of No, 193, 
this instant April, be printed. 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign 
Sugar, which was presented upon the 18th day of Sugar. 
this instant April, be printed. No. 194, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Last India East India 
(Educational), which was presented upon the 18th (Educational.) 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 195. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to ‘ The “The Eagle 
Eagle Speed,” which was presented upon the 18th Speed.” 
day of this instant April, be printed. No, 196. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Midland 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions Poy A 
against the Midland Railway (Settle to Carlisle) Carlisle) Bill. 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Bruce presented, pursuant to the directions Diseased 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order of ©attle. 
the Lords of the Council making certain Regula- 
tions applicable to Diseased Cattle in South Wales, 
dated 14th April 1866. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Representa- 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, a rs 4 
upon the 12th day of this instant April was pro- asap 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Re- 
presentation 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, 
“ while ready to consider, with a view to its settle- 
* ment, the question of Parliamentary Reform, is 
“ of opinion that it is inexpedient to discuss a Bill 
* for the reduction of the Franchise in England 
“and Wales, until the House has before it the 
‘‘ entire scheme contemplated by the Government 
* for the amendment of the Representation of the 
“ People,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 





posed, That it be an Instruction to the Select 





the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question 














Om bed et 











29 Victoria. 


Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


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


Friday, 20th April, 1866: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Mr. Speaker's The Clerk, at the Table, informed the House 

Indisposition. that Mr. Speaker had been obliged, by the state 
of his health, to retire from the House for the 
remainder of the night: — Whereupon Mr. Dodson, 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, pur- 
suant to the Standing Order of the 20th day of 
July 1855. 


Exchequerand The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Audit Depart- mittee on the Exchequer aud Audit Departments 
ments Bill. Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Cancer Bill. the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
aes upon the 16th day of March last, That the Court 
of Chancery (Jreland) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 
Merchant The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Shipping Act Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 
, ~~ J Amendment Bill; 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


Waterworks The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bill. Reading of the Waterworks Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Drainage The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


(Irelacd) Bill, aw of the Drainage Maintenance (Jreland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Crown Lands ‘The Crown Lands Bill was, according to Order, 

Bill. read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 

Convicts’ The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Property Bill. Reading of the Convicts’ Property Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment, &amp;c. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
as of the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. 
ul; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Lacal The Local Government Supplemental Bill was, 
a accoiding to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
Bi ~mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


this day. 


Divorce and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Cause _ Bae of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 
_ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Poor Persons’ The Poor Persons’ Burial (Ireland) Bill was, 


according to Order, read the third time. 
(Ireland) Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


Title be, An Act to enable Boards of Guardians 
VoL. 121. 


19¢h—20th April. 


233 


in Ireland to bury Poor Persons who at the time 
of their Death were not in receipt of Relief from 
the Poor Rates. 

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- Railways 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; Clauses Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cattle 
into a Committee on the Cattle Assurance Bill; — 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy ~ 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Waldegrave- 
Leslie reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs 
into a Committee on the Customs Duties (Isle of pe of 
Man) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ; 
Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself en 
e . roper 
into a Committee on Landed Property Improve- ieovsnent 
ment (Jreland) [ Advances]. 


(Ireland) 
(In the Committee.) 


{Advances.] . 
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the further 
Advance of One Million Pounds, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom, for the 
purposes of Improvement of Landed Property in 
Lreland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Railway Debentures, &amp;c. Registry Bill was, Railway 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Debentures, 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for aca 
this day. 


The Order of the, day being read, for the Com- Public _ 
mittee on the Public Companies Bill; — 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Naval 
for the Establishment and Regulation of Savings Savings 
Banks for Seamen and Marines of the Royal Navy : 2**** 
And that Lord Clarence Paget and Mr. Childers 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Glebe Lands 
to enable Ministers of Parishes in Scotland to let (Scotland.) 
on lease, feu, or sell their Glebe Lands: And that 
Sir James Fergusson, Major Walker, and Mr. 

M‘ Lagan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Clarence Paget presented a Bill for the Naval Savings 
Establishment and Regulation of Savings Banks Banks Bill. 
for Seamen and Marines of the Royal Navy: And Bill 114. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
be printed. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to enable Glebe Lands 
Ministers of Parishes in Scotland to let on lease, — 
feu, or sell their Glebe Lands: And the same was _, 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second Bill 115. 
HH time 








Message from 
the Lords. 


Cattle, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 
Manchester 

yal 
Exchange Bill. 
Cattle Sheds 
in Burghs 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Cattle Sheds 
jn Burghs 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Mr. Speaker’s 
Indisposition. 


Lichfield 
Election. 


Wakefield 
Election. 





234 


time upon Wednesday the 2d day of May next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, That 
a Message had Soon brought from the Lords by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Cattle, &amp;e. Con- 
tagious Diseases Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Manchester Royal 
Exchange Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Cattle Sheds in 
Burghs (Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made! by the 
Lords to the Cattle Sheds in Burghs (Scotland) 
Bill be taken into consideration this day. 


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


this day. 





Friday, 20th April, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House being informed by Mr. Speaker, 
that he had received notice that a Commission 
to give Her Majesty’s Royal Assent to certain 
Acts of Parliament is ordered for this day, and 
that, being disabled from attending with the House 
in the House of Peers, he should be obliged, by 
permission of the House, to withdraw before the 
arrival of the Usher of the Black Rod :— 
Resolved, That during the temporary absence of 
Mr. Speaker from the House, this day, for the 
reason stated by him, the Chairman of the Com- 
miitee of Ways and Means do take the Chair as 
Deputy Speaker, and do attend with the House in 
the House of Peers, and do report to the House the 
Royal Assent to the said Acts. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Letter from James Lloyd and 
John Butler, informing him that it is not their in- 
tention to proceed with their Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Ciiy of 
Lichfield :—And the said Letter was read, as fol- 
loweth :— 

To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 
Sir, 

We, James Lloyd and John Butler, both of the 
City of Lichfield, the Petitioners against the Re- 
turn of Richard Dyott, Esquire, as Member for 
the said City, hereby give you notice that it is not 
intended to proceed with the said Petition, and 
that we withdraw the same. 
of April 1866. 

James Lloyd. 
John Butler. 


We certify that the names of James Lloyd and 
John Butler are the signatures of the Petitioners. 
J. &amp; C. Cole, 
36, Essex-street, 
Agents for the Petitioners. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections was read, and 
discharged. 


Mr, Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee 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 





19¢h—20th April. 





1866. 


Wakefield, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto : 
Henry Riversdale Grenfell, Esquire, 
Thomas Hughes, Esquire (Lambeth), 
Sir Matthew White Ridley, 
Sir Charles Russell, 
William Henry Gregory, Esquire, Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 




































Northallerton 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- aterm 


mittee 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 
Northallerton, 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 : 

William Davenport Bromley, Esquire, 

The O’ Conor Don, 

The Right Honourable Sir William Hutt, 

The Honourable Percy Wyndham (Cumb. W), 

George Sclater-Booth, Esquire, Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Huddersfield 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- neg 


mittee 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 
Huddersfield, to which they had annexed the Pe- 
tition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto: 

Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 

W. Nicholson Hodgson, Esquire ( Carlisle), 

Richard Horner Paget, Esquire ( Somer. E), 

George Otto Trevelyan, Esquire, 

The Right Honourable Lord Naas, Chair- 

man, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- King’s County 
mittee of Elections the Names of the Members of "ection. 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the King’s County, 
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 : 

E. W. Terrich Hamilton, Esquire ( Salisb.), 
W. Gore Langton, Esquire, 
William Townley Mitford, Esquire, 
John Abel Smith, Esquire ( Chichester), 
Stephen Cave, Esquire (New Shoreham), 
Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Augustus De Metz, praying that Mersey _ 
Provision may be made in the Mersey Pneumatic Pneumatic 





Dated the 19th day | 


Railway Bill for enabling the Company to deviate eis 
from the levels of the Railway to preserve Sewers, 

| was presented, and read; and referred to the Exa- 

| miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Buckley Railway (Additional Powers) Bill Buckley 


was read the third time. (additin ~ 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Powers) Bill. 


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


The Columbia (Bethnal Green) Market and Ap- Columbia 
proaches Bill was read the third time. aoe 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Market and 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Approaches 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House Bill [Zords} 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

A Motion being made, That the London and London and 
South Western Railway (Poole and Bournemouth i a 


Junctions) Bill be now read the third time ; on (Poole and 
e 








Bournemouth 
Junctions) 
Bill. 


Mersey Docks 
and Harbour 
Board (Shore 
Road Pur- 
chase, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Tain Water 
Bill. 


Hull South 
Bridge Bill. 


South Essex 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Titanic Steel 
and Iron 
Company Bill 
[Lords. | 


Standing 
Orders. 


Bristol and 
North 
Somerset 
Railway 
(Southern 
Extension.) 


Talacre Pier 
and Harbour 
Railway Bill 
[Lords. } 


Dublin and 
Kingstown 
Railway 
(Lease) Bill 
(Lords. ] 


West Riding 
and Grimsby 
ilway 


{Transfer 


99 VicToria. 


The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s inte- 
rest 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 authorizing the London and 
South Western Railway Company to construct 
Railways from their Southampton and Dorchester 
Railway to the Poole and Bournemouth Railway, 
and for other purposes. 

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


The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (Shore 
Road Purchase, &amp;c.) 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 Zain Water Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Hull South Bridge Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The South Essex Railway Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That th Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Titanic Steel and Iron Company Bill was 
read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Bristol and North 
Somerset Railway (Southern Extension) Petition, 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill, provided that an amended Copy of the 
Plan, Section and Book of Reference be deposited 
in the Private Bill Office ; 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 Talacre Pier and 
Harbour Railway Bill, Petition of Mostyn Coal 
Company, for dispensing with Standing Order 
129 in the case of their Petition 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. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
one of the Examineis of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Dublin and Kingstown 
Railway (Lease) Bill, originating in the Lords, 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and 
= are applicable thereto, have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


‘Major Cornwall Legh reported from_the Com- 
mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That in the 
-~ of the West Riding and Grimsby Railway 

OL. 121. 





— Oth April. 








235 


(Transfer) Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same, by striking out a recital with re- 
spect to the Great Eastern Railway Company, and 
had also 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. Dent reported from the Committee or London, 
Group 14. of Railway Bills; That in the case of Chatham, and 
the London, Chatham, and Dover, and South ste ee 
Eastern (Kennington, Clapham, and Brixton) Rail- (Kennington, 
ways Bill, they had examined the allegations con- Clapham, and 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same BA") |. 

wpe ee ys Bill. 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on Brixton, 
Group 14. of Railway Bills; That in the case of Clapham, and 
the Brixton, Clapham, and Balham Extension een 
Railways Bill, they had examined the allegations Rellewe 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. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Vide Sixteenth 
Report. 





Lord George Cavendish reported the Rochdale Rochdale and 
and Edenfield Roads Bill, with Amendments. Edenfield 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Roads Bill. 
Table. 


Lord George Cavendish reported the Banffshire Banffshire 
Roads Bill, with Amendments. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Baring presented—Return to an Order, Bantry Pier. 
dated the 23d day of March last, for a Return re- 
lative to Bantry Pier. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of March Wexford 
last, for Returns relative to Wexford Convent — 
School. — 

Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the di- Metropolitan 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account Cattle Market. 
of Monies received and paid by the Chamberlain of 
the City of London, in relation to the Metropolitan 
Cattle Market, from the 1st of January to the 31st 
December 1865. 

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


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, west African 
dated the 10th day of this instant April, for a Mail Contract. 
Return relative to the West African Mail Con- 
tract. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Queen Anne’s 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Bounty. 
dated the 16th day of March last, for a Return 
relative to Queen Anne’s Bounty. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Richmond 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Bridge. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Richmond 
Bridge Cash Account, for the year 1864. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- Metropolis 
polis Turnpike Roads, which was presented upon Purnpike 
the 19th day of this instant April, be printed. : 

HH 2 






























Diseased 
Cattle. 


No. 198. 


Dundee 
(Fraternity of 
Masters and 
Seamen.) 


No. 199. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Lanarkshire, 
&amp;c. Branches) 
Bill. 


West 
Bromwich and 
Walsall 
Railway Bill. 


Rhymney 
Railway Bill. 


Brecon and 
Merthyr 
Tydfil Junc- 
tion Railway 
(Northern 
Lines) Bill. 


North British 
Railway 
(Glasgow 
Branches) 
Bill. 


Mold and 
Denbigh 
Junction 
Railway 
(Branches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Wrexham, 
Mold, and 
Connah’s Quay 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


Customs. 


Summonses 
and Warrants. 


Cunard, &amp;c. 
Steamers. 


236 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Diseased 
Cattle, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return rela- 
tive to Dundee (Fraternity of Masters and Seamen), 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this 
instant*April, be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 
against the Caledonian Railway (Lanarkshire, &amp;c. 
Branches) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 
against the West Bromwich and Walsall Railway 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 
against the Rhymney Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Raiwway 
(Northern Lines) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 
against the North British Railway (Glasgow 
Branches) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway (Brancues, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 
against the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay 
Railway (Additional Powers) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Minute of the Board of Customs, 
dated the 26th day of March 1866, with regard to 
Customs Entries of Goods for Export. 


20th April. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
** Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, a Return from each County or Consta-| 
bulary Division of a County of the Sum received | 
by the Treasurer of the County for the service 
of Summonses and execution of Warrants by the 
County Police Constables, under Tables settled 
and approved as directed by the Act 3&amp;4 V%c., 
c. 88, s. 17, in the year 1858 and each succeeding 
year up to the end of 1865. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Steamers be- 
longing to the Cunard and to the Liverpool, New 
York, and Philadelphia Company which during 
the years 1864 and 1865 left the Port of Liverpool 


for the Ports of New York and Boston in North 
America, arranged in Chronological Order accord- 
ing to the Dates of their Departures respectively ; 
specifying, as far as may be, the Name of each 












1866. 
Steamer; the Company to which it belonged; 
whether Screw or Paddle; the exact Time of its 
Departure from Liverpool; of its Arrival at 
Queenstown ; of its Demurrage at Queenstown ; and 
of its Departure thence and Arrival at Boston or 
New York; and also the exact Time at which the 
Mail intended for such Steamer was despatched 
from London; the Time at which it arrived in 
Cork; and the Time from the Arrival of the Mail 
Train in Cork until the Departure of the Steamer 
for America: Similar Return as respects the 
Steamers belonging to the said Companies which, 
during the same years 1864 and 1865, left the Ports 
of New York and Boston for the Port of Lzver- 
pool : And, Return, in a Tabular Form, of the 
Average Time occupied by each of the aforesaid 
Steamers in their Voyages from Liverpool to New 
York or Boston, and from Boston and New York to 
Liverpool, arranged in the order of the Time occu- 
pied between Queenstown and America, beginning 
with the shortest Average, and stating also the 
registered Tonnage and Horse Power, and the 
Number of Voyages made during the Two years; 
and specifying the Average duration of ‘Time 
occupied in the Voyages between Liverpool and 
Queenstown, the delay at Queenstown and in the 
Voyages between Queenstown and New York and 
Boston. 








Mr. Adair, from the Select Committee appointed Nottingham 
own 
E*ection. 


to try and determine the matter of the Petitions 
complaining of an undue Election and Return ‘or 
the Town of Nott‘ngham, informed the House, 
That the Committee had determined, 

That Sir Robert Juches Clifton, Baronet, was 
not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town of Nottingham. 

That Samuel Mor'ey, Esquire, was not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Town of No‘tingham. 

That the last Election for the said Town is a 
void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to 
be entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Adair, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That Sir Robert Juckes Clifton was, by himself, 
and by others on his behalf, guilty of undue in- 
fluence at the last Election. 

That Samuel Morley, Esquire, was, by his Agents, 
guilty of bribery at the last Elec.ion. 

That Charles Paget, Esquire, was, by his Agents, 
guilty of bribery at the last Election. 

That it was proved to the Commitiee that Joseph 
Richard Whitchurch, and William Calah, junior, 
were bribed by William Marriott, with the know- 
ledge of Sir Robert Juches Clifton’s Agent, by the 
corrupt payment of excessive travelling expenses, 
to vote for Sir Robert Juckes Clifton. 

That the said bribery was practised without the 
knowledge and consent of the said Sir Robert 
Juckhes Clifton. 

That at the last Election for the said Town, an 
excessive number of persons were employed on 
behalf of Messrs. Paget and Morley as messengers, 
canvassers, and protectors from violence. 

That in three wards alone, out of seven, nearly 
200 voters were so employed by Messrs. Paget and 
Morley, who received from their Agents sums vary- 
ing in amount from 15s. to 4. 10s. 

That amongst the voters so paid were, John 
Flint, George Fish, John Campion, John Fosier, 
Charles Taylor, James Wright, Jesse Chambers, 
Thomas Selby, Edward Claypole, William Evans, 
George Hudson, Thomas Hooton, Edward Wheatley, 
Henry Mayfield, Thomas Chetwin, John Hillary. 

That Henry Merrin was bribed by William 
Milner, junior, by the promise of 4 /. for hisown vote, 
and the vote of his Father, Frederick Merrin, to .~ 
or 











Complaint, 


C . 
Diets i 
Report.) 


No. 200. 





29 VicToRIA. 


for Messrs. Paget and Morley, which sum he after- 
wards received. 

That some of the voters were allowed to con- 
tinue their usual work during all the time of their 
employment, 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 ren- 
dering any efficient service ; some were paid for a 
larger number of days than that for which they 
were engaged, or during which they were in 
attendance, while none of them were proved to the 
Committee to have rendered adequate services or 
work for the payment which they received. 

That it was not proved to the satisfaction of the 
Committee that this colourable and extensive em- 
ployment of voters was with the knowledge and 
assent of Messrs. Paget and Morley, who, while 
leaving the conduct of the Election entirely in 
the hands of their committees, appeared to have 
implicitly relied on their discretion and judgment. 

That your Committee are not of opinion that 
bribery in the form of direct money payments ex- 
tensively prevailed at the last Election for the 
Town of Nottingham. 

That no such case of general riot at the last 
Election for the said Town has been proved as 
would make the said Election altogether null and 
void on that account. 


20th-—21st April. 





237 


Your Committee recommend that Her Majesty’s 
Government should take into their consideration the 
desirability of affording aid to similar associations, 
for the purpose of promoting the Reformation of 
Patients detained under the Provisions of this Bill. 

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


Lord Clarence Paget reported from the Select Contagious 
Committee on the Contagious Diseases Bill ; That Diseases Bill. 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- Bill 116. 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Legitimacy 
Reading of the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill; Declaration, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ** 3# 

upon Friday next. 


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

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, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





That violent and tumultuous proceedings took 
place at the last Election for the Lown of Notting- | 
ham, and on the day of polling especially bands | the 
of men armed with sticks, and others on behalf of | upon the 12th day of this instant April, was pro- 
Sir Robert Juches Clifton, by committing serious | posed to be made to the Question, That the Re- 


outrages on the property and persons of the inha-| presentation of the People Bill be now read a 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Representa- 


adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, tio of the 
‘ People Bill. 


bitants, created an alarm which was not without 
its influence on the result of the Election. 

That the state of excitement and alarm which 
prevailed immediately before and at the Election, 
afforded an apparently justifiable pretext for the 
hiring and payment by the Agents of Messrs. 
Paget and Morley of an excessive number of 
voters, under the colourable pretence of employing 
them in carrying on the machinery of the Election, 
and the protection of the supporters of Messrs. 
Paget and Morley, which, in the opinion of the 
Committee, led to a practice so extensive in its 
application and demoralizing in its effects, as well 
as unjustifiable and illegal. 

That, in the opinion of the Committee, corrupt 
practices have not extensively prevailed at the 
last Election for the Town of Nottingham. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Complaint being made to the House by Viscount 
Cranborne, Member for Stamford, that after the 
Determination of the Nottingham Town Election 
Committee, and before it had been reported to the 


House, Sir Robert Juches Clifton, one of the sitting | 


Members, had been arrested for debt ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Sheriffs of the County of Middle- 
sex do attend this House upon Monday next, at Four 
of the clock :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Contagious Diseases Bill have leave to make a 
Special Report. 

Lord Clarence Paget reported from the said 
Committee; That they had agreed to the following 
Special Report: 

Your Committee have reason to believe from 
information furnished to them from Government 
Departments, that much good has resulted from 
the efforts of an Association formed at Devonport 
for the purpose of reclaiming Persons placed in the 
Royal Albert Hospital of that Town, towards which 
some pecuniary assistance has been afforded by the 
Admiralty. 

VoL. 121. 





| second time; and which Amendment was, to leave 
| out from the word “That” to the end of the Ques- 
| tion, in order to add the words “ this House, while 
| “* ready to consider, with a view to its settlement, 
“the question of Parliamentary Reform, is of 
| opinion that it is inexpedient to discuss a Bill 
“for the reduction of the Franchise in England 
“and Wales, until the House has before it the 
** entire scheme contemplated by the Government 
“for the amendment of the Representation of 
* the People,” 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. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 











The Clerk, at the Table, informed the House mr, gpeaker’s 
that Mr. Speaker had been obliged, by the state Indisposition. 
of his health, to retire from the House for the 
remainder of the night:—Whereupon Mr. Dodson, 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, pur- 
suant to the Standing Order of the 20th day of 
July 1855. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And the House havin 
Twelve of the clock on 


Saturday, 21st April, 1866: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Harbour 
Reading of the Harbour Loans Bill ; Loans Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


continued to sit till after 
aturday morning ; 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Exchequer and 
into a Committee on the Exchequer and Audit Audit 
Departments Bill. B 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 


HH3 CLAUSES, 






































Local 
Government 
Supplemental 
Bill. 


Railways 
Clauses Bill. 


Cattle 
Assurance 
Bill. 


Customs 


238 20th—2 


Crauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 3 to N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 7, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 8 (Treasury to appoint Officers, 
Clerks, &amp;c., and to regulate numbers and salaries). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1.13: To leave 
out the words “the Treasury,” in order to insert 
the words “the Comptroller and Auditor Gene- 
ral.” 

Question, That the words “ the Treasury” stand 
part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criausr, N° 9 (The Comptroller and Auditor 
General to promote, suspend, or remove Clerks, 
&amp;c., and to make regulations subject to approval). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4,1. 24: To 
leave out the words “ Provided always” to the 
end of the Clause. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again —— put, and agreed to. 








Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and | 


Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had made Progress in the Bill; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Local Government Sup- 
»lemental Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

[r. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Waldegrave-Leslie reported, That the Committee 


had gone through the Bill, and directed him to re- | 


port the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 30th day of this instant April, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Cattle Assurance 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 


Duties (Isle of take into consideration the Customs Duties (Isle 


Man) Bill. 


Landed 

Property 

Improvement 
Ireland) 

{ Advances. } 


Art Bill 
[Lords.] 


of Man) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on 
Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) [ Ad- 
vances], a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

That the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury be authorized to direct the further Advance 
o: One Million Pounds, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom, for the purposes of 
Improvement of Landed Property in Ireland. 

he said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolution: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. Chil- 
ders, and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


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





Ist April. 1866. 
| 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. 


Superannua- 
tions (Officers 
Metropolitan 
Vestries and 
District 
Boards) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Superannuations (Officers Me- 
tropolitan Vestries and District Boards) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Tuesday next. 


Prosecution 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Expenses Bill, 


take into consideration the Prosecution Expenses 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (This Act shall continue in force for 
Three years next after the passing thereof, and 
thence to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament), was twice read ; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Railway 
Debentures, 


&amp;c. Regis 
Bill. ” 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railway Debentures, &amp;c. Registry 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 30th day of this instant April, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Cattle Sheds 
take into consideration the Amendments made by (¢ colnet) 
the Lords to the Cattle Sheds in Burghs ( Scot- pin, 
land) Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to, 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
| the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 





| 
| 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sugar. 
a Return of the Total Consumption of Sugar for 

the year ending the 30th day of September 1865 

| in Breweries, distinguishing Zondon and the Pro- 


vinces, and Scotland and Ireland. 
| 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hops. 
Returns of the Quantity of Hops Imported into 
the United Kingdom for the year ending the 30th 
day of September 1865, distinguishing the Ports 
_where Imported, and the Countries whence Ex- 
ported :——Of the Quantity of Foreign Hops 

_ Exported from the United Kingdom, from and to 
the same Date, distinguishing the Countries to 
which the same have been Exported, and the Quan- 
tities to each Country :——And, of the Quantity 
of British Hops Exported from and to the same 
Date, 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 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 287, of Session 1864). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Malt and 
Returns of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged B@tly- 
with Duty, and the Amount of Duty charged in 
the year 1865 in England, Scotland, and Ireland 
respectively : And, of the Quantity of Barley 
Imported into the United Kingdom in the year 
1865 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 87, of Session 1865). 





The Order nominating the Select Committee on Trade in 
Trade in Animals was read, and discharged. aes 

Ordered, That the Committee do consist of 
Nineteen Members. 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Mr. Milner Gibson, Lord Naas, Viscount Cran- 
borne, Sir James Fergusson, Mr. Edward Egerton, 
Mr. Goschen, Sir Morton Peto, Mr. Graham, The 
O’ Conor 




















Forsyth’s 
Indemnity 
Bill. 


F est 


a 
Sill, 


Drainage and 
Improvement 
of Lands 

(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 117. 


Landed 
Property 
Improvement 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 118. 


Finsbury 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Companies 
Bill. 


New Windsor 
Election. 


Rochdale 
Water Bill. 





99 VicTorRIA. 


O’ Conor Don, Sir Matthew White Ridley, Mr. Cogan, 
Mr. Carnegie, Mr. Dent, Mr. Holland, Mr. Hunt, 
Mr. Leader, Mr. Banks Stanhope, Mr. Graves, and 
Mr. Norwood; with Power to send for persons, 
papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to indemnify William Forsyth, Esquire, one of Her 
Majesty’s &gt; Steere from any penal consequences 
which he may have incurred by sitting or voting 
as a Member of the House of Commons while 
holding the Office of Standing Counsel to the 
Secretary of State in Council of India: And that 
Mr. Lowe and Mr. Scourfield do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

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

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read asecond time ; 
and 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. Deputy 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Waldegrave- 
Leslie 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. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to secure the 
repayment of Public Moneys advanced for the 
Drainage and Improvement of Lands and other 
ike objects in Ireland: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to authorize a 
further Advance of Money for the purposes of Im- 
provement of Landed Property in Ireland: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
day next, the Finsbury Estate Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 30th day of May next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
a Committee, upon Tuesday next, on the Public 
Companies Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 2d day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 








Monday, 23rd April, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


bie Serjeant at Arms attending this House 
informed the House, that, pursuant to a War- 
rant under the hand of the Chairman of the New 
Windsor Election Committee, and directed to him, 
he had, upon Saturday last, taken into his custody 
Alfred Colburn. 


General Peel reported from the Committee on 
&lt;7 - a Private Bills; That in the case of 
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20th—21st—23rd April. 





239 


the Rochdale Water Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by reciting therein more 
fully the financial state of the Company, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had made 
Provision in the Bill, pursuant to the Resolution 
of the House, to refer an arrangement for the 
transfer of the Undertaking to the Corporation of 
Rochdale ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 


Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 18th 
19th, and 20th 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. Hibbert, from the Select Committee appointed New Windsor 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition Election. 


complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of New Windsor, informed the House, 
That Alfred Colburn had prevaricated and other- 
wise misbehaved in giving his Evidence before the 
Committee ; and that he had, by the direction of 
the Committee, by Warrant under his hand, com- 
mitted the said Alfred Colburn to the custody of 
the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, to 
await the pleasure of the House. 

And the House being informed by a Member, 
That the said Alfred Colburn had expressed his 
contrition for his offence ; 

Ordered, That Alfred Colburn be discharged out 
of the custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this House, without payment of his Fees. 


Mr. Howard, from the Select Committee ap- Maidstone 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Election. 


Petition 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 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Maidstone. 

That James Whatman, 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 Jeurnals of this House. 

Mr. Howard, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolutions: 

That the Committee are of opinion that Henry 
Chambers, in his evidence before them, was guilty 
of wilful and corrupt perjury : 

That it was proved to the Committee that 
colourmen and bands of music were employed 
by both parties at the last Election. 

That it was not proved that corrupt practices 
have extensively prevailed at the last Election. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General be directed yp, attorney 
to prosecute Henry Chambers tor wilful and corrupt General to 
perjury in giving his Evidence before the said Henry C 


Committee. 


be: 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence seiniiies 
taken before the Committee be laid before this ordered. 


House. 


The House being informed by Mr. Speaker, mr. speaker’s 
that he had received notice that the Commission Indisposition. 


to give Her Majesty’s Royal Assent to certain 
Acts of Parliament, originally appointed for 


Friday last, is now ordered for this day, and that, 

being disabled from attending with the House in 

the House of Peers, he should be obliged, by 

permission of the House, to withdraw before the 

arrival of the Usher of the Black Rod; 
HH4 


Resolved, 


2 Report.) 


























Royal Assent. 


County 
Courts Bill. 


Cattle, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


Manchester 
Royal 
Exchange Bill. 


Mr. Speaker 
resumes the 
Chair. 
Northallerton 
Election. 


Huddersfield 
Election. 


King's County 


Election. 


240 


Resolved, That during the temporary absence 
of Mr. Speaker from the House, this day, for the 
reason stated by him, the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means do take the Chair as 
Deputy Speaker, and do attend with the House 
in the House of Peers, and do report to the House 
the Royal Assent to the said Acts. 

Whereupon Mr. Speaker withdrew from the 
House, and Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the 
Committee of Ways and Means, took the Chair as 
Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


A Message was delivered by Colonel Clifford, 

Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Deputy Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of ’eers, to hear the Commission 
read, 

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

Mr. Deputy 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 men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, 
as follow : 

An Act for the Abolition of the Offices of 
Treasurer, and of High Bailiff of County Courts, 
as Vacancies shall occur, and to provide for the 
payment of future Registrars of County Courts: 

An Act to amend the Act of the Eleventh and 
Twelfth years of Her present Majesty, chapter 
One hundred and Seven, to prevent the spreading 
of Contagious or Infectious Disordersamong Sheep, 
Cattle, and other Animals : 

An Act to enable the Proprietors of the Man- 
chester Royal Exchange to pull down and rebuild 
the same, and for other purposes with respect to 
the said Exchange. 


Whereupon Mr. Speaker returned to the House, 
and resumed the Chair. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to 

try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
laining of an undue Election and Return for the 

anak of Northallerton, 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- 
morrow, 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- 
jlaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
end of Huddersfield, were called over; and 
being come to the Table, they were sworn by the 
Clerk, 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Elestion 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 
try and determine the matter of the Petitions com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
King’s County, 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. 





23rd April. 








1866. 


Ordered, That the Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee-rooms of the 
House, at Eleven of the clock. 





Mr. Tomline reported the Slough Gas Bill, with Slough Gas 
Bill. 


Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. O'Reilly reported from the Committee on Thames and 


Group 7 of Railway Bills; 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same by altering 
the recital having reference to the obligation to 
maintain a certain water-pipe, and to the abandon- 
ment of a particular supply of water, so as to 
make that recital consistent with the Bill as passed 
by the Committee; and by omitting the recital 
relating to a Clause inserted in the Bill as laid 
before the Committee, exempting the Company, in 
certain cases, from the operation of Section 92 of 
“ The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,” 
the Committee having considered such exemption 
to be inexpedient, and having therefore struck the 
Clause out of the Bill; and by omitting the re- 
citals relating to Clauses in the Bill, as submitted 
to the Committee, authorizing the Company to lay 
down additional rails upon part of the Great West- 
ern Railway, and to work over parts of that Rail- 
way, and certain Railways of the London and 
North Western and Buckinghamshire Railway 
Companies, and the Railways of the Severn Junc- 
tion Railway Company, the Committee having 
decided that such Powers should not be granted, 
and having altered the Clauses of the Bill accord- 
ingly; and also by omitting the name of the Buck- 
inghamshire Railway Company from the recital 
relating to Working Arrangements, the name of 
that Company having been struck out of the cor- 
responding Clause in the Bill; and had found the 
Preamble, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Thames and Severn Canal Navigation Bill, they had Ba 


That in the case of the Severn Canal 
rn 


Mr. Howes, from the Select Committee appointed Lancaster 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition Borough 


complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Lancaster, informed the House, 
that the Committee had determined, 

That Edward Matthew Fenwick, Esquire, was 
not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Lancaster. 

That Henry William Schneider, Esquire, was not 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Lancaster. 

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. Howes, from the said Select Committee, fur- 
ther informed the House, that the Committee had 
agreed to the following Resolutions :— 

1. That Edward Matthew Fenwick, Esquire, and 
Henry William Schneider, Esquire, were, by their 
Agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election for 
the said Borough. 

2. That it was proved to the Committee, that 
Thomas Baxter was bribed with the payment of 
Fifteen pounds: — William Armistead, of Ten 
pounds :—John Western, of Ten pounds:—Richard 
Armistead, of Ten pounds :— Thomas Edmondson, 
of Ten pounds: —Henry Casson, of Twelve pounds : 
—Daniel Edmondson (the son of Jonas), of Ten 
or Twelve pounds :—John Edmondson, of Fifteen 
pounds :— Thomas Bennison, of Ten pounds:—and 
William Sharples, of Ten pounds. 

3. That there was no evidence to show that the 
said acts of bribery were committed with the 
knowledge or consent of the said Edward Matthew 
Fenwick, 


lection. 











29 Vicroria. 


Fenwich, Esquire, and Henry William Schneider, 
Esquire. 

4. That the Committee have reason to believe 
that corrupt practices extensively prevailed at the 
last Election. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Minutes Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
ordered. before the Committee be laid before this House. 
Banbury The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Gas Bil. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ban- 
bury Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 
Dr. Cashel’s Dr. Cashel’s Divorce Bill was read the third time. 
(Lorde Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence and 
Proceedings upon the Second Reading of the said 
Bill be returned to the Lords: And that the Clerk 
do deliver the same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Brighton and Hove General Gas Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


Brighton and 
Hove General 
Gas Bill. 


A Clause (Company to erect and maintain ex-| Orders, was read, and discharged. 


perimental meters for testing their Gas), 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. | 


Bristol and 
Exeter 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


ers) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Congleton The House proceeded to take into consideration 
een the Congleton Gas and Improvement Bill, as 
Bill. amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Glasgow The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Houses of the Glasgow Houses of Refuge Bill, as amended 


Refuge Bill, . P 
“eee in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Maidstone and Ashford Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Metropolitan District Railway Bill,as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Maidstone and 
Ashford 
Railway Bill. 


Metropolitan 
District 
Railway Bill, 


Presteign, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the Presteign, Clun, and Bishops Castle Railway 
Railway Bill, Dill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
enenaten, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ye =~ the Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway 
Leominster Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Railway Bill. © Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


ae and The Bray and Ennisherry Railway Bill was read 

mniskerry : et 

Railway Bill @ Second time ; and committed. 

[ Lords. } 

amy The Dagenham (Thames) Dock Bill was read a 

Dock Bill second time ; and committed. 

[Lords. ] 

Sue's __ , Lowther’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 

Bill (Lords) time ; and committed. 

een eat ond The Mid-Kent and South Eastern Railway Com- 
way Com. Panies Bill was, according to Order, read a second 

panies Bill, time; and committed. 


VoL 121. 


23rd April. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Bristol and Exeter Railway (Additional Pow- | Committee appointed by their Lordships on the Bill (1861.) 


241 


The House was moved, That the Report from Bristol and 

the Select Committee on Standing Orders in — 

eae : ° omerset 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the Railway 
Bristol and North Somerset Railway (Southern (Southern 
Extension) Bill, might be read; and the same being ©**2s!o2.) 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be givon to bring in a Bill 
for authorizing the Bristol and North Somerset 
Railway Company, and the Somerset and Dorset 
Railway Company jointly, to make and maintain 
a connecting Railway between the Bristol and 
North Somerset Railway, at Farrington Gourney, 
in the County of Somerset, and the Somerset and 
Dorset Railway at or near Bruton, in the same 
County, with Branches therefrom, to the East So- 
merset Railway, at Shepton Mallett, and through 
the Nettlebridge Valley to the Radstock Branch of 
the Great Western Railway; to raise additional 
Capital, and for further purposes: And that Mr. 
Berkeley and Sir Morton Peto do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

The Order, That the Salisbury and Dorset Salisbury and 
Junction Railway Bill be committed, was read, Dorset 
and discharged. Railway Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





The Order for referring the Petition for leave Andover, 
\to bring in the Andover, Radstock, and Bristol Radstock, 


| Railway Bill to the Select Committee on Standing — 


Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Monmouth- 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to eer a 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the @ as 


. - bs of Compan 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Cher Lines) 


Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company (New 
Lines) Bill, in Session 1861: And that the Clerk 
do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence London (City) 
taken before the Select Committee on the London Traffic Regu- 
(City) Traffic Regulation Bill be laid before this 4°" 3! 
House. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. shamenynese 
Vide Seven- 
teenth Report. 
Ordered, That the Petition of Landowners, Compulsory 
Farmers, Corn Merchants, Corn Factors, and Metage on 
others, Inhabitants of the County of Kent, which _ a 
was presented upon the 20th day of this instant 
April, praying that the claim of the Corporation of 
London to charges upon grain, seeds, &amp;c. brought 
into the Port of London by water, and the injurious 
consequences of such claim, may be inquired into by 
the Select Committee on Metropolitan Local Go- 
vernment, &amp;c., with the view of removing such 
charges, or modifying the compulsory character of 
the same, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Metropolitan Local Government, &amp;c. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Great 
Company, praying that provision may be made in — 
the Great Northern Railway (Potter’s Bar, Barnet, (Potter's Bar, 
and Hendon) Bill, for the protection of Wrotham Barnet, and 
Park Estate, was presented, and read; and re- — 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was Maidstone 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Election. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select No. 201. 
Committee on the Maidstone Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Montrose 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Harbour Bill 





II Bills, (4°r4*-] 







































































SSP See a 


Worcester and 
Birmingham 
Canal Bill 

[ Lords. | 


Ryde Gas Bill 
[Lords.] 


Mersey 
Pneumatic 


Railway Bill. 


Wakefield 
Election. 


Record. 
Publications. 


No. 202. 


East India 
Cirrigation 
Works.) 


Barony of 
Farney. 


Bantry Pier. 
No. 203. 


Wexford 
Convent 
School. 


No, 204. 


West African 
Mail Contract. 


No. 205. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty. 


No. 206. 


Helston 
Writ. 


242 


Bills, That in the case of the Montrose Harbour 
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 Worcester and Bir- 
mingham Canal Bill, originating in the Lords, and 
referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable thereto, 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 Ryde Gas Bill, ori- 
ginating 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 Petition for addi- 
tional provision in the Mersey Pneumatic 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. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
jlaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
auek of Wakefield, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at Eleven of the clock. 


Ordered, Vhat there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of any recent Treasury Minute on Record 
Publications. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Mr. Stansfeld presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of this 
instant April, for a Return relative to East India 
(Irrigation Works). 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Order, | 
dated the 10th day of this instant April, for a Re- | 
turn relative to the Barony of Farney. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bantry 
Pier, which was presented upon the 20th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Wexford 


Cenvent School, which was presented upon the 
20th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the West 
African Mail Contract, which was presented upon 
the 20th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Queen 


Anne’s Bounty, which was presented upon the 
20th day ofthis instant April, be printed. 


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 


23rd—4th April. 








1866. 


this present Parliament for the Borough of Helston, 
in the room of Adolphus William Young, Esquire, 
whose Election has been determined to be void. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number, Class, and Tonnage of all 
Vessels which passed up the River Tay to Ports 
above Dundee in the years 1855 and 1865. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 12th day of this instant April, was proposed 
tobe made to the Question, That the Representation 
of the People Bill be now read asecond 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, while ready to con- 
** sider, with a view to its settlement, the question 
of Parliamentary Reform, is of opinion that it is 
* inexpedient to discussa Bill for the reduction of 
* the Franchise in England and Wales, until the 
** House has before it the entire scheme contem- 
** plated by the Government for the amendment of 
* the Represer.tation of the People,” 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 ; 


Tuesday, 24th April, 1866: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Exchequer and Audit Departments 
Bill; °* 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


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 Cattle Assurance 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 Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered,That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Labouring Classes’ Dwellings 
(Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers Superannuation 
(Scotland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day bei 
Reading of the Merchant 
Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 7th day of May next. " 

€ 


read, for the Second 
hipping Act (1854) 





Tay River. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill. 


Exchequer 
and Audit 
Departments 
Bill. 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental Bill, 


Cattle As- 
surance Bill. 


Customs 
Duties (Isle of 
Man) Bill. 


Fishery Piers 
and Harbours 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Labouring 
Classes’ 
Dwellings 
({reland) Bill. 


Poor Law 


Superannua- 
tion (Scotland) 
Bill. 


Shipping 
Act (1854) 
Amen 
Bill. 





's 
rs 


ll. 


\- 
nd) 








99 VicTorRIA. 


Waterworks | The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bill. Reading of the Waterworks Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Crown Lands Lhe Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Crown Lands Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Convicts’ The Convicts’ Property Bill was, according to 
Property Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Bankruptcy The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Law Amend- Reading of the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. 
ment, &amp;c. Bill. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Naval Savings 


Banks Bill. Reading of the Naval Savings Banks Bill; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 

upon Thursday next. 
Contagious The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Diseases Bill. mittee on the Contagious Diseases Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day 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 Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Harbour The Harbour Loans Bill was, according to 
Loans Bill. 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Drainage and The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Jre- 
a land) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
Of Lands ° = : iad 

(Ireland) Bill. time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


House, for this day. 


@rd—24th April. 


243 


charged from the Militia during the same period, 
for the purpose of being enlisted for the regular 
Army. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Smoke. 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter addressed by the Se- 
cretary of State to the Mayors or Local Autho- 
rities in certain large Towns in England, on the 
subject of the Law in force in such Towns with 
| respect to the Consumption of Smoke, with the 
| substance 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 Mr. Algernon Egerton be Gis- Vaccination 
charged from further attendance on the Select Bill. 

| Committee on the Vaccination Bill. 

| _ Ordered, That Colonel Gilpin be added to the 


| Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- London (City) 
posed, That Mr. Westropp be discharged from fur- Corporation 
| ther attendance on the Select Committee on the &amp;** Bi 
| London (City) Corporation Gas Bill:—And the 
'said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the said 
Committee, that the several Petitioners who have 
prayed to be heard by Counsel, and the Promoters 
of the Bills referred to the said Committee, may 
appear and be heard by Counsel, if they think fit, 
upon the inquiry into the operation of the Metro- 
polis Gas Act. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Freeholders. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Counties of Cities and 
Counties of Towns which return Members to Par- 
liament, or did so before 1832; specifying those in 
which the Freeholders vote or voted for the City 
or Borough in respect of their Freeholds situated 
in them, and the Numbers of Freeholders now 
upon the Register in the respective Places. 

Ordered, That 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- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 

| their Clerks, as followeth : 

| The Lords have agreed to the Central Wales Central Wales 


Extension Railway Bill, without any Amend- Extension 


Divorce and The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was, 
a according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
i Lois). —sMitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 
East India Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Communica- Committee on East India Communications, that 
_ they be empowered to extend their inquiry to 
China, Japan, Australia, and the Mauritius. | 
Ordered, That the Committee do consist of 
Seventeen Members. 
Ordered, That Mr. Marsh and Mr. Brooks be 
added to the Committee. 
Army The Order, made upon the 17th day of this 


(Recruits.) instant April, for presenting to Her Majesty an | 


humble Address, that She would be graciously | 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before | 
this House, Returns relative to the Army (Re-| 
cruits), was read, and discharged. | 


Army Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 

(Recruits.) 9 Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Recruits raised 
in each quarter of the years 1862, 1863, 1864, and 
1865 respectively, distinguishing those Enlisted 
by Parties of the Line, Militia, or Pensioners, and 
stating the average Number of Recruiters, whether 
of the Line, Militia, or Pensioners employed in 
each period : And, of the Number of Men dis- 

VoL. 121. 











Railway Bill. 
| ment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Parliamentary Parliamentary 
Oaths Amendment Bill, with Amendments; to Oaths Amend- 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this ™™ _ 
House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Parliamentary 
Lords to the Parliamentary Oaths Amendment Oaths Amend- 


be taken into consideration this day; and Bill 119. 
e printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Inns of Court 
nesday next, the Inns of Court Bill, was read, Bil. 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Tuesday next. 
I1l2 A Motion 

















































Contagious 
Diseases 
[ Expenses. ] 


Representa- 


tion of the 


People Bill. 


Marriage with 
a Deceased 
Wife's Sister. 


King’s County 
Election. 


London (City) 
Corporation 
Gas Bill. 


King’s County 
Election. 


Tamar, Kit 
Hill, and 
Callington 
Railway Bill. 






244 ®3rd—24th April. 1866. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, | the Tamar, Kit Hill, and Callington Railway Bill 
this day, resolve itself into a Committee to con- | for empowering the Company to enter into Work- 
sider of making Provision for the Payment of the | ing Traffic Arrangements with other Companies, 
Expenses that may be incurred in the execution | was presented, and read; and referred to the 
of any Act of the present Session for the better 


Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
prevention of Contagious Diseases at certain Naval | 


and Military Stations ; _ Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select standirig 
Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, | Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Orders. 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having | tions; which were read, as follow : 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 1. That in the case of the Silloth Police Bill, Silloth Police 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. | Petition of Daniel Dixon and others, for dispensing ill, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | with Standing Order 129 in the case of their 
itself into the said Committee. | Petition against the Bill, the said Standing Order 
And then the House, having continued to sit | Ought to be dispensed with. ; y 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock | | 2. That in the case of the Glasgow Police Bill, Cieagow 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. Petition of Owners, &amp;c. of Minerals and others in *olce Bil. 
| Glasgow, for dispensing with Standing Order 129 
_ — :, |in the case of their Petition 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. 




























Tuesday, 24th April, 1860. 
PRAYERS. | 
i’ ILE House being informed, That the Sheriffs | 
of the City of London attended at the door, 


they were called in; and at the Bar presented, — Mr. Dodson reported the Wantage and Great Wantage and 
A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and | Western Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments, Great 


Commons of the City of London, in Common) Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; — 


Council assembled :—And then they withdrew. Railway Bill. 

And the said Petition, praying the House to 
pass the Bill to extend the Rights of Voting at 
Elections of Members of Parliament in England 
and Wales, was read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door, they 
were called in; and at the Bar presented,—A 
Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Commons of the City of London, in Common 
Council assembled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying the House so to 
amend the Law as to give free permission to those 


who may desire to contract Marriage with the | 


| and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Tyne Im- 
Tyne Improvement Bill; That they had examined provement 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by adding a recital, 
that by the Z'yne Improvement Act, 1861, and the 
Zyne Improvement Act, 1865, further Powers 
were given to the Tyne Improvement Commis- 
sioners ; and by further reciting that it is expedient 
modifications should be made in the Pier Rates 
authorized to be levied within the limits of the Port 
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 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. 





Sister of a Deceased Wife, was read; and ordered | 


to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 


King’s County Election Petitions have leave to sit | 


this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
London (City) Corporation Gas Bill have power 
to send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he | 


had, this day, received a Letter from Adam Mitchell, 
informing him that it is not his intention to proceed 
with his Petition complaining of an undue Election 


and Return for the King’s County:—And the | 


said Letter was read, as followeth :— 


7, Beaufort Buildings, Strand, London, 
Sir, 23rd April 1866. 

I hereby give you Notice that it is not my in- 
tention to proceed on my Election Petition com- 
plaining of ‘an undue Election and Return for the 
King’s County. 

1 have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 


Adam Mitchell. 
To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons, 


Ordered, That no further proceedings be taken 
upon the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Tamar, Kit Hill, and Calling- 
ton Railway Company, and the Cornwall Railway 
Company, praying that Provision may be made in 


Mr. Dodson reported the South Yorkshire Rail- south 
way bill, with Amendments, Yorkshire 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; ®+ilway Bill. 
and be printed, 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the parsonstown 
Parsonstown and Portumna Bridge Railway Bill; and Portumna 
That they had examined the allegati ained Bridge 
iat they had examined the allegations contained p ); il 
. &gt;.” . ‘ ailway Bill. 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
_ by striking out the Powers to raise further Capital, 

and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Weardale and Shildon Weardale and 
| District Water Bill, with Amendments. Shildon 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ra 


Mr. Dodson reported the Midland Railway Midland 
(Additional Powers) Bill, with Amendments. taddition r 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; powers) Bill. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Barnsley Local Board Barnsley 
of Health Bill, with Amendments. i 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Lancashire and York- Lancashire 
shire Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill, with 2n4 Yorkshire 
Amendments. Railway 

, (Extension of 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; Tiss, &amp;c.) 


aud be printed. 
Mr. 











| of 


S 





Mid.Hants 
Railway Bill. 


Bideford, 
Appledore, 


and Westward 


Ho’ Railway 
Bill. 


British Gas 
Company 
(Staffordshire 


Potteries) Bill. 


Colchester 
Gas Bill. 


Hexham and 
Allendale 
Railway Bill. 


London, 
Worcester, 
and South 
Wales 
Railway Bill. 


Llynvi Valley 
and Ogmore 
Valley 
Railway 
Companies 
Bill, 


Leven and 
East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Newchurch 
Parish 


Division Bill, 


39 VicToRIA. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Mid-Hants Railway Bill ; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
recital as to the expediency of the Company being 
authorized to apply Moneys raised or to be raised 
in respect of and not required for the Alton Lines, 
towards the construction of the Mid-Hants Line, 
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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Bideford, Appledore, and Westward Ho’ Railway 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by referring to the Deposited Plans and 
Sections, 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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
British Gas Company (Staffordshire Potteries) 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by reciting more fully the objects sought 
to be obtained under the Powers 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. Dodson reported the Colchester Gas Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the Hexham and Allendale Railway Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
so as to render it consistent with the actual state 
of circumstances and with the enactments of the 
Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gene through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the London, Worcester, 
and South Wales Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Lynvi Valley and Og- 
more Valley Railway Companies Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the Leven and East of Fife Railway Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and had verbally amended 
the same, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the Newchurch Parish Division Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
reciting that some of the therein-mentioned, Dis- 


24th April. 





‘the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (West 


taken before the Committee on the Manchester, 





Q45 


and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the . 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 7 of Railway Bills 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five (Group 7.) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Sir Brooke Bridges reported from the Com- Craven 


| mittee on Group 10 of Railway Bills; That in the — 
| case of the Craven Junction Railway Bill, the 
Referees on Private Bills having reported that 


ailway Bill. 


the Estimate is insufficient, the Committee had 
not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Bridgwater 
Bridgwater Election Petition have leave to sit Election. 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


A Motion being made, That the //udl South Hull South 
Bridge Bill be now read the third time ; — 
Lord Naas, 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 House proceeded to take into consideration Ellesmere and 
the Ellesmere and Glyn Valley Railway Bill, as Rallway Bal. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hoylake 
the Hoylake Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- ®#!way Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 

ew . 3 Railwa 

Riding Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the (west Riding 


Committee. Branches, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. *¢-) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Uxbridge and 
the Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway Bill, as — 
amended in the Committee. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Winchcomb 
the Wincheomb and Midland Railway Bill, as ae 
amended in the Committee. wey Se 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration a 
the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay. Railway ¢oinih’s ony 
(Extensions) Bill; as amended in the Committee. Railway 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. yeas 


The Medway Docks (No. 1) Bill was read a Medway 


second time ; and committed. Nout _ 


Lords. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second ronan 
Reading of the Aberdare Northern Railway Bill; Northern 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ®#i!way Bill. 
upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Manchester, 
Sheffield, and 
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Extension, iaiteay 


tricts have become Parishes for Ecclesiastical pur- *&amp;c.) Bill in Sesssion 1865, be referred to the (Extension, 
poses, and found the same, as amended, to be true ; | Committee on Group 10 of Railway Bills. ne.) Be 
I13 


VoL. 121, . 








Mr, (1865) 























246 24th April. | 1866. 


Rye Election. Mr. Evans, from the Select Committee appointed | same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
the Town and Port of Rye, informed the House, | and be printed. 

That the Committee had determined, 
That Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon. Esquire,| Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on London, 
is duly elected a Baron to serve in this present | Group 1a of Railway Bills; That in the case of Chatham, and 


Parliament for the Town and Port of Rye. the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway ( Various Railway 
And the said Determination was ordered to be | Powers) Bill, they had examined the allegations (Various 
entered in the Journals of this House. contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had Powers) Bill. 


Mr. Evans, from the said Select Committee,| amended the same, by omitting (in conformity 
further informed the House, That the Committee | with alterations made in the clauses of the Bill, 
had agreed to the following Resolutions :— | either by decisions of the Committee or by ar- 

That Thomas Bourne was bribed by the pay-| rangement between the Parties) the paragraphs 
ment of 51. and 1l. from Robert Hord for his | relating to the Bridge over the Medway, to the 
vote. proposed discharge of the Company from their 

That two letters, containing 5/. each, were sent | obligation to convey certain Land to the London, 
about the time of the Election to Samuel Lennard | Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, and 
for the purpose of influencing his vote. to the proposed repeal of a prohibition against the 

That it was not proved that such bribery was | Company’s taking or using certain Lands without 
committed with the knowledge of the sitting Mem- | the consent of the Corporation, and by excluding 
ber or his Agents. Land at Bromley from the paragraph relating to 

That the attempt to prove that the Reverend | the acquisition of additional Land, and so much of 
William Brocklebank was bribed by a promise of | the Preamble as related to extension of time for 
an appointment for his Son by the Sitting Member, | completion of the Peckham Line, and had found 
was entirely unsupported by evidence, and is} the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
frivolous and vexatious, through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

That the attempt to prove that George Jenner| Mr. Dent further reported from the Committee ; 
was bribed by a promise of an appointment for his | That they had altered certain provisions of the Bill 
Nephew by the sitting Member, was entirely un- | for the protection of the Petitioners Joseph Rawes 
supported by evidence, and is frivolous and vexa-| and William Brydone, as Trustees under the will of 
tious. | Mrs. Violet Tweedy, and that with respect to such 

That there is not reason to believe that corrupt! Petitioners, they are unanimously of opinion that 
practices have extensively prevailed at the last | they have been unreasonably subjected to expense 











Election for the Town and Port of Rye. | in defending their rights, proposed to be interfered 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the | with by the Bill, and are entitled to recover from 
Table. |the Promoters of such Bill, viz., the London, 


| Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, their 
King’s County Ordered, That the Select Committee on the | whole costs in relation thereto. 
Election. King’s County Election Petition have leave to ad- | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
journ till Friday next, at Eleven of the clock, in | and be printed. 
order to obtain the attendance of Witnesses from 


Ireland. Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on City, 
| Group 14 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- Kingston, and 
Huddersfield Lord Naas, from the Select Committee ap-| moting the City, Kingston, and Richmond Railway Railway" Bil, 
Election. pointed to try and determine the matter of the Bill had stited to the Committee that it was not 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and | their intention to proceed with the same. 


Return for the Borough of Huddersfield, informed | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
the House, That it appeared, from evidence ad- | and be printed. 
duced before the Committee this day, that Wi/- | 
liam Spencer, having been duly summoned by} Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-.-Report from Titanic Steel 
Mr. Speaker’s Warrant, had disobeyed such War- | one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, = Iron 
rant, and had not appeared before the said Com-| That in the case of the Titanic Steel and Iron Bill [Lords] 
mittee. Company Bill, originating in the Lords, and re- 

Resolved, That William Spencer, having been ferred on the First Reading thereof, no Standing 
duly summoned by Mr. Speaker’s Warrant to! Orders not previously inquired into are applicable. 
attend and give evidence before the Huddersfield; | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Election Committee, and having disobeyed such | 
Warrant, and not having appeared before the said | Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Middlesbrough 
Committee, is guilty of a contempt and breach of, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, er 
the Privileges of this House. That in the case of the Petition for additional Bill, 

Ordered, That William Spencer be, for his said | Provision in the Middlesbrough Extension and 
offence, taken into the custody of the Serjeant-| Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
at-Arms attending this House; and that Mr. | complied with. 
Speaker do issue his Warrant accordingly. Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Railway Bills Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee | Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the 
(Group 5:) on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That, no more Bills | said Petition. 

being ready for the consideration of the Committee, 
the Committee had adjourned for convenience of | Several Public Petitions were ogee and Public 





Parties till Tuesday next. read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Vide Seven- 
teenth Report, 
Wrexham, Mr. Richard B. Sheridan reported from the Com-| Major Cornwall Legh reported from the Com- Great 


Mold,and —_— mittee on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That in the | mittee on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That in the a 
— case of the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay | case of the Great Northern Railway (Additional (Additional 
(Additional Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, they had exa-| Powers) Bill, they had examined the allegations Powers) Bill. 
Powers) Bill. mined the allegations contained in the Preamble | contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 

of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking |*the same, by striking out so much thereof as re- 

out the Branch Railway to Brymbo, and found the | lated to the making of a Railway near —— 
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igh 
ind 
nt 


le 
ort, 


l 
Jl. 





Lancaster 
Borough 
Election. 


London (City) 
Traffi 


c 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Savings 
Banks. 


East India 

(Irrigation 

Works.) 
No. 207. 


Barony of 
Farney. 


No, 208. 


Cork and 
Youghal 
Railway Bill. 


No. 209. 


Halesowen 
and Broms- 
grove Branch 
Railways Bill. 


Louth and 
Lincoln 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill, 


Whipping 
Juvenile 
Offenders, 


Cattle Plague. 


29 Victoria. 


and the using of a portion of the Lancashire and 
Yorkshire Railway, so as to be in conformity with 
the Provisions of the Bill as passed by the Com- 
mittee, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Lancaster Borough Election 
Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the London (City) Traffic Regula- 
tion Bill. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 9th day of February last, for Returns 
relative to Savings Banks. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Kast India | 


(Irrigation Works), which was presented upon the 
23d day of this instant April, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cork 
and Youghal Railway Bill, which was communi- 
cated from the Lords upon the 16th day of this 
instant April, be printed. 


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


the Rererees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch Railways 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 


the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Louth and Lincoln Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


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


the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 
against the Great Western Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Letter addressed by Major 
Penrhyn, Chairman of the Petty Sessional Divi- 
sion of Richmond, to the Secretary of State for 


the Home Department, dated the 14th day of 


March 1866, relating to Whipping Juvenile 
Offenders by Metropolitan Police Constables : 
And, of any Reply 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 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Memorial from the County of 
Chester on the Cattle Plague, agreed to at a 
County meeting, and presented to the Secretary 
of State for the Home Department. 

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

VoL. 121, 


24th April. 


247 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday Colonial 


next, the Colonial Governors (Retiring Pensions) Governors 
Act Amendment Bill d, and discharged. — $@etiring 
ct Amendment Dill, was read, and discharged. Pensions) Act 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Amendment 
upon Friday the 4th day of May next. Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Law 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously (Scotland.) 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, Returns, in a tabulated form, for the 
year ended the 14th day of May 1865, showing, 
| for each Parish in Scotland, the Amount of Popu- 

lation, the Amount of Valuation, the Number of 

Poor on the Roll, the Amount of Poor Rates, and 
‘the Rate per Pound levied; distinguishing the 

ates on various Classes in those Parishes in 
which classification has been adopted and the 

| Exemptions allowed, and showing those Parishes 
-| in which the Rates are collected according to “ use 
‘and wont”: And, showing, for each County in 

Scotland, the Total of the Columns of the Return 
|for the several Parishes in such County, and the 
) average uniform Rate that would produce a Sum 

equal to the Total Amount of the Poor Rate for 
| such County. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 








Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he Wareham 
had, this day, received a Letter from James Stick- Election. 
land and James Arnold, informing him that it is 
not their intention to proceed with their Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Wareham :—And the said Letter 
was read, as followeth: 


Wareham Borough Election Petition. 


Sir, Wareham, 23rd April, 1866. 
We hereby beg to inform you that we do not 
‘intend to proceed with the Petition signed by us, 
delivered in on the 19th day of February last, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Wareham. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servants, 
James Stickland. 


James Arnold. 
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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was Rates on 
roposed, That, in the opinion of this House, Her Government 

Majesty’. Government should consider the expe- F?°PFY- 
diency of recommending to Parliament that all 
| Lands and Buildings used and occupied for public 
purposes ought to be liable to Local Rates in the 
same manner as other Property, and pay Rates 
accordingly :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being Poor Law 
put, That, in the opinion of this House, it is expe- ®*penditure. 
dient that all items of Poor Law Expenditure 
throughout the United Kingdom, not being In- 
maintenance or Out-relief, or otherwise under the 
immediate control and direction of Boards of 
Guardians or Parish Officers, should become a 
National Charge:—It passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Representa- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to ton et 
inquire whether the Signatures to the Petitions (j:Pden and 
presented to this House upon the 12th and 13th Manchester 
days of April 1866, in favour of the Representation #74 — 
of the People Bill, ond, gottening to be Petitions a 

4 oO 









































Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill 
(Harden 
Petition.) 


Tithe 
Commutation. 


Habeas Corpus 
Suspension 
(Ireland) Act 
( Limerick 
Gaol.) 


Transubstan- 
tiation, &amp;c. 
Declaration 
Abolition Bill. 


248 


of Inhabitants of Harden, near Bingley, in the 
County of York, and of Manchester and Salford, 
are the genuine Signatures of the Persons whose 
Signatures they profess to be; 
whom, and under what circumstances such Sig- 
natures were annexed:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire whether the Signatures to the Petition 
presented to this House upon the 12th day of 
April 1866, professing to be a Petition of Inha- 
bitants of Harden, near Bingley, in the County of 
York, in favour of the Representation of the People 
Bill, are the genuine Signatures of the Persons 
whose Signatures they profess to be; and, under 
what circumstances such Signatures were annexed 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Land and Money Payments assigned 


in lieu of Tithes and Glebe, under Inclosure Acts, | 


from the year 1757 to the year 1837, the Awards 
of which are entolled with the Registrars of the 
Ridings of the County of York; stating the 
Number of Acres and Amount of Money given in 
lieu of Tithe and Glebe, distinguishing the 
Amount assigned to Impropriators, Clerical In- 
cumbents, Ecclesiastical Corporations, and others 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 145, 
of Session 1865): Of all Land and Money 
Payments assigned in lieu of Tithes and Glebe, 
under Inclosure Acts, from the year 1757 to the 
year 1837, the awards of which are enrolled in the 
Superior Courts, and are now in the custody of 





the Number of Acres and Amount of Money given 


Amount assigned to Impropriators, Clerical In- 
cumbents, Ecclesiastical Corporations, and others 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 2, of 
Session 1866): And, from the Registrars of 
each Diocese in England and Wales, of all Impro- 
priated Tithes apportioned to Lay Owners, specify- 
ing the Parish in which such Tithes arise, the 
Name of each Impropriator, and the Amount of 
Tithe assigned to him; together with the Owners 





and Acreage of Land on which any Tithes have | 


been merged by the Tithe Commissioners (in part 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 326, of 
Session 1832). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Persons confined in the 
Gaol of the County of Limerick up to the 18th day 
of April 1866, under the provisions of the Habeas 
Corpus Suspension (Jredand) Act ; stating whether 
all or any of said Prisoners have been kept in 
separate Confinement and treated under the Silent 
System since their Committal; and, if so, specify- 
ing the Number of Hours they have been con- 
fined in their Cells, and the Number of Hours they 
have been allowed for Exercise each day; and 
whether, during sueh Exercise, the Silent System 
has been imposed ; whether said Prisoners, or any 
of them, have been allowed to communicate with 
their Professional Advisers, or Friends, or Rela- 
tives, or Men of Business, or to write to such Ad- 
visers, Friends, Relatives, or Men of Business ; 
and, if so, whether in the presence of the Officers or 
Governor of the Prison, and subject to their or 
his approval or otherwise. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Transubstantiation, &amp;c. Declara- 
tion Abolition Bill; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 8th day of May next. 


24th April. 


in lieu of ‘Tithes and Glebe, distinguishing the | 
’ . = General to promote, suspend, or remove clerks, &amp;c., 





1866. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
| take into consideration the Superannuations (Offi- 
_cers Metropolitan Vestries and District Boards) 


/ments were made to the Bill. 

| Another Amendment was proposed to be made 

to the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 33, by inserting, after the 

| word “ allowance,” the words “ or of the late Me- 

| tropolitan Commissioners of Sewers.” 

| And the Question being proposed, That those 

|words be there inserted:—The said proposed 

_Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 

| drawn. 

| Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 

| to the Bill, in p. 3, 1. 19, by inserting, after the 


- word “ district,” the words “ and also all corporate 


me — by the vestry for parochial pur- 
oses, 

| And the Question being put, That those words 

be there inserted :--It passed in the Negative. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

‘upon Friday next. 


| The Prosecution Expenses Bill was, according 
' to Order, read the third time. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
| Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
‘into a Committee on the Exchequer and Audit 

Departments Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 
CxiausE, N° 9 (The Comptroller and Auditor 





the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records ; stating | 


and to make regulations, subject to approval). 


| Amendment again proposed, in p. 4,1. 25: To 


‘leave out from the words “ provided always,” to 


| the end of the Clause. 


| Question proposed, That the words proposed to 


ibe left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 


/ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

| Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

| Crause, N° 10, agreed to. 

_ Cuauses, N° 11 to N° 15, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cause, N° 16, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 18 (Annual accounts of issues for 
| Consolidated Fund Services to be prepared and 
audited for Parliament). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8,1. 37: To leave 
‘out the words “and Assistant Comptroller and 
| Auditor.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Causes, N® 19 to N° 47, with Amendments to 
16 of them, agreed to. 

Schedules A. and B., amended, and agreed to. 

Schedule C. disagreed to. 

New Schedule C. added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upou Monday 
next; and be printed. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Drainage and Improve- 
ment of Lands (Jreland) Bill; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 

mittee 





Superannua- 
tions (Officers 
Metropolitan 
Vestries and 


and, if not, by | Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- District 


Boards) Bill, 


Prosecution 
Expenses Bill, 


Exchequer 
and Audit 
Departments 
Bill. 


Bill 120. 


Drainage and 
Improvement 
of Bands 

(Ireland) Bill. 





tC ee 








and 
ent 


Bill. 





Parliamentary 
Oaths Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Contagious 
Diseases 
[Expenses. ] 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Forsyth’s 
Indemnity 
Bill. 

East India 


Transfer Bill. 


Cornwall 
County 
Lunatic 
Asylum Bill. 
Delabole 
Railway and 
Bossinney 
Harbour Bill 
[Lords.] 


East Barnet 
Gas and 
Water Bill 
{Lords.] 


Brighton 
West Pier 
Bill [Lords, } 


Monmouth- 
shire Railway 
and Canal 
(New Lines, 
&amp;c.) Bill 
(1861,) 


Conferences 
Corrupt 
ices at 


Elections, ) 


29 VicTorta. 


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 Order of the day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
— to the Parliamentary Oaths Amendment 

ill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Contagious Diseases [ Ex- 
penses ]. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to make Provision 
for the payment of any Expenses that may be 
incurred under any Act of the present Session for 
the better prevention of Contagious Diseases at 
certain Naval and Military Stations, out of Money 
to be provided by Parljament for that purpose. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received 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 Forsyth’s Indemnity 
Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the East India Mili- 


- tary, &amp;c. Funds Transfer Bill, with an Amend- 


ment; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Cornwall County 
Lunatic Asylum Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to incorporate a Company for making a Railway 
from Delabole to Bossinney, with an Extension to 
Bossinney Harbour and other Works there, and 
a Branch near Trewarmet, in the County of Corn- 
wall, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to incorporate the Proprietors of the East Barnet 


’Gas and Water Company, Limited, and to confer 


on them further Powers for the Supply of Gas and 
Water, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to incorporate the Brighton West Pier Company, 
and to enable them to construct a Pier at Brighton, 
in the County of Sussex, and for other purposes; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords communicate Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee appointed by 
the House of Lords, in Session 1861, on the Mon- 
mouthshire Railway and Canal (New Lines, &amp;c.) 
Bill, as desired by this House, with a request that 
the same may be returned. 

The Lords have agreed to the following Reso- 
lution : 

That the Lords are willing to receive from the 
Commons by Message, without a Conference, any 
Communication desiring the concurrence of the 
Lords to any Address to Her Majesty, under the 
Provisions of the Act Fifteenth and Sixteenth 
Victoria, chapter Fifty-seven, to which the Com- 
mons may have agreed, unless at any time the 
Commons should on to communicate the same 
at a Conference. 

VoL. 121. 


Q4th—25th April. 





249 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Juries in 
Wednesday the 16th day of May next, the Juries Criminal 
in Criminal Cases Bill, was read, and discharged. ““** _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 30th day of May next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Wednesday, 25th April, 1866. 


HE Clerk, at the Table, informed the House Mr. Speaker's 
that the state of Mr. Speaker’s health was !ndisposition. 

such as to prevent him from attending the 

House this day:—Whereupon Mr. Dodson, the 

Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, 

proceeded to the Table as Deputy Speaker ; 

and after Prayers, counted the House, and Forty 

Members being present, took the Chair, pursuant 

to the Standing Order of the 20th day of July 

1855. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bury Gas Bill. 
the Bury Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cleethorpes 
the Cleethorpes Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Gas Bill. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Congleton and 
the Congleton and Buxton Road Bill, as amended Buxton Road 
in the Committee. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ebb Vale, 
the Ebbw Vale, Beaufort, &amp;c. Water Bill, as Beaufort, &amp;e. 
‘ “ : Water Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Llynvi Valley 
the Llynvi Valley Railway Bill, as amended in ®*!way Bill 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Macclesfield 
the Macclesfield and Chapel-in-the-Frith Road aie teen 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Manchester and Stockport Railway Bill, as Stockport 
. 4 ailway Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- eae bseag 
way (Liverpool Extension) Bill, as amended in the ieee ms 
Committee. (Liverpool 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. — 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wrexham, 
the Wrerham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay and Mold, and 


Hoylake Railways Bill, as amended in the Com- sad Hovlabe 
mittee. Railways Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Dublin and Kingstown Railway (Lease) Dublin and 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Kingstown 
Railway 


‘ Lore} Bill 
ordas. 
Ordered, That in the case of the Bristol and Bristol and 
North Somerset Railway (Southern Extension) in ae 
Bill, Standing Order 185 be suspended, and that (Southern” 
the Bill be now read the first time. Extersion) 

A Bill for authorizing the Bristol and North Bill 
Somerset Railway Company and the Somerset and 
Dorset Railway ps jointly to make and 
maintain a connecting Railway between the ~— 

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250 


and North Somerset Railway, at Farrington Gour- 
ney, in the County of Somerset, and. the Somerset 
and Dorset Railway, at or near Bruton, in the 
same County, with Branches therefrom to the 
East Somerset Railway at Shepton Mallet, and 
through the Nettlebridge Valley to the Radstock 
Branch of the Great Western dicey; to raise 
additional Capital, and for further purposes, was 
accordingly read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Brighton West 
Pier Bill 
[Lords. } 


The Brighton West Pier Bill was read the first 
ime. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Delabole 
Railway and 
Bossinney 
Harbour Bill 
| Lords. 


The Delabole Railway and Bossinney Harbour 
Bill was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The East Barnet Gas and Water Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


East Barnet 
Gas and 
Water Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Public 
Petitions 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Vide Seven- 
teenth Report. 

A Petition of Charles Venables, William Blandy, 
John Kirby Hedges, Henry Darvill, and Thomas 
Randall, the Committee appointed by the Commis- 
sioners of the Thames and Isis Navigation, acting 
in execution of Public Acts of Parliament of the 
24th year of the reign of King George 2d, and of 
the 11th, 15th, 28th, 35th and 52d years of the 
reign of King George 3d, for better carrying on, 
and regulating and improving, and completing the 
Navigation of the Rivers Thames and Isis, from the 
Jurisdiction of the City of London, near Staines, 
to the Town of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, 


Thames 
Navigation 
Bi 


at a General Meeting duly assembled pursuant to | 


the said Acts, praying that the Thames Navigation 

Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands; and 

that the Petitioners may be heard, by themselves, 

their Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses before the 

Committee of the House to whom the said Bill may 

be referred, against such of the Clauses of the said 

Bill as affect the rights, interests, and property of 
such Commissioners as aforesaid, and in support of 
such other Clauses as they may deem necessary or | 
expedient for their protection and the protection | 
of the Bondholders; and that they may have 

such further or other relief in the premises as to 

the House shall seem meet, was presented, and 

read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their Counselor Agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and Counsel heard 
in favour of the Bill against the said Petition. 


Lancaster 
Borough 
Election. 


No. 210, 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Lan- 
caster Borough Election Petition, which were pre- 
sented upon the 24th day of this instant April, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the London 
(City) Traffic Regulation Bill, which were pre- 
sented upon the 24th day of this instant April, be 
printed. 


Savings Banks. Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 
No, 212. Banks, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


London (City) 
Traffic 


=a 


No. 174. 


95th April. 


1866. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Cattle Plague, 
to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of this instant 
April, for a Return relative to the Cattle Plague. 
. a That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


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

mittee on the Fellows of Colleges Declaration Bill; mea 
° ° ‘ eclaration 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Bin. 
being proposed, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do now 
leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House will, upon this day six months, 
resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question 


A Member 
te takes the Oath, 
And the Question beint put, That the words Fellows of 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; + 
The House divided. Bill. ‘ 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Bouverie, 
Yeas,  \|Mr. Dudley Fortescue : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Walpole, 
Noes, \Sir William Heathcote : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do now 
leave the Chair:—The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Baring 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 Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


A Member was sworn. 





} 208. 
} 186. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Turnpike 
Reading of the Turnpike Roads Bill; Roads 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- Railways . 
mittee on the Railways (Guards’ and Passengers’ ra 
Communication) Bill; Communica- 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. _ tion) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 


Committee. 


The Order of the day being rea@, for the Com- Hop Trade 
mittee on the Hop Trade Bill ; = 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Commons 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Commons (Metropolis) Bill ; 

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


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


mittee of Supply + 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 





next, resolve itself into the said Committee. oe 








is) 





o 
Contagious 
Diseases 

[Expenses. ] 


Veterinary 
Surgeons. 


London (City) 


Corporation 
Gas Bill. 


Execution of 
Deeds. 


Trade in 
Animals. 


Poor, County, 
and Police 
Rates. 


Bridgwater 
tion. 


99 Victoria. Q5th 


Mr. Adam reported from the Committee on Con- 
tagious Diseases [Expenses], a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient to make provision for the 
payment of any Expenses that may be incurred 
under any Act of the present Session for the bet- 
ter prevention of Contagious Diseases at certain 
Naval and Military Stations, out of Money to be 
provided by Parliament for that purpose. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to prevent any Person who has not obtained the 
Diploma of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur- 
geons from assuming the Title of Veterinary Sur- 
geon: And that Mr. Holland and Mr. Newdegate 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Westropp be discharged from 
further attendance on the Select Committee on 
the London (City) Corporation Gas Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Paull be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to simplify and lessen the Expense of the Execu- 
tion of Deeds by Married Women, and to amend 
the Law as regards the effect of Deeds executed 
under Powers of Attorney: And that Mr. Gold- 
ney and Mr. Powell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Trade 
in Animals do consist of Twenty-one Members. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Salomons and Mr. 
Wilbraham Egerton be added to the Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Values assessed and of the 


amounts collected in the year 1864—5, under the | 


Heads of Poor, County, and Police Rates, distin- 
guishing the Properties assessed under the Items 
of “ Land,” “ Tithes,” ‘“ Fisheries,” ‘ Manors,” 
* Houses,” “Coal Mines,” “ Other Mines,” “ Iron- 
works,” “ Quarries,” ‘ Gasworks,” “ Canals,” and 
* Railways.” 

Ordered, That 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. Baxter, from the Select Committee ap- 
— to try and determine the matter of the 

etitions complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Bridgwater, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Henry Westropp, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Bridgwater. 

That Alexander William Kinglake, Esquire, is 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Bridgwater. 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so 
far as regards the Return of Henry Westropp, Es- 
quire, is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Bazter, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That Henry Westropp, Esquire, was, by his 
Agents, guilty of bribery and treating at the last 
Election. 

That it was proved to the Committee that John 
Cooze and John Staples were bribed by the pay- 
ment of 102. each. 

That Philip Gilbert and Frederick Jones re- 
ceived offers of money in order to induce them to 
vote for the said Henry Westropp; but that it was 
VoL. 121. 





April. 251° 


|not proved that such bribery and treating were 
committed with the knowledge and consent of the 
said Henry Westropp. 

That there is reason to believe that corrupt prac- 
tices have extensively prevailed ht the last Election 
for the Borough of Bridgwater. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Henry Baillie reported the Liverpool Cor- Liverpool 
poration Water Bill, with Amendments. a soe 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. . 


Mr. Holland presented a Bill to prevent any Veterinary | 
Person who has not obtained the Diploma of the Su78ens Bill. 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons from as- Bill 121. 
suming the Title of Veterinary Surgeon: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Goldney presented a Bill to simplify and Execution of 
lessen the expense of the Execution of Deeds by Deeds Bill. 
Married Women, and to amend the Law as re-_ Bill 122. 
gards the effect of Deeds executed under Powers 
of Attorney: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 9th day of May next; and to be 
priuted. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the General Com- Railway and 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had oe “ 
made an alteration in the Groups already formed, ae 
and directed him to report the same to the House. No. 69. 

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


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Rye Election. 
taken before the Select Committee on the Rye 
Election Petition be laid before this House. 


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee Castle Cary 

on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That the Parties -_ Langport 
‘ : 4 ° ailway Bill. 

promoting the Castle Cary and Langport 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. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 23d shannon 
day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, iver. 
was made from the Select Committee on the No..213. 
Shannon River, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Shannon River. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to 
report their Observations thereupon to the House, 
| together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
| before them. 

Colonel French reported from the said Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred; and had 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. 








} 
| Ordered, That the Amendment made 7 the East India 


Lords to the East India Military, &amp;c. Funds 7) 
Transfer Bill, be taken into consideration To- Transfer Bill. 
morrow. 


Military, &amp;c. 
nds 


Ordered, That the Parties appearing before the London (City) 
Select Committee on the London (City) Corpora- png ong 
tion Gas, &amp;c. Bills, have leave to print the Minutes oe 
of the Evidence taken before the Committee, day 
| by day, from the Committee Clerk’s Copy, if they 
think fit. 


Mr. Henry Baillie reported from the Committee fom 
of Group L. of Private Bills; That in the case of ,&gt;Pravement 
the Leeds Improvement Acts Amendment Bill, ment Bill, 


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they 
















































































































































































































AE RET SRE a ONS EE RE ee 


Se 


- Bre 


= 


. 


eS 


== 


Marriages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Marriages 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) 


Conferences 
(Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections, ) 


Marriages 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Bill 123. 


Swansea. Vale 
Railway Bill. 


North British 
Railway (Tay 
Bridge) Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 5.) 


Education 
(Science and 
Art.) 


Colonial 
Statistics. 


Seamen’s 
Savings Banks, 


252 


they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had made provision 
in the Bill, pursuant to a Resolution of the House, 
it having been proved to the Committee that notice 
of the additional provision had been inserted for 
two successive weeks in one and the same News- 
paper published in the Town of Leeds; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Tues- 
day next, the Marriages (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law relating to Marriages by Roman 
Catholic Clergymen in /reland: And that Mr. 
Serjeant Armstrong and Mr. Bryan do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the last part of the Message from 
the Lords of the 24th day of this instant April, 
wherein their Lordships acquaint this House, That 
they have agreed to the following Resolution: 
That the Lords are willing to receive from the 
Commons by Message, without a Conference, any 
Communication desiring the concurrence of the 
Lords to any Address to Her Majesty, under the 
provisions of the Act fifteenth and sixteenth Viec- 
toria, chapter fifty-seven, to which the Commons 
may have agreed, unless at any time the Commons 
should desire to communicate the same at a Con- 
ference, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Mr. Serjeant Armstrong presented a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to Marriages by Roman 
Catholic Clergymen in Jre/and: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
= of the Referees on Private Bills on several 
-etitions against the Swansea Vale Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- 
port of the Referees on Private Bills on several 
Petitions against the North British Railway ( Tay 
Bridge) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee 
on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That, for the con- 
venience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 
to Tuesday next. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bruce presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Thirteenth Report of the Science 
and Art Department of the Committee of Council 
on Education, for the year 1865. 


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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Statistical Tables relating to the Co- 
lonial and other Possessions of the United King- 
dom. Part X.. 1863. 

Mr. Milner Gibson also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of all Deposits received and repaid by the 
Board of Trade, under the authority of the Sea- 
men’s Savings Bank Act, 1856, 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 41, 
during the year ended 20th November 1865, and 
of the Interest thereon. 

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


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Deputy 
Speaker adjourned the House till To-mor- 
row, without putting the Question. 


25th—226th April. 











1866. 


Thursday, 26th April, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 


M* Speaker acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Letter from John 
Bingham, as Agent for Richard Ashton, inform- 
ing him that it is not his intention to proceed with 
his Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Barnstaple :—&lt;And the 
said Letter was read, as followeth : 
36, Parliament-street, Westminster, S. W., 
Sir, 25th April 1866. 

As Agent for Richard Ashton in the matter of 
his Petition, delivered in on the 20th day of 
February last, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Barnstaple, 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, 


John Bingham. 
To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That 
he had this day received a Letter from John King 
Marsh and Walter Parker Belchar, informing 
him that it is not their intention to proceed with 
their Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said Borough :—And the said 
Letter was read, as followeth :— 


Sir, 9th March 1866. 
We hereby give you Notice that it is not our 
intention to proceed with our Election Petition, 
delivered in on the 20th February last, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Barnstaple. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servants, 
John King Marsh. 


Walter Parker Belchar. 


To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That 
he had this day received a Letter from Thomas 
Joslin and Edward Martin, informing him that it 
is not their intention to proceed with their Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough :—And the said Letter was read, 
as followeth :— 

Sir, Barnstaple, April 1866. 

In the matter of our Petition, delivered in on the 
19th day of February last, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Barn- 
staple, 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, © 


Thomas Joslin. 


Edward Martin. 
To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


The Orders for referring the said Petitions to 
the General Committee of Elections were severally 
read, and discharged. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the General Banbury 
Committee of Elections the Names of the Mem- Election. 


bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complainin 
of an undue Election and Return for the Boroug 
of Banbury, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, 
and the Lists of Voters : 

William Bovill, Esquire, 

George Grenfell Glyn, Esquire ( Shaftesbury), 

John Locke, Esquire, 

Lord Robert Montagu, 
The 





99 Vicroria. 
The Right Honourable John Robert Mowbray, 


Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Cheltenham 


Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the General 
Election. 


Committee of Elections the Names of the Mem- 
bers 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 Cheltenham, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto : 

The Honourable John Lowry Cole (Ennis- 

hillen), . 

Robert Wygram Crawford, Esquire (London), 

Viscount Holmesdale, 

Sir Colman Michael O’Loghlen, 

Acton Smee Ayrton, Esquire, Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the General 
Committee of Elections; That they had ap- 
pointed— 

‘Lord John Thomas Browne (Mayo), and 
Admiral the Honourable Arthur Duncombe 
( York, E. R.) 
to be Members of the Chairmen’s Panel, and to 
serve as Chairmen of Election Committees for the 
present Session, in the room of— 
Edward Christopher Egerton, Esquire (Mac- 
clesfield), and 
The Honourable Charles Wentworth George 
Howard ( Cumberland), 
who had been discharged from continuing on the 
Chairmen’s Panel. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Brighton and = The Brighton and Hove General Gas Bill was 
Hove General yead the third time. 
——— Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for extending the Limits of the 
District within which the Brighton and Hove Ge- 
neral Gas Company may supply Gas, and for 
empowering the Company to raise additional Capi- 
tal, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bristol and 
Exeter 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


A Motion being made, That the Bristol and 
Exeter Railway (Additional Powers) Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Fitzpatrick, 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 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Bristol and 
Exeter Railway Company to construct Railways 
and Works, and purchase additional Lands in the 
Parish of Bridywater, in the County of Somerset ; 
for transferring to the Company the Powers of 
constructing and working the Brean Down Rail- 
way, and for other purposes. 

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


Congleton Gas The Congleton Gas and Improvement Bill was 
mene apreve- read the third time. 
: Resolved, That the Bill do pass : And that the 
Title be, An Act for empowering the Corporation 
of the Borough of Congleton to purchase the Gas 
Works of the Congleton Gas Light Company, and 
to supply Gas within the Borough and its Neigh- 


bourhood, in the County of Chester, and to pave 


and improve Streets and Highways in the Borough, 
VoL. 121. 





26th April. 





253 


and to improve and regulate Markets and Fairs in 
the Borough, and for other purposes. 

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


The Glasgow Houses of Refuge Bill was read Glasgow 
the third time. Houses of 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eens 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Maidstone and Ashford Railway Bill was Maidstone and 

read the third time. —— ne 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ailway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Metropolitan District Railway Bill was Metropolitan 
read the third time. —— BiD 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Presteign, Clun, and Bishops Castle Rail- Presteign, 
way Bill was read the third time. Clun, and 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. titer os “9 
Ordered, Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Worcester, Bromyard, and Leominster Rail- Worcester, 
way Bill was read the third time. peat a tome 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ster Railway 


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


The House proceeded to take into-consideration Merrybent 
the Merrybent and Darlington Railway Bill, as 2nd Darlington 
amended in the Committee. ay See. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Petition of the Cambrian Railways Company, Cambrian 
praying that provision may be made in the Cam- og k 
brian Railways (New Works) Bill for enabling the ad —_ 
Company to deviate their Railway between 
certain points, was presented, and read; and re- 

— to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
ills. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Harborne Rail- Harborne 
way, praying that provision may be made in the Railway Bill. 
Harborne Railway Bill for deviating the Railway 
between certain points, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Barry Railway 

one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private a 
Bills, That in the case of the Barry Railway *l! '4ré] 
( Alteration) Bill, originating in the Lords, and re- 
ferred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,--Report from Letterkenny 
one of the Examinersof Petitions for Private Bills, #™4 — 
That in the case of the Letterkenny and London- Lough Swill 
derry and Lough Swilly Railways Bill, originating Railways Bi 
in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading (Lords. ] 
thereof, the Standing Orders not previously in- 
quired into, and which are applicable thereto, have 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Harbour 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from am ena 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ® 

That in the case of the Barry Harbour Bill, ori- 

ginating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
eading thereof, the Standing Orders not pre- 


KK3 viously 


Redheugh 
Bridge and 
Approaches 
Bill [ Lords. | 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide 
Eighteenth 
Report. 





Metropolitan 
Railway 

( Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


New Windsor 
Election. 


254. 


viously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, 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 Redheugh Bridge and Ap- 
proaches Bill, originating in the Lords, and re- 
ferred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which are 
applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Metropolitan Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, 
by omitting the recital as to the purchase of the 
Undertaking of the Metropolitan and Saint John’s 
Wood Railway Company, and recitals as to other 
matters powers for which were not sought 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. Hibbert, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of New Windsor, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of New Windsor. 

That Henry Labouchere, Esquire, is not duly 


26th April. 





elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of New Windsor. 


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. Hibbert, from the said Select Committee, | 
further informed the House, That the Committee | 
had agreed to the following Resolutions : | 

1. That Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare was, by his | 
Agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election. | 

2. That Henry Labouchere, Esquire, was, by his 
Agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election. 

3. That it was proved to the Committee, that 
various acts of bribery have been committed by 
the engagement, by the Agents of the said Sir 
Henry Ainslie Hoare and Henry Labouchere, Es- 
quire, of an excessive number of public-houses as | 
committee rooms, in which none of the legitimate | 
business of the Election was transacted, and to the 
owners of which, who were voters, sums varying 
in amount from 10/. to 20 2. were paid. 

4, That it was not proved that such acts of 
bribery were committed with the knowledge or 
consent of the said Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare and 
Henry Labouchere, Esquire. 

5. That it was proved, that previous to the Elec- 
tion, the Agents of the said Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare 
and Henry Labouchere, Esquire, gave various dona- 
tions to the funds of the “Odd Fellows,” and certain 
other benefit societies, and to the sick fund belong- 
ing to men in the employment of Mr. Cooper, at 

indsor, many members of which societies were 
voters. 

6. That Police Sergeant Noble, Police Con- 
stable Joseph Taylor, and Police Constable Alfred 

Colburn, voted at the last Election for the said 
Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare and Henry Labouchere, 








1866. 


Esquire, therely incurring a penalty of 101. each 
and costs, which amounts were paid by the Agents 
of the said Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare and Henry 
Labouchere, Esquire. 

7. That the Committee have no reason to be- 
lieve that corrupt practices have extensively pre- 
vailed at the last Election for the Borough of New 
Windsor. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





General Peel reported the Kilmarnock Water Kilmarnock 


Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Water Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolis 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Rates. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Abstract of Return from each Vestry 
and District Board elected under the Provisions 
of the Metropolis Local Management Acts, setting 
forth the Value of Property in each Parish and 
District as assessed to the County Rate, the Sum 
on which the Rates are assessed for the Relief of 
the Poor; the Rate in the Pound, and the Total 
Amount levied for each of the several purposes of 
Poor Relief, County, Police, Baths and Wash- 
houses, Burial Board, Paving, Lighting, and 
Cleansing, Local Sewerage, Debt, Payments to 
the Metropolitan Board of Works, and any other 
Charges; the Gross Total Amount of Money 
raised for all the above purposes, and the Total 
expended for the year ending the 25th day of 
March 1866: Returns of the Names of all 
Officers employed as Clerks, Surveyors, Collec- 
tors, Health Officers, Inspectors of Nuisances 
employed under such Vestries, District Boards, 
Poor Boards, or other Boards; setting forth the 
Offices they severally hold, with the Amount of 
Salary, Fees, Poundage, Perquisites, Value of 
House Rent, and other Benefits enjoyed by such 
Officers under any General or Local Act or other- 
wise (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
32, of Session 1862):—-. From each Vestry and 
District Board, setting forth the Number of Gates, 
Bars, or Rails placed upon the Roads of their re- 
spective Districts for the purpose of prohibiting 
or limiting the Traffic thereon; giving the Act 
or authority under which such Gate, Bar, or Rail 
is maintained ; the extent to which Public Traffic 
is interfered with by the Gate, Bar, or Rail being 
kept wholly or occasionally closed ; and the Name 
of the Street, Square, or Place where the same is 
situate :—— And, Copy of all Correspondence that 
has taken place between any Vestries or District 
Boards and the Parties maintaining such Bars, 
Gates, and Rails, with the view to obtain their 
removal, 

Ordered, That 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. O'Reilly reported from the Committee on: East 


Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
East Gloucestershire Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the portion thereof relating to the laying down of 
broad gauge lines on a part of the Railway, and 
also with respect to the Power of the Midland 
Railway Company to enter into certain agree- 
ments, not considering the latter allegation neces- 
sary, and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for prin 
the adjourned Debate on the Question propose 
upon 





Gloucester- 
shire Railway 
Bill. 


Established 
Church 
(Ireland.) 














29 Vicroria. 


upon the 10th day of this instant April, That the 
osition of the Established Church in Jreland is a 
just cause of dissatisfaction to the People of that 
Country, and urgently demands the consideration 
of Parliament ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


Commons and 


Open Spaces 
(Metropolis. ) 


Resolved, That 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 Ordnance Survey of Commons 
and Open Spaces within the Metropolitan Police 
District. 

Ordered, That 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 Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Academy. 4 Copy of Correspondence between the Royal 
Academy and the First Commissioner of Works. 
London, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 


Brighton, and the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
pellway (Beint the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway 
Leonard's and (Saint Leonard’s and Hastings Lines) Bill. 
Hastings Ordered, That the Report be printed. 
Lines) Bill. 
Pembroke and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
Tenby Railway the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
Bill. the Pembroke and Tenby Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


London, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
Brighton, and the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
— the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway 


(Various Powers) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


(Various 
Powers) Bill. 


Highland Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
Railway Bill, the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 
against the Highland Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 
Public Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Petitions Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
— examined the Petitions presented upon the 23d, 
24th and 25th days of this instant April, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
East India Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Deccan.) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Report of the Land Tenures of 
the Deccan by the Statistical Reporter to the 
Government of Bombay. 

Ordered, That 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 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Limerick and 


Cestio Connell Act for enabling the Limerick and Castle Connell 
wa 
[Lords] 


Bill Railway Company to extend their Railway to the 
River Shannon, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making Docks on thé River Are, and a Road 
thereto, with a Bridge over that River, all in the 
County of Somerset, and for other purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 
VoL. 121. 





26th April. 


255 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cork Harbour 
to amend the Powers of the Commissioners for Bill [Lords] 
improving and preserving the Port, Harbour, and 
River of Cork, with respect to Rates and Dues, 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 

the concurrence of this House. 
| The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Unitea 
to determine the Powers of the United General General Gas 
Gas-light Company, for the lighting Dublin and (Dublin) Bil 
its neighbourhood with Gas, and for other pur- [Zords.] 
poses connected with the same Company ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act South Essex 
for extending the Time for the Purchase of Lands Estuary a 
and the Completion of the Works authorized by Bill [Lorde] 
“ The South Essex Estuary and Reclamation Act, 

1852 ;” to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act tmperial Gas 
to authorize the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company Bill 
Company to raise more Money and purchase more /4°P4-! 
Land, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was Rye Election. 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— No. 211. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Rye Election Petition. 

: The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Loan Societies. 
| of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Abstract of 
Accounts of Loan Societies in England and Wales, 
to 3lst December 1865, by John Tidd Pratt, Es- 
quire, the Barrister appointed to certify the Rules 
|of Savings Banks. ° 
| Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
| printed. 





| Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Poor's Houses 
to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of March last, (Scotland.) 
for Returns relative to Poor’s Houses ( Scotland). 
| Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated smoke. 
the 23d day of this instant April, for a Return 
relative to Smoke. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Whipping 
24th day of this instant April, for Returns relative ——— 
| to Whipping Juvenile Offenders. aes 
Mr. Baring also presented, pursuant to the di- Cattle Diseases 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of (Ireland) Act. 
Orders in Council, made under the Provisions of 
the Cattle Diseases (Jreland\ Act, 29 Vic. c. 4. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Marquis of Hartington presented, — Return Rifled Guns. 
to an ‘Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th 
day of this instant April, for a Return relative to 
Rifled Guns. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Cattle Cattle Plague. 
Plague, which was presented upon the 25th day of No. 214. 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Sea- Seamen's _ 
men’s Savings Banks, which was presented upon S@vitgs;Banks. 
the 25th day of this instant April, be printed. No. 215. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Representa- 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, tion of the 
upon the 12th day of this instant April, was pro- estan 
posed 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” tothe end of the 
Question, in order to add the words “ this House, 

‘* while ready to consider, with a view to its settle- 
“ ment, the question of Parliamentary Reform, is 
** of opinion that it is inexpedient to discuss a Bill 





KK4 for 





256 


* for the reduction of the Franchise in England 
“and Wales, until the House has before it the 
** entire scheme contemplated by the Government 
“ for the amendment of the Representation of the 
“ People,” 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 ; 


Friday, 27th April, 1866: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Parliamentary 
Oaths 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Parliamentary Oaths Amend- 
ment 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. 


Petit Juries 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland) Bill. - 


Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 7th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (Jreland) 
Bill ; ; 

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


Common Law 


Courts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Lreland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 16th day of March last, That the Court 
of Chancery (Jre/and) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday the 7th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Drainage Maintenance (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Drainage 
Maintenance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Landed 
Property 
Improvement 
(Ireland Bill.) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Landed Property Improvement 
(Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Fishery Piers and Harbours ( Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second tim 
upon Thursday next. ' 


Fishery Piers 
and Harbours 
(Ireland) Bil'. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Labouring Classes’ Dwellings ( Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Naval Savings Banks Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Labouring 
Classes’ 
Dwellings 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Naval Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Drainage and The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Jre- 


— land) Bill was, according to Order, read the third 


Ireland) Bill. time. 
: , Resolved, That the Bill do 


pass, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


2th—27th April. 





1866. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to East India 
take into consideration the Amendment made by ons &amp;e. 
the Lords to the East India Military, &amp;c. Funds Transfer Bill, 
Transfer 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 House, according to Order, proceeded to Conferences 
take into consideration the last part of the Message er - 
from the Lords of the 24th day of this instant Elections.) 
April, wherein their Lordships acquaint the House, 
That they have agreed to the following Resolu- 
tion :— 

That the Lords are willing to receive from the 
Commons by Message, without a Conference, any 
Communication desiring the concurrence of the 
Lords to any Address to Her Majesty, under the 
Provisions of the Act fifteenth and sixteenth 
Victoria, chapter fifty-seven, to which the Com- 
mons may have agreed, unless at any time the 
Commons should desire to communicate the same 
at a Conference. 

Resolved, That the Commons are willing to send 
to the Lords by Message, without a Conference, 
any Communication desiring the concurrence of 
the Lords to any Address to Her Majesty, under 
the Provisions of the Act fifteenth and sixteenth 
Victoria, chapter fifty-seven, to which the Com- 
mons may have agreed, unless at any time the 
Lords should desire to receive the same at a Con- 
ference. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint their Lordships, that this House, 
having considered their Lordships’ Message, has 
agreed to the following Resolution :— 

‘* That the Commons are willing to send to the 
Lords by Message, without a Conference, any 
Communication desiring the concurrence of the 
Lords to any Address to Her Majesty, under the 
Provisions of the Act fifteenth and sixteenth 
Victoria, chapter fifty-seven, to which the Com- 
mons may have agreed, unless at any time the 
Lords should desire to receive the same at a Con- 
ference” :—And that the Clerk do carry the said 
Message. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Crown Lands 
mittee on the Crown Lands Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Contagious 
into a Committee on the Contagious Diseases Bill. Die 


(In the Committee.) 


Causes, N° 1 to N° 14, agreed to. 

CuiausE, N° 15 (On information, Justice may 
issue Notice to Woman). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 18: After the 
word “ prostitute,” to insert the words “ and affected 
“‘ with a contagious disease.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Ayrton, ls 

Yeas, {Six Colman O’Loghlen: f ~* 


Tellers for the {on Brand, 


Noes, Lord Clarence Paget : 6. 
Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the words “ Provided further, 
“ that the justice before whom such information 
*¢ shall be laid, shall in all cases require corrobora- 
* tive evidence in support thereof, other than that 
“ of a member of the police force.” 
Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 
CLavsgEs, 











Harbour 
Loans Bill. 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Bill 
[Lords.] 


Common Law 


Procedure 
Amendment 


29 Victoria. 


Cravusss, N° 16 to N° 42, with Amendments to 
three of them, agreed to. 
Schedules agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
- — That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Harbour Loans Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- 


Acts (Ireland) ment Acts (Ireland) Bill; 
Bill. 


Turnpike 
Roads Bill. 


Hop Trade 
Bill. 


Croydon, 


Mitcham, and 


Kingston 
Railway Bill. 


Cornwall 
County 
Lunatic 
Asylum Bill, 


| yw and 
all 
Railway Bill. 


Hoylake 
Railway Bill. 


Lancashire 


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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 25th day of this instant April, That the 
Turnpike Roads Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday the 8th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Hop Trade Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 


And Notice being taken, that Forty Members 
were not present:—The House was told by Mr. 
Speaker; and Forty Members not being present, 
and it being then a quarter of an hour before Two 
of the clock on Friday morning :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question 
first put, till this day. 








Friday, 27th April, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
M R. Dent reported from the Committee on 
Group 1a. of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Croydon, Mitcham, and Kingston Rail- 
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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Corn- 
wall County Lunatic Asylum Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Ellesmere and Glyn Valley 
Railway Bill be read the third time upon Monday 


next. 
Ordered, That the Hoylake Railway Bill be 
read the third time upon Monday next, 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (West 


ond Terkshire Riding Branches, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third 
(West 


time. 
Vot. 121. 


Q261h—27 th April. 





257 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Branches, &amp;c.) 


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


The Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway Bill Uxbridge ana 
was read the third time. Rickmene- 

Resolved That the Bill do pass. ew 

Ordered, That the Clerk docarry the Bill to the“ 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Winchcomb and Midland Railway Bill was winchcomb 

read the third time. and Midland 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Wrexham, Mold, and Con- Wrexham, 
nah’s Quay Railway (Extensions) Bill be read the Mold, and 
third time upon Mond pang 

p onday next. Quay Railway 
(&amp;xtensions) 
Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Banffshire 
the Banffshire Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- 04s Bill. 
mittee; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Bristol Harbour Junction Bristol 
Railway and Wharf Depot Bill, as amended in the !!#rbour 
po, 4 4 ‘ . Junction 
Committee, be taken into consideration upon 


Railway and 
Monday next. Wharf Depét 


Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Wandsworth 
the Wandsworth and Putney Gas Bill, as amended #4 Putney 
in the Committee. —_—— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West Riding 
the West Riding and Grimsby Railway (Transfer) #"4 Grimsby 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Pt | 

ee 4 , ? (Transfer) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill, 

The Limerick and Castle Connell Railway Bill Limerick and 
was read the first time. a Connell 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Lords | _ 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Brean Down Docks Bill was read the first Brean Down 
time. Docks Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- {40rd-1 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Cork Harbour Bill was read the first time. Cork Harbour 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill [Zords,] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The United General Gas Company (Dublin) unitea 
Bill was read the first time. General Gas 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- CDubliny. Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. [Lords.] 
The South Essex Estuary and Reclamation Bill South Essex 
was read the first time. Estuary and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bit [roms] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. ; 


The Imperial Gas Company Bill was read the Imperial Gas 
first time. Company Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- °r4-] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Wakefield 
Wakefield Election Petition have leave to sit this Election. 
a till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 

ouse, 


The Names of the five Members appointed to Banbury 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- “**4™ 
laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
orough of Banbury, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 





LL Ordered, 





258 


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. 


Cheltenham 


The Names of the five Members appointed to 
Election. 


try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
laining of an undue Election and Return for the 

een of Cheltenham, were called over; and 
being come to the Table, they were sworn by the 
Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-mor- 
row, in one of the Committee Rooms of the House, 
at Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petitions complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Harwich, to which they had annexed the Petitions 
referred to them by the House relating thereto: 

Richard Armstrong, Esquire, 

John Floyer, Esquire, 

Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esquire (Bridport), 

John Walter Huddleston, Esquire, 

Gathorne Hardy, Esquire ( Oxford U.), Chair- 
man. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Harwich 
Election. 


Hull Corpo- 


Mr. Bagwell reported from the Committee on 
ration and . 


Dock Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Company Bill. 4Zu// Corporation and Dock Company 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. 


7th April. 





Hull Docks 


Mr. Bagwell reported from the Committee on 
Bill. 


Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the | 
Hull Docks Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
verbally amended the same, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Sir Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 15 of Railway Bills; That in the | 
case of the Spalding and Bourn Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same, | 
by inserting words providing for the previous con- | 
sent of the Great Northern Railway Company for | 
the making of certain Works connected with the | 
Great Northern Railway, there having been evi- 
dence of possible inconvenience from those Works ; 
and also by striking out at the desire of the Pro- 
moters an allegation of the expediency of taking 
powers over certain Undertakings, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Spalding and 
Bourn 
Railway Bill. 


| 


Lynn and 
Sutton Bridge, 
Spalding and 
Bourn, and 


Sir Francis Golsdmid reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 15 of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Lynn and Sutton Bridge, Spalding and 
Norwich and Bourn, Norwich and Spalding Railway Companies 


Spalding 
Railway 
Companies 
Bill. 


Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended 
the same by striking out the paragraphs relating 
to running powers over certain other “eereremgne: 
the Committee deeming it imexpedient to confer 
such powers, and had found the same, as amended, 





1866. 


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 Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- Wensum 
mittee on Group 15 of Railway Bills; That in the Valley 
case of the Wensum Valley Railway Bill, they ®!4y Bill 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had verbally amended 
the same in order to make it consistent with the 
proyisions 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. 

Sir Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- Lynn and 
mittee on Group 15 of Railway Bills; That in the ufo" Bridge 
ease of the Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway (Works. at 
(Works at King’s Lynn) Bill, they had examined King’s Lynn) 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and had amended the same, by striking out 
the paragraph which alleges the expediency of 
extending to other Companies certain running 
powers enjoyed by the Lynn and Sutton Bridye 
Railway Company, the Committee having deter- 
mined not so to extend the said powers, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Electoral 
Command,—Electoral Returns relating to Burghs re nel P 
and Counties ( Scotland), 1865-66. eee 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Juries. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of February 
last, for a Return relative to Juries. 

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


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Commercial 
mand,—Copy of Commercial Reports received at Reports. 
the Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls in 
1866. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Loan Loan Societies 
Societies, which was presented upon the 26th day No. 216. 
of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor’s Poor's Houses 
Houses ( Scotland), which was presented upon the sama 
26th day of this instant April, be priuted. No. 217. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Smoke, Smoke. 
which was presented upon the 26th day of this No. 218. 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Whipping Whipping 
Juvenile Offenders, which was presented upon the J4enle 


. 5 ° ° Offenders. 
26th day of this instant April, be printed. ao ooh 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Rifled Rified Guns. 
Guns, which was presented upon the 26th day of No, 220. 
this instant April, be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 

Several Public Petitions were also presented, Vide Votes, 
and read ; and referred to a Select Committee. Sighteenth 
Report. 

A Petition of Members of the Association of Thames 
Paper Manufacturers of Great Britain and Ire- — 
land, praying that the Thames Navigation Bill ~* 

may 


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may not pass into a law as it now stands, and 
that they may be heard by their Counsel, Agents, 
and Witnesses against the Preamble of the said 
Bill, and such of the Clauses and Provisions 
thereof as affect their rights and interests, and 
may have such relief in the premises as to the 
House may seem meet, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by their Counsel or Agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and Counsel heard 
in favour of the Bill against the said Petition. 


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 : 

Holyhead -The Lords have agreed to the Holyhead Water 
Water Bill. Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

Rodmin Water The Lords have agreed to the Bodmin Water 
Bill. Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords de- 

sire the concurrence of this House. 


Neath and The Lords have agreed to the Neath and Brecon 
Brecon Railway (Capital) Bill, with Amendments; to 
tcapine) pin, Which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

" House. 
Central The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Ireland == for making Railways to be called “ The Central 
trode) Bill Treland Railways,” and for other purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House. 
Anglesey The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Central  (t° enable the Anglesey Central Railway Company 
trends} Bill to transfer their Undertaking, and for other pur- 
poses ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 

of this House. 

Longton Gas The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Bill (Lords. for better supplying with Gas the Inhabitants 
of Longton, and of certain Places in the neigh- 
bourhood thereof, in the County of Stafford; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

Furness and The Lords have passed a Rill, intituled, An Act 

Whitehaven for the Amalgamation of the Whitehaven and Fur- 

and Furness ess Junction Railway Company with the Furness 

Railway Railway Company, and for other purposes; to 

Companies. which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

Bill [ Lords. } House. 

Furness The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Railway Bill for conferring additional Powers on the Furness 


Usrds.} Railway Company for the construction of Works 
and otherwise in relation to their Undertaking, 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

Prisoners Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


(House of to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 

nate, to give directions, that there be laid before this 

Fields, &amp;c.) House, Returns of the Total Number of Prisoners 
committed during the year 1865 to each of the 
following Prisons, viz.: House of Correction, Tot- 
hill Fields; House of Correction, Coldbath Fields; 
House of Detention, Clerkenwell; City Prison, 
Holloway ; distinguishing the Religious Denomi- 
nation of all such Prisoners: And, of the 
Total Number of Prisoners in each of these Pri- 
sons respectively on the 15th day of April 1866, 
distinguishing the Religious Denomination of all 
such Prisoners. 

Ordered, That 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 Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee on the Hop 
Trade Bill. 


Hop Trad 
— 


Aldershot Gas_ Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Bi Water —_ one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Words] “Vow. 121. 


27th April. 259 


That in the case of the Aldershot Gas and Water 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Aniance ana 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Dublin | 
That in the case of the Alliance and Dublin Con- p aeaey _ 
sumers’ Gas Bill, originating in the Lords, and | Lords.} 
referred on the First Reading thereof, the Stand- 
ing Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Tamar, Kit 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, poe Sen “ 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Railway Bill. 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Tamar, Kit Hill, and Callington 
Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Bruce presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Cattle Plague. 
mand,—Copy of Report on the Origin, Propaga- 
tion, Nature, and Treatment of the Cattle Plague, 
from information received at the Veterinary De- 
partment of the Privy Council Office, from June 
1865 up to March 20th, 1866, with Returns and 
Maps showing the progress of the Disease, cor- 
rected to December 30th, 1865, from information 
received up to January 31st, 1866, prepared, in 
accordance with the Instructions of the Clerk of 
the Council for the information of the Lords of 
Her Majesty’s Privy Council, by Alexander Wil- 
liams, L.R.C.P., Edin., M.R.C.S.L., &amp;c., Secretary 
to the Veterinary Department of the Privy 
Council Office, Princes-street, Westminster, S.W. 

Quarterly Returns (Nos. 1 &amp; 2) containing Re- 
turns of the Number of Farms, &amp;c.‘affected by the 
Cattle Plague, and of the Animals attacked, 
killed, died, and recovered, from the commence- 
ment of the Disease to the 30th September 1865, 
and the 30th December 1865, respectively, with 
corrections, from information received at the Vete- 
rinary Department of the Privy Council Office, 
to 31st January 1866. 

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


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, customs. 
dated the 20th day of this instant April, for a Re- 
turn relative to the Customs. 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Na- Navigation. 
vigation of the United Kingdom, for the Month No. 68. 
ended 31st March 1866, and Three Months ended 
3lst March 1866. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Manchester, 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions Sheffield, an¢ 
against the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire —" 
Railway (Central Station and Lines) Bill. (Central 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. Lines) Bill. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of swansea and 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions Clydach _ 
against the Swansea and Clydach Railway Bill. #4!way Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of poness. 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions Grangemouth, 
against the Bo’ness, Grangemouth, and South Alloa prey 
Junction Railway Bill. 





Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 
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, 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Poor Law 
Officers 
Superannua- 
tion (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Bill 
[Lords.] 


Legitimacy 
Declaration, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Superannua- 


tions (Officers Vestries and District Boards) Bill was, 


Metropolitan 
Vestries and 
District 

Boards) Bill. 


260 


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

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, upon Monday 
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 April, 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, while ready 
“to consider, with a view to its settlement, the 
“ question of Parliamentary Reform, is of opinion 
“that it is inexpedient to discuss a Bill for the 
“ reduction of the Franchise in England and Wales, 
* until the House has before it the entire Scheme 
“contemplated by the Government for the 
* Amendment of the Representation of the Peo- 
* ple,” 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 ; 


Saturday, 28th April, 1866: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

pMr. Brand, ] 
| Mr. Adam: 


Tellers for the Noes,! 


Tellers for the Yeas,. 


f 318. 
Earl Grosvenor, 
| Lord Stanley : } $13. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers Superannuation 
(Scotland) 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 Contagious Diseases 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 
Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 8th day of May next. 

The Superannuations (Officers Metropolitan 
according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


27 th—28th April. . 





1866. 


Title be, An Act to provide for Superannuation Al- 
lowances to Officers of Vestries and other Boards 
within the Area of the Metropolis Local Manage- 
ment Act. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Epsom 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased —— 
to give directions, that there be laid before this — 
House, a Copy of Report from the Inclosure 
Commissioners respecting the Epsom Common 
Inclosure. 

Ordered, That 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 Land Drainage 
to confirm a Provisional Order under «Phe Land Supplemental. 
Drainage Act, 1861:” And that Mr. Baring and 

Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Inclosure. 
to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in 
pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commis- 
sioners for England and Wales: And that Mr. ° 
Baring and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill National 
to provide for the acquisition of a Site for the + wren J . 
Enlargement of the National Gallery: And that ~“" "8°" 
Mr. William Cowper and Mr. Childers do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Lean Forest 

to extend the provisions of the Acts for the In- _ almore and 
e Bearce 

closure, Exchange, and Improvement of Land to commons.) 
certain portions of the Forest of Dean called Wal- 
more Common and the Bearce Common, and for 
authorizing Allotments in lieu of the Forestal 
Rights of Her Majesty in and over such Com- 
mons: And that Mr. Childers and Mr. Chancellor 


of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of John Baker, of the Borough of Harwich 
Harwich, alleging that attempts have been made, Election. 
by the offer of money, to induce him to abandon 
a Petition signed by him, in conjunction with 
others, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Harwich; and praying 
the House to cause an inquiry to be made into the 
facts set forth in his Petition, was presented, and 
read. 

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


Mr. William Cowper presented a Bill to provide National 
for the acquisition of a Site for the Enlargement Gallery 
of the National Gallery: And the same was read pij*"sement 
the first time. Bill 124 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- ; 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 


printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Drogheda 
this day received a Letter from Thomas Baker, Plection. 
as Agent for Patrick Tiernan, Patrick Mc Cullen, 
Michael Joseph Lynch, and Richard Harvey, in- 
forming him that it is not their intention to pro- 
ceed with their Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Drogheda: 

—And the said Letter was read, as followeth: 
Sir, 29, Spring Gardens, 27 April 1866, 

As Agent for the Petition signed by Patrick 
Tiernan, Patrick M‘ Cullen, Michael Joseph Lynch, 
and Richard Harvey, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of — 

eg 








Land 
Drainage 
Supplemental 
Bill. 


Bill 125. 


Inclosure Bill. 


Bill 126. 


King’s County 


Election. 


Mr. Speaker’s 
Indisposition. 


Bury Gas Bill, 


Cleethorpes 
Gas Bill. 


Congleton and 
Buxton Road 
Bill. 


Ebbw Vale, 
Beaufort, &amp;c. 
Water Bill. 


Llynvi Valley 
Railway Bill. 





99 Vicroria. 


I beg to inform you that it is not intended to pro- 
ceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedt. humble Servant, 
Th. Baker. 
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. Baring presented a Bill to confirm a Pro- 
visional Order under “‘ The Land Drainage Act, 
1861:” And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to authorize the 
Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Re- 
port of the Inclosure Commissioners for England 
and Wales: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to.be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Four of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 


27 th—28th—30th April. 








Monday, 30th April, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Select Committee on 

the King’s County Election Petition have 
leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


The House being informed by Mr. Speaker, 
that he had received notice that a Commission to 
give Her Majesty’s Royal Assent to certain Acts 
of Parliament is ordered for this day, and that, 
being still disabled from attending with the House 
in the House of Peers, he should be obliged, by 
permission of the House, to withdraw before the 
arrival of the Usher of the Black Rod :— 

Resolved, That during the temporary absence 
of Mr. Speaker from the House, this day, for the 
reason stated by him, the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means do take the Chair as 
Deputy Speaker, and do attend with the House 
in the House of Peers, and do report to the House 
the Royal Assent to the said Acts. 


The Bury Gas Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Cleethorpes Gas Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Congleton and Buxton 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 Ebbw Vale, Beaufort, &amp;c. Water Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Lilynvi Valley Railway Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
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261 


The Macclesfield and Chapel-in-the-Frith Road Macclesfield 
Bill was read the third time. pet a me 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Manchester and Stockport Railway Bill was Manchester 
read the third time. Reilwey Ea 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Manchester 
Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Liverpool Ex- 
tension) Bill 


The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way (Liverpool Extension) 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 Merryhbent and Darlington Railway Bill was Merrybent and 
read the third time. . nen ig A 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. wine 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Wrexham, Mold, Wrexham, 
and Connah’s Quay and Hoylake Railways Bill be Soman 
now read the third time ; pe ao” 

Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, by Her Ma- Railways Bill. 
jesty’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 concerned, that the House may do 
therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the Extension of the Wrez- 
ham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway to Neston, 
and to join the Hoylake Railway, and for other 
purposes. 

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


The Ellesmere and Glyn Valley Railway Bill Ellesmere and 
was, according to Order, read the third time. a wy Bil 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Hoylake 


The Hoylake Railway Bill was, according to 
P ‘ Railway 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. 


The Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Rail- Wrexham, 
way (Extensions) Bill was, according to Order, ()0\¢ md) 
read the third time. Railway (Ex. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. tensions) Bill. 

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


The Heuse proceeded to take into consideration Hexham and 
the Hexham and Allendale Railway Bill, as amended Piencale. 
in the Comniittee. sina stecnie 

‘Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lancashire and 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension ae 
of Time, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Extension of 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Time, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London, 
the London, Worcester, and South Wales Railway Worcester, and 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Mid-Hants 
the Mid-Hants Railway Bill, as amended in the ¥#!way Bill. 
Committee. ° 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

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262 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Midland Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, as 
Powers) Bill. mended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Newchurch The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Parish Division the Newchurch Parish Division Bill, as amended 
= in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Parsonstown The House proceeded to take into consideration 
tg the Parsonstown and Portumna Bridge Railway 
Bill. Y Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Rochdale Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Rochdale 
Water Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Tyne Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Tyne Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Wrexham, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

— and the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway 

Roalen® &amp;*Y (Additional Powers) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


(Additional 
Powers) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bristol Harbour 
Junction 
Railway and 
Wharf Depot 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Bristol Harbour Junction Rail- 
way and Wharf Depét Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Weduesday next. 


Bristol and The Bristol and North Somerset Railway 
North Somerset (Southern Extension) Bill was read a second time ; 


je and committed. 


Extension) Bill. 


Montrose 
Harbour Bill 
| Lords.] 


The Montrose Harbour Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


The Ryde Gas Bill was read a second time; 


Ryde Gas Bill ] . 
and committed. 


[ Lords. ] 


The Titanic Steel and Iron Company Bill was 
read a setond time; and committed. 


Titanic Steel 
and Iron 
Company Bill 
[Lords.] 
Worcester and 
Birmingham 
Canal Bill 

[ Lords. ] 
Central Ireland 
Railways Bill 
(Lords. ] 


Ordered, That the Worcester and Birmingham 
Canal Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


The Central Jreland Railways Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Anglesey Central Railway Bill was read the 
first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Anglesey 
Central 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Longton Gas 


The Longton Gas Bill was read the first time. 
Bill | Lords. ] 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Furness and Whitehaven and Furness Junc- 
tion Railway Companies Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Furness and 
Whitehaven 
and Furness 
Junction 


Railway Com- 
ies Bill 

Prorde.} 

Furness 


Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


_ The Furness Railway Bill was read the first 


time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


30th April. 





1866. 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on London and 
Group 14 of Railway Bills; That in the case of —— Western 
the London and South Western Railway (Addi- (aadiconal 
tional Powers) Bill, they had examined the alle- Powers) Bill. 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
had amended the same, by restricting the recital 
relating to the crossing of the Jtchin Bridge Road, 
so as to make it agree with the corresponding 
Clause in the Bill, the Committee having decided 
to allow the crossing of that road by a single line 
of Railway only, and had 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. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had oe 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 26th ‘heport) “ 
and 27th 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 laid upon the Table,—Report from Brighton West 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, i. = 
That in the case of the Brighton West Pier 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 Great Northern 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing tec — 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional Hendon) Bill. 
Provision in the Great Northern Railway (Potter’s 
Bar, Barnet, and Hendon) Bill. 

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


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

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table-—Report from Cambrian 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, R#i!ways (New 
° . ° - ” Works) Bill. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Cambrian Railways (New Works) 

Bill. 

Ordered, That the ee be referred to the Se- 

lect Committee on Standing Orders, 


Mr. Speaker withdrew from the House, and Mr. Mr. Speaker's 
Dodson, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways disposition. 
and Means, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, 
pursuant to the Resolution of this day. 


A Message was delivered by Mr. Goodbody, Royal Assent. 

Deputy Serjeant at Arms: 
Mr. Deputy Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her “* Assent 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honour- 
able House in the House of Peers, to hear the 
Commission read. 

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

Mr. Deputy 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 Greal 








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Seal was read, giving, declaring and notifying the 


30th April. 


‘ Royal Assent to the several Acts therein men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, 
as follow: 

Art Bill An Act for facilitating the Public Exhibition of 

[Lords.] Works of Art in certain Exhibitions: 

Cattle Sheds in An Act to regulate the Inspection of Cattle 

Burghs __ Sheds, Cowhouses, and Byres within Burghs and 

ne populous Places in Scotland : 

Forsyth’s An Act to indemnify William Forsyth, Esquire, 

Indemnity Bill. one of Her Majesty’s Counsel, from any penal 

consequences which he may have incurred by 
sitting or voting as a Member of the House of 
Commons while holding the Office of Standing 
Counsel to the Secretary of State in Council of 
India: ’ r ; 

Parliamentary An Act to amend the Law relating to Parlia- 

Oaths —_ mentary Oaths: 

~ India An Act to make provision for the Transfer of 

Military, &amp;. the Assets, Liabilities, and Management of the 

Funds Transfer Bengal, Madras and Bombay Military Funds, the 

- Bengal Military Orphan Society, and other Funds, 

to the Secretary of State for India in Council : 

; Columbia An Act for the Establishment and Regulation 

(BethnalGreen) of a Market, near Columbia-square, in the Parish 

_ of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, in the County 

Bill | Lords.] of Middlesex, and the opening of a new Street, and 

the Improvement of Streets adjoining, or near to, 
the Market-place, and for other purposes: 

Central Wales An Act to extend the Time for the completion 

Extension of the Central Wales Extension Railway, and for 
0 Railway Bil. other purposes : 

Banbury Gas An Act to incorporate the Banbury Gas Light 

Bill. and Coke Company, Limited, and to make further 

Provision for lighting Banbury and Places in the 
Neighbourhood thereof, in the Counties of Ozford 
and: Northampton, with Gas: 

Kidwelly and An Act for the Amalgamation of the Kidwelly 

Burry Port and Burry Port Railway Company and the Burry 

om boy Port Company, and for other purposes: 

Amalgamation 

lll _ An Act for repairing the Road from the Gates- 

Shotley Bridge head and Hexham Turnpike Rwoad at or near to 

Road Bill. Axwell Park Gate, on the River Derwent, in the 

Township of Winlaton, in the Parish of Ryton, in 
the County of Durham, to the Village of Shotley 
Bridge, in the said County of Durham : 

West An Act for extending the limits within which 
™ Middlesex the West Middleser Waterworks Company may 
Water Bill. —_ supply Water, and for other purposes : 

Dr. Cashel’s An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Rowan 

Divorce Bill Francis Cashel, Doctor of Medicine, with Emily 

\Lords,] Harriett, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 

again, and for other purposes. 

Mr. Speaker Whereupon Mr. Speaker returned to the House, 

resumes the and resumed the Chair. 

Ss Chair, 

Banbury Mr. Mowbray, from the Select Committee ap- 

Election. pointed to try and determine the matter of the 

Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Banbury, informed the 

’ House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Bernhard Samuelson, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Banbury. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 

~ entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Mowbray, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolution : 

That Bernhard Samuelson, Esquire, was not 
disqualified to be elected and returned to sit in 
Parliament by reason of his being an alien. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 

Northallerton  Mr- Sclater-Booth, from the Select Committee 

Election. appointed to try and determine the matter of the 





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263 


Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Northallerton, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Charles Henry Mills, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Northallerton. 

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. Sclater-Booth, from the said Select Com- 
mittee, further informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That Charles Henry Mills, Esquire, was, by his 
Agent, guilty of bribery at the last Election for 
the Borough of Northallerton. 

That it was proved to the Committee that at 
the last Election for the Borough of Northallerton, 
Thomas Fowle, the Agent of the said Charles 
Henry Mills, offered Thomas Lightfoot a valuable 
consideration to influence his vote. 

That it was also proved to the Committee that 
at the last Election for the Borough of Northaller- 
ton, Thomas Fowle, the Agent for the said Charles 
Henry Mills, offered James Archer a valuable con- 
sideration to influence his vote. 

That it was not proved to the Committee that 
the aforesaid acts of bribery were committed with 
the knowledge and consent of the said Charles 
Henry Mills. : 

That it was not proved to the Committee that 
treating or other corrupt practices prevailed ex- . 
tensively at the last Election for the Borough of 
Northallerton. 

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. 


Mr. Gregory, from the Select Committee ap- Wakefield 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Election. 


Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Wakefield, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That William Henry Leatham, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Wakefield. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Gregory, 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 
Samuel Fieldhouse was bribed by Thomas Gosney 
and Henry Barrett in a sum of 20/., to vote for 
the said W. H. Leatham, Esquire. 

That William Hodgson was bribed by Henry 
Barrett in a sum of 15/4. to vote for the said W. 
H. Leatham, Esquire. 

That Edward Morrison was offered 251. by 
Henry Barrett to vote for the said W. H. Lea- 
tham, Esquire. 

That Thomas Holroyd was offered 51. by William 
Speight either to vote for the said W. H. Leatham, 
Esquire, or to abstain from voting. 

That J. Batson Rhodes was offered 20/. to vote 
for the said W. H. Leatham, Esquire, or 102. to 
abstain from voting. 

That Charles Batty was offered 201. to vote for 
the said W. H. Leatham, Esquire, by George 
Kenworthy. 

That Henry Barrett has absconded. 

That it was not proved that any or either of the 
above acts were committed with the knowledge 
or consent of the said W. H. Leatham, Esquire, or 
with the knowledge or consent of any of his 
Agents. 

hat there is no reason to believe that corrupt 
practices have extensively —— at the last 

Election for the said Boroug 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
LL4 Colonel 








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Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee 
on Group B. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Watling-street Road ( Wellington District) 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. 


Watling-street 
Road ( Welling- 
ton District) 
Bill. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Kingsbridge and 
Dartmouth Roads Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Kingsbridge 
and Dartmouth 
Roads Bill. 


Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Northampton and Banbury Junction 
Railway Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same verbally, and by striking out 
the recital as to the Lower Lode Ferry, the Clauses 


Northampton 
and Banbury 
Junction 

Railway Bill. 


of the Bill with reference to such Ferry having | 


been negatived by the Committee, the Committee 
having determined not to give the Company any 
such Powers, 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. 


Carlow 
Borovgh 
Election. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Letter from Robert Malcom- 
son, as Agent for George Langran and Richard 
Boardman, informing him that it is not their inten- 
tion to proceed with their Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Carlow:—And the said Letter was read, as fol- 
loweth:— 

Sir, 19, Adam-street, Adelphi, 30 April 1866. 

As Agent for George Langran and Richard 
Boardman, the Petitioners in the Petition com- 
jlaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Ses of Carlow, I beg to inform you that it is 
not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
Robert Malcomson. 


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 F. Brodigan, 
informing him that it is not his intention to pro- 
ceed with his Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Drog- 
heda:—And the said Letter was read, as follow- 


eth :— 
Pilton House, Co. Meath, Drogheda, 
Sir, 28 April 1866. 

I beg to inform you that, under existing political 
circumstances, it is not intended to proceed with 
my Petition (presented on the 20th of February 
last) complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Drogheda, and praying for the 
Seat. 


Drogheda 
Election, 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servant, 
fF. Brodigan. 
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. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petitions com- 


SOth April. 


1866. 


plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Harwich, were called over; and 
being come to the Table, they were sworn by the 
Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ord-red, That the Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at Eleven 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 Kidwelly and Kidwelly and 
Burry Port Railway and Burry Port Amalgama- a Fost 

° “fs ° ailway and 
tion Bill, without any Amendment. Burry Port 
Amalgamation 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Derwent and Derwent and 
— Bridge Road Bill, without any Amend- ah . 
The Lords have agreed to the West Middlesex West 


Water Bill, without any Amendment. Wore Dal 


The Lords have agreed to the Dublin Corpora- Dublin 
tion Water Bill, with Amendments; to which the ©orporation 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. re 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Pagham 
to incorporate a Company for the Construction of Harbour Bill 
Works and Reclamation of Lands in and near Pag- (Aan 
ham Harbour, in the County of Sussex, and for 
other purposes; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Metropolis 
to authorize the Metropolis Sewage and Essex Sewage and 
Reclamation Company to make a new Conduit in ——— 
lieu of certain portions of their authorized Con- | Lords.) 
duits, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 

| desire the concurrence of this House. 

| The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Southgate and 
to dissolve and re-incorporate the Southgate and —— Hatch 

. - : as Bill 

Colney Hatch Gas Light and Coke Company [fords.) 
(Limited) for the Increase and Regulation of their 
Capital; and for conferring upon the new Com- 

yany additional Powers with reference to the 
| Manufacture and Supply of Gas, within prescribed 
limits, in the Counties of Middlesex and Herts; to 
| which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House. 





} 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Rural Police. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Salaries and Allowances 
[= to the Officers and Constables of the Rural 
olice in the several Counties of England and 
Wales, showing the Scale of Pay before the Re- 
vised Rules made in March 1866 by the Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, and the Aug- 
mentations or Diminutions, if any, which have 
| been since made therein. 
Ordered, That 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, Houseless Poor 


a Return of the Number of Houseless Poor relieved (Metropolis.) 
at the several Metropolitan Workhouses in each 

_ Month since the Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 

came into operation :—And, like Return in those 

Parishes or Unions where the Police have been 
appointed to act as Assistant Relieving Officers 

for Vagrants, together with the Dates of such Ap- 
pointments of the Police. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Sandwich 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ. 
Writ for the electing of a Baron to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Town and Port of 
Sandwich, in the room of Clarence Edward Paget, 
Esquire, commonly called Lord Clarence Edward 

7 Paget, 











Poor 
8.) 





Reading Writ 


Devon 
(Northern 


Division) Writ. 


Probate 
Duty, &amp;c. 


King’s County 
Election. 


Public 
Petitions. 





VideVotes, and 


Nineteenth 
Report. 


Thames 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 
North) 

roaches 
Bil. 


99 VicTroriA. 30th April. 965 


awe who, since his Election for the said Town | the Petitioners heard by themselves, their Counsel 
and Port, hath accepted the Office of Steward or | or Agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit ; 
Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds | and Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against 
of Stoke, Desborough, and Bonenham, in the County | the said Petition. 
of Buckingham. | 
| Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address Breach of 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War-| to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of June, in Contract, 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new | the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this | Number of Persons summarily convicted and com- 
present Parliament for the Borough of Reading, in | mitted to Prison in the several Counties of England 
the room of George John Shaw Lefevre, Esquire, | and Wales, and Ireland and Scotland, for Breach 
who, since his election for the said Borough, hath | of Contract in neglecting Work, or in leaving 
accepted the Office of one of the Commissioners for | Service, in each of the years from 1856 to 1864 
executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the | inclusive. ; 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Epsom 
|the 27th day of this instant April, for a Return — 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issuse his War- | Telative to Kpsom Common Inclosure. ; 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew} Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to | Table. 
serve in this present Parliament for the Northern | 
Division of the County of Devon, in the room of 
the Honourable Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis, 
now Lord Clinton, called up to the House of 
Peers. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, Coals, Cinders, 
dated the 27th day of February last, for Returns "4 Culm, &amp;c. 
relative to Coal, Cinders, and Culm, &amp;c. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Amount of Probate Duty of Wills, 
Grant of Letters of Administration, Legacy Duty | 
or Succession Duty for the last fifteen years; distin- | 


Mr. Stansfeld presented,—Return to an Ad- past India 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of this (Deccan ) 
instant April, for a Return relative to East India 


er - Nm | (Deccan). 
guishing the Amount derived from each source ‘in Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
each year. Table. 





Mr. Stephen Cave, from the Select Committee! Ordered, That the Return relative to Juries, Juries. 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the | which was presented upon the 27th day of this No, 291, 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and Re- | instant April, be printed. 


turn for the King’s County, informed the House, | 


That the Committee had determined, Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs, any 
That Sir Patrick O’Brien, Baronet, is duly | which was presented upon the 27th day of this No, 222. 
elected a Knight of the Shire to serve in this pre- | instant April, be printed. 
sent Parliament for the King’s County. | 
And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Resolved, That Members may take and subscribe Oaths of 
the Oath required by Law, at any time during the Mem&gt;ers- 
Sitting of the House, before the Orders of the 
Day and Notices of Motions have been entered 
upon, or after they have been disposed of; but no 
* Debate or Business shall be interrupted for that 
| purpose, 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be a Stand- 


Petitions of the President and Scholars of Saint | %§ Order of this House. 
John Baptist College, in the University of Ozford; | 
—George Charles Cherry, of Denford House, Hun- 
onchunds te the Cumnty of Berke, Eaquive ;—Con- der of the House of the 15th day of August 1860, 
servators of the River Thames;—and, Robert “ That any Person professing the Jewish Religion 
Campbell, of Briscot Park, in the County of Berks, | ™Y henceforth, in taking the Oath prescribed in 


: : ?\an Act passed in the Twenty-second year of 
Se, EE Ses yay ey eae | Her Majesty, to entitle him to sit and vote in 


selves, their Counsel or Agents, against certain . } a 
, 8 &gt; this House, omit the words ‘and I make this decla- 





Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read; 


and referred tu a Select Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Or- Jews. 











parts of the Thames Navigation Bill, were pre-| 


sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard by themselves, their Counsel or 
Agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; 
and Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against 
the said Petitions. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Chaplain, the 
Chapel Warden, the Vestrymen, and other Inha- 
bitants of the precinct of the Savoy, in the Strand, 
in the City of Westminster, which was presented 
upon the 26th day of this instant April, praying 
that they may be heard by themselves, their 
Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses against the Pre- 
amble amd so much of the Thames Embankment 
(North) Approaches Bill as affects their rights and 
interests, and in support of such provisions and 
alterations therein as may be necessary to protect 
their property, rights, and interests, or that the 
House will grant to the Petitioners such further 
or other relief as to the House may seem meet, be 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill; and 





VoL. 121. 


ration upon the true faith of a Christian,’” might 
be read, and the same being read ; 


Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 


pealed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment, 


posed, That this House do now adjourn :—An 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. ‘ 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Llanelly 


the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Lianelly Railway and Dock Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. £.45,000, to complete the Sum for the pur- 
chase of a Site for the Tabet of the National 
Gallery. 


2. £.20,000, for erecting a Building for the use 


of the University of London. 


MM 3. £.7,000, 








266 


3. £.7,000, for the Repair and Restoration of 
the Chapter House at. Westminster. 

4, £. 25,000, to complete the Sum for the Sheriff 
Courts in Scotland. 

5. £.20,000, to complete the Sum for Contribu- 
tions in aid of Local Assessments for the Relief of 
the Poor in respect of certain descriptions of Go- 
vernment Property. 

6. £.2,500, for a Contribution towards the Esta- 
blishment and Maintenance of a Fire Brigade in 
the Metropolis. 

7. £.63,000, to complete the Sum for certain 
Harbours of Refuge. 

8. £.31,111, to complete the Sum for’ Works 
and Expenses at the New Packet Harbour and 
Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, for Portpatrick 
Harbour, and for Works at Spurn Point. 

9. £. 68,663, to complete the Sum for erecting, 
repairing, and maintaining the several Public 
Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Ireland. 

10. £.1,571, to complete the Sum for the New 
Record Buildings at the Four Courts, Dublin. 

11. £.7,000, for the Purchase or Erection of 
Buildings for the Queen’s University in Ireland. 

12. £.5,000, for the Restoration of the Works 
of the Ulster Canal. 

13. £.33,160, to complete the Sum for erecting 
and maintaining certain Lighthouses Abroad. 

14. £.2,000, for the erection in the Isle of Man 
of an Asylum for the Reception of Criminal and 
other Lunatics. 

15. £. 53,421, to complete the Sum for the two 
Houses of Parliament. 

16. £. 38,432, to complete the Sum fer the De- 
partment of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

17. £.19,471, to complete the Sum for the Home 
Department. . 

18. £.47,840, to complete the Sum for the De- 
se 9 of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
‘oreign Affairs. 

19, £. 23,124, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Colonies. 

20. £.14,739, to complete the Sum for the De- 
yartment of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable 
Privy Council. 

21. £48,285, to complete the Sum for the Office 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, in- 
cluding the Office of the Registrar of Merchant 
Seamen, the Joint Stock Companies Registration 
Office, and the Designs Office. 

22. £. 1,938, to complete the Sum for the Lord 
Privy Seal. 

23. £. 6,007, to complete the Sum for the Civil 

‘ Service Commission. ; 

24. £.14,558, to complete the Sum for the Sa- 

laries and Expenses in the Department of Her 
*Majesty’s Paymaster General. 

25. £.3,558, to complete the Sum for the Office 
of the Comptroller General of the Exchequer. 

26. £.24,226, to complete the Sum for the Office 
of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and 
Public Buildings. 

27. £.20,815, to complete the Sum for the Office 
of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues. 

28, £. 16,119, to complete the Sum for the De- 
pertment of Public Records. 

29. £. 222,984, to complete the Sum for the 
aes of the Laws relating to the 

oor. 

30. £.36,182, to complete the Sum for the Esta- 
blishment of the Mint, including Expenses of the 
Coinage. 

31. £. 29,462, to complete the Sum for the In- 
spectors of Factories, iinen, Fisheries, Alkali 
Works, and Proving Establishments. 

£. 4,242, to complete the Sum for the De- 


32. 
,partment of the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer's 
econ tala in the Exchequer, Scotland, 


30th April. 








1866. 


33. £. 4,413, to complete the Sum for the 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 

34. £.11,667, to complete the Sum for the Chief 
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 
Dublin and London. 

35. £. 17,906, to complete the Sum for the 
Office of Public Works in Ireland. 

36. £. 26,866, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of the Commissioners for auditing the 
Public Accounts. 

37. £. 14,107, to complete the Sum for the Ex- 
pense of the Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Com- 
mission. 

38. £. 8,890, to complete the Sum for the Im- 
Jiee Expenses under the Inclosure and Drainage 

cts. 

39. £. 49,796, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partments of the Registrars General of Births, &amp;c. 
in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh. 

40. £.11,253, to complete the Sum for the Na- 
tional Debt Office. 

41. £.2,935, to complete the Sum for the Esta- 
blishments under the Public Works Loan Com- 
missioners, and the West India Islands Relief 
Commissioners. 

42. £.9,735, to complete the Sum for certain 
Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners in 
Lunacy in England, and the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Board of Lunacy in Scotland, and of the 
Office of the Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums in 
Ireland. , 

43. £.223, to complete the Sum for the General 
Superintendent of County Roads in South Wales, ° 

44, £.1,404, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partments of the Registrars of Friendly Societies 
in England, Scotland, and Ireland. 

45. £.13,673, to complete the Sum for the 
Charity Commission for England and Wales. 

46. £.4,835, to complete the Sum for the In- 
spection of Burial Grounds in England and Wales. 

47. £.1,399, to complete the Sum for the Land 
Revenue Records and Inrolments in London, and 
of the Landed Estates Record Office in Dublin. 

48. £.444, to complete the Sum for the Quaran- 
tine Establishment. ° 

49. £. 24,000, to complete the Sum for Her Ma- 
jesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services. 

50. £. 267,087, to complete the Sum for Sta- 
tionery, Printing, and Binding, and Printed Books 
for the several Public Departments, and for Sta- 
tionery, Printing, Binding, and Paper for the two 
Houses of Parliament, including the Expense of the 
Stationery Office. 

51. £.113,020, to complete the Sum for Postage 
of Letters on the Public Service in the several 
Departments. 

52. £.26,940, to complete the Sum for the So- 
licitor for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

53. £.141,567, to complete the Sum for Prose- 
cutions at Axsizes and Quarter Sessions, formerly 
paid out of County Rates. 

54. £.197,650, to complete the Sum for the 
Police in Counties and Boroughs in England and 
Wales, and for the Police in Scotland. 

55. £. 2,810, to complete the Sum for the Crown 
Office, Queen’s Bench. 

56. £.8,520, to complete the Sum for the Sala- 
ries and Expenses in the Offices of the Registrar 
and Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty, and 
for the Expenses of the Admiralty Court, Dublin. 

57. £. 2,236, to, complete the Sum for the Sala- 
ries and Expenses of the First Commissioner of the 
late Insolvent Debtors’ Court. “ 

58. £.63,430, to _— the Sum for the Sala- 
ries and Expenses of the Courts of Probate and 
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. 

59. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.120,821, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge which will come in course of 


payment 








Trusts 
(Scotland) Rill. 


Lunacy Acts 
(Scotland) 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Railways 
Clauses Bill. 


Waterworks 
Bill. 


Convicts’ 
Property Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment &amp;c. Bill. 


Exchequer and 


Audit Depart- 
ments Bill. 


Drainage 
Maintenance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


banded 
Property 
Improvement 


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payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1867, for the Salaries and Expenses 
connected with the County Courts. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

60. £.3,280, to complete the Sum for the Sala- 
ries and Expenses of the Office of Land Registry. 

61. £.17,093, to complete the Sum for the 
Police Courts of the Metropolis. 

62. £.123,071, to complete the Sum for the 
Metropolitan Police. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 

Mr. Dodson also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Trusts (Scotland) 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 Lunacy Acts (Scotland) 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 


Dodson reported, That the Committee had gone |, 


through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; 

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


The Waterworks Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Convicts’ Property 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 Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 10th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Exchequer and Audit De- 
partments Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bilt be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Drainage Maimtenance (Jreland) 
ill ; ' 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. - 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Landed Property Improvement 


(Ireland) Bill. (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 

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30th April. 








267 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Crown Lands 
mittee on the Crown Lands. Bill ; Bill. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Harbour Loans 
into a Committee on the Harbour Loans Bill ; and, Bi 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Representation 
mittee on the Representation of the People Bill; of the People 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday as 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers Superannuation ee 
( Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, reso:ve itself into the said Committee. 


perannuation 
(Scotland) Bill. 


The Contagious Diseases Bill was, according to Contagious 
Order, read the third time. * Diseases Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Land Drainage 
Reading of the Land Drainage Supplemental Bill ; crc 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Inclosure Bill. 
Reading of the Inclosure Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Diveres end 
mittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill ; Matrimonial 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ee ) 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. ie 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railway 
mittee on the Railway Debentures, &amp;c. Registry Debentures, 
Bill ; x. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming fstablished 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Church 
upon the 10th day of this instant April, That the “el4-) 
position of the Established Church in*/reland is a 
just cause of dissatisfaction to the People of that 
Country, and urgently demands the consideration 
of Parliament ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 27th day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Hop Trade 
into a Committee on the Hop Trade Bill. = 


Bill 128. 
(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 
Causes, N° 1 to N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
CriausE, N° 5 (Growers, &amp;c., mixing hops of 
different qualities and value subject to a penalty). 
Motion made, and Question, That the ©hairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
put, and negatived. , 

Clause disagreed to. 
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CLAUSES, 





Tenure and 
Improvement 
of Land 
(Treland.) 


Edinburgh 
Annuity Tax 
Abolition Act, 
1860, and 
Canongate 
Annuity Tax 
Act. 


Trade in 
Animals. 


Dean Forest 
(Walmore and 
the Bearce 
Commons) 
Bill. 


Bill 129. 


Tenure and 
Improvement 
of Land 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 130. 


Veterinary 
Surgeons Bill. 


Tithe. Rent- 
charge 
(Ireland) Bill. 


268 


Ciavses, N° 6 to N° 21, with Amendments to 
seven of them, agreed to. 

‘Two new Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 





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


Tuesday, 1st May, 1866 : 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
further to amend the Law relating to the Tenure 
and Improvement of Land in Jreland: And that 
Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Attorney General 
for Ireland, and Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland 
do prepare, and bring it in. * 


The Select Committee on Art Union Laws was 
nominated of Lord Robert Montagu, Sir Michael 
Beach, Mr. Blake, Mr. Schreiber, Mr. Beresford 
Hope, Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Mr. Bentinck, 
General Dunne, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Bazley, Sir 
Wentworth Dilke, The O’Conor Don, Mr. 
Frederick Leveson Gower, Mr. Graham, and Mr. 
Torrens ; 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 operation of “ The Edinburgh 
Annuity Tax Abolition Act, 1860,” and “The 
Canongate Annuity Tax Act ;” and to report their 
Opinion thereupon to the House. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on Trade in Animals, that they inquire 
how far it is desirable to prevent, restrict, or regulate 
the slaughter of Animals inthe Metropolis and other 
populous Places; and to report their Opinion there- 
upon to the House. 


Mr. Brand presented a Bill to extend the pro- 
visions of the Acts for the inclosure, exchange, and 
improvement of Land to certain portions of the 
Forest of Dean called Walmore Common and the 
Bearce Common, and for authorizing Allotments 
in lieu of the Forestal Rights of Her Majesty in 
and over such Commons: 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. Chichester Fortescue presented a Bill further 
to amend the Law relating to the Tenure and Im- 
provement of Land in Jre/and: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 14th day of this 
instant May ; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Veterinary Surgeons Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 15th day of this instant May. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 


adjourned till this day. 


30th April—\st May. 





1866. 
Tuesday, 1st May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


M3; Dodson. reported from the! Committee on Mersey Pneu- 
the Mersey Pneumatic Railway Bill; That — Railway 
they had examined the allegations contained in“ 
the Preamble of the Bill, and made verbal Amend- 
ments therein, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had made provision in the Bill 
pursuant to the Instruction of the House; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Bristol and Portishead Bristol and 
Pier and Railway Bill, with Amendments. —— 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway Bil. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Perran Rail- 
That way, Pier, and 
Harbour Bill. 


the Perran Railway, Pier, and Harbour 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 
proposed Railway firstly described in the Bill, and 
the arrangements with the Central Cornwall Rail- 
way Company, so as 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 gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported Lowther’s Naturalization Lowther’s _ 
Bill, without Amendment. Bill [Lodey 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Talacre Pier and Har- Talacre Pier 
bour (Railway) Bill, with Amendments. (Railway 
Ordered, Tnat the Report do lie upon the Table ; Bill [Zords.] 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Hornsey Gas Bill, with Hornsey Gas 
Amendments. Bill [Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on LeedsBorough 

the Leeds Borough Bill; That they had examined Bill. 

the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 

Bill, and amended the same by describing more 

accurately the Works proposed to be authorized, 

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. Dodson reported from the Committee on South Devon 
the South Devon 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 recital in reference to the transfer of the Un- 
dertaking of the Teign Valley Railway Company 
to the South Devon Railway Company, and by 
altering the recital in reference to the transfer of 
the Undertaking of the Dartmouth and Torbay 
Railway Company to the South Devon Railway 
Company, in order to make the Preamble con- 
sistent with the provisions of the Bill as submitted 
to and 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. Dodson reported the Kensington Improve- Kensington 
ment Bill, with an Amendment. ccc 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. 











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Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (New 
Lines, &amp;c.) Bill; That it was proved to the satis- 
faction of the Committee that the Order of the 
House of the 23d day of February last, requiring 
a copy of the enlarged Plan given on sheet 9 of 
the Plans deposited in November last, together 
with a section drawn to the same horizontal scale 
as the said enlarged Plan, to be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, and 
with the Parish Clerk of the Parish of Greenwich, 
had been complied with; that they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same by omitting therefrom 
_ the paragraphs relating to the cpnstruction of the 

several lines of Railway, and the abandonment of 
portions of the authorized lines, and to running 
over the Railways of other Companies (the powers 
for which purposes had been omitted from the 
body 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. 


London, 
— and 

ver Railway 
(New Lines, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


* Swansea Vale Mr. Dodson reported the Swansea Vale, and 


—— Neath and Brecon Junction Railway Bill, with 

tion Railway ‘Amendments. 

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

Midland Mr. Dodson reported the Midland Great Western 

ht Railway (of Jreland) Bill, with Amendments. 

aoe Bill: Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

[Lords.] and be printed. 

Launceston Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 

a Launceston and South Devon Railway Bill; That 

way 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 
transfer of the Undertaking of the Launceston and 
South Devon Railway Company to the South 
Devon Railway Company, and the raising of money 
by that Company for purposes connected with the 
Undertaking of the Launceston and South Devon 
Railway Company, and inserting a recital in re- 
ference to the capital of the Launceston and South 
Devon Railway Company, in order to make it con- 
sistent with the provisions of the Bill as submitted 
to and 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. 


~~ pe Water Mr. Dodson reported the Dundee Water Bill, 
ill. : 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Barry Railway 
(Penarth and 
Cardiff Exten- 
sion) Bill. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Barry Railway (Penarth and Cardiff Exten- 
sion) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same by striking out so much thereof as related 
to the proposed Railway secondly described in the 
Bill, and the laying down of narrow gauge rails 
upon a portion of the South Wales Railway, and 
the use thereof, and of a portion of the Penarth 
Railway, the provisions relating to which had been 
struck out of the Bill as submitted to and passed 
by the Committee, and had otherwise amended the 
Preamble in order to make the same 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. 

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269 


Whitmarsh’s 
Disabilities 
Bill [Lords.] 


Mr. Dodson reported Whitmarsh’s Disabilities 
Bill, without Amendment. ° 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Huntley, Mitchel- Huntey, 
dean, and Elton Roads Bill, with Amendments.  Mitcheldean, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ek 


Colonel Pennant reported the Greenwich and ——-. _ 
Woolwich Lower Road Bill, with Amendments. Siete 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bi. 


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee Bristol and 
on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in the case of a . 
the Bristol and North Somerset Railway (Devia- adios 
tion) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- (Deviation) 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended Bil- 
the same, by striking out so much thereof as related 
to the Deviation at Radstock of the authorized 
Bristol and North Somerset Railway, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Holyhead 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Water Bill. 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Holy- 
head Water Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Neath and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Neath —— 
and Brecon Railway (Capital) Bill; and the same (Capital) Bill. 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Banffshire Roads Bill was read the third Banffshire 
time. Roads Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Wandsworth and Putney Gas Bill was read Wandsworth 
the third time. rte og 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ' 

Title be, An Act to extend the Limits within 
which the Wandsworth and Putney Gas Light and 
Coke Company are authorized to supply Gas; and 
to enable the Company to acquire additional Lands, 
to erect additional Works, 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 West Riding and Grimsby Railway (Trans- West Riding 
fer) Bill was read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (Transfer) 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Bin. 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration British Gas 
the British Gas Company ( Staffordshire Potteries) pane —n A 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Potteries) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be.read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Colchester 
the Colchester Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Gas Bill. 
mittee. i 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East Glouces- 
the East Gloucestershire Railway Bill, as amended — Bill. 
in the Committee. od 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

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270 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the South Yorkshire Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


South 
Yorkshire 
Railway Bill. 


Sunningdale 
and Cam- 

bridge Town 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Sunningdale and Cambridge Town Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Barry Harbour Bill was read a second 


time ; and committed. 


The Barry Railway (Alteration) Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


Barry Har- 
bour Bill 
[Lords.] 


Barry Rail- 
way (Altera- 
tion) Bill 
[Lords.} 
Letterkenny 
and London- 
derry and 
Lough Swilly 
Railways Bill 
[Lords.} 
Redheugh 
Bridge and 
Approaches 
Bill (Lords.] 


Aberdare 
Northern 
Railway Bill. 


The Letterkenny and Londonderry and Lough 
Swilly Railways Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 


read a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Birkenhead 
and Liverpool 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Reading of the Birkenhead and Liverpool Junction 
Railway Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Birkenhead 
and Liverpool 
Railways 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Birkenhead and Liverpool Railways 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Worcester 
and Birming- 
ham Canal 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Reading of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal 
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 and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday, the 15th day of this instant May. 


The Pagham Harbour Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Pagham 
Harbour Bill 
[ Lords. } 


The Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation 
Bill was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Metropolis 
Sewage and 
Essex Recla- 
mation Bull 
[ Lords.]} 


Southgate and The Southgate and Colney Hatch Gas Bill was 
—— read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
[Lords,] : : “er 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ely Valley The Order, That the Ely Valley Railway Bill 
Railway Bill. he committed, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Public Offices 
(Site) Bill, without any Amendment. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Public Offices 
(Site) Bill. 


Ist May. 





| 


The Redheugh’ Bridge and Approaches Bill was | which ‘the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


1866. 


The Lords have agreed to the Heywood Water Heywood 
Bill, without any Amendment. a easiness” 

The Lords have agreed to the North Eastern North Eastern 
Railway ( Gilling, Helmsley, and Pickering Branch) rag 
Bill, without any Amendment. ant’ Pickeriey , 
Branch) Bill 


Leicester 


The Lords have agreed to the Leicester Wat 
e Lords have agreed to ee ee Tae 


Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Dublin Port Acts Dublin Port 
Amendment Bill. with Amendments; to which — a. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 4 

The Lords have agreed to the Dudlin Port Dublin Port 
(Docks) Bill, with Amendments; to which the (?°cks) Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Leicester Cattle Leicester 
Market, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments; to which the oe es 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Bil. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Act gastern 
for regulating the f 


owers of the Eastern Bengal Bengal 
Railway Company, and for other purposes ; oo y Bill 
{Lords ] 
House. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Roach River 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | for the Incorporation of the Roach River Oyster Fishery Bill 
Reading of the Aberdare Northern Railway Bill; | Fishery Company, and for authorizing them to esta- 


[Lords.] « 


| blish and maintain an Oyster Fishery in the River 


| 


Roach, in the County of Essex, and for other pur- 


| poses ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 


| 
| 





| 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 











The Order of the day being read, for the Second | of this House. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Hatfield Chase 
to authorize the Hatfield Chase Warping and Im- io — 
provement Company to make Railways in COnNeC- (Railway) Bill 
tion with their Works; to which the Lords desire {Lords.] 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ardmore _ 
for making and maintaining a Harbour in Ardmore ponds] Bik 
Bay, in the Firth of Clyde; to which the Lords : 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Putney and 
for authorizing the extension of Time for the com- Arne 
pulsory purchase of Lands and completion of [Lorde.] 
Works by the Putney and Fulham Bridge Com- 
pany, and for other purposes ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Wesleyan and 
for bringing the “ Wesleyan and General Assur- General 
ance Society” under the operation of “ The Society: Bill 
Friendly Societies Discharge Act, 1854,” and for [Lords] 
removing doubts with respect to the validity of 
some of the Policies of the Society, and for other 
purposes; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 


Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported from the Com- Teme Valley 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the Railway Bill. 
ease of the Teme Valley Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out the Power to the Company and the 
Tenbury and Tenbury and Bewdley Railway Com- 
panies to enter into agreements, inasmuch as those 
lines are worked by the Great 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. 


Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; 'dr*- 
which was read, as followeth : . . 

That in the case of the Mold and Denbigh Junc- yoiq ana 
tion Railway (Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, Petition of Denbigh 
Hugh Jones for dispensing with Standing Order nar sone 
129 in the case of his Petition against the Bill, ree 
the said Standing Order ought not to be dispensed &amp;c.) Bill. 
with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Several 








jill 


r 


ase 
nd 


Bill 


i 


and 


ley 
ill. 





Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Nine- 
teenth Report. 
Thames 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Commercial 
Reports. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


South Essex 
Estuary and 
Reclamation 
Bill Lords. ] 


Imperial Gas 
Company Bill 
[Lords. } 


Cork Harbour 
Bill [Lords. ] 


Cork and 
Youghal 
Railway Bill 
(Lords. 


Harwich 
Harbour 
Estate and 
Lands Im- 
provement 
Company Bill. 


Northallerton 
tion. 
No, 223, 


v9 VicToRIA. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
~~ of the Borough of Abingdon ;—and, of the 

arden or Rector and Scholars of the College of 
the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln, in the 
University of Ozford, commonly called Lincoln 
College, and Robert Danbe, of “* The Weirs,” in 
the Parish of Saint Aldates, in the County of 
Berks, Publican, and Thomas Fairbrother, of 
Abingdon, in the County of Berks, Ironmonger, 
praying that they may be heard by themselves, 
their Counsel, Agents and Witnesses, against the 
Preamble and certain parts of the Thames Navi- 
gation Bill, were presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their Counsel or 
Agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against the 
said Petitions. 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Commercial Reports received at 
the Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls, 
in 1866. 


Ist May. 





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


Ordered, That Colonel Wilson Patten have leave 
of absence for a fortnight on urgent business ;— 
and, Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, a month, on account o 
ill health. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the South Essex Estuary and 
Reclamation 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 Imperial Gas 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 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 Cork Harbour Bill, origi- 
nating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof, no Standing Orders not previously 
ero. 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 Cork and Youghal Railway | 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Harwich Harbour Estate and Lands Improve- 
ment Company Bill. . 

Ordered, That the Report 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 Northallerton Election. Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 





printed. 
OL. 121, 


971 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to am Address Turnpike 
to Her Majesty, dated the [3th dav of April last, Trusts Acts. 


for a Return relative to Turnpike Trusts Acts. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Lord Lyon 
16th day of April last, for Returns relative to King at Arms 


Lord Lyon King at Arms. 
. — That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Epsom Epsom 
Common Inclosure, which was presented upon the Common 


30th day of April last, be printed. 


Inclosure. 


No. 224. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals, Cin- Coals, 
ders, and Culm, &amp;c., which was presented upon Cinders, and 


the 30th day of April last, be printed. 


Culm, &amp;c. 


No. 225. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India past tndia 
(Deccan), which was presented upon the 30th day (Deccan.) 


of April last, be printed. 


No, 226. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, spirits. 


dated the 9th day of February last, for Returns 
relative to Spirits. 

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


Mr. William Cowper presented,—Return to an Royal 
Order, dated the 26th day of April last, for a Re- Academy. 


turn relative to the Royal Academy. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


No, 227. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Totnes 


to Her Majesty, as followeth : 
Most Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal 
Subjects, the 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 Totnes, have reported to the 
House, that it has been distinctly stated by some 
witnesses, and the general tenor of the Evidence 


given leads the Committee to believe, that a system 


of gross corruption prevailed at the last Election 
for the Borough of Totnes, and also on former 
similar occasions, and that there is reason to believe 
that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed 
in the said Borough: 

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 appoint- 
ment of Henry Bullar, Esquire, Montague Bere, 
Esquire, and Charles E. Coleridge, Esquire, as 
Commissioners for the purpose of making inquiry 
into the existence of such corrupt practices. 

Ordered, That the said Address be commu- 
nicated to the Lords, and their concurrence desired 
thereto. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do go to the Lords, 
and communicate the said Address, and desire 
their concurrence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented G 

to Her Majesty, as followeth: x 
Most Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal 
Subjects. the 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 
MM4 the 


Election. 


reat 
armouth 


Election. 








Reigate 
Election. 


Mines 
Assessment. 


Lancaster 
Borough 
Election. 


272 


the Borough of Great Yarmouth, have reported to 
the House, that they» had reason to believe that 
corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at the 
last Election for the Borough of Great Yarmouth: 

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 appoint- 
ment of Wyndham Slade, Esquire, Augustus Keppel 
Stephenson, Esquire, and George Russell, Esquire, 
as Commissioners for the purpose of making inquiry 
into the existence of such corrupt practices. 

Ordered, That the said Address be commu- 
nicated to the Lords, and their concurrence desired 
thereto. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do go to the Lords, 
and communicate the said Address, and desire 
their concurrence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

to Her Majesty, as followeth : 
Most Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal 
Subjects, the 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 Reigate, have reported to the House, 
that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed 
at the last Election for the said Borough : 

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 appoint- 
ment of Thomas Allen, Esquire, Frederick James 
Smith, Esquire, and 7. D. Archibald, Esquire, as 
Commissioners for the purpose of making inquiry 
into the existence of such corrupt practices. 

Ordered, That the said Address be commu- 
nicated to the Lords, and their concurrence desired 
thereto. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do go to the Lords, 
and communicate the said Address, and desire 
their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law in England and Wales with 
reference to the Assessment of Mines to Local 
Rates: And that Mr. Stephen Cave, Mr. Henderson, 
Mr. Percy Wyndham, and Mr. William Duncombe 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

to Her Majesty, as followeth : 
Most Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal 
Subjects, the 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 Lancaster, have reported to the 
House that they had reason to believe that corrupt 

ractices extensively prevailed at the last Election 
or the Borough of Lancaster : 

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 


1st—-2nd May. 








1866: 


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 appoint- 
ment of W. F. Fletcher Boughey, Esquire, Thomas 
Irwin Barstow, Esquire, and Robert M. Newton, 
Esquire, as Commissioners for the purpose of 
making inquiry into the existence of such corrupt 
practices, 

Ordered, That the said Address be commu- 
nicated to the Lords, and their concurrence desired 
thereto. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do go to the Lords, 
and communicate the said Address, and desire 
their concurrence. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Representa- 

upon the 24th day of April last, That a Select 50" of the 
4 . ° : eople Bill 

Committee be appointed to inquire whether the (arden 
signatures to the Petition presented to this House Petition.) 
upon the 12th day of April 1866, professing to be 
a Petition of Inhabitants of Harden, near Bingley, 
in the County of York, in favour of the Represen- 
tation of the People Bill, are the genuine signatures 
of the Persons whose signatures they profess to be; 
and under what circumstances such signatures were 
annexed, might be read; and the same being read; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That the said Order be discharged :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Admiralty 
to extend the Jurisdiction, alter-and amend the (Irelaad.) 
Procedure and Practice, and regulate the Establish- ‘ 
ment of the Court of Admiralty, Jreland: And 
that Mr. Attorney General for Jreland and Mr. 
Solicitor General for Ireland do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Church 
to validate certain Orders made by the Lord Finer ee 
Lieutenant in Council under the Church Tem- ** “"#4) 
poralities Acts in Jreland: And that Mr. Attorney 
General for Ireland and Mr. Solicitor General for 
Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Grand Juries 
into a Conimittee on the Grand Juries Present- (Ireland) Bill 


ment (/reland) Bill. 
(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

CxiauskE, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 2 (In case of undue acceptance, 
judge at Assizes to direct acceptance of lowest 
proposal). 

Notice taken, that Forty Members were not 
present: —Committee counted; and Forty Members 
not being present, the Chairman left the Chair. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and the House 
being told by Mr. Speaker; and Forty Members 
not being present, and it being then after Four of 


the clock:—The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till To- 
morrow. 








Wednesday, 2nd May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Stephen Cave presented a Bill to amend the mines Assess 
Law in England and Wales with reference ment Bill. 
to the Assessment of Mines to Local Rates: And Bill 131. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 
30th day of this instant May ; and to be —, 
e 











ties 
nd.) 


ries 
nt 
Bill. 


31. 








29 VicToRIA. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Qnd May. 


min 
Water Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bod- 
min Water Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

Great Ordered, That the Great Northern Railway 
omg ( Additional Powers) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
(Additional mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
Powers) Bill. next, 


Llynvi Valley 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ae ae the Llynvi Valley and Ogmore Valley Railway 
wap One Companies Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
panies Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Nelson Local | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Board Bill. the Nelson Local Board Bill, as amended in the 
Committee; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Bristol The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
— take into consideration the Bristol Harbour (J unc- 
Sailwey ana tion Railway and Wharf Depét Bill, as amended 
Wharf Depdt in the Committee ; and an Amendment was made 
Bill. to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Aldershot Gas The Aldershot Gas and Waiter Bill was read a 
and Water 


Bill [Zords. } 


Alliance and 
Dublin Con- 


second time ; and committed. 


The Alliance and Dublin Consumers’ Gas Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 


sumers’ Gas 

Bill [Lords. ] , ; 
Eastern The Eastern Bengal Railway Company Bill was 
Bengal read the first time. 

a Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
t Lords. miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Roach River 
Fishery Bill 


The Roach River Fishery Bill was read the first 


time. 


ain. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Hatfield Chase The Hatfield Chase Warping and Improvement 

es and (Railway) Bill was read the first time. 

(Railway Be Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

y) Bill, ssi ’ &gt; 

[Lords.] miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ardmore The Ardmore Harbour Bill was read the first 

Harbour Bill time. 

a, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Patney and The Putney and Fulham New Bridge Bill was 

Sage read the first time. 

Bill | [Lords] Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


Wesleyan and 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Wesleyan and General Assurance Society 


Guneoel Bill was read the first time. 
Society Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
[Lords. } miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Manchester The Order, That the Manchester Central Ex- 
— change Bill be committed, was read, and dis- 
ange 
Bill, charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
paretord City Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the General 
ion, 


Committee of Election the Names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 


mine the matter of the Petitions — of an 
undue Election and Return for the City o 
ford, to which they had annexed the Petitions re- 


Here- 
VoL. 121. 


273 


ferred to them by the House relating thereto, and 
the Lists of Voters delivered in to the Committee : 
George Cavendish Bentinck, Esquire. 
The Honourable Algernon Fulke Egerton 
(Lane. 8.) 
Grosvenor Hodgkinson, Esquire. 
Arthur Russell, Esquire ( Tavistock). 
Admiral the Honourable Arthur Duncombe 
(York, E. R.), Chairman. 
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 Votes, 
and Twentieth 
Report. 
A Petition of the Reverend Walton Kitching, of Thames 
Runnymede, in the County of Surrey, Clerk, pray- Navigation 
ing that the Thames Navigation Bill may not be ®#- 
allowed to pass into a law as it now stands, and 
that he may be heard by himself, his counsel, 
agents, and witnesses, before the Select Com- 
mittee to whom the said Bill is referred against 
the Preamble of the said Bill, and if the same do 
pass against such of the clauses and provisions 
thereof as relate to or affect his rights and 
interests, and in favour of the insertion in the 
Bill of other clauses and provisions for the pro- 
tection of his property, rights, and interests, or that 
such other order may be made, and such other 
relief given to the Petitioner as to the House shall 
seem meet, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioner heard by himself, his counsel or agent, upon 
his Petition, if he think fit; and counsel beard in 
favour of the Bill against the said Petition. 





Ordered, That Mr. Grant Duff have leave of Leave of 
absence for a month on account of a domestic Absence. 
affliction. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Local Officers 
Reading of the Local Officers Superannuation = sa 
(Ireland) Bill ; oa roland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second fmns of Court 
Reading of the Inns of Court Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Marriage with 
Reading of the Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s # Deceased 
Sister Bill; bs Sister 

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. Chambers, } 155 
Yeas, Mr. Gilpin: F 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hunt, liv 
Noes, Sir William Heathcote: {f *'™ 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 





NN The 





Summary 

Procedure 

_ 
ill. 


Entail 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Glebe Lands 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Public 
Companies 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Marriages 
(ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Supply. 


National 
Gallery. 


University of 
London. 


Chapter 
House, 
Westminster. 


Court Houses 
or Offices, 
Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland.) 


Local 
Assessments, 
Government 
Property. 


Fire Brigade, 
Metropolis. 


274 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) 
Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Entail ( Scotland) Bill; 

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


The Glebe Lands (Scotland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
28th day of this instant May. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Public Companies Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Childers reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
soive itself into the said Committee. 


Qnd May. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 


‘Reading of the Marriages (ireland) (No. 2) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Thursday the 28th day of June next. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of | 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow: 

1. That a Sum, not exceeeding £.45,000, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, towards the Purchase of 
a Site for the Enlargement of the National Gal- 
lery. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.20,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1867, towards the 
Expense of erecting a Building for the use of the 
University of London. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, for the 
Repair and Restoration of the Chapter House at 
Westminster. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for one-half of the Ex- 
pense of erecting, improving, and maintaining 
Ccurt Houses or Offices for the Sheriff Courts in 
Scotland. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.20,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Sunniiations in aid 
of Local Assessments for the Relief of the Poor in 
respect of certain descriptions of Government 
Property. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 





1866. 


year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, for a 
Contribution towards the Establishment and Main- 
tenance of a Fire Brigade in the Metropolis. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 63,000, be Harbours of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Refuge. 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for constructing certain 
Harbours of Refuge. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.31,111, be Holyhead 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Harbour, &amp;e. 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Works and Expenses 
at the New Packet Harbour and Harbour of Re- 
fuge at Holyhead, for Portpatrick Harbour, and for 
Works at Spurn Point. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.68,663, be Public 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ——_ 

a ~ . eland. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for erecting, repair- 
ing, and maintaining the several Public Buildings 
in the Department of the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Ireland. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,571, be New Record 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum — 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come . 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the construction 
of New Record Buildings at the Four Courts, 
Dublin. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,000, be Queen's 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge ee 
which will come in course of payment during oa 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
the purchase or erection of Buildings for the 
Queen’s University in Ireland. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,000, be Ulster Canal. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
the Restoration of the Works of the Ulster Canal. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 33,160, be Lighthouses 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Abroad. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for erecting and 
maintaining certain Lighthouses Abroad. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000, be Isle of Man 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 1natic 

. im . / » : Asylum. 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, to- 
wards the erection in the Isle of Man of an Asylum 
for the reception of Criminal and other Lunatics. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 53,421, be Houses of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Parliament. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Offices of the two Houses of Parlia- 
ment, and for Allowances to Retired Officers. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 38,432, be Treasury. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 19,471, be Home 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Department. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Home Department. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 47,840, be Foreign 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Department. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 

Sst 








it. 





Colonial 
Department. 


Privy Council, 


Board of 
Trade. 


Lord Privy 
Seal. 


Civil Service 
Commission. 


Paymaster 
General. 


Comptroller 
General of 
the Ex- 
chequer. 


Works and 
blic 
Buildings. 


Woods, 
Forests, and 
Land 
Revenues. 


Public 
Records. 


Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion. 


a 
99 VicroRIA. 


31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secre- 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,124, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secre- 
tary of State for the Colonies. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 14,739, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Most 
Honourable Privy Council. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £.48,285, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to Gefray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of the Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, including the Office of the Re- 
gistrar of Merchant Seamen, the Joint Stock Com- 
panies Registration Office, and the Designs Office. 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,938, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salary of the 
Lord Privy Seal, and the Salaries and Expenses 
of his Establishment. 

23. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,007, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for conducting the busi- 
ness of the Civil Service Commission. 

24. That a Sum not exceeding £. 14,558, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Pay- 
master General. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,558, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 


course of payment during the year ending on the! 


31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Office of the Comptroller General of 
the Exchequer. 

26. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 24,226, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 


necessary to defray the Charge which will come in | 


course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings. 

27. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 20,815, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of Woods, Forests, and Land 
Revenues, 

28. That a Sum, not exceeding £.16,119, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Department of Public Records. 

29. That a Sum, not exceeding £.222,984, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for Expenses con- 
nected with the Administration of the Laws re- 
lating to the Poor. 

VoL. 121. 


Qnd May. 





275 


30. That a Sum, not exceeding £.36,182, be Mint. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Establishment of 
the Mint, including Expenses of the Coinage. 

31. That a Sum, not exceeding £.29,462, be Factories, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Mines, &amp;c. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, 

Fisheries, Alkali Works, and Proving Establish- 
ments. 

32. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,242, be Queen’s and 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in membrancer, 
course of payment during the year ending on the &amp;c. (Scot- 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries of the '*"4) 
Department of the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s 
Remembrancer in the Exchequer, Scotland, of 
certain Officers in Scotland, and other Expenses, 
formerly paid from the Hereditary Revenue. 

33. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,413, be Household of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Lord Lieu- 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in geen 
course of payment during the year ending on the , 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries of the 
Officers and Attendants of the Household of the 
Lord Lieutenant of /reland. 

34. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,667, be chief Secre- 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum tary to Lord 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in a as 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- - 
penses of the Offices of the Chief Secretary to the 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland in Dublin and London. 

35. That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,906, be Public Works, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Ireland. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of Public Works in Jreland. 

36. That a Sum,'not exceeding £.26,866, be Audit Office. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of the Commissioners 
for auditing the Public Accounts. 

37. That a Sum, not exceeding £.14,107, be Copyhold, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Inclosure, and 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in —— 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Expense of the 
Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commission. 

38. That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,890, be Inclosure and 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Drainage Acts. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Imprest Expenses 
under the Inclosure and Drainage Acts. 

39. That a Sum, not exceeding £.49,796, be Registrars 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum — 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in ies 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Departments of the Registrars 
General of Births, &amp;c. in London, Dublin, and 
Edinburgh. 

40. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,253, be National Debt 

. Office. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the National Debt Office. 

41. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,935, be Public Works 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- i and 

me. iT : . est India 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in j,),n4s Relief 
course of payment during the year ending on the Commis- 

NN2 31st sioners. 





Commis - 
sioners in 
Lunacy, &amp;c. 


Superin- 
tendent of 
County Roads, 
South Wales. 


Registrars of 
Friendly 
Societies. 


Charity 
Commission. 


Office under 
the Local 
Government 
Act, &amp;c. 


Land Revenue 
Records and 
Inrolments, 
&amp;e. 


Quarantine 
Establish- 
ment. 


Secret 
Services. 


Stationery, 
Printing, and 
Binding, &amp;c. 


276 


31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 

enses of the Establishments under the Public 

orks Loan Commissioners, and the West India 
Islands Relief Commissioners. 

42. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,735, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for certain Expenses of 
the Office of the Commissioners in Lunacy in Eng- 
land, and the Salaries and Expenses of the Board 
of Lunacy in Scotland, and of the Office of the 
Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums in Jreland, includ- 
ing the Temporary Allowances for the Architect 
and Secretary of the Board of Control of Lunatic 
Asylums in Ireland. 

43. That « Sum, not exceeding £. 223, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 


31st day of March 1867, for the Salary and Ex- | 


enses of the General Superintendent of County 
Roads in South Wales. 


9nd May. 


€ 
1866. 
31st day of March 1867, for Postage of Letters on 
the Public Service in the several Departments. 

52. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 26,940, be Law Charges, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- &amp; 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Law Charges, and for 
the Salaries, Allowances, and Incidental Expenses, 
including Prosecutions relating to Coin, in the De- 
partment of the Solicitor for the Affairs of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury. 

53. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 141,567, be Prosecutions 





granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- &amp;t Assizes and 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in (vate he 
| course of payment during the year ending on the mies 
31st day of March 1867, for Prosecutions at As- 
|sizes and Quarter Sessions, formerly paid out of 
| County Rates, including Adjudications under the 
Criminal Justice Act, Sheriffs’ Expenses, Salaries 
in lieu of Fees to Clerks of Assize and other 
Officers, and for Compensation to Clerks of the 
| Peace under the same Act. 
54. That a Sum, not exceeding £.197,650, be Police in 


44, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,404, be | granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Countion and 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- | necessary to defray the Charge which will come 


cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 


Boroughs, 
. , : &amp;e. 
in course of payment during the year ending on 


'the 31st day of March 1867, for the Poliee in 


31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex-| Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales, 


penses in the Departments of the Registrars of 


Friendly Societies in England, Scotland, and Ire- 
land. 

45. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 13,673, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Charity Commission for England and 
Wales. 


46. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,835, be | 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867,.for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office in London, under the Local 
Government Act, and for the Expense of the In- 
spection of Burial Grounds in England and Wales. 

47. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,399, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of Land Revenue Records and 


Inrolments in London, and of the LanJed Estates | 


Record Office in Dublin. 

48, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 444, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Quarantine Esta- 
blishment. 

49. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 24,000, be 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- | 


cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Her Majesty’s Foreign 
and other Secret Services. 

50. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 267,087, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessiry to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending un the 
31st day of March 1867, for Stationery, Printing, 
and Binding, and Printed Books for the several 
Public Departments, and for Stationery, Printing, 
Binding, and Paper for the two Houses of Parlia- 
ment, including the Expense of the Stationery 
Office. 

51. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 113,020, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to or the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 


course of payment during the year ending on the 


and for the Police in Scotland. 

55. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,810, be Crown Office, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Queen’s 
‘necessary to defray the Charge which will come ®°"¢- 

‘in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Crown Office, 
| Queen’s Bench. 

56. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 8,520, be Admiralty 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ©ourts- 
‘necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
| penses in the Offices of the Registrar and Marshal 
of the High Court of Admiralty, and for the Ex- 
penses of the Admiralty Court, Dudlin. 

57. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,236, be Insolvent 
‘granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum i. 4 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come peel 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the First Commissioner of the late 
Insolvent Debtors’ Court, and of the Clerks and 
Officers of the late Court now acting in the Court 
of Bankruptcy, and in the Offices connected 
therewith. 

58. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 63,430, be courts of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum —— - 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come jr \itonial 
in course of payment during the year ending on Causes. 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and 
_Expenses of the Courts of Probate and Divorce 
,and Matrimonial Causes. 

, 59. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 120,821, be county 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Courts. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 

in course of payment during the year ending on 

the 31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and 
Expenses connected with the County Courts. 

60. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,280, be Office of Land 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Registry. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Office of Land Registry. 

61. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 17,093, be Police Courts, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Metropolis. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of. March 1867, for the Police Courts 
of the Metropolis. 

62. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 123,071, be Metropolitan 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Police. 

necessary 








Burials in 
Burghs 
(Scotian d . ) 


Harwich 
Election. 


Minutes 
ordered. 


Private Bills 
(Group 0.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 16.) 





29 VictoRIA. 


necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Metropolitan 
Police. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to revive Section Sixty-nine of “The Nuisances 
Removal ( Scotland) Act, 1856,” relating to Burials 
in Burghs: And that Mr. Bazter and Mr. Car- 
negie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petitions complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Harwich, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Henry Jervis White Jervis, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Harwich. 

That John Kelk, Esquire, is duly elected a Bur- 
gess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Harwich. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to 
be entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy, from the said Select Com- 
mittee, further informed the House, That the 
Committee had unanimously agreed to the follow- 
ing Resolutions: 

That Henry Jervis White Jervis, Esquire, was 
not disqualified to be elected and serve in this 
present Parliament by reason of holding an office 
or place of profit under the Crown created since 
the passing of 6 Anne c. 7, nor as a Deputy or 
Clerk in the Office of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretary of State for War within the meaning of 
15 Geo. 2. 

That no evidence of acts of bribery or undue 
influence exercised by the said Henry Jervis White 
Jervis, Esquire, and John Kelk, Esquire, has been 
laid before the Committee. 

That no agreement between the said Henry 
Jervis White Jervis, Esquire, and John Kelk, Es- 
quire, was made before the Election that the said 
Henry Jervis White Jervis, Esquire, should unduly 
use the influence of himself and the Great Eastern 


Qnd—3rd May. 


| Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms (House of Com- 








Railway Company with and over voters of and in 
the Borough of Harwich in favour of the said 
John Kelk, Esquire, and that the said John Kelk, | 
Esquire, should, in consideration thereof, pay and | 
bear the expenses of and attending the Election 
of the said Henry Jervis White Jervis, Esquire, or 
any portion thereof, as alleged in the Petition of 
John Burt and others. 

That the Petition of the said John G. K. Burt 
and others, against the said Henry Jervis White 
Jervis, Esquire, and John Kelk, Esquire, is frivo- 
lous and vexatious. 

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. 


Mr. Knight reported from the Committee on | 
Group O. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Neath New Gas Bill had ‘tated that 
the evidence of Robert Bryant Campion was essen- 
tial 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 
Robert Bryant Campion do attend the said Com- 
mittee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Robert Bryant Campion do attend 
the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the 
clock. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That at the meeting 
VoL, 121. 








277 


of the Committee this day, a letter was received 
from Colonel Sykes, one of the Members of the 
said Committee, stating that on account of sudden 
and alarming illness in his family, he did not 
attend the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Colonel Sykes be discharged 
from further attendance on the said Committee. 


Mr. Baxter presented a Bill to revive Section Burials in 
Sixty-nine of “ The Nuisances Removal ( Scotland) Burghs 
Act, 1856,” relating to Burials in Burghs: And — 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to Bill 132 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next; and : 
to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Ireland presented a Admiralty 
Bill to extend the Jurisdiction, alter, and amend Court . 
the Procedure and Practice, and to regulate the — _ 
Establishment of the Court of Admiralty in Jre- Bill 133. 
land: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
the 3lst day of this instant May; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Treland presented a Churen Tem- 
Bill to validate certain Orders made by the Lord Poralities 


Lieutenant in Council under the Church Tem- — Gane 
poralities Acts in Ireland: And the same was Bill 134 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday the 31st day of this 
instant May ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Standing Committee on the Kitchen and 
Refreshment 
Rooms (House 
of Commons) 
(Frst Report.) 


No, 228. 


mons) have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon, from time to time, to the House. 

Colonel French reported from the said Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Bagwell reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group I. of Private Bills; That Mr. Antrobus, one (Group 1.) 
of the Members of the said Committee, was not pre- 
sent during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Antrobus do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the cleck. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, Grand Juries 
resolve itself into a Committee on the Grand Juries (Ireland) Bi 
Presentment (Ireland) Bill. 1m 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike Turnpike 
Trusts Acts, which was presented upon the Ist Trusts Acts. 
day of this instant May, be printed. No, 229. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lord LordLyon 
Lyon King at Arms, which was presented upon “- ee 
the 1st day of this instant May, be printed. we. SUS, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, Spirits. 
which was presented upon the Ist day of this No. 232. 


| instant May, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Thursday, 3rd May, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
N R. Bonham-Carter reported from the Gene- Devonport 
ral Committee of Elections the Names of Election. 
the Members of the Select Committee appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
rove | of Devonport, to which they had annexed 
the Petition referred to them by the House : 


The Right Honourable Charles Bowyer Ad- 
derley, 





NN3 John 








Tiverton 
Election. 


Galway Town 
Election. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Nineteenth 
Report.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 10.) 


Dublin 
Corporation 
Water Bill. 


Hexham and 
Allendale 
Railway Bill. 


Lancashire 


Railway 
(Extension of 
Time, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


278 


John Cheetham, Esquire, 
The Honourable Percy E. Herbert (Salop, 8.), 
Sir Hedworth Williamson, 
Charles W. Williams Wynn (Mont.), Chair- 
man. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the General 
Committee of Elections the Names of the Mem- 
bers 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 Tiverton, to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tion referred to them by the House: 

Charles Du Cane, Esquire, 

The Honourable Peter J. Locke King (Sur- 
rey, E.), 

Patrick Boyle Smollett, Esquire, 

The Honourable George Waldegrave-Leslie, 

Lord John T. Browne (Mayo), Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the General 
Committee of Elections the Names of the Mem- 
bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petitions complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Town of 
Galway, to which they had annexed the Petitions 
referred to them by the House : 

Robert Culling Hanbury, Esquire, 

Lawrence Oliphant, Esquire, 

Francis Sharp Powell, Esquire, 

John Reginald Yorke, Esquire, 

Henry Hussey Vivian, Esquire (Glamor.), 
Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 





Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; ‘That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 30th day 
of April last, and the Ist day of this instant May, 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


Sir Brooke Bridges reported from the Committee 
on Group 10 of Railway Bills; That, there being 
no business for their consideration, the Committee 
had adjourned till Monday next, at ‘Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dub- 
lin Corporation Water Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Hexham and Allendale 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 Lancashire and 


and Yorkshire Yorkshire Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill 


be now read the third time ; 

Lord Naas, 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- 


3rd May. 









1866. 


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 Mid-Hants Railway Bill was read the Mid-Hants 
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 Midland Railway (Additional Powers) Bill Midland 







was read the third time. (adaule - 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Powers) Bill, 






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







The Newchurch Parish Division Bill was read Newehurch 
the third time. — 
ry’ e D i eo 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ae 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 









The Parsonstown and Portumna Bridge Railway Parsonstown 
Bill was read the third time. — ae 
pa ~ ge 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Railway Bill. 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Parsonstown and 
Portumna Bridge Railway Company to extend the 
time for completion of their Works; to issue Pre- 
ference Shares; to sell or lease their Undertaking 
to the Great Southern and Western Railway Com- 
pany; to enable the Great Southern and Western 
Railway Company to purchase, lease, and subscribe 
to the Company’s Undertaking, and for other pur- 
poses. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 














The Rochdale Water Bill was read the third time. Rochdale 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








The Tyne Improvement Bill was read the third Tyne 

time; and verbal Amendments were made to the Bill. oe 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. - 
Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 




























made, That the Wrexham, Wrexham, 
Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway (Additional Mold, and 
F ° J Connah's 
Powers) Bill be now read the third time ; Quay Railway 
Lord Naas, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- (Additional 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having Powers) Bill. 
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. 


A Motion being 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Slough Gas 
the Slough Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee; Bill. 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence fly Tidal 
taken before the Committee on the Ely Tidal meses 
Harbour and Railway Bill, in Session 1856, and (1856), &amp;e. 
the Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway Bill, in 
Session 1857, be referred to the Committee on 
Group 16 of Railway Bills. 


Lord Naas, from the Select Committee ap- Huddersfield 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- Election. 
tition complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for 














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99 VicTorRiaA. 


for the Borough of Huddersfield, informed the 
. House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Thomas Pearson Crosland, Esquire, is 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Huddersfield. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Lord Naas, from the said Committee, further in- 
formed the House, That the Committee had agreed 
to the following Resolution : 

That the Committee have no reason to believe 
that corrupt Practices extensively prevailed at the 
last Election for the Borough of Huddersfield. 

2 _ That the Report do lie upon the 
able. 


Minutes Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 

ordered. taken before the Committee be laid before this 
House. 

Cheltenham Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 

Election. Cheltenham Election Petition have leave to sit 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 

Mitchell v. A Petition of Herbert Lloyd, of No. 1, Wood- 


Smith, street, Cheapside, in the City of London, Solicitor, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That an 
Action hath lately been commenced in the Mayor’s 
Court of the City of London, and is still pending, 
between George Morris Mitchell, Plaintiff, and 


3rd May. 





| Parliament for the Borough of Stamford, in the 


‘room of Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Baronet, 


accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 


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279 


Return for the Borough of Cheltenham, informed 
the House, That it appeared, from Evidence ad- 
duced before the Committee this day, that George 
Powell, having been duly summoned by the 
Speaker’s Warrant, had disobeyed such Warrant, 
and had not appeared before the said Committee this 
day, when required to do so by the Committee. 
Ordered, That George Powell do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock. 


Sir John Simeon reported from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group M of Private Bills; That, for the con- (Group M.) 
venience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 
to Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 

3 

Sir John Simeon reported the Saint George’s Saint George's 
Parish, County of Gloucester, Bill, with Amend- be 
anente. of Gloucester 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Stamford 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ it 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 


who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 


Majesty’s Manor of Northstead, in the County of 


Sydney Smith, Defendant, to recover from the said | York. 


Sydney Smith the sum of £.47 5 s. for work alleged 
to have been done by the said George Morris Mit- 


chell, in searching for and making copies of Petitions | 
presented to the House; the Petitioner is advised | P 


| 


and believes that it will be necessary, in order to 
support the defence to the said Action, to produce | 
all Receipt Books for the year of our Lord 1866, | 
wherein is or are contained any entry or entries in| 
respect of searches for Petitions or Fees paid for | 
such searches, or in respect of copies made of Pe- 
titions and fees paid in respect of such copies ; 
and also a list of the proper fees to be charged in | 
respect of such searches and copies; and pray-| 
ing that the proper Officer of the House may attend | 
at the Trial of the said Cause, to be holden before | 
the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, in 
* the Chamber of the Guildhall of the same City, on | 
Saturday the fifth day of May instant, at ten of the | 
clock in the forenoon, and so from day to day 
until the said cause shall be tried; and that the 
said Officer may produce with him the said Re- 
ceipts and Documents above enumerated. 
Ordered, That leave be given to the proper 
Officer to attend accordingly. 





The Names of the five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petitions 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Hereford, 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- 
morrow, in one of the Committee-rooms of the 
House, at Eleven of the clock. 


Hereford City 
Election. 





ee Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
“"- read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Votes, A Public Petition was also presented, and read; 


ad Twentieth and referred to a Select Committee. 


Swindon, Mr. Wyvill reported the Swindon, Calne, and 

ira Cricklade Roads Bill, with Amendments. 

Roads Bill. r _— That the Report do lie upon the 
able. 


Cheltenham 
tions 


Mr. Ayrton, from the Select Committee ap 
inted to and determine the matter of the 


etition complaining of an undue Election and 
VoL. 121. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 
osed, That this House do now adjourn :—&lt;And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


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 North Eastern North Eastern 
Railway (Durham New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill, without pee 4 
any Amendment. ome ge 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Rathmines and Rathmines 
Rathgar Improvement Bill, without any Amend- 2"4 Rathgar 


Improvement 
ment. Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the North Eastern North Eastern 
Railway (Yorkshire New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill, with pe A 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- (orssuire 


J New Lines, 
currence of this House. &amp;e.) Bill. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Sale of Land 
for amending the Law of Auctions of Estates ; to hy year 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this . ‘J 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act East India 
to amend the Last India Irrigation and Canal nae and 
Act, 1861, with respect to the cancellation and [Lords] 
surrender of Shares, and otherwise with respect 
to the Capital of the Company; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Madras 
to amend the Madras Irrigation and Canal Acts in !"rigation and 
reference to the cancellation and surrender of , Lords.) 
Shares, and the raising of Capital; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dublin and 
to extend the period now limited for the construc- — 
tion and completion of the Dublin and Antrim tt Bill 
Junction Railway, and to enable the Dublin and [Lords.] 
Antrim Junction Railway Company to create 
Preference Shares, and to enable the said Com- 
pany to let their Undertaking to the Belfast and 

orthern Counties, or the Ulster Railway Com- 
panies, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Thames 
for making and maintaining a Subway from Subway Bill 
Deptford, under the River Thames, to the Isle of an 

NN4 Dogs, 





280 


Dogs, and for other purposes ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 
Dagenham The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
~~ 4) for incorporating the Dagenham Dock Railways 
Railways Bill P 5 ~ c y 
[Lords.] Conrpany, and for authorizing them to make and 
maintain Railways from the Dagenham ( Thames) 
Dock to the Great Eastern Railway and the 
London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway, and from 
the North Kent Railway at Erith to the River 
Thames near Crossness Point, with Piers, and to 
provide and run Steam and other Vessels in con- 
nection with the Railways, and for authorizing 
Arrangements between the Company and other 
Companies, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Public Income Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


and Expendi- an Account of the. gross Public Income and Ex- | 


ture. 


No. 232 penditure in the year ended the 31st day of March 


1866; together with the Balances in the Exche- 
quer at the commencement and at the termination 
of the year, and the Amount of Funded and Un- 
founded Debt created or redeemed in the said 
rear. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Account. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the Honse,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Harwich Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 


Harwich 
Election. 


No. 233. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of 
March last, for Returns relative to Stockton-on- 
Tees and Middlesborough County Courts. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of March 
last, for Returns relative to Electoral Divisions 
(Ireland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of 


Stockton-on- 
Tees and 
Middlesbo- 
rough County 
Courts. 


Electoral 
Divisions 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Removal 
(Ireland.) 


(Ireland). 


. : | 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | . 


Table. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 20th day of April last, for a Return re- 
lative to Sugar. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of April 
last, for Returns relative to Hops. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of April 
last, for Returns relative to Malt and Barley. 


Sugar. 


Hops. 


Malt and 
Barley. 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | 


Table. 


Greenock and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 


Ayrshire 
Railway Bill. ° . : ° 
= against the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Duties of Customs chargeable upon the goods here- 
inafter mentioned, upon their importation into 
Great Britain and Ireland, shall cease and deter- 
mine: viz. 

Wood and Timber, Foreign and Colonial, as 

denominated in the Tariff; 
And that Power be granted to the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury to remit the duty on all 
such Wood and Timber as shall have been landed, 
under Bond for Security of Duty, on and after 
the 26th day of March 1866. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Wood and 
Timber. 





3rd May. 





April last, for a Return relative to Poor Removal | 


the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions | 





1866. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- «+ 
gress in the matter to them referred ; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Exchequer 
take into consideration the Exchequer and Audit oon a 
Departments Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Bill, 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by leaving out Clause 4, 

And the Question being put, That Clause 4 
stand part of the Bill:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Crown Lands 
into a Committee on the Crown Lands Bill; and, 2#!- 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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 Drainage Maintenance (Jreland) Bill was, Drainage 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- (Ireland) Bil 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for . 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Fishery Piers 
Reading of the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jre- &lt;a 
land) Bill; (aay oe 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Naval Savings 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second eke Te 


Reading of the Naval Savings Banks Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Convicts’ _ 
into a Committee on the Convicts’ Property Bill; Property Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landed Pro- 
Reading of the Landed Property Improvement P&amp;W (Ireland) 
(Ireland) Bill; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Labouring 

Reading of the Labouring Classes’ Dwellings ( Zre- — 

land) Bill (Ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday next. 


The Land Drainage Supplemental Bill was, ac- Land 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Drainage ‘al 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for rca 
Monday next. 


The Inclosure Bill was, according to Order, read Inclosure Bill. 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day — read, for the Second Summary. 


Pi of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) (Scotland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time vi: 
upon Monday next. - 
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“a @ 


7e- 


d) 





Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Bill 
[Lords.j 


Entail 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Public Com- 
panies Bill. 


Grand Juries 
Presentment 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Nottingham 
Town Writ. 


99 VicToRIA. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Entail ( Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Public Companies Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Grand Juries Presentment 
(Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Cause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 3, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Criauses N° 5, and N°’ 6, agreed to. 

A Clause (That nothing in this Act or said re- 
cited Act sixth and seventh William the Fourth, 
chapter one hundred and sixteen, section one hun- 
dred and seventeen, shall be deemed as binding 
Grand Juries and magistrates and cesspayers in 
road sessions assembled to take the lowest tender, 
provided it has been proved to their satisfaction 
that the person making such tender has been a bad 
contractor) brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time —- put, and negatived. 

A Clause added. 

Another Clause (That if at any adjourned ses- 
sions for any county, county of a city, or county 
of a town in Ireland no justice shall be present, 
it shall be lawful for the associated cesspayers to 
choose one of their number to preside thereat; 
and all acts or proceedings of such adjourned ses- 
sions shall be in all respects as good and valid as if 
a justice had been presiding) brought up, and 
read the first and second time. 

Amendment proposed, in 1. 1, after the word 
“any,” to insert the words “ presentment or.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ; Colonel Vandeleur, 7 

Yeas, | Captain Stacpoole : J 

Tellers for the; Mr. Esmonde, } 5 

Noes, {Sir John Gray: 

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








5 


4, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair: and Mr. Dodson 
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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Town and County 
of the Town of Nottingham, in the room of Sir 
Robert Juches Clifton, Baronet,and Samuel Morley, 
Esquire, whose elections have been determined to 
be void ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That”. 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 


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21 


words ‘‘ the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
“the Nottingham Town Election Committee be 
* laid before this House,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 


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


Friday, 4th May, 1866: 


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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Town and County 
of the Town of Nottingham, in the room of Sir 
Robert Juckhes Clifton, Baronet, and Samuel Mor- 
ley, Fisquire, whose elections have been determined 
to be void. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant New Windscr 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ. 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of New 
Windsor, in the room of Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, 

Baronet, and Henry Labouchere, Esquire, whose 
elections have been determined to be void. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Northallerton 
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 North- 
allerton, in the room of Charles Henry Millis, 
Esquire, whose election has been determined to 
be void. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Representa- 
Representation of the People Bill {Harden Peti- tion of the 
tion) do consist of Five Members, to be nominated (Hendon 
by the General Committee of Elections, and that Petition.) 
two other Members, to be named by the General 
Committee of Elections, be appointed to serve on 
the Select Committee to examine Witnesses, but 
without the power of voting. 

Ordered, That the Committee have power to 
send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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

to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Property __ 
Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland: And no 
that Mr. Childers, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, and 

Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, and 

bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Curragh of 
to make better Provision for the Management and ™4#re. 
Use of the Curragh of Kildare: And that Mr. 
Childers, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, and Mr. At- 

torney General for Ireland do prepare, and bring 

it in. 


The House was moved, That the Companies Companies 
Act (1862) might be read; and the same being At (1862.) 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 

resolve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Act:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 

the Committee. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to amend “ The Companies Act, 1862.” 


Resolution to be reported. 








VoL. 121. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Brand 
OO reported, 





282 


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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Brand 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 Companies Act, 1862”:—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Monsell, 
and Mr. Brand do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts 
relating to the National Debt, might be read; and 
the same being read; 

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


the said Acts. 


National Debt 
Acts. 


Rateable Mr. Childers presented a Bill to consolidate and 

Property amend the Laws relating to the Valuation of 

(Ireland) Bill. Rateable Property i in Ireland: And the same was 

Bill 135. ead the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to make better 
Provision for the Management and Use of the 
Curragh of Kildare: 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. 


Curragh of 
Kildare Bill. 


Bill 136, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Report by the Postmaster General to 
the Treasury upon complaints as to the Fife 
Mails. 

Mr. 
Paper. 

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


Fife Mails. 
No. 234. 


Childers accordingly presented the said 


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


Friday, 4th May, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
H E House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to | 
the Dublin Port Acts Amendment Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 


Dublin Port 
Acts Amend- 
ment 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 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dublin 
Port (Docks) Bill; and the same were twice read, | 
and agreed to. 


Dublin Port 
(Docks) 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. 


Leicester The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Cattle Market, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Leicester 

$e. Bim. Cattle Market, &amp;c. Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Leicester 


Leicester 
Waiter Bill. 


3rd—Ath May. 











1866. 


Water Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
greed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The British Gas Company (Staffordshire Pot- pritish Gas 
teries) Bill was read the third time. Company _ 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | ewreeties = 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the ~° — 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Colchester Gas Bill was read the third time. Colchester 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, 'That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The East Gloucestershire Railway Bill was read East Glouces- 
the third time. tershire 
Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. seein 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lowther’s Naturalization Bill was read the third Lowther’s 
time. Naturalization 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. seit 

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 South Yorkshire Railway Bill was read the south 

third time. Yorkshire 
Resoived, That the Bill do pass. neta 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lynn and 
the Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway (Works at Siro Bridge 
King’s Lynn) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (yor) 


* shen : 7 (Works at 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. King’s Lynn) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lynn and 
the Lynn and Sutton Bridge, Spalding and Bourn, Spaldion 
and Norwich and Spalding Railway Companies Bourn, and 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Norwich and 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. SP2!ding 


Railway 
Companies 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration + crm and 
the Spalding and Bourn Railway Bill, as amended Railway Bill. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to on 

take into consideration the Great Northern Rail- Railway, 

way (Additional Powers) Bill, as amended in the (Additional 

Committee. Powers) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Eust India Irrigation and Canal Bill was East India 
read the first time. at nee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Lorde.) 

IF seen of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Madras Irrigation and Canal Bill was read Madras 
the first time. ery and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- ; Lords.) 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway Bill Dublin and 
was read the first time. Antrim 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Railway Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. [ Lords. } 


The Thames Subway Bill was read the first Thames 
time. Subway Bill 


: Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 4°") 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. - 
e 








nd 





Silloth Police 
Bill. 


Bristol and 
South 


Western Rail- 


way Bill, 
1862, &amp;c. 


Private Bills 
(Group I.) 


Greenock 


Harbour Bill. 


Dagenham 

eer 
ck Bill 

[Lords.] 


Tiverton 
Election. 


Devonport 
Election. 


Galway Town 
Election. 


29 VicToriA. 


The Dagenham Dock Railways Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order, That the Silloth Police Bill be com- 
mitted, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committees on the Bristol and 
South Western Railway Bill, in Session 1862, the 
Bristol and North Somerset Railway Bill, in Ses- 
sion 1863, and the East Somerset Railway Exten- 
sion Bill, in Session 1865, be referrec to the Com- 
mittee on Group 16 of Railway Bills. 


Ath May. 





Mr. Bagwell reported from the Committee on 
Group I. of Private Bills; That, for the conveni- 
ence of Parties, the Committee had adjourned to | 
Wednesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bagwell reported from the Committee on 
Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Greenock Harbour Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had verbally amended the same; and had 
found the same, as amended, to be true; that a 
Report from the Board of Trade upon the Bill had 
been considered by t':'e Committee ; and that they 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bagwell reported from the Committee on 
Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Dagenham (Thames\ Dock Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the | 
same to be true; that a Report from the Board of | 
Trade upon the Bill had been considered by the | 
Committee ; and that they had gone through the | 
Bill, and made an Amendment thereunto. | 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he | 
had this day received a Letter from Robert Davey 
and George Laval Chesterton, informing him that 
it is not their intention to proceed with their Peti- 
tion complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Tiverton :—And the said Let- 
ter was read, as followeth :— 


Sir, Tiverton, May 2nd 1866. 
We beg to inform you that it is not our inten- 
tion to proceed with our Election Petition delivered 
in on the 15th day of March last, complaining of | 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Tiverton. 
We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servants, 
Robert Davey, 
George Laval Chesterton. 
To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons, 
Ordered, That no further proceedings be taken 
upon the said Petition. 








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 Devonport, 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. 


The Names of the five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petitions com- 





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283 


plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Town of Galway, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-mor- 
row, in one of the Committee Rooms of the House, 
at Twelve of the clock. 


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 Twentieth 

Report. 

Sir Henry Rawlinson reported from the Com- Private Bills 
mittee on Group N. of Private Bills; That the (Group N.) 
Parties opposing the Greenock Water Bill had 


‘stated that the Evidence of Peter Morrison was 


essential to enable them to establish their case, and 
it having been proved that his attendance could 
net be procured without the intervention of the 
House, he had been instructed to move that the 
said Peter Morrison do attend the said Committee 
on Wednesdey next the 9th day of May, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Peter Morrison do attend the 
said Committee upon Wednesday next, at Twelve 
of the clock. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Grange and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ©#ttmel 
That in the case of the Grange and Cartmel Dis- py og 
trict Gas and Water Bill, originating in the Lords, Bill [Lerds.] 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into and 
which are applicable thereto, have been complied 
with. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table —Report from Longton Gas 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bill [Lords.] 
That in the case of the Longton Gas Lill, originating 
in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading 
thereof, the Standing Orders not previously in- 
quired into and which are applicable thereto, have 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Great 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, my and 
That in the case of the Great Southern and Railway Bill 
Western Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, [Lords.] 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Stand- 
ing Orders not previously inquired into and which 
are applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from East Barnet 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ——. 
That in the case of the East Barnet Gas and Water [ yords.] 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not 
previously into and which are applicable thereto, 
have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Cheltenham 
Cheltenham Election Petition have leave tw sit this Election. 


day till Seven of the clock, during the sitting of 


the House. 


Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 9'ders- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Manchester Division Manchester 
Petty Sessions Court Bill, Petition for additional = a 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- pi, 
pensed with; that the parties be permitted to in- 
troduce their additional Provision accordingly, if 
the Commitiee on the Bill shall think fit. 

O02 2. That 














Harborne 
Railway Bill. 


Great 
Northern 
Railwa 
(Potter’s Bar, 
Barnet, and 
Hendon) Bill. 
Cambrian 
Railways 
(New Works) 
Bill. 


Huddersfield 
Election. 


Deviation of 
Compasses. 


Cattle Disease 
(Ireland) Act 
(1866.) 


Stockton-on- 
Tees and 
Middlesbo- 
rough County 
Courts. 


No. 236. 
Electoral 
Divisions 
(Ireland.) 

No. 237. 
Poor Removal 
(Ireland.) 


No. 238. 


Sugar. 
No. 239. 


Hops. 
No. 240. 


Malt and 
Barley. 


No. 241. 


Cattle Plague 
No. 235. 


Navy (Ship 
** Trusty.”) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Qualification 
for Offices 
Abolition Bill. 


984 4th 


2. That in the case of the Harborne Railway 
Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 

arties be permitted to introduce their additional 
ashton accordingly, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit. 

3. That in the case of the Great Northern Rail- 
way (Potter's Bar, Burnet, and Hendon) Bill, Pe- 
tition for additional Provision, the Standing Or- | 
ders ought not to be dispensed with. 





May. 1866. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Shrewsbury Bridges Company to alter 
the Levels of a portion of a Road, and to make 
certain New Roads, and to make a Bridge in lieu 
of a Bridge authorized by a former Act, and for 
other purposes; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making a Railway and Central Station at Ryde, 
in the Isle of Wight, and for other purposes; to 





4, That in the case of the Cambrian Railways 
(New Works) Bill, Petition for additional Pro- 
vision, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with, 

The first two Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House, — 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 


Committee on the Huddersfield Election Petition. | 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of March last, for Returns 
relative to Deviation of Compasses. 

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


| 
Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented, pursuant | 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy 
of a General Orcer assessing the Sum of £. 13,474 
on the several Unions in Jre/and, to provide a Fund 
for the purposes of the Cattle Disease Act (/re- | 
land) 1866. | 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stockton- 
on- Tees and Middlesborough County Courts, which 
was presented upon the 3rd day of this instant 
May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Electoral 
Divisions (/reland), which was presented upon the 
3rd day of this instant May, be printed. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor 
Removal (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
3rd day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, | 
which was presented upon the 3rd day of this in- 
stant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, 
which was presented upon the 3rd day of this in- 
stant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt and 
Barley, which was presented upon the 3rd day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
_to renew and extend the Powers of the Sligo and 
_Ballaghaderreen Junction Railway Company, and 

for other purposes; to which the nes desire the 
concurrence of this House. 
| The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Swansea Harbour Trustees to com- 
plete and maintain additional Works, and to raise 
a further Sum of Money for the purposes of their 
Undertaking, and to confer further Pilotage Powers 
on the Trustees, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 


Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Votnes; together with the Minutes 
of Evidence, and Appendix, and Index thereto. 
The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Great Yarmouth; together with 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittee, and the Appendix, and Index thereto. 
The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borongh of Reigate; together with the Minutes 
of Evidence taken before the Committee, and the 


| Appendix, and Index thereto. 


The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
|Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Lancaster; together with the 
Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix, and Index 
thereto. 

Ordered, That printed Copies of the said Re- 





Ordered, That the Quarterly Returns (Nos. 1) 
and 2) relative to the Cattle Plague, which were | 
presented upon the 27th day of April last, be 
printed, 


ports be communicated to the Lords, as desired 
by their Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver 


the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Surgeon’s Report of the Number 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report by Captain Powell respect- 
ing the results of the Experiments made in 1861 


to test the Cupola system of Armament on board | 


Her Majesty’s Ship “ Trusty.” 


Ordered, That Sir John Gray have leave of ab- | 


sence for a week, on urgent business. 


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 Qualification for 
Offices Abolition Bill, without any Amendment. 





of Cases of Small-pox on board Her Majesty’s 
Ship “ Octavia,” showing how many of such Cases 
terminated fatally. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
| Command,—Copy of Returns relating to Live 
| Stock in the United Kingdom: 

No. 1.—Total Number of Cattle, Sheep, and 
Pigs in each Division of the United 
Kingdom. 

No. 2.—Area and Population of each County 
in Great Britain; and Number of 
each kind of Live Stock, and Number 
of Cattle died or killed on a 

oO 





Shrews 
Bridges Bill 
rds. | 


Ryde Station 


and Railway 


Bill [Lords.] 


Sligo and 
Ballaghader- 
reen Junction 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Swansea 
Harbour Trust 
Bill [Lords.} 


Totnes 


to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Election. 


Great 
Yarmouth 
Election. 


Reigate 
Election. 


Lancaster 
Borough 
Election, 


Navy (Ship 
“ Octavia”) 


Live Stock 
(United 
Kingdom.) 





Merchant 
Seamen’s 
Fund. 


Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


Supply. 


Untried 
Prisoners. 


Devonport 
Election. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twentieth 
Report.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 10.) 


to the end of the Question, in order to add the 


29 Vicrortia. 
of Plague, in each County of Great 


Britain. 

No. 3.—Number of Cattle, distinguishing Cows 
and other Cattle, according to age; 
Number of Sheep, according to age ; 
and Number of Pigs, in each County 
in Great Britain, upon 5th March | 
1866. 

No. 4.—Statement of the Population and Num- | 
ber of Live Stock in the United King- 
dom and various Foreign Countries, 
according to the latest Returns. 

Mr. Milner Gibson also presented, pursuant to | 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An 
Account of the Receipt and Expenditure (under 
the Seamen’s Fund Winding-up Act), from Ist 
January to 3lst December 1865; with an Account 
of the Sums received and paid for the Wages and | 
Effects of deceased Seamen in the year 1865. 

Statement of the Receipts and Payments made 
by the Board of Trade for the Royal Harbour of 
Ramsgate, for the year ending 3lst December 
1865, together with an Account of the Receipt 
and Issue of Stores; and also, Receipts and Pay- 
ments on account of the Benefit Fund. 

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





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


4th—7th May. 





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” 


words “ it is the opinion of this House, that it 
“ would be desirable that Government should take 
“ measures to prevent untried Prisoners from be- 
*‘ ing subjected to illegal and unnecessary restric- 
* tions, similar to those which appear to have been 
*‘ imposed on the political Prisoners at Waterford, 
“from the twenty-first day of February to the 
sixteenth day of March,” instead thereof. 

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

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 


And 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 Monday next. 








Monday, 7th May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
HE Serjeant at Arms attending this House 
informed the House, that, pursuant toa War- 
rant under the hand of the Chairman of the Devon- 
port Election Committee, he had taken George 
Popplestone into his custody, and that the prisoner 
was still in his custody. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 2nd, 
3rd, and 4th days of this instant May, and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Sir Brooke Bridges reported from the Committee 
on Group 10 of Railway Bills; That, for the con- 





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285 


venience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 
till Wednesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Brooke Bridges reported from the Committee 
on Group 10 of Railway Bills; That in the case 
of the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junc- 


tion Railway Bill, they had examined the allega- 


tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same by striking out all reference to 
Traffic Arrangements between the Company and 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and 
North Western Railway Companies, so as to be 
in conformity 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. Charles Williams Wynn, from the Select 
Committee appointed to try and determine the mat- 
ter of the Petition complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Devonport, 
informed the House, That George Popplestone had 
heen guilty of prevarication in giving his Evidence 
before the Committee; and that he had, by the 
direction of the Committee, by Warrant under his 
hand, committed the said George Pupplestone to 
the custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
House, to await the pleasure of the House. 





Fleetwood, 
Preston, and 
West Riding 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Devonport 
Election. 


And the House being informed by a Member, 


That the said George Popplestone had expressed 
his contrition for his offence ; 

Ordered, That George Popplestone be discharged 
out of the custody of the Serjeant at Arms attend- 
ing this House without payment of his fees. 


Sir Henry Rawlinson reported the Glasgow( City) 
Improvements, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upen the Table. 


Sir John Simeon reported from the Committee 
on Group M. of Private Bills; That, in the case of 
the Manchester Division Petty Sessions Court 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same 
by striking out so much as relates to the raising 
of an increased Rate for the payment of Sti- 
pendiary Magistrates, the Committee not thinking 
it expedient that such increased Rate should be 
raised, 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. Wyvill reported the Combmartin and I/fra- 
combe Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Scholefield reported the North Metropolitan 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Admiral Duncombe, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petitions complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the City of Hereford, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Richard Baggallay, Esquire, is duly elected 
a Citizen to serve in this present Parliament for 
the City of Hereford. 

That George Clive, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Citizen to serve in this present Parliament for the 
City of Hereford. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Admiral Duncombe, from the said Select Com- 

O03 mittee, 


Glasgow (City) 
Improve- 
ments, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Manchester 
Division Petty 


Sessions Court 


Bill. 


Combmartin 


and Ilfracombe 


Road Bill. 


North Metro- 
politan 
Railway Bill. 


Hereford City 
Election. 








286 


mittee, further informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That it had been proved to the Committee,— 

That Thomas Hare was bribed with £. 9; 

That William Birch, John Ede Derry, Charles 
Wainscoat, Elward Tyler, William Knowles, John 
Stephens, George Hedger, Thomas Killick, and 
William Shipp were bribed with £. 10 each; 

That William Vickery was bribed with £. 5 ; 
to vote for the said Richard Baggallay, Esquire. 

That it was not proved that such bribery was 
committed with the knowledge or consent of the 
said Richard Baggullay, Esquire, or his Agents. 

That the Committee have no reason to believe 
that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed 
at the last Election for the City of Hereford. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Bristol Har- The Bristol Harbour Junction Railway and 
bour Junction Wharf Depot Bill was read the third time. 

Railway and fa : 

Wharf Depot  Ztesolved, That the Bill do pass, 

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


Llynvi Valley 
and Ogmore 
Valley 
Railway 
Companies 


Bill. 


The Llynvi Valley and Ogmore Valley Railway 
Companies Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That that the Bill do pass. 

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


The Nelson Local Board 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. 


Nelson Local 
Board Bill. 


Slough Gas The Slough Gas Bill was read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Whitmarsh’s Disabilities 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. 


Whitmarsh's 
Disabilities 
Bill [ Lords. ] 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Barnsley Local Board of Health Bill, as amended 
in the Committee; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Barnsley Local 
Board of 
Health Bill. 


Bideford, The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Appledore,and the Bideford, A ppledore, and Westward Ho’ Rail- | 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and | 


Westward Ho’ way 
Railway Bil, ““D ; 
Amendments were made to the Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bristol and 
Portishead 
Pier and 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Chester and West Cheshire 
Jur.ction Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


Chester and 
West Cheshire 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Hornsey Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Hornsey Gas 
Bill [Loras. } 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Hull Docks Bill, as amended in the Committee; 
and Amendments were made to the B:ll. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Hull Docks 
Bill. 


7th May. 


1866. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kensington 
the Kensington Improvement Bill, as amended in !™provement 
the Committee. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration feven and 


| the Leven and East of Fife Railway Bill, as amended East of Fife 


in the Committee. Railway Bill. 


A Clause (Saving Rights of the Crown), 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 Liverpool 
the Liverpool Corporation Water Bill, as amended Cvrporation 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to Water oe 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Great 
the Midland Great Western Railway (of Ireland) Western 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. rv ‘&lt;&lt; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.  [Zoras.] 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Northampton 
the Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway *"4 Banbury 

4 ° Y “ Junction 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. . 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rochdale and 
the Rochdale and Edenfield Roads Bill, as amended Eenfield 
‘in the Committee ; and Amendments were made "04s Bill. 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration swansea Vale 
the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction nd Neath and 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. ase 


Ordered, ‘\hat the Bill be read the third time. Railway Bil, 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Talacre Pier 
the Talacre Pier and Harbour (Railway) Bill, as 4 Harbour 
/amended in the Committee. {torasy _ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ' 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Teme Valley 
‘the Teme Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The Brighton West Pier Bill was read a second Brighton 
'time ; and committed. West Pier Bill 
(Lords. } 

The Cork and Youghal Railway Bill was read Cork and 
a second time; and committed. Youghal 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. ] 
The Cork Harbour Bill was read a second time; Cork Harbour 
and committed. Bill [Lords.} 


Ordered, That the Imperial Gas Company Bill Imperial Gas 


be read a second time To-morrow. Company Bill 
[Lords.] 


The South Zssex Estuary and Reclamation Bill South Essex 


was read a second time; and committed. Estaary and 
Reclamation 


Bill [Lords.] 
The Shrewsbury Bridges Bill was read the first Shrewsbury 
time. Bridges Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- [Lords] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Ryde Station and Railway Bill was read Ryde Station 
the first time. and Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill (Lorde.] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Junction Rail- Sligo and 
way Bill was read the first time. — 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Junction _ 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Railway 
The | Lords. ] 











=~ 


mn. 
y 





99 Vicrorta. 


Swansea The Swansea Harbour Trust Bill was read the 
Harbour Trust first time. 


Bill (Lords] “Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Representa- Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
se = nd mittee of Elections; That, in pursuance of the 
(Harden Instruction of the House, they had nominated the 
Petition.) following five Members to constitute the Com- 
mittee on the Representation of the People Bill 
(Harden Petition) : 
Earl of Dalkeith, 
Sir James Fergusson, 
Lord Henley (Northampton), 
John Peel, Esquire ( Tamworth), 
The Right Honourable Sir David Dundas 
( Sutherl.), 
And that they had also named 
Sir Francis Crossley and 
William Ferrand, Esquire, 
to serve on the Committee to examine witnesses, 
but without the power of voting. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Vide Twenty- 
first Report. 


Furness 
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 Furness Railway 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Whitehaven Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
~ geal one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Whitehaven, Bills, That-in the case of the Whitehaven and 


Cleator,and Furness Junction, and Whitehaven, Cleator, and 


— Egremont Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, 
Lords | and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 


Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and 
which are applicable thereto, have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Furness and 
Whitehaven 
and Furness 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Junction Bills, That in the case of the Furness and White- 

— haven and Furness Junction Railway Companies 
Om panies M see . &gt; » 

Bill (Zords.] Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 


First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Southgate and 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Colney Hatch 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


7th May. 


287 


and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, 
and which are applicable thereto, have been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, vy one of *e Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Customs Duties Customs 


(Isle of Man) Bill, without any Amendment. nee ™ 


The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern- Local Govern- 


ment Supplemental Bill, without any Amendment. ened 


The Lords have agreed to the Croydon Com-~ Croydon 


: « Rj x Cc ial 
mercial Gas Bill, without any Amendment. Gas Bill, 


The Lords have agreed to the Devon and Somerset — 
Railway (Capital) Bill, without any Amendment. Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Paisley Water Paisley Water 
Bill, without any Amendment. Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bromsgrove and Bromsgrove 


Droitwich Water Bill, without any Amendment. = - 


The Lords have agreed to the Thames Tunnel Thames 


Company Bill, without any Amendment. nol Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Poor Persons’ — Persons’ 
Burial (Jreland) Bill, with Amendments; to which (Ireland) Bill. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Newark Gas Bill, Newark Gas 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the 3! 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Manchester Im~- Manchester 
provement Bill, with Amendments; to which the ,y?"°"°""™ 
Lords desire the concurrence of this#{House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Frome Gas Bill, Frome Gas 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the B# 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Morayshire Rail- Morayshire 
way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Railway Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Stourbridge Gas ——— 
Act Amendment Bill, with Amendments; to which amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. __ Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Salmon 
to amend the Law relating to Salmon Fisheries in meron 
Scotland; to which the Lords desire the concur- Bill [Lords.| 
rence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act a, 
for making a Diversion of part of the Sutherland [ Lords} 
Railway; for relinquishing a portion of the said 
Railway, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Midland 
to revive and extend the Time granted to the oo om 
Midland Counties and Shannon Junction Railway Junction 
Company for the purchase of Lands and execution Railway Bill 
of Works, and for other purposes relating to the aaa 
said Company ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 


Sir Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group 15 of Railway Bills; That, for (Group 15.) 
the convenience of Parties, the Committee had 
adjourned to Monday the 28th day of this instant 
May, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- Louth and 
mittee on Group 15 of Railway Bills; That in the TAnestn 





¥ Lords.} Bills, That in the case of the Southgate and Colney 
Hatch Gas Bill, originating in the Lords, and 
referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which 

are applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Reteyen and = Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
—. one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Society Bill Bills, That in the case of the Wesleyan and 
[Lords. | General 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. 


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

Bengal one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 

Company Bill Pills, That in the case of the Eastern Bengal 

(Lords. | oe — Bill, originating in the Lords, 
OL. 121. 


case of the Louth and Lincoln Railway Bill, they iio 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same so as 
to render it consistent with the actual state of cir- 
cumstances, and with the enactments of the Bill, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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

004 Sir 






















Great 
Yarmouth 
Fish Wharves 
and Tram- 
ways Bill. 


Aberdeenshire 
Writ. 


Redistribution 
of Seats, 


No. 242. 


Hereford City 
Election. 


Cheltenham 
Election. 


288 


Sir Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 15 of Railway Bills; That in 
the case of the Great Yarmouth Fish Wharves 
and Tramways Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same by striking out recitals as to 
“Coal Duties” and “ Port Duties,” and “ Bal- 
lastage,” the Clauses respecting which have heen 
withdrawn from the Bill, and made other verbal 
Amendments to agree with Clauses in the Bill, 
and found the same,as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


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 Commissioner to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Shire of Aberdeen, 
in the room of William Leslie, Esquire, who, since 
his election for the said Shire, hath accepted the 
Otfice of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough, 
and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

a Return respecting the Redistribution of Seats, 

showing, with respect to England,— 

i. The Boroughs proposed to be partially 
disfranchised by taking one Member from 

each; 

. The Boroughs proposed to be grouped ; 

. The Counties to have additional Members ; 
4 

4. The Boroughs to have additional Members, 
with the Population, the Number of 
Electors, and the present and proposed 
Number of Members for each Borough 
and County ; also, 

. The Places and Boroughs to be enfran- 
chised, with the Population, and proposed 
Number of Members: 

And, with respect to Scotland,— 

1. The Burghs to have an additional Mem- 
ber; and, 

2. The Counties to have an additional Mem- 
ber, with the Population, Number of 
Electors, and present and proposed Num- 
ber of Members for each Burgh and 
County. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Return. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


oo to 


Or 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Hereford 
City Election Petitions be laid before this House. 


Mr. Ayrton, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Cheltenham, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Charles Schreiber, Esquire, is duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Cheltenham. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Ayrton, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That it appeared from the Evidence of Edward 
Foxwell Barnfield, a voter for the Borough of 
Cheltenham, that, to serve his own purposes, he 
conspired with George Powell, another voter, to 
induce several voters, by corrupt means, to vote 
against the Honourable Francis William Fitzhar- 





7th May. 








1866. 


dinge Berkeley, the other Candidate for the Bo- 
rough; but that it was not proved that the sitting 
Member or his Agents had any knowledge of such 
conspiracy. 

That, in the opinion of the Committee, corrupt 
practices have not extensively prevailed at the last 
Election for the Borough of Cheltenham. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Bridg- Bridgwater 





water, stating that the Petitioners are anxious to Election, &amp;c. 


prevent the recurrence of the corrupt practices 
which prevailed in the above Borough at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament, the 
existence of which practices has been reported to 
the House; that the Petitioners are informed and 
believe that, should aninquiry be instituted, a much 
larger number of cases of bribery would be dis- 
closed than is apparent from the evidence taken 
before the Committee appointed by the House 
to hear the Petition against the Return of 
Henry Westropp, Esquire; that the Petitioners 
against the Return of Henry Westropp, Esquire, 
were induced to abandon their intention of pro- 
ceeding to a scrutiny on account of the very great 
expense which they were advised would be thereby 
incurred; and praying that the House will be 
pleased to order that the Evidence taken before 
the Committee he laid on the Table, and that 
no Writ be issued until the House has had an 
opportunity of considering the same; and further 
praying that the House will be pleased to direct 
that a Commission be appointed to inquire into 
the practices above referred to, with the view to 
the adoption of such measures as may prevent a 
recurrence of the same; also suggesting that in 
any legislation which may take place on the sub- 
ject of the election of Members to serve in the 
House, it should be provided that where a Mem- 
ber has been unseated for bribery, it shall not 
be necessary for the Candidate next on the poll 
to establish his Election by the tedious and ex- 
— process of a scrutiny, was presented, and 
read. 

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


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Huddersfield 


hefore the Select Committee on the Huddersfield 
Election Petition, which were presented upon the 
4th day of this instant May, ke printed. 


Election. 


No. 243. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the De- Deviation of 


viation of Compasses, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- 
chant Seamen’s Fund, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of this instant May, be printed. 


of this instant May, be printed. 


Compasses. 


No. 244. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 


No. 245. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Ramsgate Ramsgate 

Harbour, which was presented upon the 4th day Harbour. 

No. 246. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Cattle Plague. 


Command,—Copy of Third Report of the Com- 
missioners appointed to inquire into the Origin and 
Nature, &amp;c. of the Cattle Plague; with an Ap~ 
pendix. 

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


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of 


April last, for Returns relative to Prisoners (House Tothill Fields, 


of Correction, Tothill Fields, &amp;c.) 
Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of March 


last, for a Return relative to the Fisheries (Jre-‘ 


land) Act. 
Return 


Prisoners 
(House of 
Correction, 
&amp;c.) 
Fisheries 


Act. 











gue. 


olds, 


Act. 





Parliamentary 


Representa- 


tion (Ireland. ) 


East India 
(Military 
Finance, &amp;c.) 


29 Vicroria. 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of April 
last, for Returns relative to Parliamentary Repre- 
sentation (Ireland). 

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


Mr. Stansfeld presented,— Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of July, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Copies of 
General Orders by the Governor General of India 
in Council in the Military Department, No. 684, 
of the 29th day of June 1860, and No. 710, of 
the 6th day of July 1860: Of Financial Re- 
solution of Government of India, No. 119, of the 
16th day of November 1860: Of the General 
Order of the Government of India, Military De- 
partment, No. 171, dated the 4th day of March 
1861 :——Of the Report of the Military Finance 
Department, No. 974 A, dated the 8th day of Oc- 
tober 1861, on the Military Budget Estimates, 
and Orders of the Government of Jndia thereon, 
dated the 14th day of October 1861: Of the 
Proceedings of the Government of Jndia in the 
Financial Department, dated the 20th day of De- 
cember 1861: Of the Report of the Military 
Finance Department on the Military Budget Esti- 
mates for all India, for the year 1862-3, No. 8335, 
dated the 22d day of April 1862; and the Or- 
ders of the Government of Jndia passed thereon: 
Of the Memorandum submitted to the Go- 
vernment of India by the Accountant General, 
Military Department, No. 849 B, C, dated the 
31st day of August 1864: Of the Minute by 
his Excellency Earl Canning, the Viceroy and 
Governor General of India, dated the 11th day of 
March 1862, relative to the Labours of the Mili- 
tary Finance Department :-——Of the Minute by 
the Honourable Sir Bartle Frere, K.c.B., Member 
of the Supreme Council of India, on the same 
subject, dated the 11th day of March 1862 :——Of 
the Minute by Major General the Honourable Sir 
R. Napier, K.c.B., dated the 9th day of April 
1862, on the same subject: Of the Minute by 
the Honourable S. Lang, Financial Member of 
the Supreme Council of Jndia, dated the 7th day 
of April 1862: Of the Minute by the Honour- 
able Cecil Beadon, Member of the Supreme Coun- 
cil of India, dated the 7th day of April 1862 :—— 
Of the Minute by his Excellency the Earl of 
Elgin, Viceroy and Governor General of India, 
dated the 10th day of April 1862:——Of the 
Financial Despatch of the Right Honourable the 
Secretary of State for India, to the Government 
of India, No. 99, dated the 9th day of July 1862, 
and Secretary of State’s Letter, dated the 18th 
day of July 1864, communicating the above :—— 
Of the Report of the Military Finance Depart- 
ment on the Military Budget Estimates of all 
India, for the year 1863-4, No. 2947 B, dated 
the 30th day of April 1863, and the Orders of the 
Government of India passed thereon: ——Of the 
Report of the Military Finance Department on the 
Regular Military Estimate of 1863-4, No. 1704 C, 
dated the 20th day of February 1864:——Of the 
Military Budget Estimates of all India for the 
year 1864-5, with the Report of the Military 
Finance Department, and the Orders of the Go- 
vernment of India thereon:——Of the Despatch 
from the Secretary of State for India to the Go- 
vernment of India, directing the Abolition of the 
Military Finance Department : Of the Minute 
by Sir Charles Trevelyan, K.C.B., Financial Mem- 
ber of the Council of Jndia, on the Abolition of 
the Appointment of Chief of the Military Finance 
Department, together with a Resolution of the 
Government of Jndia thereon, and their Proceed- 
ings transmitting these Documents to the Secre- 
tary of State of India: -—Of the Orders, as 
passed in the Financial Department of the Go- 
vernment of India, in March 1864, abolishing the 
VoL. 121. 
































7th May. 








289 


Military Finance Department of India; and Copy 
of the above Order as abridged and published in 
the Official Gazette: Of the General Order 
by the Governor General in Council, issued from 
the Military Department, consequent on the above 
Order of the Financial Department, together with 
the Rules and Regulations, dated the Ist day of 
April 1864:——Of the Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Inquiry into Indian Accounts, dated the 
30th day of August 1864, and the Orders of the 
Government of India passed thereon :——Of the 
Appeal of Lieutenant Colonel Hill, Military Ac- 
countant, Bengal, to the Government of India :—— 
Of the Memorandum submitted to the Government 
of India, by the Accountant-General, Military De- 
partment, dated the 20th day of December 1864: 
——Of the Proceedings of the Government of 
India, in the Military Department, recording their 
views both in reference to Lieutenant Colonel 
Hill’s Appeal and on the Memorandum of the Ac- 
countant General; and Copies of any Communi- 
cations on the subject, between the Secretary of 
State and the Government of Jndia:——Of the 
Military Budget Estimate of all India for 1865-6, 
with the Report of the Accountant General, Mili- 
tary Department, and Orders of the Government 
of India thereon:——And, of the Annual State- 
ment of Receipts and Disbursements in the Mili- 
tary Department of the three Presidencies of Ben- 
gal, Madras and Bombay, for the official years 
1860-1, 1861-2, 1862-3, 1863-4, technically 
termed the “ Actuals” of the year. 


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





Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, Government 
dated the 9th day of April last, for a Return rela- Proper'y- 


tive to Government Property. 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of Cunard Mail 
April last, for a Return relative to Cunard Mail Steamers. 


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


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Exchequer. 


of several Acts of Parliament, was laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of all Monies received during the year ended the 
31st March 1866, 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 Trans- 
fers made by the Comptroller General of the Ex- 
chequer, the payments by the Bank of England, 
and the Balance remaining to the Account of the 
Exchequer at each Bank, on the 31st March 1866. 


Ordered, That the Orders of the Day be post- Orders of the 
poned until after the Notices of Motions relative Day- 


to the Redistribution of Seats, and the Amend- 
ment of the Representation of the People in Scot- 
land and Ireland. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ene 
for the Redistribution of Seats: And that Mr. % 54% 


Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir George Grey, 
and Mr. Villiers do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


further to amend the Laws relating to the Repre- 


sentation in Parliament of the People of Scotland: (geotland.) 


And that the Lord Advocate, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Sir George Grey, and Mr. Solici- 
tor General for Scotland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Representa. 
to amend the Representation of the ‘People in tion of the 


Ireland: And that Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. 
PP Chancellor 








Ways and 
Means. 


Wood and 
Timber. 


Wine. 


Pepper. 


Tea. 


Stage 
Carriages. 








990) 7th May. 1866. 


Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Attorney Gene- 
ral for Ireland, and Mr. Solicitor General for 
Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Question again proposed, That the Duties of 
Customs chargeable upon the Goods hereinafter 
mentioned, upon their importation into Great 
Britain and Ireland, shall cease and determine, 
viz: 

Wood and Timber, Foreign and Colonial, as denominated 

in the Tariff ; 
and that power be granted to the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury to remit the Duty on 
all such Wood and ‘Timber as shall have been 
landed, under Bond for security of Duty, on and 
after the 26th day of March 1866 :-—Question put, 
and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That the Drawback of Customs 
Duties now paid and allowed on the Exportation 
of Foreign or Colonial Wood and Timber from 
Great Britain and Ireland shall cease to be paid 
and allowed on Wood and Timber exported on and 
after the 9th day of May 1866. 

3. Resolved, That the Duty of Customs charge- 
able upon the Goods hereinafter mentioned shall 
cease and determine, viz. : 

Ships, with their Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, viz. : 

Foreign, built of Wood, and Ships built of Wood in any 
of Her Majesty’s Possessions Abroad, on the Registra- 
tion thereof as British Ships at any port or place for the 
registry of British Ships in Great Britain and Ireland, 
for every ton of the gross registered Tonnage, without 
any deduction in respect of Engine Room, or otherwise. 

4. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Cus- 
toms now charged on Wine, the following Duties 
of Customs shall be charged thereon, on importa- 
tion into Great Britain and Ireland, viz.: 





Containing less than the following 
Rates of Proof Spirit, verified by 
Sykes’ Hydrometer, viz., 











26 Degrees. | 42 Degrees. 
| 
s. d. | s. d. 
Red Wine - - the gallon 1 - | 2 6 
White Wine - 7 - 1 - 2 6 
Lees of such Wine » 1 - | 2 6 


| 
' 


and for every degree of strength beyond the 
highest above specified, an additional Duty of 3d. 
per Gallon, 

Ten per cent. of Proof Spirit may be used in the 
fortifying of any Wine in Bond, provided that the 


Wine so fortified be not raised to a greater degree | 


of strength than 40 per cent. of such Proof Spirit, 
if for Home Consumption. 

5. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs charge- 
able upon the Goods hereinafter mentioned, upon 
their importation into Great Britain and Ireland, 
shall cease and determine, viz. : 


Pepper, of all sorts. 


6. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the Duty of Customs 
now charged on Tea shall continue to be levied 
and charged on and after the Ist day of August 
1866 until the Ist day of August 1867, on the 
importation thereof into Great Britain and Ire- 
land, viz.: 

£. 8. d, 

Tea - - - - - - the lb. | - - 6 


7. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
aid on and after the 2nd day of July 1866, the fol- 
babe reduced Duty on Stage Carriages in Great 








Britain in lieu of the Mileage Duty now payable 
thereon (that is to say): 


For and in respect of every Mile which any Stage Carriage 
— be licensed to travel, the Excise Duty of One Far- 
thing. 

8. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Post Horse 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be granted Licenses, 
and paid, on and after the 6th day of July 1866, 
the following reduced Duties on Licenses to be 
taken out yearly by Persons who shall let any 
Horse or Horses for hire in Great Britain as here- 
inafter mentioned : 


Where the person taking out sueh License | £. s. d. 
shall keep at one and the same time to let 
for hire one Horse or one Carriage only -| 5 - —- 

And where such person shall keep as aforesaid 
any greater number of Horses or Car- 
riages,— , 

Not exceeding three Horses or two Car- 
riages - - - - - - -|10 - - 
Not exceeding four Horses or three Car- 
riages - - - - - - -|15 - - 
Not exceeding five Horses or four Car- 
riages - - = - = - -|20 - - 
Not exceeding six Horses or five Car- 
riages - = - - = © = ©#©/25 = = 





9. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Income Tax. 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged, 
collected, and paid for one year, commencing on 
the 6th day of April 1866, for and in respect of all 
Property, Profits, and Gains mentioned or de- 
scribed as chargeable in the Act passed in the 
16th and 17th years of Her Majesty’s reign, chap- 
ter 34, for granting to Her Majesty Duties on 
Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, 
and Offices, the following Rates and Duties (that 
is to say): 

For every Twenty shillings of the annual value or amount 
ofall such Property, Profits, and Gains (except those 
chargeable under Schedule (B.) of the said Act), the 
Rate or Duty of Four-pence. 

And for and in respect of the occupation of Lands, Tene- 
ments, Hereditaments, and Heritages chargeable under 
Schedule (B.) of the said Act, for every Twenty shillings 
of the annual value thereof, 

In England, the Rate or Duty of Two-pence, and 

In Scotland and Ireland respectively, the Rate or 

Duty of One penny halfpenny. 

Subject to the Provisions contained in Section 3 of 
the Act 26th Victoria, chapter 22, for the exemption 
of Persons whose Income from every source is 
under One hundred pounds a-year, and relief to 
those whose Income is under Two hundred pounds 
a-year. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Dodson also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself National Debt 
into a Committee on the National Debt Acts. Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to grant Powers 
for cancelling the charge on the Consolidated 
Fund for Savings Banks of £.24,000,000, and also 
for cancelling from time to time Capital Stocks of 
Annuities held for Savings Banks by the Commis- 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and 
for creating, until the Fifth day of April, One 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, equi- 
valent Terminable Annuities for Savings Banks in 
lieu thereof, and to provide for payment of such 
Terminable Annuities out of the Consolidated 
Fund. 

Resolution to be reported. 

















Merchant 
Shipping Act 
(1854) Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commis- 
sioners’ 
Names Bill. 


Commons 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Common law 
Courts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Trusts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Lunacy Acts 
(Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Railways 
Clauses Bill. 


Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bill 137. 


Harbour 
Loans Bill. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers’Super- 
annuation 


cas 





29 Vicroria. 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 
Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 4th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Commons (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (Ireland) Bill ; 

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


| 





| 
The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 16th day of March last, That the Court of 
Chancery (/reland) Bill be now read a second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Trusts (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | 
the 6th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunacy Acts (Scotland) Amend- 
ment Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; 

Kesolved, 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 Waterworks Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re-| 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. | 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. | 

The Harbour Loans Bill was, according to Order, | 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Representation of the People Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation | 
( Scotland) Bill ; 

Vou. 121. 





7th—8th May. 


| Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- 


291 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Exchequer 
mere | of the Exchequer and Audit Depart- aie 
ments Bill ; ; 

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


The Naval Savings Banks Bill was, according Naval 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a a Banks 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. “* 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Convicts’ 
into consideration the Convicts’ Property Bill, as Property Bill. 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Landed 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; te ete ’ 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, -mProvemss 
. &gt; (Ireland) Bill. 
for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land 

into a Committee on the Land Drainage Supple- Drainage 
, P ‘ - Supplemental 

mental Bill; and, after some time spent therein, pj). 
Mr. Speaker resnmed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Inclosure Bill. 
into a Committee on the Inclosure Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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 Order of the day being read, for the Second Summary 
Reading of the Summary Procedure ‘ Scotland) aon 
Bill Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Crown Lands 
into consideration the Crown Lands Bill, as Pill 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Drainage 
into a Committee on the Drainage Maintenance (ireland) Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. 


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


Tuesday, 8th May, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on the Divorce and 
Bill; 

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


read, for the Com- Divorce and 


Matrimonial Causes Ss i 


[Lords.] 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Common Law 
rocedure 
ment Acts (Ireland) Bill; ‘naw (heen) 


Ordered, That. the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
this day. 
PP2 The 


292 


—. ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
&amp;c, Registry mittee on the Railway Debentures, &amp;c. Registry 
Bill. Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Hop Trade The Order of the day being read, for taking 
Bill. into consideration the Hop Trade Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Friday next. 
Colonial The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Governors Reading of the Colonial Governors (Retiring Pen- 
(Retiring ‘piste y “1. 
Pensions) Act Sions) Act Amendment Bill; 
Amendment Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
ll, 


this day. 


Inns of Court ==The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


ou. Reading of the Inns of Court Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
Public The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
ome take into consideration the Public Companies Bill, 


as amended in the Committee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 1, 1. 18, by leaving out the words “ or 
* at the poll.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Bill :—-And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Grand Juries Present- 
ment (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next; and be printed. 


Grand Juries 
Presentment 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 158. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Counties or parts of Counties in 
Act. Treland proclaimed under the Peace Preservation 
(Ireland) Act, and the Number of Licenses issued 
in each District ; distinguishing Licenses to keep 
Arms in a Dwelling-house from Licenses to carry 
Arms; and, in the case of Counties, giving the 
Numbers of each respectively, by Baronies. 


Peace Preser- 
vation 
(Ireland) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law relating to Life Insurances in 
Treland: And that Mr, Attorney General for 
Treland and Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Life In- 
surances 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Bridg- 
water Election Petitions, be laid before this House. 


Bridgwater 
Election. 


Ordered, That Mr. Roebuck be discharged from 
further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Mortality of Troops ( China). 

Ordered, That Mr. Frederick Stanley be added 
to the Committee. 


Mortality of 
Troops 
(China.) 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill for the Redistri- 
bution of Seats: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Redistribution 
of Seats Bill. 


Bill 138. 


Companies Mr. Childers presented a Bill to amend “ The 
Act (ees) Companies Act, 1862”: And the same was read the 
zi, first time; and ordered to be read a second time 


Bill 139. UP? Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill further to amend 


Representa- 

tion of the the Laws relating to the Representation in Parlia- 

bed BAL ment of the People of Scotland: And the same 
Rill 140, 8 read the first time; and ordered to be read 





7th—8th May. 














1866. 


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


A Petition of William Baliol Breit, of 19, Helston 
Princes-terrace, Hyde Park, in the County of Election. 
Middlesex, Esquire, one of Her Majesty's Counsel, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Helston, was presented, and read 
(vide Appendix to Votes, No. 66). 

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. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Constabulary 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Treasury Com- (/teland.) 
mission on the Pay, &amp;c. of the Zrish Constabulary. 

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


Mr. Attorney General for Ireland presented a Life In- 
Bill to amend the Law relating to Life Insurances Surances __ 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time; (Selene) See. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday Bill 141. 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chichester Fortescue presented a Bill to Representa- 
amend the Representation of the People in Jre- Ho" = the 
land: And tl read the first time ; and (ireland) Bi 
and: And the same was read the first time; and (Ireland) Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday Bill 142, 


next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Supply. 
next, resolve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Legitimacy 

the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill, was read, —— 

and discharged. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


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


— 


Tuesday, 8th May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
T HE House being informed, That the Sheriffs Legitimacy 
of the City of London attended at the door, Declaration, 
they were called in; and at the Bar ie 
1 ; presented, 
Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons of the City of London, in Common Council 
assembled:—And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, praying the House to 
pass the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill, was 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of Representa 
the City of London attended at the door, they were po" : A 
called in; and at the Bar presented,—A Petition “"?* 
of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of 
the City of London, in Common Council assem- 
bled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that in the Re- 
presentation of the People Bill, or in any Act 
which the House may pass to amend the Law re- 
lating to the Representation of the People in the 
Commons House of Parliament, provision may be 
made to enable Occupiers of Property in the City 
of London, and members of the several Livery 
Companies residing beyond seven miles, to vote in 
the lection of Members of Parliament for the 
City 




















Thetford and 
Watton Rail- 
way Bill. 


Bridport. 
Lyme, and 
South Coast 
Railway Bill. 


Ventnor Gas 
and Water 
Bill [ Lords. ] 


Salisbury and 


Yeovil Rail- 
way Bill. 


Wye Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Thorpe and 
Great Clacton 
Railway and 


29 Victoria. 


City of London, if otherwise qualified so to do, 
was read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Thetford and Watton Railway Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pream- 
ble of the Bill, and amended the same by striking 
out the recitals as to the guarantee and subscrip- 
tion of the Great Eastern Railway Company, 
the Bill, as passed by the Committee, not conferring 
upon that Company any such power, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto, 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Bridport, Lyme, and South Coast Railway Bill; 
That the deposit of the amended Plans and Sections 
as required by the Resolution of the House of the 
13thday of March was proved before the Committee; 
that they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same, by striking out the recital as to the expe- 
diency of the London and South Western Railway 
Company being empowered to work the proposed 
Railways, the Bill as passed by the Committee 
not conferring any such power, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Ventnor Gas and 
Water Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 


Mr. Dodson reported the Salisbury and Yeovil 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Wye Valley Railway Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out the recital as to the expediency of granting 
facilities over certain Railways, and also of grant- 
ing Working Powers to various Companies therein 
mentioned, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Thorpe and Great 
Clacton Railway and Pier Bill, with Amendments. 


8th May. 


(Additional Powers) Bill; That they had exa~ Railway 


mined the allegations contained in the Preamble (Additional 
&gt; Powers) Bill. 


293 


of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out so much thereof as related to the expediency 
of constructing a Branch Line between the New- 
ton and Compstall Branch Railway and the Stock- 
port and Woodley Junction Railway, and also the 
recital as to the expediency of Running Powers 
being granted over portions of the Midland Rail- 
way, 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. 


North Walsham and Dilham Canal Bill; 


and the objects thereof had been referred to the 
Committee, and considered by them; that the Bill 
does not authorize the construction of any new 
works; that there are no other circumstances of 
which, in the opinion of the Committee it is desi- 
rable that the House should be informed; that 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by striking out the recitals relating to the repeal 
of sections 2 and 84 of the Act 52 Geo. 3, c. 89, 
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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Walker and iVallsend Union Gas Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
omitting the recital that it is expedient that 
provision be made for the lease or sale of the 
amalgamated Undertaking to the Borough of 
Tynemouth Gas Company, in order to make the 
same consistent with the Provisions of the Bill as 
submitted to and passed by the Committee, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Table. 


Mr. Dodsen reported from the Committee on the 
Solway Junction Railway (Capital) Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
specifying more particularly the purpose for which 
the Additional Capital is required, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Aberdeen County and 
Municipal Buildings Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Belfast Burial Ground 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the South London Market 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dedson reported the Dublin and Kingstown 
Railway (Lease) Bill, with an Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 





Pier Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Bradford Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
secetion Bradford Corporation Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out the recital authorizing the Corporation to esta- 
blish a Savings Bank, in order to make the same 
consistent with the Provisions of the Bill as sub- 
mitted to and passed by the Committee, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Mersey Docks _ Mr. Dodson reported the Mersey Docks and 
= Harbour Harbour Board (Outer Works Alteration) Bill. 
Works ent with Amendments. 
tion) Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Manchester, Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
tc a Foy Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway 





Vou. 121. 





and be printed. 
PP3 Mr. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the North 
That a —e ond 
Report from the Board of Trade upon the Bill Canal Bill. 


Walker and 
Wallsend 
Union Gas 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 


Solway Junc- 
tion Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 


Aberdeen 
County and 
Munictpal 
Buildings Bill. 


Belfast Burial 
Ground Bill. 


South London 
Market Bill. 


Dublin and 
Kingstown 
Railway 
(Lease) Bill 
| Lords. ] 





294 


Manchester, 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Sheffield, and 


Stedcieion Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway 
Railway (New (New Lines) Bill; That they had examined the 
Lines) Bill. allegations containedin the Preamble of the Bill, 
and made a verbal Amendment therein, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 


unto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Devonport Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
anes Devonport Election Petition have leave to sit this 
day till Six of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 
Great The Great Northern Railway (Additional 
Northern Powers) Bill was read the third time. 
(Adaisieoe! Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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


Powers) Bill. 


Lynn and The Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway (Works 

eee Bridge at King’s Lynn) Bill was read the third time. 

(Works. at Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

King’s Lynn) Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
lli. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lynn and 
Sutton Bridge, 
Spalding and 
Bourn, and 
Norwich and 
Spalding 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Bourn, and Norwich and Spalding Railway Com- 
panies 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 Spalding and Bourn 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. 


Spalding and 
Bourn Kail- 
way Bill. 


Bristo) and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
North Somer- 
set Railway 


(Deviation) tn) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Dagenham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the Dagenham ( Thames) Dock Bill, as amended in 
[Lorde] the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Kingsbridge The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Dart- = the Kingsbridge and Dartmouth Roads Bill, as 
mouth Roads Pr. ; 
Bill. amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Leeds Borough The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Imperial Gas Company 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 proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Imperial Gas 
Company Bill 
| Lords. ] 


The Order, That the Coventry and Midland 
Junction Railway Bill be committed, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Coventry and 
Midland Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 





8th May. 


The Lynn and Sutton Bridge, Spalding and | 





1866. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Bristol and 


taken before the Committee on the Bristol and ianar 
North Somerset Railway Bill, in Session 1863, be Bini (1863.) 


referred to the Committee on Group 16 of Rail- 
way Bills. 
The Sutherland Railway Bill was read the first Sutherland 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- aie 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Midland Counties and Shannon Junction Midland 
Railway Bill was read the first time. Counties and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- — Rail- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. way Bill 
[ Lords. ] 

Sir John Simeon reported the Stourbridge Im- Stourbridge 
provement Bill, with Amendments. Improvement 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. _— 


Sir Henry Rawlinson reported the Glasgow Glasgow 
Bridges Bill, with Amendments. a eaiane 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Henry Rawlinson reported from the Com- Glasgow 
mittee on Group N. of Private Bills; That, in the Police Bill. 
case of the Glasgow Police Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and had verbally amended the same, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir IZenry Rawlinson reported from the Com- Glasgow 
mittee on Group N. of Private Bills; That in the 36 mag 
case of the Glasgow Corporation Water Bill, they *““* 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and verbally amended the same, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 





the Bristol and North Somerset Railway (Devia- | 


the Leeds Borough Bill, as amended in the Com- | 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


| 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Twenty- 
first Report. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from National 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Gallery En-. 
That in the case of the National Gallery Enlarge- eer eenae 
ment Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dean Forest 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, (Walmore and 
That in the case of the Dean Forest (Walmore and pe 
the Bearce Commons) Bill, the Standing Orders Bill. 
have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


| 
}upon Thursday next. 
| 
} 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from East India 
| one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Irrigation ont 
| That in the case of the Hast India Irrigation and [ teed.) 
| Canal 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 Madras 

one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ate t Bill ont 
That in the case of the Madras Irrigation and [Lords.} 
Canal 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. Wyvill reported the Abercarn Roads Bill, 
with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, 


Abercarn 
Roads B: 




















99 Victoria. Sth May. 295 


Mails (West Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | West Indies, extending from the 2nd day of March 
Indies.) a Return from the Post Office of the following | 1864 to the 2nd day of March 1866, both days 
particulars connected with the receiving and deli-| inclusive; the Return to be made for each day 
vering of Letters carried by the Royal Mail Steam | during the period : 
Company’s Vessels, between this Country and the | 




























































































Mail Mails Mails —_ Latest Time 
nes i ‘ received at despatched to deli ie th for receiving Letters 
Pe 2 General Post Office, Provinces North P. bi os e for West India Mails 
outhampton. London. of London. wane at at * for each Mail. 
2 2 2 Z 3 
a oe : a fe 
* &amp; . =) . i} : cod : &amp; 
. g . Ss 2 3 : £  : _ ra a ° n a ° 
si g/ 31a] 2] 2) 8| #-| 31/8] 4/31 81 2] a | 1 8) 3 a 
Alg|s/a/A/ a] 8/ 4/4] 8/8] ¢] 4] 8] 8) 3] al el BI S 
* Birmingham. Leeds, Edinburgh. 
Manchester. Carlisle. Dundee. 
Liverpool. Glasgow. Aberdeen. 
Corrupt Resolved, That an humble Address be presented! Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Se- Hereford City 


Practices at 


Elections. +0 Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | lect Committee on the Hereford City Election Ghetiom, 


to give directions, that there be laid before this | Petition. 

House, Returns of the Number of Royal Com- Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence relative 

missions appointed to inquire into alleged corrupt | to the Bridgwater Election Petitions, be printed. 

practices at Elections for Members of Parliament | 

in the United Kingdom since the year 1852, with| Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Queen’s 

the Names of the Gentlemen who acted as Com-| Command,—Copy of Report on the Condition and University 

missioners, the Dates of their call to the Bar, and | Progress of the Queen’s University in Treland, for ieee 

the Expense of each Commission, including Print- | the year 1865-66, by the Right Honourable Maziere 

ing: And, of the Number of Prosecutions | Brady, Vice-Chancellor of the University. 

consequent on the Reports of the Commissioners,| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

the Judgment in each Case, and the Costs thereof, | Table. 

and the Cases in which such Judgments have been 

acted on. Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Return to Grand Jury 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | an Order, dated the 16th day of March last, for (Ireland) Act. 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as|a Return relative to the Grand Jury (Ireland) 

are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy | Act. 

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

Table. 








Church Rates The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
Abolition Bill. . Committee, To-morrow, on the Church Rates Mr. Bruce presented, pursuant to the directions Diseased 
Abolition Bill, was read, and discharged. of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order of Cattle. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | the Lords of the Council, dated 5th May 1866, 
the 30th day of this instant May, resolve itself | making provision for the Removal of Cattle from 
into the said Committee. the Liverpool New Cattle Market to the Birken- 
head Slaughterhouse. 
Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes-| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
theLords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of | Table. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 


Exchequer The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bills| Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, Tea, Coffee, 
a and Bonds Bill, without any Amendment. dated the 17th day of April last, for a Return &amp;e. 
Dry meen relative to Tea, Coffee, &amp;c. 

clough, The Lords have agreed to the Dryclough, Shaw, Grdsoel. Chad thn etd teen deD th 
see _ and Rochdale Roads Bill, without any Amend- | p ble ee Ear en eee 

ale able. 

Roads Bill, ment. 
mgr The Lords have agreed to the Butterton Moor Ordered, That the Return relative to Prisoners Prisoners 
Road Bill. End Road Bill, without any Amendment. (House of Correction, Tothill Fields, &amp;c.), which ae 7c 
—_ Eastern The Lords have agreed to the North Eastern | ¥®% presented upon the 7th day of this instant jin yields, ae.) 
(Leede-and Railway (Leeds and Wetherby Branch) Bill, with May, be printed. No. 248. 
Wetherby an Amendment; to which the Lords desire the| Ordered,That the Return relative to the Fisheries Fisheries 
Branch) Bill. concurrence of this House. (Ireland) Act, which was presented upon the 7th (Ireland) Act. 
Hull and The Lords have agreed to the Hull and Hornsea day of this instant May, be printed. No. 249. 


Hornseaand and North Eastern Railways Bill, with Amend- 


North Eastern Ordered, That the Return relative to Parlia- Parliamentary 


Rai ill, ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence - ; 
aan of thin: Mieuen. ‘ mentary Representation (Ireland), which was pre- den ena) 
a. The Lords have agreed to the Wrexham, Mold, | 8°nted upon the 7th day of this instant May, be No. 950, 


Connah’s and Connah’s Quay Railway (Additional Capital) printed. 


Cay allway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
a 


Capital) pin, the concurrence of this House. (Military Finance, &amp;c.), which was presented upon Veo” ke.) 
Drayton Junc- The Lords have agreed to the Drayton Junction the 7th day of this instant May, be printed. No. 251. 
Bill ilway Railway Bill, with Amendments, to which the Ordered, That the Return relative to Govern- Government 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. ment Property, which was presented upon the 7th “a 
; * this i i . 252. 
Edgwater The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were day of this instant May, be printed. % 
N ye laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—/| Ordered, That the Return relative to Cunard Cunard Mail 
0.247. Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select | Mail Steamers, which was presented upon the 7th Steamers. 
Committee on the Bridgwater Election Petitions. | day of this instant May, be printed. No. 253. 





VoL. 121. PPe4 Ordered, 






























Exchequer. 


No. 254. 


Army 
(Medical 
Officers. ) 


296 8th May. 1866. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Ex- | of Guards, intimating the proposed change of sys- 
chequer, which was presented upon the 7th day of | tem to the Officers affected by it. 
this instant May, be printed. Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented ome 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 


House, Copies of the Warrant or Order of 1860, 
under which a change in the system of Promotion| proposed, That there be laid before this House, 


amongst the Medical Officers of the Brigade of | Statements of the Receipts and Expenditure of 
Guards is to be made: And, of any Commu-|the Honourable the Jrish Society for Twenty 
nications from the War Office or the Horse Guards | years, from February 1845 to February 1865, in 
to the Officers commanding the Three Regiments | the following Tabular Form :— 











N.B.—Fractional parts of a pound may be omitted throughout. 














— 2 — 
cc) zg Ss 
Items of Expense of Management. 3 ‘= = 
° CS « 
SS nT, oF e 7 j a ee = = ] 
=) £8 6 |é , 7 o 
s 4 $ 4 i? a io) 5 ~ 
i=} ~ . ec . = n 
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3s | ¢E | FE ¢fi-|% Fl | 2/8 | g 
= ae) 3) 2 s E 23 7) ~ c 
= 8 faa e 3 4 4 = 2 7) 
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5 eR 3.5 sis if = 4 4 g CARS we jis é g 
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&amp; a5 eS s 68 |3s ow &gt; 4] 2 3 Es &gt; sf o 2 
e = =saQ tle Cl ES | se ‘el « o = S = = om e ° 



























































Of the Rental of the Jrish Society Estates for the | Copies of all Reports presented to the Honourable 
year 1864, distinguishing the Londonderry District | the Irish Society by Deputations sent to Ireland 
from the Coleraine District, and exhibiting the | since 1820: Of “ Concise View ” of the Origin, 
Rents received from all Lands, Houses, and other | Constitution, and Proceedings of the Honourable 
Premises, Fisheries and other Easements; and | Society, &amp;c., compiled principally from the Records 
distinguishing in each Tenancy the nature of the | and printed by Order of the Court, 1822 :——Of 
Tenure, whether held in Perpetuity, on Lease, or | “ Concise View ” of like nature printed by Order 
on Agreement, for Life or Lives, for Life and | of the Court, 1832: Of Historical Narrative of 
Years, for Years, or at Will, and, where practicable, | the Origin and Constitution of the Honourable the 
a Return of the Unexpired Term to run under | Jrish Society, with Appendix, &amp;c., printed for the 
existing Lease or Agreement, in Tabular Form | use of the Court about the year 1865: And, 
following : — | of all Standing Orders of the Court from time to 
a Seen - —— time made, from 1845 down to the present time, 

which either have or had any reference to the 













































































| Sees 
| 3 Hee Tenure. : ° ° 1 . 
ia _._ | granting or withholding the Grant of Leases or 
So &gt; | o ail | . . . 
¢ | | Gece [ss | |e/2el]é | Renewals of Leases, with the Date at which each 
. = | a. 4 = - | o . . 
g] 5] 2] Beew | ae /F] s | «= |&amp;.  |such Order was made:—And the said Motion 
E ~s le | 2282 | 32/2 “ | eo | 4 ' was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
= si, a. &amp; y . ~ ba S | 
ElelS| egoa [sbi sieles | es | . . ‘ 
i 6\/8| £848 | EL/ 5 | £|=5\/28 | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
ot had Be. —_' = |=)" |__| a Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of 
| | | the Honourable the Jrish Society for Twenty 
| | years, from February 1845 to February 1865, in 
| | following Tabular Form :— 
N.B.—Fractional parts of a pound may be omitted throughout. 
~ a _ ?- | a io 
Items of Expense of Management. 4 BY 5 
- = i=) | € 3 
ee te ) s | FE 
- $ ; | 
| OR Eile | 1% 1242 
3] at | &amp; pile 1 pis. |} #1414 
§ | £8 | as . tf itelals« el|eeyi fis | &amp; 
© = S a rf z &amp; =S8 &amp; 2 : P 
&amp; 2s oe ; a. 2 a x 3 3s oo is Py wb 
e) ES) 22) gia le dT aT a] e/%E |) PIR ./ 8 | &amp; 
f)/ Ss) oR | Pl gla ls sifrié =/se!]é |e] | 8 
&lt; » me os s $ 3 a a + = ¢ = dj = g 8 
SY ££] a | 22 | a [esl ey] €] €] 2] Bb] S|) ee | S| Sel 2 |S 
~ — 
¢|3)32 132] se |ee/E2) RE) et) 2) 2] Fa] E ee) &amp; | 
&gt; | &amp; a iate~ia*i ia |e | eo a le] G |e a | &amp; 
| 
| 


























And, Copy of all Standing Orders of the Court 
from time to time made, from 1845 down to the | posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
present time, which either have or had any refer- | inquire into the Water Supply of the enngelior 
ence to the granting or withholding the grant of |—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
Leases or renewals of Leases, with the Date at | House, withdrawn. 

which each such Order was made. 





Ordered, 





A Motion was made, and the Question was Irish Society. 





















Irish Society. 


Water 
Supply. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was ~—_ Metropolis 





PF Broers 








, Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Compulsory 
Church Rate 
Abolition. 


Indian Prize 
Money. 


Master and 
Servant. 


Mails (South- 
ampton ard 
St, Thomas. ) 


Transubstan- 


0, &amp;e. 


Abolition 
Bill, 


Turn 
Reeds Ta, 





29 Vicroria. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law of Jreland as to the Sea Coast 
Fisheries: And that Mr. Blake and Dr. Brady do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the abolition of compulsory Church Rates: 
And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir 
George Grey, Mr. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Attor- 
ney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to legalize the Payment and Distribution of Indian 
Prize Money by the Treasurer or Secretary of 
Chelsea Hospital, and to amend an Act for the 
consolidating and amending the Law relating to 
the Payment of Army Prize Money: And that 
Mr. Monsell and Mr. Stansfeld do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The Select Committee on Master and Servant 
was nominated of Sir James Fergusson, Colonel 
Wilson Patten, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Alderman Salo- 
mons, Mr. M‘ Lagan, Earl Grosvenor, Mr. George, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Mr. 
Dalglish, Mr. Algernon Egerton, Mr. George Clive, 
Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Edmund Potter,and Lord Elcho; 
with Power to send for persons, papers, and re- 
cords. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed in the last 
Session of Parliament on Master and Servant, be 
referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the following particulars connected 
with each individual Voyage, between Southampton 
and Saint Thomas, and Saint Thomas and 
Southampton, made by the Royal Mail Steam 
Company’s Steamers carrying the Mails; extend- 
ing from the 2nd day of March 1864 to the 2nd 
day of March 1866, both Dates inclusive :— 





Ovutwarp VoraGE. 















































Left Southampton. Arrived at Saint Thomas. 
A a 4 
= 3 ry ¢ Py 
J 
° BE SEOPran ce te 
ei/s|eiseials|] sila s 
Az a = za &lt; = x a &lt; 
Homewarp VoyaGe. 
Left Saint Thomas, Arrived at Southampton. 
3 ; 
&gt; a . 
len . Be n 
: e/ $s giai' 
eis igiataizg i 2 ia] a 
os os ° on os 
z a = a &lt; Qa = = &lt; 





























The Transubstantiation, &amp;c. Declaration Aboli- 
tion Bill was, according to Order read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resumin 
the adjourned Debate on the Question propose 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the Turn- 
pike Roads Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


8th May. 








read, as follow: 


portation into Great Britain and Ireland, shall 
cease and determine ; viz. 


Wood and Timber, Foreign and Colonial, as denominated 
in the Tariff ; 


and that power be granted to the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury to remit the Duty on all 
such Wood and Timber as shall have been landed, 
under Bond for security of Duty, on and after the 
26th day of March 1866. 

2. That the Drawback of Customs Duties now 
paid and allowed on the exportation of Foreign or 
Colonial Wood and Timber from Great Britain 
and Ireland shall cease to be paid and allowed on 
Wood and Timber exported on and after the 9th 
day of May 1866. 

3. That the Duty of Customs chargeable upon 
the goods hereinafter mentioned shall cease and 
determine; viz. 


Ships, with their Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture ; viz. 
Foreign, built of Wood, and Ships built of Wood in any 
of Her Majesty’s Possessions Abroad, on the Registra- 
tion thereof as British Ships at any port or place for the 
registry of British Ships in Great Britain and Ireland, 
for every ton of the gross registered Tonnage, without 
any deduction in respect of Engine Room, or otherwise. 


charged on Wine, the following Duties of Customs 
shall be charged thereon, on Importation into 
Great Britain and Ireland ; viz. 





Containing less than the following 
Rates of Proof Spirit, verified by 
Sykes’ Hydrometer, viz. 








26 Degrees, 42 Degrees, 
. s. d. s. d. 
Red Wine - - the gallon 1 - 2 6 
White Wine - - ” l- 2 6 
Lees of such Wine - » 1 - 2 6 








and for every degree of strength beyond the highest 
above specified, an additional Duty of 3d. per 
Gallon. 

Ten per cent. of Proof Spirit may be used in 
the fortifying of any Wine in Bond, provided that 
the Wine so fortified be not raised to a greater 
degree of strength than 40 per cent. of such 
Proof Spirit, if for Home Consumption. 


the goods hereinafter mentioned, upon their im- 
portation into Great Britain and Ireland, shall 
cease and determine; viz. 


Pepper, of all sorts. 


Her Majesty, the Duty of Customs now charged 
on Tea shall continue to be levied and charged on 
and after the 1st day of August 1866 until the lst 
day of August 1867, on the importation thereof 
into Great Britain and Ireland; viz. 


£. 8. d. 


Tea = - = = «= « the Ib, | 6 


on and after the 2nd day of July 1866, the follow- 
ing reduced Duty on Stage Cantagne in Great 
Britain in lieu of the Mileage Duty now payable 
thereon (that is to say): 


For and in respect of every Mile which any Stage Carriage 
= be licensed to travel, the Excise Daty of One i 
t ing. 





VoL. 121. 


Qe 8. That 


297 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were “a™® 


1. That the Duties of Customs chargeable upon wood ana 
the goods hereinafter mentioned, upon their im- Timber. 


4, That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs now wine. 


5. That the Duties of Customs chargeable upon popper, 


6. That, towards raising the Supply granted to qo, 


7. That, towards raising the Supply granted to stage 
Her Majesty, there shall be charged and paid Carriages. 
































































































































oo ep 


~~ 





Post Horse 
Licenses. Her Majesty, there shall 


298 8th May. 


8. That, towards raising the Supply granted to 
“ granted and paid, on 
and after the 6th day of July 1866, the following 
reduced Duties on Licenses to be taken out yearly 
by persons who shall let any Horse or Horses for 
hire in Great Britain as hereinafter mentioned : 

Where the person taking out such License | £. s. d. 
shall keep at one and the same time to let 
for hire one Horse or one Carriage only -| 5 - - 

And where such person shall keep as aforesaid 
any greater number of Horses or Car- 
riages,— 

Not exceeding three Horses or two Car- 

riages - - - - - - -|10 - - 

Not exceeding four Horses or three Car- 

riages - - - . - - -|15 - - 
Not exceeding five Horses or four Car- 
riages - - - - - - - 

Not exceeding six Horses or five Car- 

riages - - . - - - -|25 - - 

9. That, towards raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, there shall be charged, collected, and 
yaid for one year, commencing on the 6th day of 
April 1866, for and in respect of all Property, 
Profits, and Gains mentioned or described as 
chargeable in 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, 
the following Rates and Duties (that is to say) : 

For every Twenty shillings of the annual value or amount 
of all such property, Profits, and Gains (except those 
chargeable under Schedule (B.) of the said Act), the 
Rate or Duty of Four-pence. 

And for and in respect of the occupation of Lunds, Tene- 
ments, Hereditaments, and Heritages chargeable under 
Schedule (B.) of the said Act, for every Twenty shillings 
of the annual value thereof, 

In England, the Rate or Duty of Two-pence, and 

In Scotland and Ireland respectively, the Rate or 

Duty of One penny halfpenny. 

Subject to the provisions contained in Section 3 
of the Act 26th Victoria, chapter 22, for the exemp- 
tion of Persons whose Income from every source 
is under One hundred pounds a-year, and relief to 
those whose Income is under Two hundred pounds 
a-year. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolutions: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Childers 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


9 -- 





Income Tax. 


National Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Debt Acts. National Debt Acts, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

That it is expedient to grant Powers for can- 
celling the Charge on the Consolidated Fund for 
Savings Banks of £. 24,000,000, and also for can- 
celling from time to time Capital Stocks of Annui- 
ties held for Savings Banks by the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt, and for 
creating, until the Fifth day of April, One thousand 
eight hundred and eighty-five, equivalent Termin- 
able Annuities for Savings Banks in lieu thereof, 
and to provide for Payment of such Terminable 
Annuities out of the Consolidated Fund. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
eaid Resolution: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Childers do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Petit Juries The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Common Law ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Courts Reading of the Common Law Courts (Ireland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill ; 


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





1866. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Court of 

the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Chancery 
er e 16th day of March last, That the Court (Ireland) Bill. 
of Chancery (Ireland) Bill be now read a second 

time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation Officers’ 

( Scotland) Bill; in” 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday land) Bill 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Exchequer and Audit Departments Bill Exchequer and 
was, according to Order, read the third time ; and a — 
a verbal Amendment was made to the Bill. 7 
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 Crown Lands 
take into consideration the Crown Lands Bill, Bul. 
as amended in the Committee ; and an Amendment 
was made to the Billi. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second common Law 
Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- pre: nl 
ment Acts (Ireland) Bill; mendmen 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time a ene: 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Colonial 
Reading of the Colonial Governors (Retiring Pen- Cuetiies 


sions) Act Amendment Bill; Retiring 
= ‘ P A 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time pete na 
upon Thursday next. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Inns of Court 
Reading of the Inns of Court Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 17th day of this instant May. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Terminable 
Bill to provide for the creation of certain Ter- Annuities 
minable Annuities: And the same was read the Bil. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time Bill 144. 
upon Thursday the 24th day of this instant May ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a customs and 
Bill to grant, alter, and repeal certain Duties of Inland __ 
Customs and Inland Revenue, and for other pur- Revenue Bill 
poses relating thereto: And the same was read the _ Bill 145. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Compulsory 
Bill for the abolition of compulsory Church Rates: Church Rate 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 4&gt;lition oe 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 25th day _ Bill 148. 
of this instant May ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group P. of Private Bills; That the Parties (Group?) 
promoting the Saint Stephen’s Green (Dublin) Bill 
had stated that the Evidence of Antonio Panizzi, 
Esquire, Secretary of the British Museum, 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 Antonio Panizzi do attend the said Com- 
mittee on Wednesday next, at Twelve of the 
clock, and bring with him the nece documents. 

Ordered, That Antonio Panizzi, Esquire, do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve 

















l. 

; * “Private Bills 
(Group P.) 

nd 

rt. 
Indian Prize 
Money Bill. 

ill 146. 

. Bill 
Sea Coast 

iw Fisheries 

| (Ireland) Bill. 

d) Bill 147. 
Local Officers 
Superannua- 
tion (Ireland) 

ct Bill. 
Church Rates 

rt Commutation 
(No. 2) Bill. 
Devonport 

a Electioa. 

ll. 

" 

y 

ie 

ill. 

5 

ls 








29 VicTorRIA. 


of the clock, and bring with him the necessary 
documents. 


Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee 
on Group P. of Private Bills; That the Parties 
opposing the Saint Stephen’s Green (Dublin) Bill 
had stated that the Evidence of Colonel G. A. 
Leach (Inclosure Commission, 3, Saint James’s 
Square) was essential to enable them to establish 
their case, and it having been proved that his 
attendance could not be procured without the in- 
tervention of the House, he had been instructed 
to move that the said Colonel G. A. Leach do 
attend the said Committee on Wednesday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Colonel G. A. Leach do attend 
the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the 
clock. 


Mr. Monsell presented a Bill to legalise the 
Paymentand Distribution of Indian Prize Money by 
the Treasurer or Secretary of Chelsea Hospital, and 
to amend an Act for the consolidating am amend- 
ing the Law relating to the Payment of Army 
Prize Money: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Blake presented a Bill to amend the Law 
of Ireland as to the Sea Coast Fisheries: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday the 20th 
day of June next; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Local Officers Superannuation (Jreland) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Church Rates Commutation (No. 2) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 30th day of this instant 
May. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Wednesday, Yth May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 

R. Charles Williams Wynn, from the Select 

Committee appointed to try and determine 

the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 

Election and Return for the Borough of Devonport, 

informed the House, That the Committee had 
determined, 

That John Fleming, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Devonport. 

That William Ferrand, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Sas of Devonport. 

That the last Election for the Borough of 
Devonport is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Charles Williams Wynn, from the said Select 
Committee, further informed the House, That the 
Committee had agreed to the following Resolutions: 

That John Fleming, Esquire, was, by his Agents, 
guilty of bribery at the last Election for the Bo- 
rough of Devonport. 

hat William Ferrand, Esquire, was, by his 
Agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election for 
the Borough of Devonport. 

That it was proved that Frederick Harris, Tho- 
mas Down, William Cragg, and others, to the 
number of seventy-one were bribed by payments 

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299 


of ten shillings each after the Election; but that 
such bribery was committed without the know- 
ledge or consent, and against the strict injunctions 
of the sitting Members. 

That the several sums of ten shillings by which 
the above-named electors are reported to have 
been bribed, were given to them on account of 
having voted for the sitting Members in compen- 
sation for the time alleged to have been lost by 
attendance at the Election. 

That it was further proved that the authorities 
in the Devonport Dockyard allowed half a day to 
all voters in the Yard for the purpose of recording 
their vote, and paid wages for such half day, irre- 
spective of any work done by such voters. 

That the Committee desires to record its opinion 
that the payments above referred to of ten shil- 
lings to each voter have been customary at former 
Elections for the Borough of Devonport. 

That, beyond this, there is no reason to believe 
that corrupt practices extensively prevailed at the 
last Election for the Borough of Devonport. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundee Water 
the Dundee Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Maryport 
the Maryport Improvement, Harbour, and Dock a 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Dock Bil. 

A Clause (Any land reclaimed by the works 
not to be taken without the consent of the Com- 
missioners of Woods, &amp;c.), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Saving rights of the Crown), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration saint George’s 
the Saint George’s Parish, County of Gloucester, Parish, 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. gin, , 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Thames and 
the Thames and Severn Canal Navigation Bill, as Severn Canal 
amended in the Committee. — 

A Clause (Next general meeting), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Number, &amp;c. of directors), 
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (First directors and election of 
directors), was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Provision of recited Acts as to 
committee to apply to directors), was twice read; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The East Barnet Gas and Water Bill was read East Barnet 
a second time; and committed. Gas and 
Water Bill 
| Lords.]} 
The Grange and Cartmel District Gas and Water Grange and 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Cartmel 
District Gas 
and Water 
, __ Bill [Lords] 
The Great Southern and Western Railway Bill Great South- 


was read a second time; and committed. ern and West- 
' = [Lends 
The Longton Gas Bill was read a second time ; Longton Gas 


and committed. Bill [ Lords.) 


Drayton 
Junction Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sion) Bill, 


Ordered, 


The Order, That the Drayton Junction Railway 
(Extension) Bill be committed, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

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Saint 
Stephen’s 
Green (Dub- 
lin) Bill 
(1864), &amp;c. 


Surrey and 
Sussex Junc- 
tion Railways 
Rill (1865.) 


Bristol and 
North Somer- 
set Railway 
Bill (1863.) 


Cannock 
Chase and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Hednesford 
Extension) 
Bill, and Ca 
nock Chase 


n- 


300 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committee on the Saint Stephen’s 
Green (Dublin) Bill, in Session 1864, and the 
Saint Stephen’s Green (Dublin) Bill, in Session 
1865, and the Report which, upon the 27th day of 
June 1833, was made from the Select Committee 
on Public Walks, be referred to the Committee on 
the Saint Stephen’s Green (Dublin) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committee on the Surrey and 
Sussex Junction Railways Bill, in Session 1865, be 
referred to the Committee on Group 3 of Railway 
Bills. 


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 the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships on the Bristol and 
North Somerset Railway Bill, in Session 1863: 
And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton 
Railway (Hednesford Extension) Bill, and the 
Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway (Mid- 
land Railway Extension) Bill, that they have 
power to consolidate the said Bills into one Bill. 


and Wolverhampton Railway (Midland Railway Extension) Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 


first Report. 


Thames 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Lunacy 
( Scotland.) 


Committals 
(Ireland. ) 


Hereford City 
Election. 


No. 255. 


Grand Jury 


(Ireland) Act. 


No. 256. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Augustus Kerr Bozzi Granville, 
of Sandford-on- Thames, in the County of Ozford, 
Paper Manufacturer, praying that the Thames 
Navigation Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, and that he may be heard by himself, his 
Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses before the Select 
Committee of the House, to whom the said Bill is 
or may be referred, against the Preamble of the 
said Bill, and against such of the Clauses and Pro- 
visions thereof as affect the rights and interests of 
the Petitioner; and if the said Bill should pass 
into a law, such Clauses and Provisions may be 
inserted in the said Bill for the protection of the 
Petitioner, and such other relief in the premises 
granted to him, as to the House may seem meet, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioner heard by himself, his Counsel or Agent upon 
his Petition if he think fit; and counsel heard in 
favour of the Bill against the said Petition. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Eighth Annual Report of 
the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy 
for Scotland. 

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

Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Returns 
from the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the 
Peace of the several Counties, &amp;c. in Ireland, of 
the Number of Persons committed to the differeni 
Gaols thereof for Trial, in the year 1865. 

‘ — That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Hereford 
City Election Petition, which were presented upon 
the 8th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Grand 
Jury (Jreland) Act, which was presented upon the 
8th day of this instant May, be printed. 





9th May. 








1866. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Diseased 
Cattle, which was presented upon the 8th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tea, Coffee, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 8th day of this 
instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That no Committees have leave to sit 
To-morrow, being Ascension Day, until Two of 
the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Clerks to Justices 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 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Execution of Deeds Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 30th day of this instant May. 


The Veterinary Surgeons Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
the 30th day of this instant May. 


The Burials in Burghs (Scotland) 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 Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 7th day of this instant May, was pro- 
posed to be made to the Public Companies Bin, 
on consideration of the Bill, as amended, and which 
Amendment was, in p. 1, 1. 18, to leave out the 
words “ or at the poll - 

And the Question being —_ proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of 
the Bill: —The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

And the Question being put; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the a Darby Griffith, } 46 


Yeas, Mr. Sclater-Booth: 
Tellers for the J Sir James Fergusson, } 53 
Noes, Mr. Leeman: P 


So it passed in the Negative. ‘ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


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

Resolved, fat this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

To-morrow. ~ 
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Diseased 
Cattle. 
No. 257. 


Tea, Coffee, 
c. 


No. 258. 


Committees. 


Clerks to 
Justices Bill, 


Execution of 
Deeds Bill. 


Veterinary 
Surgeons Bill, 


Burials in 
Burghs (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Public Com- 
panies Bill. 


Supply. 


Common Law 
Courts (Ire- 
land) Bill. 








29 VicTorta. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Chancery _ the adjourned Debate on the Question propose 
(Ireland) Bill. yyon the 16th day of March last, That the Court 


of Chancery (Jreland) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said ci Debate. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
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 proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question :—And 
a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- 
ment Acts (Jreland) Bill; 

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


Common Law 
Procedure 
Amendment 
Acts (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
confirming certain Provisional Orders under the 
General Pier and Harbour 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 confirming certain Provisional Orders 
made by the Board of Trade, under “ The General 
Pier and Harbour Act, 1861,” relating to Ard- 
glass, Blackpool (South), Cowes (West), Dawlish, 
Dunoon, Foryd, Hopeman, Hornsea, Llandudno, 
Penzance, Plymouth (Hoe), Redcar, Scarborough. 


Resolution to be reported. 


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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the 
Board of Trade, under “ The General Pier and 
Harbour Act, 1861,” relating to Ardglass, Black- 
pool (South), Cowes (West), Dawlish, Dunoon, 
Foryd, Hopeman, Hornsea, Llandudno, Penzance, 
Plymouth (Hoe), Redcar, Scarborough:—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Milner Gibson and Mr. Monsell 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Pier and 
Harbour 
Orders Con- 
firmation. 





Population, Ordered, That the Return relative to Popula- 
Electors, &amp;c. tion, Electors, &amp;c., Parliamentary Paper, No. 283, 
No. 259. of Session 1864, be re-printed. 


Metropolitan Ordered, That Mr. Baring be discharged from 
ment, &amp;e further attendance on the Select Committee on 
* Metropolitan Local Government, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen be 
added to the Committee. 


Great Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
— to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 


substitute the Name of Lucius Henry FitzGerald, 
— for that of Augustus Keppel Stephenson, 
OL. 121, 





9¢h—10th May. 


301 


Esquire, in the Address to be presented to Her 
Majesty for making inquiry into the existence 
of corrupt practices at the last Election for the 
Borough of Great Yarmouth: And that the Clerk 
do carry the said Message. 


Sir Henry Rawlinson reported from the Com- Private Bills 
mittee on Group N. of Private Bills; That Mr. (Group N.) 
Du Pre, one of the Members of the said Com- 
| mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
| Committee this day. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Du Pre do attend the said 
| Committee To-morrow, at Two of the clock. 





Mr. Scholefield reported the Edgware, Highgate, Edgware, 
and London Railway Bill, with Amendments. Teo 

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





Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on Great 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Northern 
| Great Northern Railway (Potter's Bar, Barnet, (Poteet Bar, 
| and Hendon) Bill, they had examined the allega- Barnet, and 
‘tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but Hendon) Bill. 
| the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on garnet, 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Hendon, and 
the Barnet, Hendon, and Midland Junction Rail- Midland 

° ° ° Junction 
way Bill, they had examined the allegations con- Raiiway Bill. 
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 acquainted the House, That a Mes- jfessage from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Drainage and prainage and 
Improvement of Lands (Jreland) Bill, without Improvement 
any Amendment. Civeland) Bill 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Waterford, 
for incorporating the Waterford, New Ross, and New Ross, 
Wexford Junction Railway Company, and for au- 4nd Wexford 
thorizing them to purchase the Bagenalstown and heen Bill 
Wexford Railway, and to make Branch Railways, { Lords.) 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Magdalen 
for enabling the President, Vice Presidents, Trea- Hospital Bill 
surer, and Governors of the Magdalen Hospital [4°74] 
for the reception of Penitent Prostitutes to sell 
and grant Leases of the present Site of the Hospital 
and other Lands belonging to them, to acquire a 
new Site for the Hospital, and to erect a Hospital 
thereon, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill for confirming Pier and Har- 

certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Pow, Orders 
Trade under “ The General Pier and Harbour pi — 
Act, 1861,” relating to Ardglass, Blackpool (South), pi) 148, 
Cowes (West), Dawlish, Dunoon, Foryd, Hopeman, 
Hornsea, Llandudno, Penzance, Plymouth (Hoe), 
Redcar, Scarborough: 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. 











Thursday, 10th May, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Committee on Group private Bills 


P. of Private Bills have leave to sit this day (Group P.) 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 





House. 
Ordered, 


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302 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group M. 
of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Private Bills 
(Group M.) 


Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made bythe Lords to the Man- 
cleste~ 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. 


Morayshire 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Moray- 
shire 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. 


Newark Gas 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Newark 
Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stour- 
bridge Gas Act Amendment Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Stourbridge 
Gas Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Barnsley Local Board of Health 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. 


Barnsley Local 
Board of 
Health Bill. 


A Motion being made, That the Bideford, Ap- 
pledore, and Westward Ho’ Railway Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Villiers, 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. 


Bideford, 
Appledore, 
and Westward 
Ho’ Railway 
Bill. 


Bristol and 
Portishead 
Pier and Rail- 
way Bill. 


A Motion being made, That the Bristol and 
Portishead Pier and Railway Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

Mr. Villiers, 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 taink 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 Hornsey Gas 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 


Hornsey Gas 
Bill [ Lords.) 


1th May. 





1866. 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Hull Docks Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Hull Docks 
Bill. 


The Kensington Improvement Bill was read the Kensington 

third time. Improvement 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Liverpool Corporation Water Bill was read Liverpool’ 
the third time. a sa 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aay 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Midland Great Western Railway (of Zre- Midland Great 

land) Bill was read the third time. a P 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, freland) Sill 

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. 


The Northampton and Banbury Junction Rail- Northampton 
way Bill was read the third time. ye aad 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


; Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junc- Swansea Vale 
tion Railway Bill was read the third time. ~ — and 
° recon Junc- 

Resolved, that the Bill do pass. tion Railway 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Bin. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Talacre Pier Talacre Pier 
and Harbour (Railway) Bill be now read the third 214 Harbour 
ti 5 (Railway) 

me; ‘ Bill [Lords.] 

Mr. Villiers, 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, 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 House proceeded to take into consideration Canterbury 
the Canterbury Gas and Water Bill, as amended in Gas and | 
the Committee; and Amendments were made to = 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Huntley, 
the Huntley, Mitcheldean, and Elton Roads Bill, Mitcheldean, 
as amended in the Committee. nt 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Mersey 
the Mersey Pneumatic Railway Bill, as amended Sap aan 
in the Committee. eet ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, praying Bray Improve- 
that Provision may be made in the Bray Improve- ™e"* 8 
ment Bill for constructing Embankments at Ra- 
venswell and Bray, and diverting the River Bray, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

The 








99 Vicroria. 


Waterford, The Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford Junc- 
a 4 tion Railway Bill was read the first time. 
dena Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
Railway Bill miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

[{ Lords. | 

Magdalen The Magdalen Hospital Bill was read the first 
Hospital Bill time. 

[Lords.] 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, Thatthe Select Committee on the Gal- 
way Town Election Petitionshave leave to sit this day 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Galway Town 
Election, 


Sir Henry Rawlinson reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group N. of Private Bills ;. That, at the 
meeting of the Committee this day, a Letter was 
received from Mr. Du Pre, one of the Members of 
the said Committee, stating that he was unable, 
on account of indisposition, to attend the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Du Pre be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 


Private Bills 
(Group N.) 


Harwich Har- Mr. Bagwell reported from the Committee on 


bour Estate Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
= Lands ~~ the Harwich Harbour Estate and Lands Improve- 
mprovement ° : 
Company Bill ment Company Bill, they had examined the allega- 
[Lords.] tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true, 
and that a Report from the Board of Trade in 
respect to the said Bill, had been considered by 
the Committee; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 
Cannock Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on 
Chase Rail- Group 14 of Railway Bills; That the parties pro- 
Bik Extension moting the Cannock Chase Railway Extension Bill 
i 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 _ Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on 
(Group 14.) Group 14 of Railway Bills; That, in consequence 
of there being no business ready for their consi- 
deration, they had adjourned to Monday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 
Chatham, Mr. Knight reported from the Committee on 


Rochester, &amp;. Group O. of Private Bills ; That in the case of 
Gas Bill. = the Chatham, Rochester, &amp;c. Gas 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. 
Brynmawr Mr. Knight reported the Brynmawr Gas Bill, 
Gas Bill. with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 

Table. 
Public Several Public Petitions were gana and 
Petitions.  yead; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Votes, A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; 
and Twenty- and referred to a Select Committee. 
second Report. 
Roach River Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
(Lorde) Bill one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 

ras. 


That in the case of the Roach River Fishery Bill, 
originating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not pre- 
viously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
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3035 


Sir Brooke Bridges sammy from the Com- Shrewsbury 
mittee on Group 10 of Railway Bills; That in the hea 
case of the Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway way (Meifod 
(Meifod Valley Extension, &amp;c.) Bill, they had Valley Ex- 
examined the alhegelinen contained in the Preamble tension, &amp;c.) 
of the Bill, and had verbally amended the same, =. 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Kildare Writ. 

rant 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 Kildare, in the room of Otho 
Augustus FitzGerald, Esquire, commonly called 
Lord Otho Augustus FitzGerald who, since his 
Election for the said County, hath accepted the 
Office of Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Helston 
a Copy of Return made into the Crown Office by the Writ. 
Returning Officer of the Borough of Helston, to 
the Writ issued to him directing the Election of 
a Member for that Borough. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gaols, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return as to the following Borough and 
County Gaols; showing, lst. The Total Number of 
Prisoners in each on the 15th day of April 1866, 
and the Number belonging to each Religious De- 
nomination; 2d. Whether there has been any 
appointment or approval of any Ministers of Reli- 
gion other than those of the Established Church 
for visiting the Prisoners either by virtue of “ Prison 
Ministers’ Act, 1863,” or ** Prisons Act, 1865;” and, 
3rd. The Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions in 
force in each of these Prisons relating to the 
Visits, Duties, and Communications of the Chap- 
lain of the Established Church, the Roman Catholic 
Priest, and the Ministers of other Religious Deno- 
minations with the Prisoners, viz.: Chester, County 
and City; Knutsford House of Correction; Cum- 
berland County ; Durham County; Kent County ; 
Lancaster County; Stafford County; Kirkdale 
Borough; Preston House of Correction; New 
Bailey, Salford; Liverpool Borough ; Manchester 
City; Middlesexr,— Newgate, Coldbath Fields, 
Clerkenwell, Westminster, and Holloway; Usk 
Borough; Northumberland County ; Newcastle-on- 
Tyne Borough; Winchester; Surrey,—Horsemonger 
Lane and House of Correction, Wandsworth; 
Sussex County; Warwick County ; Birmingham 
Borough; Wakefield Borough; Kingston-on-Hull 
Borough; Leeds Borough; Swansea Borough; 
Glamorgan County ; Edinburgh; Perth; Paisley; 
and, Glasgow. 

Ordered, That 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, Electors, &amp;c. 
Returns showing the Number of Electors in every (Iteland.) 
Parliamentary City and Borough in Ireland in 
1832-3, 1850-1, and 1866:——The Number of 
Male Persons resident within each such City or 
Borough, or within Seven miles thereof, and rated 
at £.6 and under £.7; £.7 and under £.8; £.8 
and upwards: The Population of each such 
City or Borough, according to the Census of 1861; 
showing separately the Population within the Muni- 
cipal limits when such limits differ from the Par- 
liamentary limits:——-The Population of each 
County in Ireland, excluding the Population 
within the Parliamentary limits of any represented 

Qq4 City 








Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-first 
Report.) 


Registry of 
Deeds Office 
(Ireland. ) 


Chinese 
Pirates. 


Portpatrick 
Harbour. 


Mercantile 
Marine Fund. 


Union of 
Benefices 
(London.) 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment, &amp;c. Bill. 


Supply. 


304 


City or Borough therein: The Population of 
saa Town or Village proposed to be grouped 
together by the Representation of the People 
(Ireland) Bill: ——The distance in English Miles 
between the principal Borough in a group and each 
Borough to be grouped therewith as proposed b 


the Representation of the People (Jreland) Bill: 

The rated Value of each County, City, and 
Borough in Ireland :—— And, Listof unrepresented 
Towns in Jreland having a Population exceeding 
3,000, with the Population of each. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 7th, 
8th, and 9th days of this instant May, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of ‘Treasury 
Minute, dated 4th May 1866, regulating the Es- 
tablishment of the Office of Registry of Deeds in 
Dublin. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 12th day of April last, for Returns re- 
lative to Chinese Pirates. 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 13th day of March last, for a 
Return relative to Portpatrick Harbour. 

Mr. Milner Gibson also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Mercantile Marine Fund, under the Act 17 
&amp; 18 Vic. c. 104, showing the Balance of Cash 
and the Amount of Exchequer Bills held on Ist 
January 1865; with the Amount of Net Income 
since received, and how the same has been appro- 
priated ; made up to the 3lst December 1865. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Draft of a 
Scheme which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
for England propose to certify to Her Majesty in 
Council, for uniting the Benefice (being a Rec- 
tory) of Saint Nicholas, Cole Abbey, with Saint 
Nicholas Olate, in the City of London, with the 
Benefice (being a Rectory) of Saint Mary, 
Somerset, with Saint Mary, Mounthaw, in the said 
City of London, and for the other purposes men- 
tioned in the same Scheme. 


The Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Friday the 18th day of this instant May. 


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

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word 
* That” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ the great subdivision of the soil in 
“ Southern and Western India, consequent on the 
** present system observed in the revenues settle- 
“ment of the Madras and Bombay Presidencies, 
* deserves the serious attention of Her Majesty’s 
« Government, with a view to its amendment,” 
instead thereof. 


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1866. 


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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1, £.17,850, for Remuneration to Revising 
Barristers in England and Wales. 

2. £.658,for Annuities by way of Compensation 
falling due under the Divorce and Matrimonial 
Causes Act. 

3. £.15,555, for Compensations and Retiring 
Annuities of certain Holders of abolished Offices 
under ** The Bankruptcy Act, 1861.” 

4. £.52,512, to complete the Sum for Sa- 
laries and Incidental Expenses connected with 
Criminal Proceedings in Scotland. 

5. £.32,880, to complete the Sum for the Courts 
of Law and Justice in Scotland, 

6. £. 630, to complete the Sum for the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Legal Branch of the Exche- 
quer in Scotland. 

7. £.14,511, to complete the Sum for Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the several Offices in Her 
Majesty’s General Register House, Edinburgh. 

8. £.48,214, to complete the Sum for Expense 
of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges 
in Ireland. 

9. £. 3,877, to complete the Sum for Salaries 
and Expenses of certain Officers of the Court of 
Chancery in Ireland. 

10. £. 10,762, to complete the Sum for Salaries 
and Expenses of the Courts of Queen’s Bench, 
Common Pleas, and Exchequer in Jreland, and 
of Offices connected with those Courts. 

11. £.2,407, to complete the Sum for Salaries 
of the Registrars to the Judges in Ireland on Cir- 
cuit. 

12. £. 1,031, to complete the Sum for Compen- 
sations to Seneschals and other Officers of Manor 
Courts in Ireland. 

13. £. 1,888, to complete the Sum for Salaries 
and Expenses in the Office for the Registration of 
Judgments in Ireland. 

14. £.9,086, to complete the Sum for Salaries 
and Expenses of the Office for the Registration of 
Deeds in Jreland. 

15. £. 100, for Fees to Advocates appointed to 
act as Commissioners of the High Court of Dele- 
gates in Ireland. 

16. £.4,899, to complete the Sum for Salaries 
of the Judges and Officers, and the Incidental Ex- 
penses of the Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency 
in Ireland. 

17. £. 7,668, to complete the Sum for Salaries 
of the Court of Probate in Jreland. 

18. £. 8,902, to complete the Sum for Salaries 
and Expenses of the Landed Estates Court, Ire- 
land, 

19. £. 8,500, for Salaries of Process Servers in 
Ireland. 

20. £. 420, for Remuneration to Revising Bar- 
risters in the City of Dublin. 

21. £.38,200, to complete the Sum for the Me- 
tropolitan Police, Dublin. 

22. £.550,046, to complete the Sum for the 
Constabulary Force in Ireland. 

23. £.1,714, to complete the Sum for Expenses 
of the Four Courts, Marshalsea Prison, Dublin. 

24. £. 14,79, to complete the Sum for Inspec- 
tion and General Superintendence over all the 
Prisons in the United Kingdom. 

25. £.254,492, to complete the Sum for Go- 
vernment Prisons and Convict Establishments at _ 
Home. 

26. £. 214,184, to complete the Sum for Main- 
tenance of Prisoners in County Gaols, Reforma- 

tory 








29 VicTorRiA. 


tory Institutions, and Lunatic Asylums, and for 
the- Expenses of the Removal of Convicts. 

27. £.15,684, to complete the Sum for the 
Transportation of Convicts, &amp;c. 

28. £. 145,466, to complete the Sum for the 
Convict Establishments in the Colonies. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
put, and negatived. 

29. 3,200, to complete the Sum for the Civil 
Establishment of the Bermudas. 

30. £.2,513, to eomplete the Sum for the Eccle- 
siastical Establishment of the British North Ame- 
rican Provinces. 

31. £.1,000, for the Indian Department in Ca- 
nada. 

32. £.17,178, to complete the Sum for the Sa- 
laries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, 
and others, in the West Indies, and certain other 
Colonies. 

33. £.5,750, to complete the Sum for the Sa- 
laries of the Stipendiary Justices in the West Indies. 

34. £.36,500, to complete the Sum for the Civil 
Establishments on the Western Coast of Africa. 

35. £.3,924, to complete the Sum for the Is- 
land of Saint Helena. 

36. £.500, for the Orange River Territory 
( Cape of Good Hope). 

37. £.1,100, for Heligoland. 

38. £. 3,875, to complete the Sum for the Falk- 
land Islands. 

39. £. 2,644, to complete the Sum for Labuan. 

40. £.300, for the Pitcairn’s Islanders in Nor- 
folk Island. 

41. £.7,418, to complete the Sum for the Emi- 
gration Board. 

42. £.3,500, for the Expedition to the Niger 
River. 

43. £. 1,000, on account of the Treasury Chest. 

44, £.29,000, to complete the Sum for the Sup- 
port and Conveyance of Captured Negroes. 

45. £. 7,450, to complete the Sum for the Sa- 
laries of the Mixed Commissions established under 
the Treaties with Foreign Powers for suppressing 
the Traffic in Slaves. 

46. £. 123,978, to complete the Sum for the 
Consular Establishments Abroad. 

47. £. 121,978, to complete the Sum for the 
Establishments in China, Japan, and Siam. 

48. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 24,000, be granted to 
Her Hajesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March. 1867, for the Extraordinary Disburse- 
ments of Her Majesty’s Embassies and Missions 
Abroad ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Sclater-Booth, 

Yeas, \Mr. Bentinck: 

Tellers for the! Mr. Brand, 

Noes, Mr. Adam : 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

49. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.15,000, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge which will come in course of 
hog during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1867, for Special Missions, Diplomatic 
Outfits, and Conveyance and Entertainment of 
Colonial Officers and others ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 

ed, That the Item of £.21. 17s. 6d., for the 

xpenses of the Bishop of Kingston and Servant 
from Jamaica to Belize and back, be omitted from 
the proposed Vote :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

O ~~ aa put, and agreed to. 

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305 


50. £.2,600, to complete the Sum. for Salaries 
of the Third Secretaries at Her Majesty’s Embas- 
sies and Missions Abroad. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Dodson 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 Second Fishery Piers 
Reading of the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jre- 2°4 Harbours 
land) Bill; (ivciend) BE. 

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


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


Friday, 11th May, 1866: 


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

The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 


for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Landed 


P . Propert 
into a Committee on the Landed Property Im- tn nee, 
provement (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time ([reiand) Bill. 


spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 
and Mr. Dodson 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 Commons 
Reading of the Commons (Metropolis) Bill ; ( Metropolis) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~~ 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Drainage 
take into consideration the Drainage Maintenance ee 
(Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. re 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Crown Lands Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Crown Lands 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Convicts’ 
take into consideration the Convicts’ Property Property Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (The word “ Forfeiture” defined), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (In parts where term “ Fe- 
lony ” not in use, offences involving forfeiture of 
goods to be deemed included in that term), 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. 


The Land Drainage Supplemental Bill was, ac- Land Drain- 
cording to Order, read the third time. pacer 4 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Inclosure Bill was, according to Order, Inclosure 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. 
RR 


The 













Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Bill 
[Lords. | 


Labouring 
Classes” Dwel- 
lings (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Rateable 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


National 
Gallery 
Enlargement 
Bill. 


Dean Forest 
(Walmore and 
the Bearce 
Commons) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers’ Super- 
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Customs and 
Inland 
Revenue Bill. 


Common Law 
Courts (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Burials in 
Burghs (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Public Com- 
panies Bill. 


Common Law 
Procedure 
Amendment 
Acts (Ireland) 
Bill. 


306 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Divorce and Matrimonial 


Causes Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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 Labouring Classes’ Dwellings ( Zreland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Rateable Property (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The National Gallery Enlargement Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


The Dean Forest (Walmore and the Bearce 
Commons) Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Select Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation 
( Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue 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 Common Law Courts (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


whe Cacee-ef Sie Coy Seng seiy Oe cena | by the Committee of Selection; with Power to 
&gt; 


| 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 9th day of this instant May, was pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Court 
of Chancery (Ireland) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Burials in Burghs ( Scot- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill; and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 


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1866. 





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


to amend the Law relatin 
by Railway Companies: And that Mr. Milner 
Gibson and Mr. Monsell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


a? Companies’ 
to Securities issued Secular 


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


to amend “ The Tramways (Jreland) Act, 1860, 
and “ The Tramways (Ireland) Amendment &lt;Act, 
1861:” And that Lord Naas, Mr. George, and 
General Dunne do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law of Rating and Chargeability in 
Unions in Jreland: And that Mr. Charles Barry 
and Major Gavin do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make further Provision for the Performance of 
the Duties of Solicitor for the Affairs of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury: And that Mr. Childers and Mr. 
Brand do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders under “ The 
Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to the 
Districts of Linthwaite and Ventnor, and. for the 
repeal of the South Wales Highway Act in Briton 
Ferry District: And that Mr. Knatchbull-Huges- 
sen and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 
1t 1n. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
substitute the name of Mr. Serjeant O’Brien for 
that of 7. D. Archibald, Esquire, in the Address 
to be presented to Her Majesty for making in- 
quiry into the existence of corrupt practices at the 
last Election for the Borough of Reigate: And that 


| the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


The Select Committee on the Thames Naviga- 
tion Bill was nominated of Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. 
Neate, Sir George Bowyer, Sir Michael Hicks 
Beach, Mr. Yorke, and five Members to be named 


send for persons, papers, and records, 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Petitions presented to this 
House respecting the said Bill be referred to the 
Committee; and that such Petitioners as shall 
have prayed to be heard by themselves, their 
Counsel, or Agents, be heard upon their Petitions, 
if they think fit; and Counsel heard in favour of 
the Bill against such Petitions. 


Lord Naas presented a Bill to amend “ The 
Tramways ( /reland) Act, 1860,” and “ The Tram- 
ways (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1861 :” And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


Ordered, That the Bi'l be read the third time | Tead a second time upon Friday next; and to be 


this day. 


| 


| 


printed. 


» (Ireland) Acts 


Amendment. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Law 
Amendment, 


Solicitor to the 
Treasury, 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental (No, 2.) 


Reigate 
Election. 


Thames 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Tramways 
(Ireland) Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 149. 


The Public Companies Bill was, according to, Mr. Brand presented a Bill to confirm certain Local Govern- 
Provisional Orders under “ The Local Govern- ment oa 
ment Act, 1858,” relating to the Districts of — 0, 2) 


Order, read the third time; and verbal Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to alter and amend the Law re- 
lating to voting in Public Companies. 

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 Common Law Procedure Amend- 
ment Acts (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Linthwaite and Ventnor, and for the repeal of the 
South Wales Highway Act in Briton Ferry Dis- 
trict: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relating to Securities issued by Railway 
Companies: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next; and to be printed. 7” 

r. 








Bill 150. 


Railway 
Companies’ 
Securities Bill. 


Bill 151. 


















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29 VicTorIA. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to make further 
Bill. Provision for the Performance of the Duties of 


Solicitor to the 
Treasury 


Bill 152. Solicitor for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day; and to be 
printed. 

Poor Relief Mr. Charles Barry presented a Bill to amend 
om only the Law of Rating and Chargeability in Unions 
Bill. in Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 


Bill 153, and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 13th day of June next; and to be 
printed. 


Poor Persons’ 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 





ney Lords to the Poor Persons’ Burial (Jreland) Bill 
“ be taken into consideration upon Monday next ; 
Bill 154. : 
and be printed. 
Hero Ordered, That the Debate on the Question which 
ome was proposed upon the 25th day of April last, That 
the Turnpike Roads Bill be now read a second time, 
be resumed upon Tuesday the 29th day of this in- 
stant May. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 

Friday, 11th May, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
Galway Town O RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
Election. 


the Galway Town Election Petitions have 
leave to sit this day till Six of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Wivenhoe and 
Brightlingsea 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
striking out the recital that it was expedient the 
Great Eastern Railway Company should be au- 
thorized to subscribe towards the Funds of the 
Company, and to appoint Directors of the Com- 
pany, and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


ag The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill. Y the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dray- 
ton 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 Lord- 
ships. 
Frome Gas The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Frome 
Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do.carry the Bill to} 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 
Wrexham, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
yoy the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wrez- 
Quay Railway 4am, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway (Addi- 
Addition! tional Capital) Bill; and the same were twice 
apital) Bill. yead, 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. 

VoL. 121. 


10¢th-—11th May. 





307 


The Bristol and North Somerset Railway 
ditional. Capital) Bill was read the third time. ! 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the CAditionsl” 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Bristol and Capital) Bill 
North Somerset Railway Company to raise Ad- (changed from 
ditional Capital for the purposes of their Under- ,Bristl and 


, North Somer- 
taking. set Railway 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to (eviation”).) 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


( Ad- Bristol and 
North Somer- 


The Dagenham Dagenham 
the third time. pe 
Resolved, Thatthe Bill, with the Amendment, do [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. 


(Thames) Dock Bill was read 


The Kingsbridge and Dartmouth Roads Bill was Kingsbridge 
read the third time. one age ds 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. = 

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


The Leeds Borough Bill was read the third time. Leeds Borough 
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 Zeven and East Leven and 
of Fife Railway Bill be now read the third time; Railway’ Bill 
Mr. William Cowper, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s in- 
terest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Greenwich and Woolwich —— and 
Lower Road Bill, as amended in the Committee, vor R 


: é . ower Road 
be taken into consideration upon Tuesday next. _ Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Swindon, 
the Swindon, Calne, and Cricklade Roads Bill, as foal and 
, ° ricklade 
amended in the Committee. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Weardale and 
the Weardale and Shildon District Water Bill, as —— Water 
amended in the Committee; and Amendments gij, 
were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Chester and 
take into consideration the Chester and West — Cheshire 
. . . . . unction 
Cheshire Junction 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. 


Ordered, That the Saint Martin-in-the-Fields Saint Martin- 
Workhouse, &amp;c. Rebuilding Bill be committed to alee 
the Select Committee on the National Gallery En- &amp;c. Rebuilding 

Bill. 


largement Bill. 


Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group P. of Private Bills; That Charles Fresh- (GtP P-) 
Jield, Esquire, one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this dep 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield be discharged 
from further attendance on the said Committee. 





RR2+ 





Hounslow and 
Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea Har- 
bour Trust 
Bill [Lords.] 


Brean Down 
Docks Bill 
| Lords.) 


Sligo and 
Ballagha- 
derreen 
Junction 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords.} 


Central 
Ireland 
Railways Bill 
| Lords. ) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
second Report. 


Navy (Ship 
“ Trusty.”) 





Population, 
Revenue, &amp;c. 


308 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Hounslow and Metropolitan Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pream- 
ble of the Bill, and had amended the same by strik- 
ing out the recital that it was expedient that the 
Company and the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany should be empowered to enter into Agree- 
ments, and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. . 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
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 Swansea Harbour Trust 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, 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, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which are 
applicable to the Brean Down Docks Bill, origi- 
nating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Sligo and Ballaghaderreen 
Junction Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and 
which are applicable thereto, 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 Central Ireland Railways 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 4th day of this instant May, for a Return 
relative to the Navy (Ship “ Trusty”). 

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


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,— Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day 
of April, last, for Returns relative to Population, 
Revenue, &amp;c. 


11th May. ' 








1866. 


——. pur- County 
0 


i — Treas 
Parliament, a sy 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen also 
suant to the directions of an Act 
An Account in charge and discharge of Fees re- 
ceived by the Registrar of County. Treasurers’ 
Accounts, and Receiver of Fee Fund, in Jreland, 
for the year ended 25th March 1866. 

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


Mr. Bruce presented, pursuant to the directions India Office 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order in Establishment, 
Council approving a Representation of the Secre- 
tary of State for India, proposing certain additions 
to the Establishment of the Secretary of State for 
India in Council. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Helston Writ, 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, No. 261, 
dated the 10th day of this instant May, for a Re- 
turn relative to the Helston Writ. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chinese Chinese 
Pirates, which was presented upon the 10th day Pirates. 
of this instant May, be printed. No. 262. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Port- Portpatrick 
patrick Harbour, which was presented upon the Harbour. 
10th day of this instant May, be printed. No. 263, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- Mercantile 
cantile Marine Fund, which was presented upon Marine Fund. 
the 10th day of this instant May, be printed. No. 264, 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Mortality of 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to [xpors 
give leave to the Earl De Grey and Ripon to attend med 
to be examined as a Witness before the Select 
Committee on Mortality of Troops (China): And 
that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, vajuations 
Returns of the Cost of the first Ordnance Valua- (Ireland.) 
tion of Ireland: Of the Cost of the Tenement 
Valuation of Jreland: ——Of the Cost of the old 
Poor Law Valuation of Jreland:-—-And, of the 
Cost of the Annual Revisions of the Tenement 
Valuations of Jreland during the last Three years, 
specifying the Cost of the Revision in each County ‘ 
and each Year separately. 





The Sale of Land by Auction Bill was read the Sale of Land 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time Bil tLords) 
Monday next; and to be printed &gt; : 
a — a. Bill 155. 


The Salmon Fisheries ( Scotland) Bill was read Salmon 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Fisheries 


time upon Monday next; and to be printed. Gert Lorde) 


' ill 156. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Pree son 2 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Elections 

to give directions, that there be laid before this (Scotland.) 

House, Returns showing the Number of Persons 

at present qualified, or who would be qualified, to 

vote in Parliamentary Elections in respect of Land, 

House Property, Feu or Leasehold, under the fol- 

lowing heads : 





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Railway 
Reform 
(Ireland.) 


No. 265. 


Customs 


Clerks (Out 


Ports.) 


No. 266. 


Mines. 


Neath New 


Gas Bill. 


London, 
Chatham, 


Dover and 


99 VicTorIA. 


And ooo, the Towns and populous Places 
wholly or partially within each County of and 
above a Population of 1,000; and, specifying 





11th May. 


309 
whether these are at present Parliamentary 
Burghs :— 








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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Memorial to the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, signed by the Lord Mayor of Dublin 
on behalf of a public Meeting held in that City on 
the 2nd day of February, on the subject of Rail- 
way Reform. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Treasury 
and the Board of Customs, relative to the Salaries 
of the Clerks of the Customs Establishment at the 
Out Ports. 

Mr. Childers 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, 
Returns showing what Mines have been ordered 
to be wound up in the Stannaries Court, under the 
provisions of “The Companies Act, 1862 :”—— 
Showing the Date of the filing the Petition in each 
case : And, showing in what stage are the pro- 
ceedings in each case. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees under Standing Order No. 94, That 
in the case of the Neath New Gas Bill, all the 
questions in issue between the Promoters and 
Opponents having been referred to them, the 
Referees report, that, subject to certain pro- 
posed Amendments made in and annexed to the 
Bill, which the Referees recommend should be 
made therein, they are of opinion that the said Bill 
ought to be proceeded with. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of the 
and Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against the 


South Eastern London, Chatham, and Dover, and South Eastern 


(Bromley, (Bromley, Farnborough, and West Wickham) Rail- 
eh ways Bill. 

Wickham ) Ordered, That the Report be printed. 

Railways Bill. 

Worksop and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
Shireoaks 


Bill. 


Gas the Referees under Standing Order No. 94, That 
in the case of the Worksop and Shireoaks Gas Bill, 
all the questions in issue between the Promoters 
and Opponents having been referred to them, 
the Referees report, that the quality of the Gas 
supplied by the existing Company is sufficiently 
good, the illuminating power being equal to that 
a by their Act, and that the supply is also 
sufficient; and the Referees are of opinion that 
this Bill ought not to be proceeded with, the Op- 
VoL. 121. 

















samen undertaking to reduce the price of Gas to 
‘our shillings per 1,000 feet from the 1st January 
next. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- guppy, 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That , Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“in the opinion of this House, the complaints Postal 
“ which have so frequently been addressed to the Service (Fife.) 
** Post Office authorities by the Commissioners of 
** Supply and others in the County of Fife, deserve 
“ the prompt attention of that department,” 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 “an humble Address be pre- China. 
* sented to Her Majesty, that She will be gra- 
* ciously pleased to give directions, that there 
* be laid before this House, Copies of the Official 
** Notification and Address of Consul Meadows at 
“ Newchang tothe Foreign Community, dated the 4th 
“ October 1865, respecting the danger to Life and 
* Property from the proximity of Rebels; also of 
“ the Official Notification and Address of Consul 
“ Medhurst, of Hankow, to the Foreign Community, 
“ dated 21st January 1866, to devise measures 
“against an expected attack from a body of 
“revolted Imperial Troops, and the advance of 
“ the Mienfee Rebels,” 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. ) 


1. £. 842,200, for the Charge of Works, Build- 
ings, and Repairs, at Home and Abroad. 

2. £.140,888, to complete the Sum for Super- 
annuation and Retired Allowances to Persons for- 
merly employed in the Public Service. 

3. £.605, for Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, 
Saint Domingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and 
others. 

4, £.325, for the Refuge for the Destitute. 

5. £.2,001, to complete the Sum for the Sub- 
sistence of Polish Refugees, and Allowances to 
Distressed Spaniards. 

6. £.39,170, to complete the Sum for Pensions 
to Masters and Seamen of the Merchant Service, 
and to their Widows and Children. 

7. £. 22,400, to complete the Sum for the Relief 
of Distressed British Seamen Abroad. 

BR3 8. £.2,732, 


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310 

8. £.2,732, to complete the Sum for Miscella- 
neous Allowances formerly defrayed from the Civil 
List, the Hereditary Revenues, &amp;c. 

9. £.1,183, to complete the Sum for the Trea- 
surers of Public Infirmaries in Ireland. 

10. £.11,845, to complete the Sum for the sup- 

ort of certain Hospitals in Dublin, and for the 
Basen of the Board of Superintendence. 

11. £.6,461, to complete the Sum for Charitable 
Allowances charged on the Concordatum Fund in 
Ireland. 

12. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 30,156, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Charge which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 3lst day of March 
1867, for Veunsienten, Seceding, and Pro- 
testant Dissenting Ministers in Jreland: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.366, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1867, for Nonconforming, Seceding, and 
Protestant Dissenting Ministers in Ireland ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Hadfield, } 24 
Mr. Crum- Ewing : } : 
+ Mr. Brand, 

Tellers for the Noes, { i ilies 5 j 130. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

13, £.3,750, for the Ecclesiastical Commission- 
ers for England. 

14. £.18,500, to complete the Sum for tempo- 
rary Commissions. 

15. £.21,292, to complete the Sum for the Fees, 
Salaries, Expenses, and Compensations, payable 
under the Provisions of the Patent Law Amend- 
ment Act. 

16. £.11,462, to complete the Sum for the Board 
of Fisheries in Scotland. 

17. £.2,100, on account of the Annuity to the 
Board of Manufactures in Scotland, in discharge 
of Equivalents under the Treaty of Union, and 
for the Exhibition of the Torrie Collection. 

18. £.39,948, to complete the Sum for Dues 
— by British or Foreign Vessels under 

reaties of Reciprocity. 

19. £. 2,800, for Corn Returns. 

20. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.500, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for adjusting and defining 
the Boundaries of Counties, Baronies, and Pa- 
rishes in Jreland: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

21. £.416, for the Expense of the Publication 
of the ancient Laws and Institutes of Jreland.’ 

22. £.3,000, for encouraging the Cultivation of 
Flax in Jreland. 

23. £.780, for the Telegraphic Cable laid down 
between Malta and Alexandria, and of the Bal- 
morat Telegraph. 

24. £.10,000, for collecting Agricultural Sta- 
tistics in Great Britain. 

25. £.7,293, to com 
Contingencies. 
Resolutions to be reported. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ 


plete the Sum for Civil 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 


11¢h—12th May. 


Mr. Dodson 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 Com- 
mittee. 





t 








1866. 


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


Saturday, 12th May, 1866: 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second 





Customs and 


Reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue Rove 


Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Crown Lands Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 9th day of this instant May, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the é 
Chancery (Jreland) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


ourt of 


Revenue Bill. 


Crown Lands 
Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fishery Piers 


into a Committee on the Fishery Piers and Har- 
bours (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; onl ihe. 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed 
to move, That the Committee may have leave to 
sit again. 

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


Mr. Childers reported fromm the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
OLLOW : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 17,850, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
the Remuneration to Revising Barristers in 
England and Wales. 


and Harbours 
(Ireland) Bill, 


\ 


Supply. 


Revising 
Barristers. 


2. That a Sum, not. exceeding £.658, be Annuities 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
Annuities by way of Compensation falling due 
under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,555, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
Compensations and Retiring Annuities of certain 
Holders of Abolished Offices under “ The Bank- 
ruptcy Act, 1861.” 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 52,512, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to — the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for Salaries and Inci- 
dental Expenses connected with Criminal Pro- 
ceedings in Scotland. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.32,880, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the-year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Officers of the Courts of Law and 
Justice in Scotland. 

6. That 


under the 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Act. 


Compensa- 
tions and 
Retiring 
Annuities 
under “ The 
Bankruptcy 
Act, 1861.” 


Criminal 
Proceedin 
Scotland. 


Courts of Law 
and Justice, 
Scotland. 
























Legal Branch 
of the 
Exchequer, 
Scotland. 


General 
Register 
House, 
Edinburgh. 


Law Charges, 
Ireland. 


Court of 
Chancery, 
Treland. 


Courts of 
Queen’s 
Bench, &amp;c. 
Ireland, 


Registrars to 
Judges, 
Ireland, 


Manor Courts, 
Ireland. 


Registration 
of Judgments, 
Ireland. 


Registration 
of Deeds, 
Ireland. 


High Court of 
Delegates, 
Treland. 


Court of Bank. 
Tuptcy and 
Insolvency, 
&amp;c. Ireland. 


Court of Pro- 
bate, Ireland, 
and District 
Registries. 


G9 VicToria. 


6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.630, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Legal Branch of the Exchequer 
in Scotland. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 14,511, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the several Offices in Her Majesty’s 
General Register House, Edinburgh. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 48,214, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Expense of Crimi- 
nal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in Ireland. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,877, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 

enses of certain Officers of the Court of Chancery 
in Ireland. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,762, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 

enses of the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Common 
leas, and Exchequer in Jreland, and of Officers 
connected with those Courts. 

11. That a Sum. not exceeding £. 2,407, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries of the 
Registrars to the Judges in Jreland on Circuit. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,031, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 


3lst day of March 1867, for Compensations to | 


Seneschals and other Officers of Manor Courts in 
Ireland. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,888, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Office for the Registration of Judg- 
ments in Ireland. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,086, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
yenses of the Office for the Registration of Deeds 
in Ireland. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £.100, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, for 
Fees to Advocates appointed to act as Commis- 
sioners of the High Court of Delegates in Ireland. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,899, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries of the 
Judges and Officers, and the Incidental Expenses 
of the Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency in /re- 
land, and the Compensations awarded under the 
Act of the twentieth and twenty-first years of 
Her Majesty, chapter sixty. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,668, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 

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cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
conrse of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the ‘Salaries of the 
Court of Probate in Jre/and, and the Expenses of 
the said Court, and of the District Registries. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 8,902, be Landed 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- states Court, 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in’ 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Landed Estates Court, Jreland. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 8,500, be Process 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge Servers, 
which will come in course of payment during the _— 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
the Salaries of Process Servers in Ireland. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 420, be Revising 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge Barristers, 
which will come in course of payment during the . 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
Remuneration to Revising Barristers in the City 
of Dublin. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 38,200, be Metropolitan 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Police, Dublin. 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the, Salaries of the 
Police Justices and for the Expense of the Divi- 
sional Police Courts and the Metropolitan Police, 

Dublin. 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 550,046, be Constabulary 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Force, Ireland. 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Constabulary 
Force in Ireland. 

23. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,714, be Four Courts, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Marshalsea 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in publin. 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Expenses of the 
Four Courts, Marshalsea Prison, Dublin. 

24. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 14,790, be Inspection of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Prisons, 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in Reformatories 
course of payment during the year ending on the Schools. 
31st day of March 1867, for the Inspection and 
General Superintendence over all the Prisons and 
certified Reformatories and Industrial Schools in 
the United Kingdom. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 254,492, be Prisons and 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- —. 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in jents st 
course of payment during the year ending on the Home. 
31st day of March 1867, for Government Prisons 
and Convict Establishments at Home. 

26. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 214,184, be Maintenance 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- °f Prisoners, 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Maintenance of 
Prisoners in County Gaols, Reformatory Institu- 
tions, and Lunatic Asylums, and for the Expenses 
of the Removal of Convicts. 

27. That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,684, be Transporta- 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum adr ga 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come =" ~ 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Transportation 
of Convicts, &amp;c. 

28. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 145,466, be Convict 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Establish- 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come Colonies. 
in course of payment during the year ending on 


‘the 31st day of March 1867, for the Convict Esta- 


blishments in the Colonies. 

29. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,200, be Civil Esta- 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum bishment, 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come &gt; 
in course of payment during the year ending - 

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the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Bermudas. 
30. That a-Sum, not exceeding £.2,513, he 
Establish- granted to Her Majesty, to age the Sum 
(British North necessary to defray the Charge which will come 


Ecclesiastical 


American in course of payment during the year ending on 

Provinces.) the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Ecclesias- 
tical Establishment of the British North American 
Provinces. 

IndianDepart- 31. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,000, be 


ment, Canada. sranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
the Zndian Department in Canada. 


Governors, 32. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 17,178, be 
- 2a-comemama granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
and others, necessary to defray the Charge which will come 


West Indies, in course of payment during the year ending on 


&amp;e. the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries and 
Allowances of the Governors, Lieutenant Gover- 
nors, and others, in the West Indies, and certain 
other Colonies. 

Stipendiary 33. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,750, be 

Justices, 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries and 
Allowances of the Stipendiary Justices in the 
West Indies. 

34. That a Sum, not exceeding £.36,500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Civil Esta- 
blishments on the Western Coast of Africa. 


West Indies. 


Western Coast 
of Africa. 


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35. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,924, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum} 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Island of. 
Saint Helena. 

Orange River 36. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, be) 
Territory granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
(Cape of Good which will come in course of payment during the | 

7) year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for the | 
Orange River Territory (Cape of Good Hope.) 

37. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,100, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge | 
which will come in course of payment during the | 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, for 
Heligoland. 

38. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,875, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1867, for the Falkland 
Islands. 

39. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,644, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to = the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for Labuan. 

40. That a Sum, not exceeding £.300, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, for 
the Pitcairn’s Islanders in Norfolk Island. 

41 That a Sum, not exceeeding £. 7,418, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1867, for the Emigration 
Board, and Emigration Officers at the different 
Ports of this Kingdom, and for certain other Ex- 
penses connected with Emigration. 

42. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, for 


Saint Helena. 


Heligoland, 


Falkland 
Islands. 


Labuan. 


Pitcairn’s 
Islanders, 
(Norfolk 
Island.) 


Emigration. 


Expedition to 
the Niger 
River. 


the Expedition to the Niger River. 








_ granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 






1866. 


43. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,000, be Treasury 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge Che 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, on 
account of the Treasury Chest. 

44. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 29,000, be slave Trade, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- &amp; 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Bounties on Slaves, and 
Tonnage Bounties, for Expenses incurred for the 
Support and Conveyance of Captured Negroes, 
and for other Charges under the Acts for the Abo- 
lition of the Slave Trade. 

45. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,450, be Mixed Com- 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- missions 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in (S!#ve Trade.) 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Mixed Commissions established under 
the Treaties with Foreign Powers for suppressing 
the Traffic in Slaves. 

46. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 123,978, be Consular 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Establish- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in {y’, 
course of payment during the year ending on the ; 
31st day of March 1867, for the Consular Esta- 
blishments Abroad. 

47. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 121,978, be China, Japan, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- #94 Siam. 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Establishments in 
China, Japan, and Siam. 

48. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 24,000, be Extraordinary 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Disburse- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in poi, — 
course of payment during the year ending on the Missions 
31st day of March 1867, for the Extraordinary Abroad. 
Disbursements of Her Majesty’s Embassies and 
Missions Abroad. 

49, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,000, be Special 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Missions, 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in aeeeeiens 
course of payment during the year ending on the 











| 31st day of March 1867, for Special Missions, Di- 


plomatic Outfits, and Conveyance and Entertain- 
ment of Colonial Officers and others. 
50. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,600, be Third Secre- 


taries, Em- 


cessary to defray the Charge which will come in —— 


course of payment during the year ending on the Abroad. 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries of the 
Third Secretaries at Her Majesty’s Embassies 
and Missions Abroad. 

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, resolved itself Lunacy Acts 


into a Committee on the Lunacy Acts ( Scotland) (Scotland) | 
Amendment Bill. Bill. 
Bill 157. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

CrausEs, N° 1 to N° 17, with Amendments to 
two of them, agreed to. 

CraussE, N° 18, disagreed to. 

CuauseEs, N° 19 to N° 23, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 24, amended, and agreed to. 

A Clause added. 

Another Clause (Superannuations of officers and 
matrons)—brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause 
be read the second time——put, and negatived. 

Another Clause added. 

Schedule 


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Schedule agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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. 





Life Insur- The Life Insurances (Jre/and) Bill was, accord- 
ances (Ire- ss ome: and : 
land) Bill, ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 


a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Petit Juries The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Petit Juries (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Landed The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

on take into consideration the Landed Property Im- 

(Ireland) Bill, provement (/reland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. ' 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


Drainage The Drainage Maintenance (Jre/and) Bill was, 
Maintenance according to Order, read the third time. 
(Ireland) Bill. "Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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

— mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation 

(Scotland) ( Scotland) Bill ; , 

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


Solicitor to The Solicitor to the Treasury Bill was, accord- 
ps Treasury ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
‘ a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Hop Trade The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Bill. take into consideration the Hop Trade Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by leaving out Clause 2. 
And the Question being proposed, That Clause 2 
stand part of the Bill; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Huddleston, 60 
Yeas, Sic Brooke Bridges: } F 
Tellers for the { Mr. Dodson, 20 
Noes, (Mr. Beresford Hope: } ; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Legitimacy The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
a Reading of the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill ; 
oa, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 5th day of June next. 


Burials in The Burials in Burghs (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 
wh Da cording to Order, read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Tsords, and desire their concurrence. 


Writs Regis | The Select Committee on the Writs Registra- 
eae sce tion (Scotland) Bill was nominated of The Lord 
eas Advocate, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Walpole. Mr. Bouverie, 
Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Lord Henry 

Scott, Sir William Stirling-Mazxwell, Sir James 
Fergusson, Mr. Edward Craufurd, Sir Robert 
Anstruther, Mr. Crum Ewing, Mr. Smollett, Mr. 

Graham, Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie,and Major Walker; 


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The Select Committee on the Edinburgh An- Rainburgh 
nuity Tax Abolition Act (1860), and the Canongate Annuity Tax 
Annuity Tax Act was nominated of Mr. M‘Laren, ‘aes 
The Lord Advocate, Mr. Rouverie, Sir Graham Canorgate 
Montgomery, Mr. Dunlop, Sir James Fergusson, Annuity Tax 
Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Grant Duff, Mr. Ingham, Major Act. 
Cumming Bruce, Mr. John Benjamin Smith, Mr- 

Adam, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Crum Ewing, and Mr. 

William Miller; with Power to send for persons, 

papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Boroughs 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased = and 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ; 
House, a Return of the Boroughs of England and 

Wales having a Population of less than 10,000 

and more than 8,000, according to the Census of 

1861. 

Ordered, That 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 British 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Museum 
to give directions, that there be laid before this el 
House, a Copy of Correspondence between the Collections.) 
various Departments of the Government and 

the Trustees of the British Museum, respecting 

the proposed removal of the Ethnographical Col- 
lections to the East of London. 

Ordered, That 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, Redistribution 
a Return as to Redistribution of Seats, showing, (Ireland) 
with respect to Ireland,— "No. 260 
i. The Boroughs with less than 8,000 Inhabi- sens 
tants in 1861, proposed to be united to form 
Districts of Boroughs ; 
2. The Boroughs with less than 8,000 Inhabi- 
tants in 1861, proposed to be united to 
newly constituted Boroughs, to form Dis- 
tricts of Boroughs ; 
3. County to have an additional Member ; 
4. Borough to have an additional Member, with 
Population, Number of Electors, and pre- 
sent and proposed Number of Members of 
Districts of Boroughs, Borough, or County, 
with estimated Constituency (at £.6 rated 
Occupier Franchise), including proposed 
new Boroughs. 
Mr. Chichester Fortescue accordingly presented 
the said Return. 
Ordered, That the said Return, do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 


Monday, 14th May, 1866. 


PRAYERS, 
M R. Hussey Vivian, from the Select Committee Galway Town 
1 appointed to try and determine the matter Election. 
of the Petitions ommlieing of anundue Election . 
and Return for the Town of Galway, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Michael Morris, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Town or Borough of Galway. 

That Sir Rowland Blennerhasset, Baronet, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Town or Borough of Galway. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 














with Power to send for persons, papers, and records, 
Ordered, That Five be the Guu 
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Mr. Hussey Vivian, from the said Select Com- 
mittee, further informed the House, That the 
Committee had agreed to the following Reso- 
lutions : 

‘lhat the Petition presented by John Orrell 
Lever, Esquire, so far as relates to Michael Morris, 
Esquire, is frivolous and vexatious. 

That the Petition presented by Nicholas Stub- 


ber, Esquire, so far as relates to Michael Morris, | 


Esquire, is frivolous and vexatious. 
That it was proved to the Committee that John 
Dillon received 51. from John Kirwan ; 


That James Mullins received 51. from Michael | 


O’ Brien; 
That Patrick Needham received the value of 57. 
in clothes and money from John Kirwan; 
That Andrew Coen received 5 1. ; 
That John Garraghty, Peter Garraghty, John 
Barritt (senior and junior), Geoffrey Murphy, Ben- 
jamin Matthews, Michael Curran, and other voters, 


received the value of 5/1. in money and bread- | 
stuffs from James Power Keane, on account of | 


having voted for Sir Rowland Blennerhasset, Ba- 
ronet. 

That it was not proved to the Committee that 
such bribery was committed with the knowledge 
or consent of Sir Rowland Blennerhasset, Baronet, 
or his Agents. 

That the Committee have reason to believe that 
corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at the 
last Election for the Town or Borough of Galway. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Minutes Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 

ordered, taken before the Committee be laid before this 
House. 

London and Sir Brooke Bridges reported from the Com- 


North mittee on Group 10 of Railway Bills; That in the 
Western . . oe - . 
Railway (New Case of the London and North Western Railway 
Works, xc.) (New Works, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the 
iH. allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same by striking out so much 
thereof as related to the proposed docks at Gars- 
ton, the acquisition of part of the Undertaking of 
the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway Company, 
and the Arrangements with the North Stafford- 
shire Railway Company, and making another ver- 
bal Amendment therein to make the same con- 
sistent with the provisions of the Bill as submitted 
to and passed by the Committee, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amenécments there- 
unto. 
Ordered, That the, Report do lie upon the Table : 
and be printed. 


Railway Bills | Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on 
(Group 14.) Group 14 of Railway Bills; That, there being no 
business for their consideration, the Committee 
had adjourned to Thursday next, at Twelve of the 

clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Harborne Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on 
Railway Bill. Group 14 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Harborne Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had amended the same, by inserting a recital 
of the description of the Railway on the deposited 
ren and had also verbally amended the Pream- 
ole in order to make it consistent with the Bill as 
amended, and they had also stated the correct 
amount of the estimate of expense, and had found 
the same, as amended, to be true, and had made 
provision in the Bill, pursuant to a Resolution of 
the House; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 

















1866. 


Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on Cannock 
Group 14 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Chase and 


‘. . Wolverham 
Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway (Hed- , Sellen 


nesford Extension) Bill, and the Cannock Chase and (Hednesford 
Wolverhampton Railway (Midland Railway Ex- Extension) 
tension) Bill, they had, pursuant to the Instruction a 
of the House of the 9th day of May 1866, con- and Wolver- 
solidated the said Bills into one Bill, “ for ena- hampton 
bling the Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Rail- Railway 

\ ° , (Midland 
way Company to extend their Railway to Hednes- Railway 


ford and to the South Staffordshire Railway, in Extension) 
| the County of Stafford, and for other purposes; ” 


All, 
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that they had examined the allegations of the Bill Cheol 


so consolidated, and found the same to be true ; Wolverhamp- 

and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- hata 

ments thereunto. : 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Sir John Simeon reported from the Committee Middles- 
on Group M. of Private Bills; That in the case brough Ex. 
of the Middlesbrough Extension and Improvement cameaes 
Bill, they had examined the allegations con- Bill. 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by altering the boundary lines proposed 
in the Bill, for the benefit of certain landowners, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had made provision in the Bill, pursuant to the 
Instruction of the House; and that a Report from 
the Board of Trade in respect to the said Bill had 
been considered by the Committee ; and that they 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

on That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Wyvill reported the Bodmin Roads Bill, Bodmin Roads 

with Amendments. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Wyvill reported the Harnham, Blandford, Harnham, 
and Dorchester Road Bill, with Amendments. Blandford, and 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Porchsster 
Table. ; 


Mr. Wyvill reported the Saltash Road Bill, with Saltash Road 

Amendments. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Wyvill reported the Tonbridge and Ightham Tonbridge and 
Road Bill, with Amendments. Ightham Koad 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the ®"" 
Table. 


Sir Henry Rawlinson reported the Greenock Greenock 
Water Bill, with Amendments. Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir Henry Rawlinson reported the Greenock Greenock and 
and Shaws Water Bill, with Amendments. Shaws Water 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the _ 
Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Fetitins 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 10¢h nee al 
and 11th days of this instant May, and had directed Report.) 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


“ A — of the London ee North Western London and 
ailway Company, praying that provision may be Nort 

made . the Fa on North estern and Mid- sieed - 
land Counties Coal Fields Railway Bill, for Power Counties Coal 
to the London and North Western Railway Com- Fields Bill 
pany (hereafter to be called the North Western ®“!"*” 
Railway 























29 VicToria. 


Railway Company) to subscribe and to apply Funds | 
towards the Undertaking authorized by the Bill, | 
was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Canterbury The Canterbury Gas and Water Bill was read 
ang the third time. 
s : Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dundee The Dundee Water Bill was read the third 
Water Bill. time. 
Resolved, that the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Huntley, The Huntley, Mitcheldean, and Elton Roads Bill 
a was read the third time. 
Roads Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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


Maryport A Motion being made, That the Maryport Im- 
Improvement provement and Harbour Bill be now read the third 
and Harbour 7. 
Bill (changed time ; aac : ng 

from*Mary- Sir William Jolliffe, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
port Improves mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 


a having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
Dock.”) 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: And that the 
Title be, An Act for defining and extending the 
Powers of the Trustees of the District and Har- 
bour of Maryport, in the County of Cumberland, 
and for enabling them to improve the Streets and 
Buildings within the District, and to sewer and 
drain the same; to establish Waterworks, Gas- 
works, and Police, and for other purposes. 

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


Rochdaleand The Rochdale and Edenfield Roads Bill was read 
Edenfield the third time. 
Roods Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Saint George’s The Saint George’s Parish, County of Gloucester, 


a. Bill was read the third time. 
+ dia Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Bill. : Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Thames and Ordered, That the Thames and Severn Canal 


ner Canal Navigation Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 
soe tention 


Abercarn The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Roads Bill. the Abercarn Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Aberdeen The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Countyand the Aberdeen County and Municipal Buildings 


Bul Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- 
Bil. ments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Belfast Burial | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Ground Bill. the Belfast Burial Ground Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bridport, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Lyme,and the Bridport, Lyme, and South Coast Railway 


South Coast ; : i : - 
Railway Bill. Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend 


ments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Combmartin 
the Combmartin and Ilfracombe Road Bill, as peed any oe 
amended in the Committee. Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dublin and 
the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (Lease) Bill, Kingstown 
as amended in the Committee. (esse) Bal 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. — [Zords,] 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow 
the Glasgow (City) Improvements, &amp;c. Bill, as (ity) Tm 
amended in the Committee. ee Bil. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kilmarnock 
the Kilmarnock Water Bill, as amended in the Water Bill. 
Committee; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the London and South Western Railway (Ad- South 
ditional Powers) Bill, as amended in the Com- b earn 

e ailway 
mittee. , ; : (Additional 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Powers) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Louth and 
the Louth and Lincoln Railway Bill, as amended Lincoln — 
in the Committee. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration yfanchester, 
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- Sheffield, and 
way (Additional Powers) Bill, as amended in the a 


‘ ° ailway 
Committee. (Additional 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Powers) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- Sheffield, and 
way (New Lines) Bill, as amended in the Com- merase 

2 ailway (New 
mittee. : : ; Lines) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Mersey Docks 
the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (Outer and Harbour 


Works Alteration) Bill, as amended in the Com- 0#d (Outer 
Works Altera- 


mittee. tion) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolitan 
the Metropolitan Railway (Additional Powers) Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Powers) Hilt 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ; 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North 
the North Walsham and Dilham Canal Bill, as Walsham and 
amended in the Committee. — Canal 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ‘ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration salisbury and 
the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill, as amended Yeovil 
in the Committee ; and an Amendment was made ##i!way Bill. 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration solway 
the Solway Junction Railway (Capital) Bill, as Junction 
amended in the Committee. (Capital) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ‘&gt; 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ventnor Gas 
the Ventnor Gas and Water Bill, as amended in 204 Water 
the Committee. Be [Lords] 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Walker and 
the Walker and Wallsend Union Gas Bill, as —— 
amended in the Committee. nion Gas 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
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Wye Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Eastern 
Bengal Rail- 


way Company 


Bill | Lords.] 
East India 


Irrigation and yead 2 second time; and committed. 


Canal Bill 
[Lords.] 


Furness and 
Whitehaven 
and Furness 
Junction 
Railway 
Companies 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Furness 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Madras Irri- 
gation and 
Canal Bill 

| Lords.] 


Southgate and 


Colney Hatch 
Gas Bill 
[Lords.] 


Wesleyan and 
General 
Assurance 
Society Bill 

[ Lords. ] 
Whitehaven 
and Furness 
Junction, and 
Whitehaven, 
Cleator, and 
Egremont 
Railway Bill 
[Lords. } 
Great 
Northern 
Railway 
(Potter’s Bar, 
Barnet, and 
Hendon) Bill. 


Midland 
Railway 
(Settle to 
Carlisle) Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 





Vide Votes, 
and Twenty- 
third Report. 


Thames 
Navigation 
Bill. 


316 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Wye Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Eastern Bengal Railway Company Bill 


was read a second time; and committed. 


The East India Irrigation and Canal Bill was 


The Furness and Whitehaven, and Furness Junc- 
tion Railway Companies Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


The Furness Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


The Madras Irrigation and Canal Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


The Southgate and Colney Hatch Gas Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 


The Wesleyan and General Assurance Society 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


The Whitehaven and Furness Junction, and 
Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Great Northern Railway 
(Potter's Bar, Barnet, and Hendon) Bill be re- 
committed to the former Committee:—And that 
they have leave to sit and proceed To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


14th May. 





Mr. Hardcastle reported from the Committee 
on Group 12 of Railway Bills; Thatin the case of | 
the Midland Railway (Settle to Carlisle) Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and had amended the same by | 
inserting a reference to the Powers given to the | 
Midland Railway Company to work over and use | 
a portion of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, | 
of the North Eastern Railway Company, and to | 
the Hawes and Melmerby Railway Company, and | 
the North Eastern Railway Company respectively, | 
to work over and use one of the proposed Relies 
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. 





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 Select Committees. 


Petitions of Walter Lawrence Lawrence, of Seven- 
hampton, in the County of Gloucester, Esquire ;— 
Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company ;—Grand 





Junction Waterworks Company ;—and, Ralph Ward 
Jackson, of Greatham Hall, near Stockton-on-Tees, 
in the County of Durham, Esquire, praying that 
they may be heard by themselves, their Counsel 


or Agents, against certain parts of the Thames 
Navigation Bill, were presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard by themselves, their Counsel or 
Agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 











1866. 


Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against the said 
Petitions. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Curragh of 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Xi!4are Bill. 
That in the case of the Curragh of Kildare Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Midland 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private oo and 
Bills, That in the case of the Midland Counties junction 
and Shannon Junction Railway Bill, originating in Railway Bill 
the Lords, and referred on the First Reading (Lords. | 
thereof, the Standing Orders not previously in- 
quired into, and which are applicable thereto, 
have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Sutherland 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private ot Bill 
Bills, That in the case of the Sutherland Rail-°" J 
way Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred 
on the First Reading thereof, the Standing Or- 
ders not previously inquired into, and which are 
applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table-——Report from Downs Docks 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bill [Zords.] 
That in the case of the Downs Docks Bill, ori- 
ginating 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 Magdalen 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Hospital 
That in the case of the Magdalen Hospital Bill, ®!! (4°! 
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 British and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Canadian 
That in the case of the British and Canadian —- Bill 
° ee ° ° pany 
Telegraph Company Bill, originating in the Lords, [Zords.] 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and 
which are applicable thereto, have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Hardcastle reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 12 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- (Group 12) 
moting the East and West Junction Railway 
(Hitchin Extension) Bill ‘had stated that the evi- 
dence of Sir Cusack Patrick Roney 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 thesaid Sir Cusack 
Patrick Roney do attend the said Committee To- 
morrow, the 15th day of this instant May, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Sir Cusack Patrick Roney do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve 
of the clock. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on Cambrian and 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- other =" 
moting the Cambrian and other Railway Com- (amalgams 
panies (Amalgamation, &amp;c.) Bill had stated to the tion, &amp;c.) 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. ME 
r. 

















99 VicrTorRIA. 


Probate Duty, Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, 
&amp;e. dated the 30th day of April last, for a Return re- 
lative to the Probate Duty, &amp;c. 
‘ Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


East India 
(Finance and 
Revenue 
Accounts. ) 


Mr. Stansfeld presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Finance 
and Revenue Accounts of the Government of 
India, for the year 1864-65; and Estimate of 
Revenue, Expenditure and Cash Balances for 
1865-66, with a Comparison of the two years. 

1. An Account of the Receipts and Disburse- 
ments of the Home Treasury of the Government 
of India, from 1st May 1864 tothe 30th April 
1865 :—2. An Estimated Account of the Receipts 
and Disbursements of the Home Treasury of the 
Government of India, from 1st May 1865 to 30th 
April 1866 :--3. An Account of the Debts and 
Credits in England of the Government of India on 
Ist May 1866 :--4. A List of the Establishment of 
the Secretary of State in Council of India, and the 
Salaries and Allowances payable in respect thereof, 
on Ist May 1866:—5. An Account of new or 
increased Salaries, Establishments or Pensions 
granted or created in Great Britain, between Ist 
May 1865 and 30th April 1866 :—6. Allowances, 
Compensations and Superannuations granted be- 
tween Ist May 1865 and 30th April 1866, under 
Act 21 &amp; 22 Vic. c. 106:--7. Compensations 
granted to the Families of Deceased Offigers of the 
East India Company’s late Maritime Service, in 
the form of Annuities, under Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 85. 

East India Statement exhibiting the Moral and Material 


(Progress and Progress and Condition of Jndia, during the year 
Condition.) &gt; 


East India 
(Home 
Accounts. ) 


1864-65. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Navy (Ship Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
“Trusty.”) (Ship “ Trusty”), which was presented upon the 
No. 267. 11th day of this instant May, be printed. 
Population, Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, 


Revenue, &amp;c. Revenue, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 11th 
No. 268. day of this instant May, be printed. 


Army Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
—, to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
OD a give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Officers of the Army who 
have died during the years 1864 and 1865 while 
on Full Pay, and the Sums which they have paid 
for their Commissions : Of the Amount paid 
under the Royal Warrant of the 23d day of Octo- 
ber 1855 to the Families of Officers, and the Sums 
which had been paid by them for their Commis- 
sions : And, of those Officers who, during the 
years 1863, 1864, and 1865, having applied for 
leave to retire by the Sale of their Commissions 
have been refused such leave, to state the Reason 
of Refusal in each case, and the Sums paid by them 

for 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. 








Bristol and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
North Somer- the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 


(Sout? against the Bristol and North Somerset Railway 
Extension) (Southern Extension) Bill. 

Bill Ordered, That the Report be printed. 

Universities  tesolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Scotland. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, a Return of the Number of Members now 

— = the Books of the General Councib of 
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317 


the Universities of Scotland, distinguishing those 
for Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Saint An- 
drew’s; and also distinguishing the Number of 
Professors, Masters of Arts, Doctors of Medicine, 
and those who have qualified by Attendance on 
any of the Classes at each University. 

Ordered, That 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 (Chincona 
to give directions, that there be laid before this *'*"*’ 
| House, a Copy of further Correspondence relating 
| to the introduction of the Chincona Plant into India, 

and to proceedings connected with its Cultivation, 

from April 1863 to April 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. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sale of Land 
Reading of the Sale of Land by Auction Bill; by Auction 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time BM! {4r4J 
upon Friday the 25th day of this instant May. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Treasure 
Returns of all objects coming under the denomi- Trove. 
nation of Treasure Trove which have been claimed 
by the Solicitor to the Treasury on behalf of the 
Crown between the 10th day of May 1865 and 
the 10th day of May 1866; setting forth the Date 
of each Claim, description of Treasure, estimated 
Value, and how disposed of (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 385, of Session 1865): 

— And, of all objects of Treasure Trove un- 
accounted for, from the lst day of January 1859 
to the 10th day of May 1866. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Return Navy (Turret 
of the Correspondence relative to the Navy (Turret Ships.) 
Ships) between the Admiralty and Captain Cowper 
Coles, and of the Papers relating thereto, ordered 
upon the 8th day of March 1866,—Continuation 
of the Correspondence from the 19th day of Ja- 
nuary 1866 down to the latest date : Full Copies 
of Captain S. Osborne’s two Reports, dated the 1st 
day of August and the 15th day of October 1864: 

——The two Sketches A. and B. referred to by 

Admiral Spencer Robinson in the last paragraph of 

his Letter dated the 13th day of July 1865:—— 

Copies of the Letters referred to in the marginal 

note, page 158 of the Return:.-—And, of the 

Drawing referred to by Captain Cowper Coles in ' 
his Letter of the 29th day of November 1865. 





Ordered, That Colonel Hamlin Fane have leave Leave ot 
of absence for a week, on account of a domestic Absence. 
affliction. 


The Redistribution of Seats Bill was, according Redistribution 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a of Seats Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
28th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa- 
Reading of the Representation of the People tion of the 

( Scotland) Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time . 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa- 
Reading of the Representation of the Péople tion of the 
(Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant May. 
8s3 


People (Ire- 
land) Bill. 








The 





Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill. 


Supply. 


Works, 


Buildings and 


Repairs. 


Superannua- 
tion and 
Retired 
Allowances. 


Toulonese and 


Corsican 
Emigrants, &amp;c. 


Refuge 
for the 
Destitute. 


Polish 
Refugees and 
Distressed 
Spaniards. 


Pensions, 
Merchant 
Service, &amp;c. 


Distressed 
British Sea- 
men Abread. 


Miscellaneous 
Allowances. 


Treasurers 
of Public 
Infirmaries, 
Ireland. 


Hospitals, 
Dublin. 


318 


14th May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Representation of the People Bill; | granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 


1866. 


11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,461, be 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
the 28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into course of payment during the year ending on the 


the said Committee. 


| 31st day of March 1867, for Charitable Allowances 
charged on the Concordatum Fund in Jredand, and 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from | other Allowances and Bounties formerly defrayed 
the Committee of Supply, several Resolutions; | from Grants for the Lord Lieutenant’s Household, 


which were read, as follow : 
1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.842,200, be 


Civil Contingencies, &amp;c. 
12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.30,156, be 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 


Works, Buildings, and Repairs, at Home and 


Abroad, which will come in course of payment | 
during the year ending on the 3lst day of March | 


1867, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 140,888, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Superannuation and 
Retired Allowances to Persons formerly employed 
in the Public Service. , 


3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 605, be | 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 


enabling Her Majesty to grant Relief to Toulonese | 
and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo Sufferers, | 


American Loyalists, and others who have hereto- 
fore received Allowances from Her Majesty. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.325, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 


the Support of “ The Refuge for the Destitute.” 


cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 


ceding, and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
Ireland. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,750, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 


year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 


the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 18,500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Expenses 
of Temporary Commissions. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 21,292, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 


course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Fees, Salaries, 
which will come in course of payment during the | 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, towards | 


5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,001, be’ 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 


Polish Refugees, and Allowances to Distressed 
Spaniards, 
6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 39,170, be 


Expenses, and Compensations payable under the 
provisions of the Patent Law Amendment Act. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,462, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 


'cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 


course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries and Ex- 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Subsistence of | penses of the Board of Fisheries in Scotland. 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- | 


cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Pensions to Masters 
and Seamen of the Merchant Service, and to their 


Widows and Children, under the Merchant Sea- | 
men’s Fund Act, and tor Compensation to the late | 


Officers of the Trustees of the Merchant Seamen’s 
Fund. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,400, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 


cessary to defray the Charge which will come in| 


course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Relief of Dis- 
tressed British Seamen Abroad. 


8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,732, be. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 


cevsary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Miscellaneous Allow- 
ances formerly defrayed from the Civil List, the 
Hereditary Revenues, &amp;c., and for which no per- 
manent provision has been made by Parliament. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,183, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 


17. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,100, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, on 
account of the Annuity to the Board of Manu- 
factures in Scotland, in discharge of Equivalents 
under the Treaty of Union, and for the Exhibition 
of the 7orrie Collection. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.39,948, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Payments on account 
of the Difference of Dues payable by British 
or Foreign Vessels under Treaties of Recipro- 
city. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,800, be 
‘granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
the Salaries of Inspectors of Corn Returns, and 
for the Expenses defrayed by Counties for Corn 
Returns. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
adjusting and defining the Boundaries of Counties, 
| Baronies, and Parishes in Jreland. 

21. That a Sum not exceeding £.416, be 


31st day of March 1867, for Nonconforming, Se- 


Charitable 
Allowances, 
&amp;c., Ireland, 


Nonconform- 
ing, &amp;c. 
Ministers, 
Ireland, 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission- 


ers (England.) 


Temporary 
Commissions. 


Patent Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Board of - 
Fisheries, 
Scotland, 


Board of 
Manufactures, 
Scotland, &amp;c. 


Dues payable 
under Treaties 
of Reciprocity. 


Corn Returns. 


Boundaries, 
Ireland. 


Ancient Laws 


31st day of March 1867, for the Allowances | granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge — Institutes, 


granted under certain Acts of Parliament to the 
Treasurers of Public Infirmaries in Jreland. 
10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,845, be 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
harge which will come in 


cessary to defray the 


course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the support of certain 
Hospitals in Dublin, and for the Expense of the 
Board of Superintendence, 





which will come in course of payment during the 
| year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
the Expense of the Publication of the Ancient 
| Laws and Institutes of Ireland. 


reland. 


22. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,000, be Cultivation of 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 





| encduraging the Cultivation of Flax in Ireland. 


year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
23. That 


Flax, Ireland. 





&gt; 

















99 VICTORIA. 


Telegraphic 23. That a Sum, not exceeding £.780, be 
Cable between granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
oils which will come in course of payment during the 


and Balmoral year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 


Telegraph. the Expense of the Telegraphic Cable laid down 
between Malta and Alexandria, and of the Bal- 
moral Telegraph. 

Agricultural 24. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,000, be 

Ceatietien. granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, for 
collecting Agricultural Statistics in Great Britain. 

Expenses 25. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,293, be 

formeriy granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 

none cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 


Contingencies. course of payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1867, for certain Expenses formerly 
charged upon the Vote for Civil Contingencies. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Customs 
and Inland 
Revenue Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill; 
Ordered,That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Thursday next. 





Crown Lands 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third | 
Bill. 


Reading of the Crown Lands Bill ; 
Anda Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the | 
third time ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- | 
jesty’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 1s 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 from the word “ be” | 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the | 
words “ re-committed in respect of Clause 27,” 
instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 


proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: | 


—lIt 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. 

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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Ways and 
Means. 


Tenure and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Improvement Reading of the Tenure and Improvement of Land 
(Irelent) pi, (Zredand) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Merchant The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Shipping Act Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 


ae Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 
we - The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill ; 

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

VoL. 121. 


14th May. 


319 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- waterworks 
mittee on the Waterworks Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Savings 
mittee on the Naval Savings Banks Bill; Banks Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Companies Act (1862) Amendment Bill companies 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Act (1862) 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, ——— 
for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Indian Prize 
Reading of the Indian Prize Money Bill; ny 2 

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


The Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Pier and Har- 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; bour Orders 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, —_ 
for Thursday next. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Commons. 
Reading of the Commons ( Metropolis) Bill ; es 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time — 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Convicts’ _ 
Reading of the Convicts’ Property Bill ; Property Bill. 

And a Motion being made, 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 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Mr. Milner Gibson, by Command of His Royal 
Highness, acquainted the House, That His Royal 
Highness, having been informed of the purport of 
the Bill, gives His Consent, as far as His Royal 
Highness’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 Bil 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


1 to the 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Rateable 
Reading of the Rateable Property (Jreland) Bill; Property 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (teland) Bill. 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Common 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (Jreland) Law Courts 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Court of 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Chancery _ 
upon the 9th day of this instant May, was proposed (!eland) Bill, 
to be made to the Question, That the Court of 
Chancery (Jreland) Bill be now read asecond time ; 
and which Amendment was, to leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day six months ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “now” stand part of the Question:— 

The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

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

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time F 

ss4 an 








320 14th 


and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee onthe Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jreland) 
Bill; 

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


Fishery Piers 
and Harbours 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Life The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Insurances into a Committee onthe Life Insurances (Ireland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bij]; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Brand re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Landed Property Improvement (Jreland) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Landed 
Property 
Improvement 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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

Officers’ Super- mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation 

(Scotland) (Scotland) Bill ; 

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


Solicitor tothe Lhe Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Treasury Bill. mittee on the Solicitor to the Treasury Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


Reading of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 


siti Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 

Salmon The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

ae: sl Reading of the Salmon Fisheries ( Scotland) Bill ; 

Bill [ Lords.] Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 

Railway De- = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

bentures, &amp;c- mittee on the Railway Debentures, &amp;c. Registry 


Registry Bill, Bill: 
b 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Grand Juries 


The Grand Juries Presentment (Jreland) Bill 


(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. 
Transubstan- | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ere mittee on the Transubstantiation, &amp;c. Declaration 


Abolition Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Abolition Pill, 


Commoa Law The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

y moon nl Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- 

Acts (Ireland) ment Acts (Jre/and) Bill; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Poor Persons’ Burial (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next. 


Poor Persons’ 


Burial 
(ireland) Bill. 


Hop Trade 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Hop Trade Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 





| 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 





May. 1866. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Belfast 
to authorize the Town Council of Belfast to levy Constabulary. 
and pay Charges in respect of extra Constabulary : 
And that Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland and 
Mr. Attorney General for Ireland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Devonport 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ. 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in 
_ this present Parliament for the Borough of Devon- 
| port, in the room of John Fleming, Esquire, and 
| William Ferrand, Esquire, whose Elections have 
, been determined to be void. 





The Select Committee on the National Gallery National 
| Enlargement Bill was nominated of Mr. William Gallery En- 
Cowper, Mr. Bentinck, Sir William Stirling-Maz- a 
well, Lord Pelham, and Three Members to be 
nominated by the Committee of Selection. 
| 
| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Harbours of 
Copies of the Quarterly Reports of the Engineer Refuge. 
in charge of the Works at the Harbours of Re- No. 269. 
fuge at Dover, Alderney, and Portland, for the year 
ending the 3lst day of March 1866. 

Mr. Childers 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, Terminable 
Returns of the Amount of Annuities for Lives A™™es- 
and for Terms of Years granted in each of the 
years ending the 5th day of January 1854 to the 
5th day of January 1866, inclusive: Of the 
Amount of Capital Stock cancelled in each of 
the said years on account of such Terminable An- 
nuities: —— And, of the Annuities for Lives and 
for Terms of Years which have ceased in each of 
the said years ending the 5th day of January 1854 
and 1866 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 413, of Session 1853). 





A Petition of Richard Henry Cade, of the Bo- Helston 
rough of Helston, in the County of Cornwall, Election. 
Auctioneer, and Thomas James, of the Parish of 
Wendron, in the said County, Yeoman, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Borough, was presented and read (vide Appendix 
to Votes, No. 67). 

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. Solicitor General for Ireland presented a Belfast 
Bill to authorize the Town Council of Belfast to irae 
levy and pay Charges in respect of extra Con- _. 
stabulary: And the same was read the first time ; Bill 159. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Tithe Rent- 
the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill, was read, pm a) Bill 
and discharged. : aes 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 5th day of June 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 Dockyard 
sions Act Amendment Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. ment Bill. 

ee a greed to the Ross and Cro- Ross and 
marty Roads Bill, without any Amendment. Cromarty 

y The Roads Bill. 


Exten- Dockyard 
Extensions 
Act Amend. 























Hornsey Gas 


29 VicrToRrIA. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 


Bill [Lords] made by this House to the Hornsey Gas Bill, 


Midland Great 


Western 
Railway (of 
Ireland) Bill 
| Lords. } 


Talacre Pier 


and Harbour 
(Railway) Bill 


[Lords. | 
Stafford, 


without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Midland Great Western 
Railway (of Jreland) Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Talacre Pier and Har- 
bour (Railway) Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Stafford, Church- 


Churchbridge, bridge, &amp;c. Roads Bill, with Amendments; to 
&amp;c. Roads Bill. which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


South 
Staffordshire 
Water Bill. 


Newcastle and 


Gateshead 
Water Bill. 


Bristol and 
North 
Somerset 
Railway Bill 
(1863.) 


Mortality of 
Troops 
(China.) 


Swindon, 
Calne, and 
Cricklade 
Roads Bill. 


Weardale and 


Shildon 
District 
Water Bill. 


Thames and 


Severn Canal 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Greenwich 


House. 

The Lords have agreed to the South Stafford- 
shire Water Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Newcastle and 
Gateshead Water Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords communicate, Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee appointed by 
the House of Lords in Session 1863 on the Bristol 
and North Somerset Railway Bill, as desired by 
this House, with a request that the same may be 
returned. 

The Lords give leave to the Earl De Grey 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 
Mortality of Troops (China), as desired by this 
House, his Lordship (in his place) consenting. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Tuesday, 15th May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Swindon, Calne, and Cricklade Roads 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to extend the Term and amend 
the Provisions of the Act relating to the Roads 
leading from Swindon to Christian Malford Bridge, 
from Calne to Lyneham Green, and from the Di- 
rection Post in Long Leaze-lane, near Lydiard 
Marsh, to Cricklade, in the County of Wilts. 

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


The Weardale and Shildon District Water Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Thames and Severn Canal Naviga- 
tion Bill; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
** this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 


and Woolwich into consideration the Greenwich and Woolwich 
_" Road 





Lower Road Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
_ Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday the 28th day of this instant 


May. 
VoL. 121. 


144h—15th May. 





321 
Ordered, That the Roach River Fishery Bill be Roach River 
read a second time upon Thursday next. Fishery Bill 
[ Lords. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Worcester and 
Reading of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal re 


Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ait ie 


The Order, That the London, Chatham, and London, 


Dover, and South Eastern (Bromley, Farnborough, + eaenge - 
and West Wickham) Railways Bill be committed, south Eastern 


was read, and discharged. (Bromley, 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Farnborough, 
and West 
Wickham 
Railways Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence London, 
taken before the Committee on the London, Chat- Chatham, and 
ham, and Dover (Kennington, Clapham, and Briz- a 
ton) Railway Bill, be referred to the Committee Clapham, and 
on the South Eastern, and London, Chatham, and 


Brixton) 
Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways Railway Bill. 
Bill. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of *h¢ Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Labouring Classes’ Labouring 
Dwellings Bill, without any Amendment. ae 
The Lords have agreed to the Tynemouth Im- aati 
provement Bill, with Amendments; to which the Improvement 

Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dublin Trunk 
for making an Extension Railway from the autho- Connecting 
rized Line of the Dublin Trunk Connecting Rail- fuerdey - 
way to Lower Sackville-street, in the City of 
Dublin, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Holderness 
for incorporating the Holderness Embankment and —— 
Reclamation Company, and for authorizing them tion Bil - 
to reclaim certain Lands on the North Shore of the |Zords.] 
River Humber, and for other purposes ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

A Motion being made, That this House will, Fishery Piers 
upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Com- “a. 
mittee to consider of authorizing further Grants (Grants, &amp;c.j 
of Public Money under any Act of the present 
Session for extending the Provisions of the Acts 
for the encouragement of the Sea Fisheries in Ire- 
land ; 

Mr. Milner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Mo- 
tion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

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


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on Bute Docks, 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Cardiff, Bill. 
the Bute Docks, Cardiff, Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
recitals relating to the proposed repeal of Sections 
84 and 85 of “* The Bute Tec ct, 1865,” and 
by making certain other verbal alterations therein, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the London (City) 
London, (City) Corporation Gas, &amp;c. Bills, have pm grog 
Power to report their Observations to the House, “** ““ ™ 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken No, 270. 
before them. 

Sir John Trollope reported from the said Com- 
mittee,who were instructed to inquire into the 

22 operation 








Muswell Hill 
Estate and 


Railways Bill. 


Great Eastern 
Railway 
(Alexandra 
Park 
Branches) 
Bill. 


Watford and 
Edgware 
Junction + 
Railway Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
— Bar, 
arnet, and 
Hendon) Bill. 


Saint 
Stephen’s 
Green (Dub- 
lin) 


322 L5th 


operation and results of the Gas Metropolis Act, 
1860; 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. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Muswell Hill Estate and Railways Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same 
by referring toa lease of part of the Company’s 
property to the Alexandra Palace Company for a 
term of 999 years, and to a dedication thereof in 
perpetuity as a place of public resort and recrea- 
tion, and had 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 1 of Railway Bills; Thatin the case of the 
Great Eastern Railway ( Alezandra Park Branches) 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended 
the same, by striking out reference to a provision 
authorizing agreements with respect to the con- 
struction of the Railways which was struck out of 
the Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That the parties pro- 
moting the Watford and Edgware 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. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Great Northern Railway (Potter's Bar, 
Barnet, and Hendon) (re-committed) Bill, the 
Great Northern Railway Company having, since 
the above Bill was reported, come to an agree- 
ment with the Edgware, Highgate, and London Rail- 
way Company, and thus acquiesced in the sugges- 
tion made by the Committee, upon which the 
Committee were, in the first instance, prepared to 
approve of so much of the Great Northern Bill as 
authorized the abandonment of the Great Northern 
Branch to Barnet, the Committee have now passed 
the before-mentioned portion of the Bill; that they 
had further examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out therefrom all reference to any other 
matter except the abandonment of the said Branch, 
the Bill, as amended, being confined to such aban- 
donment, and had 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. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee 
on Group P. of Private Bills; That in the case 
of the Saint Stephen’s Green (Dublin) Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 

n eae, That the Report do lie upon the 
able. 

















1866. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Barry Railway (Alte- a Railway 


May. 


Alteration 


ration) Bill, without Amendment. Bill [Lords 


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


Belfast Gas 


Mr. Dodson reported the Belfast Gas Bill, with Bill [Lords } 


Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Berks and 
Berks and Hants Extension Railway Bill; That —, 
they had examined the allegations contained in Railway Bill, 
the Preamble of the Bill, and had verbally amended 
the same, and found the same, as amendeil, 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. Dodson page the Bray and L£nniskerry Bray and 
Railway Bill, with an Amendment. we. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the; Lords] 

Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Buckley 
the Buckley Railway (Docks, &amp;c.) Bill; That they (Sou &amp;e. 
had examined the allegations contained in the Bin. 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out all the recitals therein, except those 
relating to the confirmation of an Agreement 
scheduled to the Bill, the corresponding clauses 
having been omitted from the Bill as laid before 
the Committee, and had 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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Cheshire 
Cheshire Lines Bill; That they had examined the Lines Bill. 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by setting out more fully 
in the recitals the provisions to be made in respect 
to the Chester and West Cheshire Company, in 
order to make the Preamble consistent with 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 there- 
unto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the East London Eastern East London 
Extension Railway Bill, with Amendments. —— 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on geonomic 
the Economic Telegraph Company Bill; That Telegraph 
they had examined the allegations contained in the C°™Pa"Y Bill. 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
reciting that the Company had recently been in- 
corporated under the provisions of “ The Com- 
panies Act, 1862,” for the an sq of working and 
using certain Lines of Electric Telegraph, and 
that it is expedient the Company should be re- 
incorporated, and by adding a recital that the 
present capital of the Company is £. 100,000, di- 
vided into Ten thousand shares of £. 10 each, and 
that the Company have not borrowed any money, 
in order to mike the same consistent with the pro- 
visions of the Bill as submitted to and passed b 
the Committee, and found the same, as candied, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 

Mr. 











Esk Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Great Eastern 


Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


Heysham Pier 


Company 
(Railways) 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
and Saint 
John’s Wood 
Railway 


(Capital ) Bill. 


Letterkenny 
and London- 
derry and 


Lough Swilly 
formle Bill 


(Lords, 


Neath New 
Gas Bill. 


’ Newport 
Pagnell 
Railway Bill. 


Redheugh 
Bridge and 
Approaches 
Bill [ Lords. } 


Ringley 
Bridge Bill. 


Ryde Gas Bill 
{ Lords. } 





Q9 VicTORIA. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Esk Valley Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Great Eastern Railway (Additional Powers) Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same, by striking out a recital as to the expediency 
of the formation of an Embankment, Wharves, and 
Tramways, and by omitting the County of Cam- 
bridge from the paragraph as to the deposit of 
Plans and Sections with the Clerks of the Peace, 
no new Works being proposed to be constructed 
in that County, and had also struck out a para- 
graph as to the expediency of giving Powers to 
the Company to guarantee interest on the Shares 
of the East Norfolk Railway Company, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the Heysham Pier Company (Railways) Bill; 
That the Parties promoting the 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. Dodson reported the Metropolitan and 
Saint John’s Wood Railway (Capital) Bill, with 
Amendments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Letterkenny and Lon- 
donderry, and Lough Swilly Railways Bill, without 
Amendment. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Neath New Gas Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same by reciting more ac- 
curately the present 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. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Newport Pagnell Railway Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same by omitting 
therefrom the recital as to the junction with the 
Leicester and Hitchin Railway, and the obtaining 
access to the Wellingborough Station of the Mid- 
land Railway Company, the Bill, as amended, not 
conferring any such Powers, and by making cer- 
tain verbal alterations in the Preamble, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Redheugh Bridge and 
Approaches Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Ringley Bridge Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Ryde Gas Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
VoL. 121. 





15th May. 





323 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Severn Junction Railway Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, a amended the same, by omitting 
the paragraphs relating to the laying down of ad- 
ditional rails on the narrow gauge on part of the 
South Wales Railway of the Great Western Rail- 
way Company, and upon the Forest of Dean Cen- 
tral Railway, and to the granting of running 
Powers over certain portions of the South Wales 
and Forest of Dean Central Railways, the corre- 
sponding Clauses in the Bill having been struck 
out of the Bill in 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. Dodson reported the Shrewsbury and North 
Wales and Shrewsbury and Fotteries Junction 
Railways Companies Amalgamation Bill, with 
Amendments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee 
on the Somerset and Dorset Railway Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
striking out so much thereof as related to the pro- 
posed improvement of the Company’s station 
accommodation at Highbridge, and the acquisition 
of land for the purpose, the expediency of con- 
firming an agreement between the Company and 
the Bristol and North Somerset Railway Company, 
and authorizing working and other arrangements 
between the two Companies, the expediency of 
enabling the Company to contribute to the funds 
of the proposed Bridgwater Railway Company, 
and also to the funds of the Bristol and North 
Somerset Railway Company, and to appoint Direc- 
tors of that Company, and by reciting the expe- 
diency of confirming the agreement between the 
Company and the London and South Western 
Railway Company set forth in the Schedule to the 
Bill, in order to make the Preamble consistent with 
the provisions of the Bill as submitted to and passed 
by the Committee, and found the same, as amended, 


Severn 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewsb 

and N - 
Wales and 
Shrewsbury 
and Potteries 
Junction 
Railway 
Companies 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


Somerset 
and Dorset 
Railway Bill. 


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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Titanic Steel and Iron Company Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and made a verbal Amend- 
ment therein, and found the same, as amended, to 


=| be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 


no further Amendment thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the Waveney Valley Drainage Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
reciting the expediency of the Commissioners 
being empowered to alter, raise, lower, or remove 
and rebuild Beccles Bridge, and by striking out the 
name of the Great Eastern Railway Company as 
subscribers to the Undertaking, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


resented, and 


able. 


TT2 Petitions 


Titanic Steel 
and Iron 
Company 
Bill | Lords.) 


Waveney 
Valley Drain- 


age Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 































































324 15th—16th May. 


Thames Petitions of the Chelsea Waterworks Company ; 
Navigation —and, the Lambeth Waterworks Company, praying 
Bill. that they may be heard by themselves, their 


Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses, against certain 
parts of the Thames Navigation Bull, were pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard by themselves, their Counsel, or 
Agents, upon their Petitions if they think fit; and 
Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against the 
said Petitions. 


Galway Town 


ae The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was 
ection. 


laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Galway Town Election Petitions. 


Election Mr. 


“natchbull-Hugessen presented,—Further 
Expenses. 


dated the 2d and 6th days of March last, for Re- 
turns relative to Election Expenses. 


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


Workhonse 
Dietaries. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report to the President of 


the Poor Law Board of Dr. Edward Smith, ¥.2.s., | 


Medical Officer of the Poor Law Board, and Poor 
Law Inspector, on Dietaries for the Inmates of 
W orkhouses, 

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


Probate Ordered, That the Return relative to the Pro- 
Duty, &amp;c. 


No. 271. day of this instant May, be printed. 


East India Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Fast 
oe India (Finance and Revenue Accounts), which 
loa~! were presented upon the 14th day of this instant 


No. 272 May, be printed, 


East India Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East 
— , India (lome Accounts), which were presented 
possner upon the 14th day of this instant May, be printed. 

No. 273. : 
Population 
(England, 
Wales, and 
Scotland.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


and Wales, and of Scotland respectively, in 1831 
and 1861, with the per-centage of increase 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. 


Redistribution Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


of Seats Bill. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns showing the Distance, in a direct 
Line, of each Town in each Group set forth in the 
Schedule to the Redistribution of Seats Bill from 
each other Town in the same Group, together with 
the Population of each such Town, according to the 
Census of 1861 : And, showing the Number of 
Towns with a Population of more than 5,000 in 
each County or Division of a County in which 
any grouped Town is situate, distinguishing the 
represented from the unrepresented Towns, and 
showing the Population of each Town, and its Dis- 
tance from the nearest Town included in any 
Group. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 





Leave of 


Ordered, That Major Walker have leave of ab- 
Absence. 


sence till Whitsuntide, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 





1866. 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- National 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Education 
inquire what changes may, with advantage, be made (!t¢land.) 
in the system of Nafional Education in Jreland, in 
order to allow greater freedom and fulness of re- 
ligious teaching in Schools attended by pupils of 
one Religious Denomination only, a to guard 
effectually against proselytism, and protect the faith 
of the minority in mixed schools ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 





Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, | 


bate Duty, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 14th | 


to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, a Return showing the Population of England | 


| Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
| Wednesday, 16th May, 1866. 


| The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Colonial 
‘to remove Doubts as to the effect of Letters Patent Bishops. } 
| granted to certain Colonial Bishops, and to amend 
| the Law with respect to Bishops and Clergy in the 
|Colonies: And that Mr. Secretary Cardwell, Mr. 
| Attorney General, and Mr. William Edward 
_ Forster do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, yfetropotitan 
a Return from the Metropolitan Board of Works Board of 
of all Money received by them from each of the Works. 
| Parishes within the Metropolitan limits, from the 
first year of their holding Office up to the 29th 
day of September 1865, stating what has been re- 
ceived each year from each of the said Parishes 
(the Main Drainage Rate to be kept separate from 
any other Rates), stating what Arrears, if any, 
were due from either of the said Parishes on the 
said 29th day of September last : Account of 
all Contracts entered into during the whole time 
'the Metropolitan Board of Works have been in 
existence, each Contract to be set out separately, 
with their Dates, and with the Amount paid to 
the Contractor on each of the said Contracts, and 
the Amount paid to the said Contractors for any 
Extras beyond the Amount of his Contract, stating 
the Names of Engineers, Architects, or Surveyors 
under whom the said Works have been executed, 
the Contracts and Extras paid for the Main Drain- 
age to form a separate Account : Copy of the 
Estimate made by the Engineer to the Metro- 
politan Board of Works for the Total Costs for 
carrying out the Works of the Main Drainage 
Scheme previous to the said Scheme being entered 
into; also the Total Sum paid on account of the 
said Scheme, stating what Contracts are completed 
_and what Contracts are still in course of execution, 
such Contracts to be given separately, and what 
Amount of Money will be further required to 
completely finish the whole of the Works connected 
with the said Main Drainage Scheme, and when 
‘the said Scheme is expected to be finally com- 
pleted; the Return for the Works on the North 
'side of the Thames to be kept separate from those 
on the South side: Returns of all Money paid 
}or agreed to be paid for the Purchase of any 
Land, Houses, &amp;c., for the purpose of forming 
new Streets or new Squares, or for the purpose of 
forming Public Gardens, &amp;c., the particulars to 
be kept separate, confining such Statement to the 
particular Works for which any of such Money 
has been applied: Of all Money now due on 
Mortgage by the said Board of Works, with the 
Date of each Mortgage, and the Rate of Interest 
paid thereon: And, Account of all Money 
received by them from the first year of their hold- 
ing office up to the present time, stating from 
what source each Amount has been received, also 
stating the Total Amount of Debt owing by the 
said Board of Works to the 25th day of March 


last. 




















The 








Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Indian Prize 
Money Bill. 


Colonial 
Bishops Bill. 


Bill 160. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Imperial Gas 
Company 
(No. 2.) 


East and West 
Junction Rail- 
way (Hitchia 
Extension) 
Bill. 


London and 
North 
Western and 
Midland 
Counties Coal 
Fields 
Railway Bill. 


Bray [m- 
provement 
Bill. 


Barry 
Harbour Bill 
[Lords.} 


Newcastle 
and Gateshead 
Water Bill, 


Stafford, 
Churchbridge, 
&amp;c. Roads 


Bill. 





99 Vicrorta. 


15¢h—16th—17th May. 





325 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | ford, Churchbridge, &amp;c. Roads Bill; and the same 


Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Indian Prize Money Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented a Bill to re- 
move Doubts as to the effect of Letters Patent 
granted to certain Colonial Bishops, and to amend 
the Law with respect to Bishops and Clergy in the 
Colonies: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
the 31st day of this instant May ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Imperial Gas Company 
(No. 2), Petition for leave to deposit a Petition 
for Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hardcastle reported from the Committee on 
Group 12 of Railway Bills; That they had pro- 
ceeded to examine the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the East and West Junction Railway 
( Hitchen Extension) Bill, but that the Parties pro- 
moting the said Bill had stated to the Committee 
that it was not their intention to proceed with the 
same. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 
till Thursday next. 








Thursday, 17th May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report 
from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 

Private Bills, in respect of non compliance with 
the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for additional Provision in the London and North 
Western and Midland Counties Coal Fields Rail- 
way Bill. 

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


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

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Barry Harbour Bill, 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the New- 
castle and Gateshead Water Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
x” Amendments made by the Lords to the Staf- 
OL. 121. 


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 Abercarn Roads Bill was read the third Abercarn 
time. Roads Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Aberdeen County and Municipal Buildings Aberdeen 
Bill was read the third time. ann de 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. sildines 


. Buildings Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Belfast Burial Ground Bill was read the Belfast Burial 
third time. Ground Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bridport, Lyme, and South Coast Railway Bridport, 
Bill was read the third time. Lyme, and 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Combmartin and Combmartin 
Ilfracombe Road Bill be now read the third time; *4 oe a 
Sir John Trollope, by Her Majesty’s Command, Ri, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Dublin and Kingstown Railway (Lease) Bill Dublin and 

was read the third time. —— 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, (Lease). 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 Glasgow (City) Improvements, &amp;c. Bill was Glasgow 


read the third time. phon 2h _ 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. &amp;e. Bill. 


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


The Kilmarnock Water Bill was read the third Kilmarnock 
time. Water Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. ~ 


Ordered, That the London and South Western London and 


Railway (Additional Powers) Bill be read the Soup Westem 
third time To-morrow. ( Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire manchester, 

Railway (Additional Powers) Bill was read the Sheffield, and 
third time. Lincolnshire 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the (additonal 

Title be, An Act for conferring additional Powers Powers) Bill. 
on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 

Railway Company, with respect to the widening 

of part of their Main Line of Railway; and for 

other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 








the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
TtTT3 The 











Manchester, 
Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway (New 
Lines) Bill. 


Mersey 
Docks and 
Harbour 


Board (Outer 


Works 


Alteration) 
B 


ill. 


Mersey 
Pneumatic 


Railway Bill. 


Metropolitan 


Rai 


(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


lway 


North 


Walsham and 
Dilham Canal 


Bill. 


Salisbury and 


Yeovil 


Railway Bill. 


Solway 
Junction 
Railway 


(Capital) Bill. 


Ventnor Gas 


and Water 


Bill [Lords.] 


Walker and 


Wallsend 


Un 


Bill 


ion Gas 


326 


The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way (New Lines) 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 Mersey Docks 
and Harbour Board (Outer Works Alteration) 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 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Motion being made, That the Mersey Pneu- 
matic 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 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Motion being made, That the Metropolitan 
Railway (Additional Powers) 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 
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 North Walsham and Dilham Canal 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 Salisbury and Yeovil 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 Solway Junction Railway (Capital) 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 Ventnor Gas and Water 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 Walker and Wallsend Union Gas Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for incorporating the Walker and 
Wallsend Union Gas Company ; for enabling them 





17th May. 








1866. 


to supply Gas to the Parish of Wallsend and parts 
of the Parish of Long Benton, in Northumberland, 
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 resuming Thames and 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Severn Canal 
upon the 15th day of this instant May, was pro- — 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Thames 
and Severn Canal Navigation Bill be now read the 
third time ; and which Amendment was, to leave 
out the word “ now,” and, at the end of the Ques- 
tion, to add the words “ upon this day six months ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now,” stand part of the Question :— 

The House resumed the said adjourned Debate: 
—And the said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill wasaccordingly 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 Brynmawr 
the Brynmawr Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 8s Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edgware, 
the Edgware, Highgate, and London Railway Bill, — and 
as amended in the Committee. Railway Bill. 

A Clause (Power to divide shares), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Dividends on half shares), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Dividend on preferred shares 
to be paid out of the profits on the year only), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Half shares to be registered 
and certificates issued), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Terms of issue to be stated on 
certificates), was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Forfeiture of preferred shares), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Preferred shares not to be 
cancelled or surrendered), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Half shares to be half shares 
in capital), was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Notice to be given of taking 
houses of labouring classes), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hounslow and 
the Hounslow and Metropolitan Railway Bill, as er 
amended in the Committee. Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Launceston 
the Launceston and South Devon Railway Bill, as — 
amended in the Committee. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds Im- 
the Leeds Improvement Acts Amendment Bill, as i .. 
amended in the Committee; and Amendments ment Bill. 
were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Devon 
the South Devon Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third — 

e 














Stourbridge 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Thetford and 
Watton 
Railway Bill. 


Wivenhoe and 


Brightlingsea 
Railway Bill. 


Central 
Ireland 
Railways Bill 
[Lords.] 

Sligo and Bal- 
laghaderreen 
Junction 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 
Swansea 
Harbour 
Trust Bill 
[Lords.] 
Roach River 
Fishery Bill 
[Lords.] 


Dublin Trunk 
Connecting 
Railway Bill 
| Lords. | 


Holderness 
Embankment 
and Recla- 
mation Bill 
[Lords. } 


Bristol and 
North Somer- 
set Railway 
Bill (1863.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 16.) 


ontroverted 
lections. 


London Gas 
Bill |Lords.] 


North British 


99 VicToRIA. 17th 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stourbridge Improvement Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Thetford and Watton Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; and an Amendment was made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Central Jreland Railways Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


The Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Junction Rail- 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed, 


The Swansea Harbour Trust Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Roach River Fishery Bill ; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, adding the words 
“ upon this day month.” 

nd 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. 


The Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway Bill 
was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Holderness Embankment and Reclamation 
Bill was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee of the House 
of Lords, in Session 1863, on the Bristol and 
North Somerset Railway Bill, which were commu- 
nicated from the Lords upon the 14th day of this 
instant May, be referred to the Committee on the 
Bristol and North Somerset Railway (Southern 
Extension) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 16 of 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the amended Panels. 
Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the London (City) Corporation Gas, &amp;c. 
Bills; That in the case of the London Gas Bill, 
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, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on 


riage cote Group 19 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 


Branches) Bill, 





Vou. 121. 








May. 


the North British Railway (Coatbridge, &amp;c. 
Branches) Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by omitting all reference to Railway 
No. 4, the intention to construct the same havin 
been abandoned by the Promoters, and had foun 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill,and made Amendments thereunto. 

Mr. Dent further reported from the Committee , 
That they were unanimously of opinion that 
the Promoters of the Bill had been vexatiously 
subjected to expense in the promotion of the said 
Bill by the opposition of the Caledonian Railway 
Company to Railways No. 6 and No. 7, and are 
entitled to recover from the said Company the 
sum of fifty pounds on account of their costs in 
relation to such opposition. 

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


327 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on Caledonian 
That in the case of Railway 
the Caledonian Railway (Greenock and Gourock and Gourock 
Extensions) Bill, they had examined the allega- Extensions) 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and Bi 


Group 19 of Railway Bills; 


made certain verbal Amendments therein, and 
had found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, arid made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on Greenock and 
That in the case of Aytshire 


Group 19 of Railway Bills ; 
the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pream- 
ble 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. Scholefield reported from the Committee on Tottenham 
That in the case of the #"4 Hamp- 
Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Bill, Railway Bill. 


Group 1 of Railway Bills; 


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 
proposed lease of the Undertaking of the Totten- 
ham and Hampstead Junction Railway Company, 
and had otherwise amended the same in order to 
make the Preamble consistent with the provisions 
of the Bill, as submitted to and 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. 


promoting the South Eastern, and London, Chat- 
ham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) 
Railways Bill, had stated that the evidence of 
Isaiah Barnden, George Platt, James Budgen, 
Thomas Kingsworth, John Watkins, John Johnson, 
and Alfred Smith was essential to enable them to 
establish their case ; and it having been proved 
that their attendance could not be procured with- 
out the intervention of the House, he had been 
instructed to move, That the said Isaiah Barnden, 
George Platt, James Budgen, Thomas Kingsworth, 
John Watkins, John Johnson, and Alfred Smith do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve 
of the clock. 

Ordered, That Isaiah Barnden, George Platt, 
James Budgen, Thomas Kingsworth, John Wat- 
kins, John Johnson, and Alfred Smith do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Howes 


TT4 nience 





Woodd reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 3 of Railway Bills; That the Parties (Group 3.) 


ema from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 14 of Railway Bills; That, for the conve- (Group 14.) 








East India 
(Deccan.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 16.) 


Great 
Western 
Railway Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 16.) 


nience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned to 
Monday the 28th day of May, at One of the clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Treaties and Engagements sub- 
sisting between His Highness the Nizam of the Dec- 
canand the British Government, and of all Corres- 
pondence between the two Governments relative 
to the Districts assigned by His Highness for the 
maintenance of “ The Hyderabad Contingent,” 
together with an Account of the Income and Ex- 
penditure of the above Districts, and of the Cost 
of the Contingent. 

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


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Bristol and North Somerset Railway 
(Southern Extension) Bill had stated that the 
evidence of Richard Lechonby Phipps, Esquire, 
was essential to enable them to establish their 
case, and it having been proved that his attend- 
ance could not be precured without the interven- 
tion of the House, he had been instructed to move, 
That the said Richard Leckonby Phipps, Esquire, 
do attend the said Committee on Monday the 28th 
day of May, at Twelve of the clock, and do bring 
with him all Correspondence between him and 
Messrs. Baxter, Rose, and Norton, Messrs. Phipps 
and Machay, and Mr. R. J. Ward, as to his sig- 
nature to a Petition against the Bill, and as to the 
payment, by the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany and the East Somerset Railway Company, or 
either of them, of the costs of such Petition, be- 
tween the month of November 1865 and the month 
of May 1866. 

Ordered, That Richard Lechonby Phipps, Es- 
quire, do attend the said Committee upon Monday 
the 28th day of this instant May, at Twelve of the 
clock, and bring with him the said documents. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Great Western Railway Bill, it had been 
proved to the Committee that, in accordance with 
the Resolution of the House of the 2d day of 
March last, an amended copy of the Plans, Sec- 
tions, and Book of Reference had been deposited 
in the Private Bill Office; that they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out various recitals relating to provisions which 
had been withdrawn by the Promoters, and by 
making other alterations to render the same con- 
sistent 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. 





1866. 


nience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned to 
Monday the 28th day of this instant May, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That the Parties op- (Group 16.) 
posing the Bristol and North Somerset Railway 
(Southern Extension) Bill had stated that the evi- 
dence of Robert A. Read, Frederick Marwood, and 
John Bingham was essential to enable them to 
establish their case, and it having been proved 
that their attendance could not be procured with- 
out the intervention of the House, he had been in- 
structed to move that the said Robert A. Read, 
Frederick Marwood, and John Bingham do attend 
the said Committee on Monday the 28th day of 
May, at Twelve of the clock, and that Mr. Read 
do bring with him the Minute Book of the Board 
of Directors of the Somerset and Dorset Railway 
Company, and the Half-yearly Accounts and Re- 
ports of the said Somerset and Dorset Railway 
Company, from the year 1854 down to and inclusive 
of the year ending 31st December 1865; and that 
Mr. Marwood do bring with him the Half-yearly 
Accounts and Reports from the year 1854 down to 
and inclusive of the year ending 31st Decem- 
ber 1865, of the Somerset and Dorset Railway 
Company ; and that Mr. Bingham do bring with 
him the Register of the Shareholders of and in the 
Bristol and North Somerset Railway Company, 
and all the Minute Books of the Board of Di- 
rectors of the said Company, and the Half-yearly 
Accounts and Reports of the said Company, from 
the year 1863 down to and inclusive of the half- 
year ending 31st December 1865. 
Ordered, That Robert A. Read, Frederick Mar- 
wood, and John Bingham do attend the said Com- 
mittee upon Monday the 28th day of this instant 
May, at ‘I'welve of the clock, and bring with them \ 
the said documents. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Twenty- 
third Report. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Elections. . 
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 contested 
Elections that have taken place in Haverford- 
west, Pembroke, Cardigan, Carnarvon, Carmarthen, 
Brecon, Cardiff, Radnor, Montgomery, Denbigh, 
Flint, Beaumaris, Kirkealdy, Elgin, Ayr, Had- 
dington, Saint Andrew’s, Falkirk, Leith, Dumfries, 
Inverness, Kilmarnoch, Stirling, Montrose, Wick, 
and Wigton Boroughs since the Reform Act of 
1832, together with the published Expenses of 
each Candidate taking part in such Elections. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 











Mr. Ingham further reported from the Com- 
mittee; That they were unanimously of opinion 
that William Thomas King Church, Richard John 
King Church, and Edmund Lewis Hooper (joint 
Petitioners against the Bill), had been unreasonably 
subjected to expense in defending their rights pro- 
posed to be interfered with by the Bill, and that 
the portion of their joint costs in relation thereto 
which was incurred up to the 26th of March 1866, 
and what was consequent thereon, before the Com- 
mittee on the 27th of April, subject to the proper 
taxation, ought to be paid by the Great Western 
Railway Company, the Promoters of the Bill. 

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





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Burghs 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns showing the Distance of each 
Parliamentary Burgh in each District from the 
Returning Burgh in that District, and between the 
Two Burghs in each District most widely sepa- 
rated, calculated by the nearest Railway or Line 
of Steamboats, or, if none such exist, by Road or 
Sea, or by some such means of communication 
combined: Showing the Burghs, where any 
exist, nearer to the emia Burgh in any 
District, but included in any other District: 








And, showing the Distance, as above defined, of 
each Burgh or populous Place containing more 
Mr. IJnyham reported from the Committee on | than Three thousand Inhabitants from the nearest 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That, for the conve-| Parliamentary Burgh. 





Ordered, 









Waterworks 
Bill. 


Indian Prize 
Money Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Tain Water 
Bill. 


Congleton 
Gas and 
Improvement 
Bill 


Justices’ 
Clerks. 


Boroughs 
(England and 
Wales.) 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(England and 
Wales.) 


Cattle 
Diseases 
(Ireland) Act. 


Navy (Ship 
“ Uct«via.”) 


Colonial 
Bishoprics, 


Galway Town 
Election. 


No. 274. 


Election 
Expenses. 


No. 160. 


Tenure and 
Improvement 
of Land 


n 
(Ireland) Bill. 


29 Victoria. 


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


as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Waterworks Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Indian Prize Money Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant May. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed tothe Tain Water Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Congleton Gas 
and Improvement Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of 
March last, for a Return relative to Justices’ 
Clerks. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of this instant May, for a Return relative 
to Boroughs (England and Wales). 

Mr. Eeeitel diene also presented, pur- 
suant tothe directions of several Acts of Parliament, 
—Copy of Fifth Annual Report of the Inspectors 
of Salmon Fisheries (England and Wales). 

Copies of Two Orders in Council made under 
the provisions of the Cattle Diseases (Ireland) Act, 
29 Vic. c. 4. 

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


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Order 
dated the 4th day of this instant May, for a Return 
relative to the Navy (Ship “ Octavia” ). 

Ordered, That the said Return dolie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Correspondence relative 
to Colonial Bishoprics. 

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


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Galway 
Town Election Petitions, which were presented 
upon the 15th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Election 
Expenses, which was presented upon the 15th day 
of this instant May, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Tenure and Improvement of Land 
(Ireland) Bill; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the , eer Sag in order to add the 
words “ this House, though desirous of simplifying 
“the method of securing to tenants compensation 
“* for outlay made in permanent improvements, is 
“of opinion that, in any measure relating to the 
“Tenure and Improvement of Land in Jreland, 
‘* it is expedient to maintain the principle affirmed 
“ by the Act of 1860, namely, that compensation 


17th—18th May. 


329 


“improvements only which are made with the 
* consent of the landlord; and that the provisions 
‘as to the Improvement of Land in Ireland con- 
* tained in the measure of Her Majesty’s Govern- 
* ment would operate injuriously on the position 
*‘ of holders of small farms in that Country,” in- 
stead thereof. : 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And 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. Bagwell, 

Yeas, { Mr. Charles Barry: 

Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Bateson, 7 

Noes, \Mr. Baillie Cochrane: f{ 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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


Friday, 18th May, 1866: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Monday the 28th day of this instant May. 


} 167. 
154. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Customs and 
Reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue 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 ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Mr. Hubbard, ; 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Stephen Cave: } 101. 
Tellers for the Noes, a yr nme } 120. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question beimg 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 seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Labouring 
into a Committee on the Labouring Classes’ Dwel- Classes’ 
lings (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent (Ireland) Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Dodson reported, That the Committee had gone 

through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Solicitor to 
into a Committee on the Solicitor to the Trea- the Treasury 
sury Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ~~" 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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. 


The Order of the day being read for the Second Commons 

Reading of the Commons (Metropolis) Bill; (ieeteepetle) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 

upon Thursday next. 


Currag’ 


The Order of the day oe for the Second Curragh vee 


Reading of the Curragh of Kildare Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





‘* to tenants should be secured in respect of those 
VoL. 121. 





upon Monday the 28th day of this instant May. 
Uv 











17th—18 


330 


Naval Savings The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Banks Bill. into a Committee on the Naval Savings Banks Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Companies Act (1862) 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Dodson 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. 


Companies 
Act (1862) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Local Govern- The Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) 
ment Supple- Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 


(No.2) pil, 2nd committed toa Committee of the whole House, 
F for Thursday next. 

Pier and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Harbour mittee on the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirma- 


Orders Con- |. . 
firmation Bill. tion Bill ; : ; : 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (J/reland) 


Common Law 
Courts 
(Ireland) Bill. , 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 31st day of this instant May. 


Life Insu- The Life Insurances (Zreland) Bill was, accord- 
(Ireland) Bill 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. 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Bill 
[ Lords. } 


The* Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Common Law The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Procedure Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- 
oan ment Acts (/reland) Bill; 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday the 31st day of this instant May. 


Belfast Con- The Belfast Constabulary Bill was, according 
stabulary Bill. tg Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Railway The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
| ro Reading of the Railway Companies’ Securities Bill; 
Securities BI." Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Clauses Bill. mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
ere ‘ a Order of the day being read, for the Second 
r ; &gt; ; 
yy, eading of the Rateable Property (Jreland) Bill ; 
(rand) Bl Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant May. 
Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) Bill. mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ; 
( Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesda 


the 29th day of this instant May, resolve itse 
into the said Committee. 


into a Committee on Fishery Piers and Harbours 
(Ireland) (Grants, &amp;c. | 





+ 


th May. 1866. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fishery Piers 
and Harbours 

(Ireland) 

(Grants, &amp;c.] 





(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to empower the 
Commissioners of the Treasury to issue to the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, out 
of any Monies that may be granted by Parliament 
for the purpose, such further Sums as may be 
required to carry out the Provisions of any Act 
of the present Session for extending the Pro- 
visions of the Acts for the encouragement of the 
Sea Fisheries in Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to a 


Resolution. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fishery Piers 
mittee on the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jre- 204 Harbours 
land) Bill; | (tesend) Eas. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation Officers’ 


( Scotland) Bill ; Superannua- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- BL 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Petit Juries 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday the 31st day of this instant May. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, tor the Com- ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Salmon 
Reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill; Fisheries 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (ronde] 

upon Thursday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Inn 
Reading of the Inns of Court Bill; Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Tuesday the 29th day of this instant May. 


s of Court 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railway 
a on the Railway Debentures, &amp;c. Registry eo 
3 Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Transubstan- 
mittee on the Transubstantiation, &amp;c. Declaration ee _ 
Abolition Bill; Abolition Bil. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 5th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Poor Persons’ 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Burial |. 
a Lords to the Poor Persons’ Burial (Jreland) (anny 

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 




























Hop Trade 
Bill. 


* Elections 


Givers.) 


Industrial 
Schools. 


Reformatory 
Schools. 


Nuisances 
Removal. 


Thames 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Elections 
(Returning 
Officers) Bill. 


Bill 161. 


Reformatory 
Schools Bill. 


Bill 162. 


Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Bill 163. 


Nuisances 
Removal Bill. 


Bill 164. 


West Drayton 
and Staines 
Railway Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Inclosure Bill. 


99 VicTorIA. 


hath disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed 
of Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Attorney Gene- 
ral for Ireland, Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, 
Mr. Childers, and Mr. Dodson :—&lt;And they are to 
withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Hop Trade 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 leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the several Acts now in 
force relating to the Powers and Disabilities of 
Returning Officers to vote at the Election and 
Return of Members to Parliament: And that Mr. 
Goldsmid, Mr. Huddleston, and The O’ Conor Don 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to In- 
dustrial Schools in Great Britain: And that Mr. 
Knatchbull-Hugessen and Sir George Grey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to Re- 
formatory Schools in Great Britain: And that 
Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen and Sir George Grey do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend the Nuisances Removal and Diseases 
Prevention Act (1860): And that Mr. Knatchbull- 
Hugessen and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That Lord Eustace Cecil be added to 
the Select Committee on the Thames Navigation 
Bill. 

Mr. Goldsmid presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the several Acts now in force relating 
to the Powers and Disabilities of Returning Officers 
to vote at the Election and Return of Members to 
Parliament: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Adam presented a Bill to consolidate and 
amend the Acts relating to Reformatory Schools in 
Great Britain: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Adam presented a Bill to consolidate and 
amend the Acts relating to Industrial Schools in 
Great Britain: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Adam presented a Bill to amend the Nui- 
sances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act 
(1860): And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hardcastle reported from the Committee on 
Group 12 of Railway Bills; That the parties pro- 
moting the West Drayton and Staines 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 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 Inclosure Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

Vou. 121. 


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331 


The Lords have agreed to the Harbour Loans Harbour 
Bill, without any Amendment. Loans Bill 
The Lords have agreed to the Superannuations superannua- 


(Officers Metropolitan Vestries and District tions (Officers 

Boards) Bill, without any Amendment. ee pee 
District 
Boards) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Briton Ferry Gas Briton Ferry 
Bill, without any Amendment. Gas Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Lancashire and Lancashire 
Yorkshire Railway (Blackburn and Padiham) Bill, sn4 Yorkshire 

without any Amendment. (Blackburn 
— Padiham) 


The Lords have agreed to the Lancsahire and Lancashire. 
Yorkshire Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill} ae 
without any Amendment. a 
Time, &amp;c.)|Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Afon Valley Rail- Afon Valley 
way Bill, without any Amendment. Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Buckley Railway Buckley 


diti i i ~ Railwa 
— Powers) Bill, without any Amen (Ad ~~ 
“ : Powers) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bury Gas Bill, Bury Gas Bill. 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Cambridge Uni- Cambridge 
versity and Town Water Bill, with Amendments ; —ao 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Water Bill. 


House. 


Viscount Enfield presented,—Return to an Ad- Occupiers. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of 
February last, for a Return relative to Occupiers. 

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


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








Friday, 18th May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
! House being informed by Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker's 
that he had received Notice that a Com- ™isposition. 
mission to give Her Majesty’s Royal Assent to 
certain Acts of Parliament is ordered for this day, 
and that, being disabled from attending with the 
House in the House of Peers, he should be obliged, 
by permission of the House, to withdraw before © 
the arrival of the Usher of the Black Rod :-— 
Resolved, That during the temporary absence of 
Mr. Speaker from the House, this day, for the 
reason stated by him, the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means do take the Chair as 
Deputy Speaker, and do attend with the House in 
the House of Peers, and do report to the House 
the Royal Assent to the said Acts. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection; That they had made altera- ‘haan 
tions in a Group of Private Bills already formed, Report.) 
had formed an additional Group, and had directed No, gg. 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- °F4¢r® 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Brean Down Docks Brean Down 


Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Docks Bill 
with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed | 
with their Bill. 


2. That in the case of the Tamar, Kit Hill, and Tamar, Kit 
Callington Railway Bill, Petition for additional a tol 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- Railway Bill. 


pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 








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332 18th 


introduce their additional provision accordingly, if 
the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 
Helston Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had, 
Election. this day, received a Report from the Examiner of 


Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of William Baliol Brett, 
relating to the Borough of Helston, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


London and A Motion being made, That the London and 
South Western South Western Railway (Additional Powers) Bill 
( Additional be now read the third time; 

Powers) Bill. The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as 
they shall think fit. 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales,as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

The Judge Advocate, by Command of His 
Royal Highness, acquainted the House, That His 
Royal Highness, having been informed of the 

urport of the Bill, gives his Consent, as far as 
Tis Royal Highness’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. 


Great Yar- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
mouth Fish the Great Yarmouth Fish Wharves and ‘Tramways 


aes Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
Bill. ments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Thorpe and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a yor the Thorpe and Great Clacton Railway and Pier 
Pier Bil. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Rochdale The House was moved, That the Report from 
Vicarage Bill. the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 
respect of the Rochdale Vicarage Bill, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Berwickshire __ Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Railway Bill Berwickshire Railway Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by defining more 
specifically 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. 


pe and =Mr. Dodson reported the Brampton and Long- 
Railway Bill. town Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Bridge of Mr. Dodson reported the Bridge of Allan Water 
— Water Bill, with Amendments. 
; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Burntisland Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 

Harbour and Burntisland Harbour and Dock Bill; That they 

Dock Bil. had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
adding an explanatory recital as to the deposited 
Plan, and Section, and Book of Reference, 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. 











May. 1866. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Devon Valley 
Devon Valley and North British Railway Com- ee 
panies (Branches) Bill; That they had examined Railway 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Companies 
Bill, a amended the same, by defining the depo- os 
sited Plans and Sections, 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. Dodson reported the East Barnet Gas and East Barnet 
Water Bill, with Amendments. Gas and 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. onde 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Glasgow and 
Glasgow and South Western Railway (Ayrshire, —= estore 
&amp;c. Lines) Bill; That they had examined the alle- (Ayrshire, &amp;e. 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and Lines) Bill. 
amended the same, by striking out so much thereof 
as related to the construction of new Railways in 
the Counties of Lanark and Dumfries, the pro- 
visions with reference to which had been struck 
out of the Bill as submitted to and 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. Dodson reported the Grange and Cartmel Grange and 
District Gas and Water Bill, with an Amendment. a @ 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ana — 
Bill [Lords.] 
Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Hemel 
Hemel Hempsted and London and North Western Hempsted and 
Railway Bill; That they had examined the alle- — = 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and Western 
made a verbal Amendment therein, and found the Railway Bill. 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the London and North London and 
Western and Cockermouth and Workington Rail- — 3 
way Companies Bill, with Amendments. baie smoncnten | 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; and Workirg- 


and be printed. ton Railway 
Companies 


Bill. 

Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the London and 
London and North Western and Whitehaven Junc- —— i 
tion Railway Companies Bill; That they had exa- 4 °ster™ ® 
mined the iandion contained in in asnedliie — 
of the Bill, and had verbally amended the same, Railway 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and cae 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments ~ 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Newport 
Newport Railway Bill; That they had examined Railway Bill. 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and had verbally amended the same, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the south Essex 
South Essex Estuary and Reclamation Bill ; That Estuary and 
they had examined the allegations contained in the Bill [Lords] 
Preamble of the Bill, and made a verbal Amend- 
ment therein, and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
no further Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Mr. 








South 
Staffordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


Dagenham 
(Thames) 
Dock Bill 
[Lords.] 
Dublin and 
Kingstown 
Railway 
(Lease) Bill 
[Lords.] 
Ventnor Gas 
and Water 
Bill [Lords, } 


Attorneys and 


Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill 
[ Lords.] 


New River 


Company Bill 


[Lords.] 


Amicable Life 


Assurance 
Society Bill 
| Lords.] 


United 
General Gas 
Company 
(Dublin) Bill 
[Lords.1 


Mr. Speaker’s 
Indisposition. 


Roya Assent. 


Public Offices 
(Site) Bill. 





99 VicToRIA. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
South Staffordshire Railway Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pream- 
ble of the Bill, and amended the same, by alter- 
ing the sum in respect of which the Company 
had not issued 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. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
Message had been brought from the Lords, by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Contagious 
Diseases Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Dagenham (Thames) Dock 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Dublin and Kingstown Rail- 
way (Lease) Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Ventnor Gas and Water 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend the Laws for the Regulation of the Pro- 
fession of Attorneys and Solicitors in Jreland, and 
to assimilate them to those in England; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the New River Company to raise a fur- 
ther Sum of Money; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to give effect to an Arrangement between the 
Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office 
and the WMorwich Union Life Insurance Society, 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the United General Gas Com- 
pany (Dublin) Bill, originating in the Lords, and 
referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which are 
applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker withdrew from the House, and 
Mr. Dodson, the Chairman of the Committee of 
Ways and Means, took the Chair as Deputy 
Speaker, pursuant to the Resolution of this day. 


A Message was delivered by Colonel Clifford, 

Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Deputy 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 ot this Honourable House 
in the House of l’eers, to hear the Commission read. 

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

Mr. Deputy 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; 
pm that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 

An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings to acquire 
be compulsory purchase or otherwise certain Lands, 

ouses, eal Winien, in the Parish of Saint Mar- 
garet, Westminster, and for other purposes : 

VoL. 121. 





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333 


An Act to render it unnecessary to.make and Qualification 


: : . : * yn for Offices 
subscribe certain Declarations as a qualification ))jjition 


for Offices and Employments; to indemnify such gin, 
Persons as have omitted to qualify themselves for 
Office and Employment, and for other purposes 
relating thereto : 

An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs in Customs 


the Isle of Man, and for other purposes: Mae of 


An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders Local Govern- 
under “ The Local Government Act 1858” re- pean gg 
lating to the Districts of Winchester, Burton-upon- 

Trent, Longton, Accrington, Preston, Bangor, El- 

land, Halstead, Wadsworth, Canterbury, Dart- 

mouth, Dukinfield, Stroud, and Bridlington, and 

for other purposes relative to certain Districts 

under the said Act: 

_— Act . —- and amend the several Reshequer 

aws regulating the preparation, issue and pay- Bills and 

ment of Exchequer Bills de Bonds : POY Bonds Bill 

An Act to secure the repayment of Public Prainage and 
Moneys advanced for the Drainage and Improve- 1mprovement 
ment of Lands and other like objects in Ireland. (reland) Bill. 
An Act to amend “ The Dockyard Extension Dockyard 


Act, 1865 :” Extensions 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


An Act to enable the Public Works Loan Labouring 
Commissioners to make advances towards the ra Bill 
Erection of Dwellings for the Labouring Classes: “© 

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Inclosure Bill. 
Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure 
Commissioners for England and Wales : 

An Act to amend “ The Harbours and Passing Harbour 
Tolls, &amp;c. Act, 1861 :” jam EE. 

An Act to provide for Superannuation Allow- Superannua- 
ances to Officers of Vestries and other Boards —— 
within the area of the Metropolis Local Manage- , 


Vestries and 
ment Act: District 


Boards) Bill. 
An Act to authorize the construction of Water- Cornwall 
works for the supply of Water to the Lunatic poe 
. unatic 
Asylum for the County of Cornwall, situate at Asylum Bill. 
Bodmin, in the said County, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith: 
An Act to enable the Heywood Waterworks Heywood 
Company to raise additional Capital : weer 
An Act to enable the North Eastern Railway North Eastern 
Company to construct a Railway from Gilling to (Gilling, 
Helmsley and Pickering, and for other purposes : Helmsley, and 
, ickerin 
Branch) Bill. 
An Act to enable the North Eastern Railway North Eastern 
Company to construct Branch Railways and other R*ilway (Dur- 
Works, in the County of Durham; to acquire fines ke.) 
additional Lands, and for other purposes : Bill. 


An Act for extending the Rathmines and Rath- Rathmines 
gar Township, so as to include therein the Town- {n4 Rathgar. 
lands of Cherry Orchard, in the Parish of Saint Bill, 
Nicholas; of Argos, Harold's Cross, Mount Jerome, 

Rathland East and Rathland West, in the Parish 
of Saint Catherine; all in the Barony of Upper 
Cross, and County of Dublin : 

An Act for better supplying with Water the Holyhead 
Parish of Holyhead, in the County of Anglesey: Water Bill. 

An Act for better supplying with Water the Bodmin Water 
Borough and Parish of Bodmin, in the County of ®#- 
Cornwall : 

An Act to authorize the Neath and Brecon Neath and 


. . *.° . B 
Railway Company to raise additional Capital, and Railway 
for other purposes : (Capital) Bill. 


An Act for grantin 


further Powers to “ The Croydon Com. 
Croydon Commercial 


as and Coke Company :” mercial Gas 
1 


An Act to authorize Arrangements of the Capi- Devon and 
tal of the Devon and Somerset Railway Company : Somerset 


Railway 
‘Capital) Bill. 
An Act to authorize the Paisley Water Com- Paisley Water 
missioners to make and maintain additional Reser- Bill. 

voirs and other Works, and to give an increased 

supply of Water, and for other purposes : 


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Bromsgrove 
and Droit- 
wich Water 
Bill. 


Thames 


Tunnel Com- 


pany Bill. 


Dublin Corpo- 
ration Water 


Bill. 


Dublin Port 


Acts Amend- 


ment Bill. 


Dublin Port 
(Docks) Bill. 


Leicester 


Cattle Market, 


&amp;c. Bill. 


Leicester 
Water Bill. 


Dryclough, 
Shaw, and 
Rochdale 

Roads Bill. 


Butterton 
Moor End 
Road Bill. 


Hornsey Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 


Midland Great 


Western 
Railway (of 
Treland) Bill 
[Lords. ] 
Talacre Pier 
and Harbour 


(Railway) Bill 


[Lords.] 


Manchester 


Improvement 
Bill. 


Morayshire 
Railway Bill. 


Newark Gas 
Bill. 
Stourbridge 


Gas Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Ross and 
Cromarty 
Roads Bill. 


334 


An Act for better supplying with Water the 
Towns of Bromsgrove and Droitwich, and certain 
Parishes and Places adjacent thereto, in the County 
of Worcester : 

An Act for winding up of the Affairs and Disso- 
lution of the Thames Tunnel Company : 


An Act to enable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, 
and Burgesses of Dublin to enlarge portions of the 
Dublin Eoepeuetion Waterworks ; to erect Tele- 
— Poles and Wires ; to borrow Money, and 

or other purposes : 

- An Act for enabling the Corporation for pre- 
serving and improving the Port of Dublin to bor- 
row further Sums of Mone , for amending the 
Provisions of former Acts relating to the supply 
of Ballast by the said Corporation, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for enabling the Corporation for pre- 
serving and improving the Port of Dublin to pur- 
chase the Custom House Docks and Premises, the 
Grand Canal Docks and Warehouses at Dublin, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for empowering the Corporation of the 
Borough of Leicester to remove the Cattle Market 
of the Borough to another site, and to erect a 
Town Hall, and other Public Buildings, and for 
conferring other Powers on the said Corporation, 
and for other purposes: 

An Act for extending the Limits within which 
the Leicester Waterworks Company may supply 
Water, and for empowering the Company to con- 
struct further Works, and to raise additional 
Capital, and for authorizing a further Arrangement 
between the Company and the Local Board of 
Health for the Borough of Leicester, and the rais- 
ing of Money by the Local Board to effectuate 
that Arrangement, and for other purposes : 

An Act to repeal an Act acne in the Seventh 
year of the Reign of His Majesty King William 
the Fourth, intituled “ An Act for improving and 
maintaining the Road from Dryclough, through 
Shaw, New Hey, and Milnrow to Rochdale, and 
other Roads in the County of Lancaster,” and to 
grant more effectual Powers in lieu thereof, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act to extend the Term and amend the Pro- 
visions of “ An Act for more effectually repairing 
and improving the Road from Butterton Moor End 
to the Turnpike Road leading from Buzton to 
Ashbourne and other Roads therein mentioned, in 
the Counties of Stafford and Derby, and for making 
several Diversions or new Lines of Road tocommu- 
nicate therewith :” . 

An Act for incorporating and granting other 
Powers to the Hornsey Gas Company (Limited): 

An Act to enable the Midland Great Western 
Railway of Ireland Company to acquire additional 
Lands, and for other purposes : 


An Act for forming a Pier, Harbour and Rail- 
way in or adjoining the Parish of L/anasa, in the 
County of Flint, on and adjoining the Talacre 
Estate, and for other purposes : 

An Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Citizens of the City of Manchester to erect a Town 
Hall, Police Court, and other Buildings, to acquire 
additional Lands, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Morayshire Railway 
Company to raise Capital by creating new Shares 
or Stock, and for other purposes : 

An Act to confer further Powers upon the 
Newark Gas Company, to authorize them to pur- 
chase additional Lands, to raise further Monies, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Stourbridge Gas Com- 
pany to raise additional Capital : 


An Act for more effectually maintaining and 
keeping in repair the Roads, Highways,and Bridges 





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1866. 


in the Counties of Ross and Cromarty, for making 
new Roads and Bridges in the said Counties, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Drayton Junction Rail- Drayton , 
way Compan to raise additional Capital, and to oe 
divide their Aaa and for other purposes : ny ae 

An Act to incorporate the Frome Selwood Gas Frome Gas 
and Coke Company, and to make further provision Bill. 
for Lighting with Gas the Town of Frome Selwood 
and certain Parishes and Places in the Neighbour- 
hood thereof, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Wrexham, Mold, and Wrexham, 
Connah’s Quay Railway Company to raise addi- ranma 
tional Capital, and for other purposes : Railway may 
(Additional 
Capital) Bill, 

An Act for supplying with Water the Burgh of Tain Water 
Tain and Places adjacent : Bill. 

An Act for more effectually lighting Briton Briton Ferry 
Ferry with Gas: Gas Bill. 

An Act to enable the Buckley Railway Com- Buckley 
pany to carry Passengers upon their Railway, and Railway 


: . - (Additional 
to raise further Monies, and for other purposes : Powers) Bill, 


An Act for authorizing the Bury Improvement Bury Gas Bill. 
Commissioners to raise a further Sum of Money 
for their Gas Works, and for other purposes: 

An Act to extend the Time for the construction Lancashire 
of certain Railways authorized by “ The Lancashire 4nd Yorkshire 
and Yorkshire Railway (Dewsbury, &amp;c. Branches) (Bateson of 
Act, 1861,” and “The Lancashire and Yorkshire Time, &amp;c.) 
Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1862;” to Bill. 
empower the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 
Company to acquire additional Lands, and to raise 
additional Capital, and for other purposes: 

An Act to authorize the Lancashire and York- Lancashire 
shire Railway Company to construct a Railway and Yorkshire 
between Blackburn and Padiham : (Black ie 


and Padiham) 
Bill. 


An Act to confer further Powers on the Afon Afon Valley 
Valley Railway Company : Railway Bill. 

An Act to enable the Dagenham (Thames) Dagenham . 
Dock Company to acquire additional Lands, and (Thames) 
to enlarge their Undertaking, and to provide Abat- [horde 
toirs and other Conveniences; to amend the Da- 1 
genham ( Thames) Dock Acts, 1855 and 1862, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act for the supply of the Town of Vextnor Ventnor Gas 
and its Vicinity, in the Isle of Wight, with Gas and Water 
and Water: Biil [Zords.] 

An Act for amending the Lease of the Dublin Dubiin and 
and Kingstown Railway to the Dublin, Wicklow, a 
and Wexfurd Railway Company: (Lees) Bill 

An Act to amalgamate the Trusts of the Staf- ame 
ford, Sandon, and Eccleshall Roads; the Stone, Churchbridge, 
Stafford, and Penkridge Roads; and the Stafford, 5°, meee 
Churchbridge, Uttoreter, and Newport Roads; to ~ 
authorize the construction of a new Road, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Newcastle and Gates- Newcastle and 
head Water Company to construct additional Gateshead 
Works ; to extend the Time limited for completing ©" ~ 
and purchasing the Lands for certain Works; to 
amend the Act relating to the Companys and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to naturalize Francis William Lowther, Lowther’s 
Esquire, a Lieutenant in Her Majesty’s Royal a 
Navy, and to grant to and confer upon him all the —— 
Rights, Privileges, and Capacities of a natural- 
born Subject of Her Majesty the Queen: 

An Act to enable William Whitmarsh, Clerk, 
to execute his Office of a Priest, and to hold any 
Ecclesiastical Preferment or Office in the United 
Church of England and Ireland, within Her Ma- 
jesty’s Dominions. 


Whitmarsh’'s 
Disabilities 
Bill [Lords.] 


Whereupon Mr. Speaker returned to the House, Mr. Speaker 


and resumed the Chair. - —— the 

















Railway Bills 
(Group 19.) 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Fourth 
Report.) 
No. 69. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 3.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 


third Report. 


National 
Gallery En- 


largement Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 12.) 


Colnbrook 


Railways Bill. 


Freeholders. 


Railways. 


Crime and 

Punishment 

(Navy.) 
No. 275. 


Justices’ 
Clerks. 
No. 276. 


29 Vicroria. 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on Group 
19 of Railway Bills; That, for the convenience of 
Parties, the Committee had adjourned to Monday 
the 28th day of this instant May, at Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they 
had made Alterations in the Groups already formed, 
and directed him to report the same to the House. 

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


Mr. Woodd reported from the Committee on 
Group 3 of Railway Bills; That, for the con- 
venience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 
to Monday the 28th day of this instant May, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon'the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered,That the Petition of Noblemenand Gen- 
tlemen, being Trustees and Managers of the Provi- 
dent Institution Savings Bank, established at Saint 
Martin’s-place, in the City of Westminster, which 
was presented upon the 15th day of this instant 
May, praying that the National Gallery Enlarge- 
ment Bill may not be allowed to pass into a law 
as it now stands, and that they may be heard by their 
Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses, before the Select 
Committee to whom the said Bill may be referred, 
against the Preamble and Clauses of the said Bill, 
and in favour of the insertion of Clauses for the 
protection of the Petitioners, be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their Counsel or Agents, upon their Pe- 
tition, if they think fit; and Counsel heard in 
favour of the Bill against the said Petition. 


Mr. Hardcastle reported from the Committee on 
Group 12 of Railway Bills; That, for the conve- 
nience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned to 
Monday the 28th day of this instant May, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hardcastle reported the Colnbrook Railways 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of April 
last, for a Return relative to Freeholders. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Re- 
port by the Board of Trade on the Applications 
to the Board under the Railway Companies’ Powers 
Act, 1864, and Railways Construction Facilities 
Act, 1864, respectively ; and of the Proceedings 
of the Board with respect thereto. 

. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Crime and 
Punishment (Navy), which was presented upon 
the 4th day of J “4 , in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Justices’ 
Clerks, which was presented upon the 17th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 

Vot. 121. 








18th May. 





335 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Boroughs Boroughs 
(England and Wales), which was presented upon (England and 


the 17th day of this instant May, be printed.  "\"*),,, 


Ordered, Thatthe Return relative to the Navy Navy (Shi 
(Ship “ Octavia” ), which was presented upon the “ Octavia”). 
17th day of this instant May, be printed. No. 278. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Occupiers, Occupiers. 
which was presented upon the 17th day of this in- No, 979, 
stant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Salmon Salmon 
Fisheries (England and Wales), which was pre- psa ae 4 
sented upon the 17th day of this instant May, be Grgiy* ™ 


“nted Wales. ) 
printed. No. 280. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Union of Union of 
Benefices (London), which was presented upon the Benefices 


nao a (London.) 
10th day of this instant May, be printed. No. 281. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Cattle Cattle 
Diseases (Ireland) Act, which was presented upon Diseases 


) oa : (Ireland) Act. 
the 17th day of this instant May, be printed. No. 282. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Parliamentary 
to Her Majesty, that She will be niche pleased Boroughs 

to give directions, that there be laid before this laa 
House, a Return respecting the Seven Parlia- 
mentary Boroughs to which it is proposed to give 
a third Member, namely, Liverpool, Glasgow, Man- 
chester, Birmingham, Dublin, Leeds, and Edin- 
burgh ; showing, in Columns, the Population of 
oul according to the Census of 1861; the Num- 
ber of Electors of £.10 Rental or £. 8 Rating, ex- 
cluding all double Enrolments; the chargeable 
Rental of each for the purposes of Schedule ( A.) 
of the Income Tax, from the latest Returns; the 
Aggregate Amount of Income Tax chargeable 
under Schedules (A.), (B.), (D.), and (E.), for the 
year ending the 3lst day of March 1866, to be 
given in one Sum for each Borough; the Num- 
ber of Houses in each chargeable with the Duty 
on Inhabited Houses; the Amount of the Duty so 
chargeable ; the Amount of other Assessed Taxes, 
including Land Tax; the Aggregate Amount of 
all the foregoing Taxes; the Proportion of such 
Aggregate Amount of Taxation to every 5,000 
of the Population; the Proportion of Electors 
to every 5,000 of the Population; the Pro- 
portion of Houses chargeable with House Duty to 
every 5,000 of the Population; the Area of each 
Borough in Square Miles, according to the former - 
Returns; and the Amount paid from the Public 
Revenue for Police purposes on account of each 
Borough: Also, the same Information, under 





jeach Head, for the Burghs of Dundee and Aber- 


deen. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a poor Law 
Return, for each Poor Law Union in Jreland, of Unions 
the following Particulars, in a tabular form:— _(Hteland.) 

1. The Valuation of Union on the 29th day of 

September 1865; Total Expenditure, in- 
cluding Medical Charities, Registration, 
&amp;c. for the year ending on that day; the 
Rate of such Expenditure for each £. of 
Valuation ; 

2. Valuation, on same day, of Electoral Division 
in which the principal Town or City in the 
Union is situate ; Total Expenditure, as in 
(1), for same year; and Rate in each £. 
of Valuation ; 

3. Valuation of rest of Union, excluding such 
Town or City ; the Expenditureas above for 
same year; and Rateineach £. of Valuation ; 

4, The Population (as near as may be), Valua- 
tion and Number of — receiving Relief 

UU in 


East India 


Durham 
University. 


Totnes 
Election. 


National 
Debt. 


Chain 
Cables and 
Auchors. 


336 


in each Union on the 29th day of Septem- 
ber in each of the years 1846, 1851, and 
1865 ; 

5. The Population (as near as may be), Valua- 
ation, and Number of Persons, charged 
to the Electoral Division in which the 
chief Town or City is situate on the 29th 
day of September in each of the years 1846, 
1851, and 1865 ; 

6. The Population (as near as may be), Valua- 
tion, and Number of Persons charged to 
the rest of each Union (excluding the chief 
Town or City) on the 29th day of Sep- 
tember in each of the years 1846, 1851, 
and 1865 ; 

When any difference of Valuation between the 

ears 1846 and 1851 arises from change of 

oundary, that fact is to be stated. 


Resolved, That 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 Proceedings and Reports 
which have been made by the Commission ap- 
pointed by the Government of India to investi- 

te and report upon the cases of the several 
Claimants ainst the late State of Oude. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as | 
are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy | 
Council. . | 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, a Return of all Graduates of the University | 
of Durham, specifying their several Degrees, and | 
distinguishing those admitted ad eundem. 

Ordered, That 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 Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
substitute the name of Francis D. Longe, Esquire, 
for that of Henry Bullar, Esquire, in the Address | 
to be presented to Her Majesty for making inquiry | 
into the existence of corrupt practices at the let | 
Election for the Borough of Totnes: And that the 
Clerk do carry the said Message. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Return of the Total Amount of the National | 


Debt (including Funded and Unfunded Debt, and | 


the estimated Value of the outstanding Terminable | 


Annuities) in each year since 1854; showing the 
Increase and Diminution in each year, and distin- | 
uishing the Causes thereof, under the following | 
Leads: 
(1.) Increase :— 
Loans contracted ; 
Obligations incurred ; 
(2.) Diminution : 
Debt paid off; 
Obligations cancelled ; 
Terminable Annuities expired ; 


Value of Terminable Annuities re- 
duced. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Correspondence between the En- 
— or Secretary of Liloyd’s Register and the 

oard of Trade :——Of any Reports of Engineers 
called in by Lloyd’s Register, which have been 
sent to the Board of Trade: Of any Corres- 
pondence between the Board of Trade and any 


other Persons or Bodies on the same subject: 








And, of any Reports made by the Board of Trade 
Officers thereon, or as to Proving Machines licensed 


by the Committee of Lioyd’s Register and the Board 


18¢h—24th May. 





1866. 


of Trade (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 111, of Session 1866, on the subject of Chain 
Cables and Anchors). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Statement showing the progress and effect of 
a conversion of the ‘Half-yearly Payments of an 
Annuity certain of £.1,725,128, expiring on the 
5th day of April 1885, and of the Festa of its 
accumulation into £.3 per cent. Stock at a Price 
of 88 per cent., and of a commutation of the said 
Stock at the Rate of Interest (£.3. 8s. per cent.) 
resulting from the above-mentioned Price into An- 
nuities expiring on the 5th day of April 1905; the 
accumulated Charge in Terminable Annuity in 
each year up to 1885; and the Net Charge after 
deducting the Interest on the £.3 per cent. Stock 
cancelled : And, similar Statement showing 
the progress and effect of an annual conversion 
of £.100,000, part of such Annuity certain of 
£. 1,725,128. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 





Mr. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of a Letter from the Governor and 
— Governor of the Bank of England to the 
First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, respecting the enlargement of 
their Issues beyond the limit fixed by the Bank 
Act of 1844. 

Mr. Childers also presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 9th day of February last, for Returns 
relative to the Record Commission (Ireland). 

. — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 





Terminable 
Annuities. 


No. 283. 


Bank of 
England. 


Record 
Commission 
(Ireland. ) 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Southam 


the Southam Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Thursday next. 


| the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against Railway Bill. 


Adjournment. 


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 ; 
And Notice being taken, that Forty Members 


were not present:—The House was told by Mr. 


Speaker; and Forty Members not being present, 


and it being then after Four of the clock :—The 


House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till Thursday next. 

















Thursday, 24th May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Congleton Gas and Improvement Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment in p. 17,1. 5, 
was to make the provision in the Bill consistent 
with an alteration made in Committee of this 
House), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the South ——— Water Bill be 


taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the a4 
mouth, 


Congleton Gas 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


South 
Staffordshire 
Water Bill. 


I ——m 
shire 











Batry Harbour 


Bill [Lorde.] 


Brynmawr Gas 


Bill. 


Chester and 
West Cheshire 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Edgware, 
Highgate, and 
London 
Railway Dill. 


Hounslow and 
Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds Im- 
provement 
Acts Amend. 
ment Bill. 


29 VicToRIA. 


mouth 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Barry Harbour 
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 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 Brynmawr Gas Bill was 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Chester and 
West Cheshire Junction Railway Bill be now 
read 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 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: And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing the Chester and 
West Cheshire Junction Railway Company to 
make Extensions of their Railway at Chester and 
to the River Dee, and to Neston respectively, and 
to raise further Moneys, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Edgware, 
Highgate, and London Railway 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 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 Hounslow and Metropolitan 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 Launceston and South Devon Railway Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for conferring further Powers on 
the Launceston and South Devon Railway Com- 
pany in relation to their Capital, and for other 
purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Leeds Improvement Acts Amendment Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

VoL. 121. 





24th May. 








337 


The Ryde 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 acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ryde Gas Bill 
[Lords. 


The South Devon Railway Bill was read the South Devon 
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 Stourbridge Improvement Bill was read the Stourbridge 
third time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Thetford and Watton Railway Bill was Thetford and 
read the third time. Watton 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aie 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway Bill Wivenhoe ana 
was read the third time. pe a 
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 7 aw 
the Barry Railway (Alteration) Bill. Alteration 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, Ur] 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Belfast Gas 
the Belfast Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bil! [Zords.! 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Berks and 
the Berks and Hants Extension Railway Bill, as ee 
: . xtension 
amended in the Committee. erie Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Buckley and 


the Buckley and Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s be epee 


Quay Railway Companies Bili, as amended in the Connah’s Quay 


Committee. ; ; Reitwoy 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill (change ’ 
Srom ‘ Buckley 
Railway 


(Docks, &amp;c.)’’) 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Cannock Chase 
the Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway = — 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cheshire Lines 
the Cheshire Lines Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bemnente 
‘ j i elegrap 
the Economic Telegraph Company Bill, as amended Company Bill 
in the Committee. —. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Eastern 


the Great Eastern Railway (Additional Powers) re 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Powers) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Eastern 
the Great Eastern Railway (Alexandra Park py sa ‘3 
Branches) Bill, as amended in the Committee. —_ park Branches) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Northern 
the Great Northern Railway (Barnet Branch Railway(Barnet 


; - h Ab 
Abandonment) Bill, as amended in the Com- gonment) Bill 


mittee. : : (changed from 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ann 
(Potter’s Bar, 
Barnet, and 


xx The Hendon).”) 








338 


Greenock _ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour Bill. the Greenock Harbour Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 7 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Harborne The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill the Harborne Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Harnham, The House proceeded to take into consideration 


24th May. 





Blandford, and the Harnham, Blandford, and Dorchester Road 


ore Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Harwich The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a , the Harwich Harbour Estate and Lands Improve- 
LandsIm- | ment Company Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
provement and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Company . ° lone 
Bill [Lovds.} Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
Letterkenny The House proceeded to take into consideration 
er a the Letterkenny and Londonderry and Lough Swilly 


Lough Swilly Railways Bill. 


Railways Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
| Lords.] 
London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


wa nen the London and North Western Railway (New 
a 6 Works, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 


Works, &amp;c.) i 
Bill. and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Metropolitan The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Saint the Metropolitan and Saint John’s Wood Railway 
a (Capital) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
(Capital) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Muswell Hill Estate and Railways Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Muswell Hill 
Estate and 
Railways Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Newport Pagnell Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Newport 
Pagnell 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 

North British Railway (Coatbridge, &amp;c. 

Branches) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


North British 
Railway (Coat- the 
bridge, &amp;c. 

Branches) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Redheugh | : 
Bridge and the Redheugh Bridge and Approaches Bill, as 
Approaches amended in the Committee. 


— Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Saltash Road The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill, the Saltash Road Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Sonera Jane The House proceeded to take into consideration 
tion Railway the Severn Junction Railway Bill, as amended in 
Bill. the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Shrewsbury The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and North the Shrewsbury and North Wales and Shrewsbury 
Wales and - 4 ° ° . - 
Shrewsbury 2d Potteries Junction Railway Companies Amal- 
and Potteries gamation Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Junction Rail- Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
way Companies 
Amalgamation 
Bill. 
Titanic Steel The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Tron . the Titanic Steel and Iron Company Bill, as 
| Bill amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








1866. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tonbridge and 
the Tonbridge and Ightham Road Bill, as amended Ightham Road 
in the Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The British and Canadian Telegraph Company British and 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Canadian 
Telegraph 

Company Bill 

(Lords, 

The Downs Docks Bill was read a second time ; Downs Docks 


and committed. Bill [ Lords.] 


The Magdalen Hospital Bill was read a second Magdalen 
time; and committed. Hospital Bill 

[Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Midland Counties and Shan- Midland 
non Junction Railway Bill be read a second time — and 
upon Thursday the 7th day of June next. 


Junction 
Railway Bill 


[Lords.] 
The Sutherland Railway Bill was read a second a 


: 5 ° ailway Bill 
time; and committed. [Lords] 
The New River Company Bill was read the first New River 
time. Company Bill 
(Lords. } 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Amicable Life Assurance Society Bill was Amicable Life 
read the first time. —, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- [pond 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Brean Down 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- (nord) 
spect of the Brean Down Docks Bill, might be ' 
read; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to Ke upon the Table. Petitions. 





Vide Twenty- 
third Report. 
The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Sale of Land 
the Sale of Land by Auction Bill, was read, and PU\'7o°n 
discharged. i 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of June next. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Compulsory 
the Compulsory Church Rate Abolition Bill, was Church Rate, 
read, and discharged. meses: 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- supply. 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Mr. 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day 
of this instant May, fora Return relative to Popu- 
lation (England, Wales, and Scotland). 

. — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Order, Navy (Iron 
dated the 16th day of March last, for a Return ¥a!@st-) 
relative to the Navy (Iron Ballast). 

. m/e, That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Free- Freeholders. 
holders, which was pone upon the 18th day No. 284. 
of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Railways, Railways. 
which was presented upon the 18th day of this No. 285. 
instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Re- Record 
cord Commission (Ireland), which was presented Commission 


rnatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Return Population 
(England, 
Wales, and 
Scotland.) 


No. 286. 





upon the 18th day of this instant May, be printed. —s 
Mr. 

















Copper, &amp;c. 


Terminable 
Annuities. 


Whitworth 
Guns. 


Army (Hong 
Kong and 
Kowloon.) 


Quebec 


Fortifications. 


Customs and 
Inland 


Revenue Bill. 


Terminable 


Annuities Bill. 


Commons 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 





99 Vicroria. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 1st day of March last, for a Return rela- 
tive to Copper, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instant May, for Returns relative to Terminable 
Annuities. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Marquis of Hartington presented,—Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day 
of April last, for a Return relative to Whitworth 
Guns. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 17th day of April last, for Returns relative to 
the Army (Hong Kong and Kowloon). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 19th day of April last, for a Return relative to 
Quebec Fortifications. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue 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 “ it is inexpedient to retain, as part of the 
‘*‘ Inland Revenue for the service of the year, the 
‘* present Duties on Fire and Marine Insurances, 
*‘ which are unjust in their incidence on property, 
* and injurious to the national industry,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be 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 Terminable Annuities Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 
7th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Commons (Metropolis) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Friday, 25th May, 1866: 


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 from the word “ That,” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ it is inexpedient to transfer the duty with 
“‘ which the Metropolitan Board is by Law in- 
‘* vested to an irresponsible Board, having power 
“to incur expenditure and to charge the same on 
“ the ratepayers of the Metropolis ; but it is desir- 
** able to amend the Inclosure Acts so as to enable 
‘* the Metropolitan Board and local authorities in 
*“* towns, with the aid of the Inclosure Commis- 
** sloners, to acquire, by purchase or gift, rights 
“ in Commons, in order that the same may be kept 
** open for the recreation of the inhabitants of the 
** Metropolis and such towns,” instead thereof. 
Vo.. 121. 


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339 


And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand a 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 Select Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have power to consider the expe- 
diency of extending the provisions of the Bill 
beyond the area of the Metropolis, to lands in the 
vicinity of other Towns in England. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Local Govern- 
into a Committee on the Local Government Sup- — 
plemental (No. 2) Bill; and, after some time spent (No. 2) Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Dodson reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Belfast Con- 

mittee on the Belfast Constabulary Bill; etabeieny SR. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Reformatory 
Reading of the Reformatory Schools Bill ; Schools Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Industrial 
Reading of the Industrial Schools Bill ; Schools Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Nuisances Removal Bill was, according to Nuisances 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Removal Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Solicitor to the Treasury Bill was, accord- Solicitor to the 
ing to Order, read the third time; and a verbal TY Bill. 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Companies Act (1862) Amendment Bill Companies 
was, according to Order, read the third time; and = bv mend 
a verbal Amendment was made to the Bill. Bill. 
Resolved, That 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- Ways an 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Labouring 
take into consideration the Labouring Classes’ _—— 
Dwellings (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Com- ¢jreland) Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Naval Savings 
take into consideration the Naval Savings Banks Banks Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Lunacy Acts 
consideration the Lunacy Acts (Scotland) Amend. (Scotland) 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 





tion upon Monday next. 
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340 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pierand Harbour Orders Confirma- 
-, tion Bill; 
* Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill, so far as it relates to 
Cowes (West), Blackpool (South), Dunoon, and 
Foryd, be committed to a Select Committee, to be 
nominated by the Committee of Selection, as in the 
case of a Private Bill. 
Ordered, That all Petitions which have been 
resented during the present Session against the 
Bil be referred to the Neat ong and such of the 
Petitioners as pray to be heard by themselves, their 
Counsel, or Agents, be heard upon their Petitions, 
if they think fit; and Counsel heard in favour of 
the Bill against the said Petitions. 


Fishery Piers Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
and Harbours Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jreland) mea 
cone &amp;e.] ~ a Resolution; which was read, as followeth: 
vias hat it is expedient to empower the Commis- 
sioners of the Treasury to issue to the Commis- 
sioners of Public Works in Jreland, out of any 
Monies that may be granted by Parliament for the 
purpose, such further Sums as may be required to 
carry out the provisions of any Act of the present 
Session for extending the provisions of the Acts 
for the encouragement of the Sea Fisheries in 
Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 


J The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Fishery Piers : 4 : 
into a Committee on the Fishery Piers and Har- 


and Harbours 


(Ireland) Bill. }ours (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. 
Dodson 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. 
Railway The Railway Companies’ Securities Bill was, 
Companies’ according to Order, read a second time; and com- 


Securities Bill. mitted to a Select Committee. 


Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Clauses Bill. mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Bankruptcy The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Law Amend- 


-_ mittee on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. 
ment, &amp;c. Bill. Bill: 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 
Amendment Bill ; 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 
(1854) Amend- 


— Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 

—Ps The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Officers’ mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation 

ion (hesthen a) (Scotland) Bill; 

Bill. ‘ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Elections The Elections (Returning Officers) Bill was, 

(Returning according to Order, read a second time; and com- 

Officers) Bill. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday the 20th day of June next. 

— The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


(Ireland) Acts Reading of the Tramways (Jre/and) Acts Amend- 
ment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Amendment 
Bill. 





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1866. 


The rage — wn read, for = Com- Railway 
mittee on the Railway Debentures, &amp;c. istr tures, 
Bill; ins op, ane 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the 
Select Committee on the Railway Companies’ 
Securities Bill. 





The Select Committee on the Dean Forest Dean Forest 
(Walmore and the Bearce Commons) Bill was (Walmore and 
nominated of Mr. Childers, Colonel Kingscote, } onacen 
Mr. Rolt, Mr. William Philip Price, and Three Bil. 
Members to be nominated by the Committee of 
Selection ; with Power to send for persons, papers, 
and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the New Forest Poor New Forest 
Relief Bill was nominated of Sir Jervoise Clarke - Relief 
Jervoise, Mr. Beach, Colonel Hamlyn Fane, Mr.” * 
Waldegrave-Leslie, Viscount Enfield, and Four 
Members to be nominated by the Committee of 
Selection; with Power to send for persons, papers, 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Friday, 25th May, 1866. 


PRAYERS, 
\ &amp;~ House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournment. 
Speaker, itappeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. 
Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 
ouse ; and Forty Members not being present: 
—The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, 
without a Question first put, till Monday next. 








Monday, 28th May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Owen Stanley reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they om, 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the third Report.) 
14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, and 24th days of this 
instant May, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Great Yar- 


Sir Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- 
mouth Haven, 


mittee on Group 15 of Private Bills; That in poy and 

the case of the Great Yarmouth Haven, Port, Rivers Bill. 

and Rivers Bill, they had examined the allegations 

contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 

the same by altering the allegations relating to 

Committees of Commissioners, and the application 

of the Norwich Tolls, to adapt them to the pro- 

visions of the Bill relating to those matters, which 

had been altered 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. 


Mr. Finlay reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Leader, (GtouP 16.) 
one of the Members of the said Committee, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Leader do attend the said , 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. i reported from the Committee on Bristol and 
i ills: ; or 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- 3°) 


moting the Bristol and North Somerset Railway Raiway 





(Southern 








99 VicToRIA. W8th 


(Southern § (Southern Extension) Bill, had stated to the Com- 
Extension) mittee that it was not their intention to proceed 
Bill. . 
with the same. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Cambridge The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ve ore the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cam- 


bridge University and Town Water Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and, with an Amendment to 
one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


Water Bill. 


South 
Staffordshire 
Water Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the South Staffordshire Water Bill; 
and the same were twice read, and, with Amend- 
ments to several of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


Barry Railway 
(Alteration ) 
Bill [Lords.] 


A Motion being made, That the Barry Railway 
(Alteration) Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir William Hutt, 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 acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Belfast Gas 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. 


Belfast Gas 
Bill [Zords.] 


Berks and The Berks and Hants Extension Railway Bill 
Hants 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. 
CannockChase The Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway 
= Bill was read the third time. 
Railway Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Cheshire Lines The Cheshire Lines Bill was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for granting to the Great Northern 
Railway Company running Powers over a portion 
of the Newton and. Compstall Branch Railway of 
the Manchester, Sheffield, and . Lincolnshire Rail- 
way Company, and for authorizing the said two 
Companies and the Midland Railway Company to 
execute certain Works, and for authorizing the 
Great Northern Railway Company*and the Mid- 
land Railway Company to become joint Owners 
with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 
Railway Company, of that Company’s Godley and 
Woodley Branch Railway, and for transferring to 


the said three Companies certain Powers of the 
VoL. 121. 





341 


Chester and West Cheshire Junction Railway 
Company, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


May. 


The Great Eastern Railway (Additional Powers) Great Eastern 
Bill was read the third time. aaa , 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the {were Bil 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Great Eastern 
Railway Company to make certain Railways, and 
to purchase certain Lands and Buildings for 
Station purposes, and to alter the Levels of their 
Ramsey Branch, and part of one of their Metropo- 
litan Branches, between Hanger Lane and West 
Green Road, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Eastern Railway (Alexandra Park 
Branches) Bill was read the third time. (Aleumnd 

Resolved, That Bill do pass. — 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Branches) Bill. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Great Eastern 
Railway 


The Great Northern Railway (Barnet Branch Great 


Abandonment) Bill was read the third time. fers 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the , ran 


Title be, An Act to authorize the Great Northern Branch Aban- 
Railway Company to abandon the construction of a 4™™est) Bill 
short Line of Railway and other Works at Barnet. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the 
Wharves and Tramways 
time To-morrow. 


Great Yarmouth Fish Great 


2 *»q Yarmouth 
Bill be read the third Fish Wharves 


and Tramways 
Bill. 


A Motion being made, That the Greenock Har- Greenock 
bour Biil be now read the third time ; Harbour Bill 
Sir William Hutt, 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 
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 consolidate and amend the 
Acts relating to the Portand Harbours of Greenock, 
to authorize the construction of a new Harbour 
and Graving Dock and other Works, and for other 
purposes, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Harborne Railway Bill was read the third Harborne 
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 Harnham, Blandford, and Dorchester Road Harnham, 


Bill was read the third time. Blandford, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ee 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Harwich Har- Harwich 
bour Estate and Lands Improvement Company Hérbour 
Bill be now read the third time ; : Sans S 

Sir William Hutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, provement 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having Company Bill 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives ii 
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, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 





xx3 Ordered, 


Letterkenny 
and London- 
derry and 


Lough Swilly 
Railways Bill 


[Lords.| 


London and 


North Western 
Railway (New 


Works, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


London Gas 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Metropolitan 
and Saint 
John’s Wood 
Railway 


(Capital) Bill. 


Muswell Hill 
Estate and 


Railways Bill. 


Newport 
Pagnell 
Railway Bill. 


North British 


Railway 
(Coatbridge, 


&amp;¢. Branches) 


Bill. 


Redheugh 
Bridge and 
Approaches 
Bill [Lords.] 


342 


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 Letterkenny and Londonderry and Lough 
Swilly 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 acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Motion being made, That the London and 
North Western Railway (New Works, &amp;c.) Bill 
be now read the third time ; 

Sir William Hutt, 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 


concerned, that the House may do therein as they’ 


shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the London Gas Bill be read the 
third time To-morrow. 


The Metropolitan and Saint John’s Wood Rail- | 


way (Capital) 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 Muswell Hill Estate and 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 Newport Pagnell Railway Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Newport 
Pagnell Railway Company to extend their Rail- 
way to the Northampton and Peterborough Line of 
the London and North Western Railway Com- 
pany,and to the authorized Bedford and Northamp- 
ton Railway, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North British Railway (Coatbridge, &amp;c. 
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. 


A Motion being made, That the Redheugh 
Bridge and Approaches Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

Sir William Hutt, 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 
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. 





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1866. 


The Saltash Road Bill was read the third time. Saltash Road 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Bill 
Title be, An Act to repeal an Act passed in the 
third year of the Reign of His Majesty King 
William the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for 
more effectually repairing and improving several 
Roads in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, 
leading to the Borough of Saltash, in the County 
of Cornwall, and for making a new Branch and 
Deviations of Roads to communicate therewith,” 
and for granting more effectual Powers in lieu 
thereof. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Shrewsbury and North Wales and Shrews- Shrewsbury 


bury and Potteries Juncticn Railway Companies 4 North 
Amalgamation Bill was read the third time bred 
a . Shrewsbury 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. and Potteries 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Junction Rail- 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Amalgataion 

Lil. 

A Motion being made, That the Sunningdale Sunningdale 
and Cambridge Town Railway Bill be now reac oridge Town 
the third time; Railway Bill, 

Sir William Hutt, 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 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Thorpe and Thorpe and 
Great Clacton Railway and Pier Bill be now read —— Clacton 
° ° ailway and 
the third time; Pier Bill. 
Sir William Hutt, 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 
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 Titanic Steel and Iron Company Bill was Titanic Steel 
read the third time, —— Bill 
, Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 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 an Amendment; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Tonbridge and Ightham Road Bill was read eee y Sa 
the third time. gh 


Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
“ i i Wye Vall 
The Wye Valley Railway Bill was read the — ; A 


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 Bodmin 
the Bodmin Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- Roads Bill 


mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 


the Caledonian Railway (Greenock and Gourock Railway 
Extensions) Bill, as amended in the Committee. and Gourock 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Extensions) 


The 














Glasgow and 


South Western 


Railway 
(Ayrshire 
Lines) Bill 


(changed from 


8th 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the East Barnet Gas and Water Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


99 VicToRIA. 


The House proceeded ‘to take into consideration 
the Glasgow and South Western Railway (Ayr- 
shire Lines) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


“Glasgow and South Western Railway (Ayrshire, &amp;c. Lines).”) 


Grange and 
Cartmel 
District Gas 
and Water 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Great Western 


Railway Bill, 


London and 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Grange and Cartmel District Gas and Water 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Great Western Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


North Western the London and North Western and Cockermouth 


and Cocker- 
mouth and 
Workington 


Railway Com- 


panies Bill. 


London and 


and Workington Railway Companies Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


North Western the Zondon and North Western and Whitehaven 


and White- 
haven 
Junction 


Railway Com- 


panies Bill. 


Manchester 


Junction Railway Companies Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Division Petty the Manchester Division Petty Sessions Court Bill, 


Sessions Court 


Bill. 


Neath New 
Gas Bill. 


South Essex 
Estuary and 
Reclamation 
Bill [Lords.} 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Greenwich 


as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Neath New Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the South Essex Estuary and Reclamation Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


and Woolwich take into consideration the Greenwich and Woolwich 


Lower Road 
Bill. 


United 
General Gas 
Company 
(Dublin) Bill 
[Lords. | 
Southam 
Railway Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes, 
and Twenty- 





fourth Report. 


Thames Sub- 
way Bill 
[Lords.] 





Lower Road Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The United General Gas Company (Dublin) 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


Mr. Hardcastle reported from the Committee on 
Group 12 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Southam Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satis- 
faction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Public Petition was x om presented, and read ; 
and referred to a Select Committee. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Thames Subway Bill, 
VoL. 121. 





343 


May. 


originating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not pre- 
viously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Anglesey 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, a Bill 
That in the case of the Anglesey Central Railway [ Lords} 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Metropolis 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, eta 
That in the case of the Metropolis Sewage and mation Bill 
Essex Reclamation Bill, originating in the Lords, 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and 
— are applicable thereto, have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


mation Bill 
[Lords. j 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Amicable Life 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ——-. 
That in the case of the Amicable Life Assurance [Lords] ’ 
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. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he Helston 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner ©. 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance 
to the Election Petition of Richard Henry Cade 
and Thomas James, relating to the Borough of 
Helston, is unobjectionable. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation Officers’ 
( Scotland) Bill; ' tion (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Winchester 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a Wi 
new Writ for the electing of a Citizen to serve in 
this present Parliament for the City of Winchester, 
in the room of John Bonham-Carter, Esquire, who, ° 
since his election for the said City, 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. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- nos is 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to pon 
make out a new Writ for the electing of a Knight 
of the Shire to serve in this present Parliament 
for the County of Waterford, in the room of John 
Esmonde, Esquire, who, since his election for the 
said County, 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. 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Chile and 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the 5?! 
War between Chile and Spain. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented, by Her Ma- Victoria. 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of further Correspondence 
respecting the non-enactment of the Appropriation 
Act in Victoria, 1865 (in continuation of Papers 
presented to Parliament, 23rd March 1866). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 








Table. 
xx4 Mr. 








British 
Museum 
(Ethnogra- 
hical Col- 
ions.) 
Durham 
University. 


Treason- 
Felony 
(Ireland.) 


Habeas 
Corpus 
Suspension 


(Ireland) Act 


(Limerick 
Gaol.) 


Valuations 
(Ireland. ) 


East India 


344 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day 
of this instant May, for a Return relative to the 
British Museum (Ethnographical Collections). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
18th day of this instant May, for a Return relative 
to Durham University. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23rd day of 
March last, for Returns relative to Treason-Felony 
(Ireland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of 
April last, for a Return relative to the Habeas 
Corpus Suspension (Jreland) Act (Limerick Gaol). 


Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this 
instaut May, for Returns relative to Valuations 
(Ireland). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Stansfeld presented,—Return to an Address 


(Oude Vlaims.) to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of this instant 


Shipping. 


Tay River. 


Chain Cables 
and Anchors. 


Fortifications, 


Population 
(England, 
Wales, and 
Scotland.) 


No. 287. 


Navy (Iron 
Ballast.) 


No. 288. 


Copper, &amp;c. 
No. 289. 


Terminable 
Annuities. 


No. 290. 


Whitworth 
Guns. 


No. 291, 


Quebec Forti- 


fications. 
No, 292. 


Adjournment. 


North British 


Railway 
(Camps, &amp;c. 
Branches) 
Bill. 


May, for a Return relative to East India ( Oude 
Claims). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 8th day of March last, for Re- 
turns relative to Shipping. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23rd day of 
April last, for a Return relative to Tay River. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this 
instant May, for Returns relative to Chain Cables 
and Anchors. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Account of Moneys 
raised and issued to lst April 1866, for Fortifica- 
tions. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population 
(England, Wales, and Scotland), which was pre- 
sented upon the 24th day of this instant May, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
(Iron Ballast), which was presented upon the 24th 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Copper, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Termin- 
able Annuities, which was presented upon the 24th 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to Whitworth 
Guns, which was — upon the 24th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Quebec 
Fortifications, which was presented upon the 24th 
day o/ this instant May, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That this House do now adjourn :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
= North British Railway (Camps, &amp;c. Branches) 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 





28th—29th May. 








1866. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one *e Lords. 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Mersey Docks 
and Harbour Board (Shore-road Purchase, &amp;c.) Board (Blane 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords Road Pur. 
desire the concurrence of this House. i &amp;c.) 


Mersey Docks 


The Lords have agreed to the Lancashire and Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 


Yorkshire Railway (West Riding Branches, &amp;c.) Railway 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords (West Riding 


desire the concurrence of this Huuse. Branches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the —o Roads Banffshire 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords Roads Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Representa. 
mittee on the Representation of the People Bill; 2" ro 4 
Ordered, That the Representation of the People and Redisiri- 
Bill and the Redistribution of Seats Bill be com- bution of 
mitted to the same Committee. Seats BM. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to consolidate the 
said Bills into one Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
that they have Power to make provision therein for 
the better prevention of Bribery and Corruption 
at Elections ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Sir Rainald Knightley, 
Yeas, Viscount Cranborne: | 248. 
Tellers for the og Brand, 238 
Noes, Mr. Adam : J , 


So it was resolVed in the Affirmative. 

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, while ready to consider the general 
** subject of a Redistribution of Seats, is of opinion 
“ that the system of grouping proposed by Her 
** Majesty’s Government is neither convenient nor 
* equitable, and that the scheme is otherwise not 
** sufficiently matured to form the basis of a satis- 
** factory 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 ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Tuesday, 29th May, 1866: 


And the Question being put:—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


. The Order of the day being read, for the Second ge &gt; 

eading of the Representation of the People por% 2 

( Scotland) Bill; land) Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday the 11th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa- 
Reading of the Representation of the People (Jre- tion of the 
land Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 11th day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs and 
into a Committee on the Customs and Inland Re- J0land 
venue Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. 





Waterworks 


Indian Prize 
Money Bill. 


Tenure and 
Improvement 
of Land 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Curragh of 
Kildare Bull. 


Rateable 
Property 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Lunacy Acts 
(Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Railways 
Clauses Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 


(1854) Amend- 


ment Bill. 


Supply. 


Local Govern- 


ment Supple- 


mental (No, 2 
Bill. ¢ ) 


Belfast Con- 


stabulary Biil. 


Reformatory 
Schools Bill. 


Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


299 VicrToria. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration, this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Waterworks Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the llth day of June next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Indian Prize Money 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 resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 17th day of this instant May, was pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Te- 
nure and Improvement of Land (Jreland) Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Curragh of Av/dare Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Rateable Property (Jre/and) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Lunacy Acts (Scotland) Amend- 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 
Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Local Government Supplemental 
(No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Belfast Constabulary Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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 Reformatory Schools Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
11th day of June next. 


The Industrial Schools Bill was, according to 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
VoL. 121. 


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345 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
llth day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Nuisances _ 
into a Committee on the Nuisances Removal Bill ; Removal Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Labouring Classes’ Dwellings (Jre/and) Bill Labouring 

was, according to Order, read the third time. bee . 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Naval Savings Banks Bill was, according Naval Savings 
to Order, read the third time. Banks Bill. 
Resolved That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jre/and) Bill Fishery Piers 
was, according to Order, read the third time. and Harbours 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (relend) See. 
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- Glebe Lands 
mittee on the Glebe Lands ( Scotland) Bill; oo 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- it 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to pro- Bill 165. 
vide for the transfer of one of the parish churches 
in any united Parish in Scotland to the Trustees 
appointed by the Deed of Constitution of a Parish 
quoad sacra within the limits of such united parish. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to pro- 
vide additional Powers to Heritors to borrow money 
for the purpose of enabling them to provide paro- 
chial buildings. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Tramways (Jre/and) Acts Amendment Bill Tramways 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and yee 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, gy 
for Monday next. 


The Rochdale Vicarage Bill was, according to Rochdale 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Vicarage Bill. 
Select Committee of Eleven Members, six to be 
nominated by the House, and five by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Standards of 
to amend the Acts relating to the Standard Weights WVeights, 
and Measures, and to the Standard Trial Pieces of Guten ” 
the Coin of the Realm: And that Mr. Childers 
and Mr. Milner Gibson do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Thames 
Thames Embankment (North) Approaches, &amp;c. Embankment 
Bills, have Power to send for persons, papers, and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

YY 


(North) Ap- 
roaches, &amp;c. 
ills. 


Ordered, 




























2 





National 
Gallery 
Enlargement, 
&amp;c. Bills. 


Coinage. 
No. 293. 


National Debt. 
No. 294. 


Boroughs 
(Wales.) 


No. 295. 


Electoral 

Statistics 

( Wales.) 
No. 296, 


Redistribution 
of Seats Bill. 


No. 297. 


Poor Persons’ 
Burial 
(Ireland) Bill. 


346 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
National Gallery Enlargement, &amp;c. Bills, have 
Power to send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


a Copy of a Report of the Comptroller General 


of the Exchequer upon the Trial of the Pyx and | 


the Coinage subjected to this public trial, dated 
the 10th day of February 1866, by Mr. H. W. Chis- 
holm, Chief Clerk of the Exchequer. 

Mr. Childers 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 Statement showing the progress and effect of the 
application of £. 1,000,000 per annum, in half-yearly 
payments to the purchase of £.3 per cent. Stock, 
at the price of 88, and of the Interest accrued from 


time to time upon such purchases, up to the 5th | 


day of April 1885. 

Mr. Childers 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, | 


28th—2W9th May. 





1866. 


Guardian and the paid officer, not only in 
cases chargeable to the Electoral Division, 
but in cases chargeable to the Union at large. 
| There is no reason why the Board of Guar- 
| dians should not exercise the new power of 
‘relief in the same manner as the powers of 
relief already existing; that is to say, accord- 
ing to its discretion, assisted by information 
procurable from its paid officers, and from 
individual members of the Board, but not 
dependent on either for its authority to afford 
relief. 
The Commons agree to the other Amendments 
made by the Lords 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. 





| 





Mr. Childers presented a Bill to amend the Acts Standards of 
‘relating to the Standard Weights and Measures Weights, 


Measures, and 


and to the Standard Trial Pieces of the Coin of the Coinage Bill. 


Realm: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day next; and to be printed. 


Bill 166. 


. . a 7 
The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Juries in 


. se . . . &gt;| . . . 6 . Sand 
a Return showing the distance in a direct line of | nesday next, the Juries in Criminal Cases Bill, ueneatemaaae 


each contributory Borough in Wales from the other 
Boroughs in the same group. 

Mr. Villiers accordingly presented the said Re- 
turn. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Villiers presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of March 
last, for a Return relative to Electoral Statistics 
(Wales). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of this instant May, for Returns relative 
to the Redistribution of Seats Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Chichester Fortescue reported from the Com- 
mittee appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned 
to the Lords for disagreeing to one of the Amend- 
ments made by the Lords to the Poor Persons’ 


Burial (Jreland) 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 any limitation of the power of a 
Board of Guardians to afford relief has here- 
tofore been effected in Jreland by statutory 
enactment, as in the first Section of the 10th 
Victoria, cap. 31; in England, by the sealed 
Orders of the Poor Law Board. To place 
such an authority in the hands of a Relieving 
Officer, as to enable him to veto the exercise 
by the Board of Guardians of the new power 
of relief, by withholding his certificate, seems 
juite inconsistent with the relation of the 
Board to one of its paid servants; and to 
lace such an authority in the hands of an 
individual Guardian is equally inconsistent 
with the relation of the Board to one of its 
own members; and neither of these incon- 
sistencies is lessened by the additional one of 
combining the individual Guardian and the 
paid officer in the exercise of the same func- 
tions. 

The practical effect of the proposed Amend- 
ment would be to place the newly created 
power of relief in the hands of the individual 





| was read, and discharged. 


| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
/upon Wednesday the 20th day of June next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Tuesday, 29th May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 





M R. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
1 the East and West Junction Railway 
(Capital) Bill; That they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
‘amended the same by specifying the amount of 
|Money borrowed by the Company, and found the 
/same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
‘through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


| Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
East and West Junction Railway (Southam Ex- 
tension) Bill; That they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same by striking out the recital as to 
the expediency of authorizing the Company to 
make a Railway from their authorized Railway at 
Fenny Compton to the authorized Southam Rail- 
| way at Bishop’s Itchington, in the County of War- 
| wick, of raising further Capital for that oe and 
| of conferring on the Company Running Powersover 
the said Southam Railway, and over the Coventry 
and Great Western Junction Railway, in order to 
make the same consistent with the Bill as sub- 
mitted to and passed by the Committee, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the East Norfolk Railway Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pream- 
ble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
omitting all reference to two Railways, the 

Powers 





East and West 
Junction 
Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 


East and West 
Junction 
Railway 
(Southam 
Extension) 
Bill. 


East Norfolk 
Railway Bill. 











29 VicroRiaA. 


Powers to construct which were omitted from 
the body of the Bill as submitted to the Com- 
mittee, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Montrose _ Mr. Dodson reported the Montrose Harbour 
Harbour Bill Bill, with an Amendment. 
[Lords.] 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


North Western 
and Charing 
Cross Railway 
Bill. 


Mr, Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the North Western and Charing Cross Railway 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same by omitting the recitals as to the expe- 
diency of authorizing the London and North 
Western Railway Company and the South East- 
ern Railway Company to make Guarantees to the 
North Western and Charing Cross Railway Com- 
pany, and as to repealing Sections 57, 68, and 69 
of the North Western and Charing Cross Rail- 
way Act, 1864, and by reciting the expediency of 
confirming the Heads of Agreement between the 


29th May. 





347 


|same, as amended, to be true; and had made 
provision in the Bill, pursuant to the Resolution 
of the House of the 18th day of May; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Vale of Crick- 
Vale of Crickhowell Railway Bill; That they had — Railway 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble ~~ 
of the Bill, and amended the same by omitting 
therefrom so much as recited the expediency of 
authorizing the making of the Deviation of the 
Company’s authorized Line, the Bill, as amended, 
not conferring such power, 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 uponthe Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Wesleyan and General Wesleyan and 


Assurance Society Bill, without Amendment. General 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Sede Bill 
[ Lords. } 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Waterford and 





London and North Western Railway Company, 
the South Eastern Railway Company, and the | 
North Western and Charing Cross Railway Com- 
pany, set forth in the Schedule to the Bill, in order 
to make the Preamble consistent with the provi-| 
sions of the Bill as submitted to and 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. 





Peterborough, _ Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Wisbeach, and Peterborough, Wisbeach, and Sutton Railway Bill; 
— Bill That they had examined the allegations contained | 
ye in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same by altering the recitals as to the creation | 
and issue of Capital, and found the same, as| 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Railway 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same (in conformity with alterations 
made in the Clauses of the Bill), by omitting 
the paragraphs relating to the construction of cer- 
tain Railways which have been omitted from the 
Bill, and to the repeal of certain Sections of “ The 
Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Railway Act, 
1865,” and to the granting of Running Powers 
over the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway, and 
by adding a recital of the expediency of enabling 
the Company to create Half-shares, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone| 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Shrewsbury 
and Potteries 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Southgateand © Mr. Dodson reported the Southgate and Colney 
ae Hatch Gas Bill, without Amendment. 
[Lords.] Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Tamar, Kit Hill, and Callington Railway Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same 


Tamar, Kit 
Hill, and . 
Callington 
Railway Bill. 


in 
by stating that the Railway is not connected with 
any Railway constructed upon the narrow gauge, 
and had further amended the same, in conformity 
with the alterations in the Bill, and found the 
VoL. 121, 








Waterford and Limerick Railway (Arrangements) Limerick 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Baiway (Ar 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended ee 
the same, by striking out so much thereof as re- 
lated to the Power to make Arrangements and 
Agreements with the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wex- 
ford Railway Company, and had inserted a recital 
more fully setting forth the nature of the Arrange- 
ments to be made with the Great Western Rail- 
way Company, in order to make the Preamble 
consistent with the provisions of the Bill as sub- 
mitted to and 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. Dodson reported the West Cork, Cork West Cork, 
and Bandon, &amp;c. Railway Companies Bill, with Cork and 
Amendments. allway ke. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


: Companies 
and be printed. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Great 
Reading of the Great Yarmouth Fish Wharves and Yarmouth 
Tramways Bill; tao 

y ; and Tram- 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now ways Bill.” 
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 the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third London Gas 
Reading of the London Gas Bill ; Bill [Lords.| 
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 fortnight.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The, 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


yYyry2 Ordered, 








a 





348 990th 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Esk Valley The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Esk Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Wantage and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Great Western the Wantage and Great Western Junction Rail- 
Railway Bill way Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Brean Down Ordered, That, in the case of the Brean Down 
Docks Bill § Docks Bill, Standing Orders 194 and 228 be sus- 
[Lords.] pended, and that the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Brecon and The Order, That the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil 
eye . Junction Railway (Southern Lines) Bill be com- 
ydfil Junction. : ° 
Railway mitted, was read, and discharged. 
(Southern Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Lines} Bill. 


Caledonian, Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
Edinburgh, taken before the Committees on the Caledonian, 
= are Edinburgh, and Glasgow, and Scottish Central 
Central Railway Companies Bill, in Session 1860, and the 
Railway Com- Caledonian, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, and Scottish 
pan (ee Central Railways Bill, in Session 1861, be re- 

ferred to the Committee on Group 19 of Railway 


Bills. 


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 Cattle Assurance 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

Land Drainage The Lords have agreed to the Land Drainage 


cca Supplemental Bill, without any Amendment. 
lil. 
Congletonand The Lords have agreed to the Congleton and 
— a Road Buxton Road Bill, without any Amendment. 

lll. 
New Milford 
Docks Bill. 


Message froin 
the Lords. 


Cattle Assu- 
rance Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the New Milford 
Docks Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Standing olonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 

Orders. Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

Millwall 1. That in the case of the Milieall Canal Com- 

Canal pany, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for 

Company. Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 


pensed with. 
London and 2. That in the case of the Zondon and North 
=i Midas Western and Midland Counties Coal Fields Rail- 
Counties Coal Way Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the 


Fields Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 
Railway Bill. . 


Bray Improve- 3. That in the case of the Bray Improve- 

ment Bill. ment Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 
the Parties be permitted to introduce their addi- 
tional provision, if the Committee on the Bill shail 
think fit, on proving before the Committee on the 
Bill that all the Parties affected by the Bill are 
consenting thereto; that the Committee on the 
Bill do report how far such Order has been com- 
plied with on the report of the Bill. 

a 4. That in the case of the Thames Subway Bill, 

way Bill Petition of London and Saint Katherine's Docks 


(Lerds.| Company, for dispensing with Standing Order 129 
in the case of their Petition against the Bill, the 
said Standing Order ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

Imperial Gas 5. That in the case of the Imperial Gas (No. 3), 

(No. 3.) Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for Bill, the 


Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 












May. 1866. 


the Parties be permitted to deposit their Petition 
for a Bill. 

The third and fifth Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 














































































Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported from the Com- Aberdare 
mittee on Group 17 of Railway Bills; That the ee 
parties promoting the Aberdare Valley and Caer- Junction” 
philly Junction Railway Bill had stated to the Railway 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. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ryde Station 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 2&gt;4 Railway 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 8! [40rd] 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable to the Ryde Station and Railway 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from New River 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Company Bill 
That in the case of the New River Company Bill, a 
originating in the Lords and referred on the Firgt 
Reading thereof, no Standing Orders not pre- 
viously inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Durham purhan 
University, which was presented upon the 28th University. 
day of this instant May, be printed. No. 298. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Habeas Habeas Corpus 
Corpus Suspension (Jreland) Act (Limerick Gaol), Suspension 
which was presented upon the 28th day of this a 
instant May, be printed. Gaol.) 

No. 299, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuations Valuations 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 28th day (Ireland.) 
of this instant May, be printed. No. 300. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India fast India 
( Oude Claims), which was presented upon the 28th (Oude Claims.) 
day of this instant May, be printed. No. 301. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, Shipping. 
which was presented upon the 28th day of this No, 302. 
instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Tay Tay River. 
River, which was presented upon the 28th day of No, gog. 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chain Chain Cables 
Cables and Anchors, which was presented upon and Anchors. 
the 28th day of this instant May, be printed. No. 304. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Fortifi- Fortifications. 
cations, which was presented upon the 28th day of No, 305. 
this instant May, be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public ' 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 

Vide Twenty- 
fourth Report. 

A Petition of Sir Edmund Antrobus, Baronet, Thames 
William Matthew Coulthurst, Esquire, and Edmund Embankment 
Coulthurst, Esquire, carrying on Business as a 
Bankers, under the Style or Firm of Messieurs giil, 
Coutts and Company, in conjunction with Edward 
Marjoribanks the elder, Esquire, Edward Mar- 
joribanks the younger, Hugh Lindsay Antrobus, 
Esquire, and the Honourable Henry Dudley Ryder, 
praying that the Thames Embankment (North 
Approaches) Bill may not be allowed to become 
law as it now stands, and that they may be heard 
by themselves, their Counsel, Agents, and Wit- 
nesses against the Preamble of the Bill and (if the 
same do pass) against the Clauses and Provisions 





of 








29 Vicroria. 


of the Bill, and in support of other Clauses and Pro- 
visions for their protection, or that such other relief 
may be given to the Petitioners in the premisesas the 
House may deem meet, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard by themselves, their Counsel or Agents 
upon their Petition, if they think fit ; and Coun- 
sel heard in favour of the Bill against the said 
Petition. 


London (City) 
Corporation 
Gas Bill. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the London (City) Corporation Gas Bill; 
That 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. 


Ordered, That Lord Henley have leave of ab- 
sence for a fortnight, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Resolved, That 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 Towns in Scot- 
land, and the Countiesin which they are situated, 
which have less than 2,000 Population, now in- 
cluded in any District of Parliamentary Boroughs. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Population 
(Scotland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Sums received as Deposits in the 
Post Office Savings Banks under the Act 24 Vie. 
c. 14: ——Of all Sums paid to Depositors as re- 
payments in Principal and Interest:——Of all 
Charges for Management and Expenses incurred 
for the Post Office Savings Banks in each year, 
from the 16th day of September 1861 to the 31st 
day of December 1865:——- Of all Sums received 
and paid by the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt on account of the Fund for 
the Post Office Savings Banks, per Act 24 Vie. 
ce. 14:——Of the Balance remaining in the hands 
of the National Debt Commissioners on the 31st 
day of December 1865 : And, of all the Secu- 
rities held by the Commissioners on account of the 
Post Office Savings Banks at the same Date, dis- 
tinguishing the nature of such Securities, and their 
Value at the Prices of that Date; stating such 
Prices in a separate Column. 


Post Office 
Savings Banks. 








The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Church Rates 
Abolition Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 4th day of July next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. : 


Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Compulsory The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
Church Rate the Compulsory Church Rate Abolition Bill, was 
Abolition Bill. read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of June next. 
Capital Punish ©The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
_ within the Capital Punishments within Prisons Bill, was 
sons Bill. read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of June next. 
Church Rates _ The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
ann the Church Rates Commutation (No. 2) Bill, was 
. dil. 


read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of July next. 
VoL 121, 


29th May. 





349 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a va~ Controverted 
cancy has occurred in the General Committee of Elections. 
Elections in consequence of John Bonham-Carter, No, 306. 
Esquire, having ceased to be a Member of this 
House. 

Mr. Speaker further acquainted the House, 

That his Warrant for the appointment of a Mem- 
ber to serve on the General Committee of Elec- 
tions, was upon the Table:—And the said Warrant 
was read, as followeth: 

Pursuant to the Provisions of “The Election 
Petitions Act, 1848,” I do hereby appoint 

The Honourable Edward Frederic Leveson 
Gower, Member for the Borough of Bod- 
min, 
to supply a vacancy in the General Committee of 
Elections, and to be a Member of the said Com- 
mittee for the present Session. 


Given under mv hand, this twenty-ninth day of 
May 1866. 
Joun Evetyn DEnIson, 
Speaker. 
Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Agricultural 
Command,—Tables relative to Agricultural Sta- Seema 
ere : ° . ‘migration, 
tistics in Jreland, showing the Estimated Average g, (Ireland.) 
Produce of the Crops for the year 1865, and the 
Emigration from Jrish Ports, from ist January to 
3lst December 1865:—— Also, the Number of 
Mills for scutching Flax in each County and 
Province. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Return to Royal _ 
an Order, dated the 13th day of March last, for ao 
Returns relative to the Royal Hibernian Military Gubeal” 
School. ° 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of March Poor Law 


last, for a Return relative to Poor Law (Jreland), (Ireland.) 





Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen also presented, pur- Cattle Diseases 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— (!*elan¢) Act. 
Copy of Order in Council, made under the Pro- 
visions of the 29th Vict. c. 4, prohibiting until 
Ist June 1866, Fairs and, with certain exceptions, 

Markets within the Counties of Antrim, Armagh, 
and Down. 

Copy of Order in Council made under the Pro- 
visions of the 29th Vict. c. 4, making further 
provision, with a view to checking the spreading 
of the Cattle Plague in Ireland. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bruce presented, by Her Majesty’s Com~ Education. 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Committee of 
Council on Education, with Appendix, 1865-66. 

Mr. Bruce also presented, pursuant to the direc- Cattle Plague. 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of 
Two Orders of the Lords of the Council, dated 
27th April 1866, and of Three Orders, dated 26th 
May 1866, relating to the Cattle Plague. 

Copy of an Order in Council of the 9th May Pilotage. 
1866, approving certain Bye-laws made by the 
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, Inland 
dated the 9th day of March last, for Returns re- Ate we 
lative to the Inland Revenue (Scotland). (Scotland.) 
7 Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—&lt;Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- Nevigation 








gation for the month ended 30th April 1866, and 
| Pour months ended 30th April 1866. 
¥_¥3 Mr. 
























































































oe peer tre ea ae 





Vessels 
Registered. 


Electric Light. 


Bribery at 
Elections. 


Oyster 
Fisheries. 


Carriage and 
Deposit of 
Dangerous 
Goods. 


Pier and 
Harbour 
Orders Con- 
firmation 
(No. 2.) 


350 
Mr. Milner Gibson also presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 22d day of February last, for 
a Return relative to Vessels Registered. 
Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of March 
last, for a Return relative to the Electric Light. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it is the opinion of this House that 
any person found by a Royal Commission to have 
deen guilty of offering or giving a bribe to any 
Elector, in order to induce him to vote or to abstain 
from voting, or on account of his having voted 
or abstained from voting for any Candidate at an 
lection of a Knight of the Shire or Burgess to 
serve in Parliament, should thenceforth and for 
ever be disqualified from exercising the Electoral 
Franchise, or from sitting in Parliament :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate the establishment, improvement, and 
maintenance of Oyster Fisheries: And that Mr. 
Milner Gibson and Mr. Monsell do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the Law 
respecting the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous 
Goods:—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 Law with respect to 
the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods. 

Resolution to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mon- 
sell reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Monsell accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That the Chairman be directed to move the 
ITouse, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Amendment of the Law with respect to the 
Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods :—And 
he moved the House accordingly. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the | 


Bill: And that Mr. Milner Gibson and Mr. Monsell 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of con- 
firming certain Provisional Orders under the Ge- 
neral Pier and Harbour Act, 1861:—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 confirming certain Provisional Orders made by 
the Board of Trade under the General Pier and 
Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Clynder, Hastings, 
and Newlyn. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mon- 
sell reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Monsell accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
confirrhing certain Provisional Orders made by the 


29th—30th May. 





1866. 


| Board of Trade under the General Pier and Har- 
bour Act, 1861, relating to Clynder, Hastings, and 
Newlyn :—And he moved the House accordingly. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Milner Gibson and Mr. Monsell 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Malt and Beer. 

a Return showing the Quantities of Malt and Beer 
Exported, with the Amount of Duty allowed on 
Drawback upon each respectively for each Round, 
commencing the Ist day of September 1862, to 
the present time:——And, similar Return as to 
Malt and Beer Imported, with the Amount and 
Rate of Duty thereon respectively. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Marriages 
to render valid divers Marriages solemnized in the (Sydmonton.) 
Church of Sydmonton, in the County of South- 
ampton: And that Mr. Beach and Mr. Sclater- 
Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords Lancaster 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Borough 
substitute the name of Alexander Staveley Hill, i. 
Esquire, for that of William Fenton Fletcher 
Boughey, Esquire, in the Address to be presented 
to Her Majesty, for making inquiry into the 
existence of corrupt practices at the last Election 
for the Borough of Lancaster : And that the Clerk 
do carry the said Message. 


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. 


Wednesday, 30th May, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
N R. Beach presented a Bill to render valid Marriages 
divers Marriages solemnized in the Church (Sy4monton) 
&gt; Y © ‘ . Y ill. 
of Sydmonton, in the County of Southampton: i] 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered Bill 167. 


to be read a second time To-morrow; and to be 
printed. 


The Economic Telegraph Company Bill was Economic 
read the third time. Telegraph AT 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the aieaains 
Title be, An Act for re-incorporating the Econo- 
‘mic Telegraph Company (Limited), and for ex- 
tending to them the Powers of “ The Telegraph 
| Act, 1863.” 
| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
| Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


} 





A Motion being made, That the Severn Junc- Severn 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


| 
| tion Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 

| TheJ udge Advocate, 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 to enable the Severn Junction 
Railway Company to construct Branch Railways 
to the South Wales Railway and the Forest of 
Dean Central Railway, 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 Greenock and 
the Greenock and Shaws Water Bill, as amended -—" _— 
° “ ° ill. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. |/~ 

The’ 














99 Victoria. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Greenock Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Greeno ck 
Water Bill. 


Brean Down The Brean Down Docks Bill was, according to 


(Lerds.) Order, read a second time; and committed. 
5 Aes and The Order, That the Ely Valley and Vale of 
Sanction Neath Junction Railways Bill be committed, was 
Railways Bill. read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
London, Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 


Chatham, and 
Dover Railway 
(Various 
Powers) Bill. 


taken before the Committee on the London, Chat- 
ham, and Dover Railway (Various Powers) Bill, 
be referred to the Committee on the South East- 


ern, and London, Chatham, and Dover (London, | 


Lewes, and Brighton) Railways Bill. 


lll Several Public Petitions were presented, and | 
omer. ~—s read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Twenty- 

fourth Report. 

Treason- Ordered, That the Return relative to Treason- 

tirelaxd.) Felony (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
No. 307. 28th day of this instant May, be printed. 

le Ordered, That the Return relative to the Royal 

Military Hibernian Military School, which was presented 

School. upon the 29th day of this instant May, be printed. 
No. 308. 

Poor Law Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 

(Ireland. ) Law (ireland), which was presented upon the 29th 
No. 309. day of this instant May, be printed. 

—. Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Cattle 

(Ireland) Act. Diseases ( Ireland) Act, which were presented upon 
No. 310, the 29th day of this instant May, be printed. 

Cattle Plague, = Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle 
No. 311. Plague, which was presented upon the 29th day of 

this instant May, be printed. 

Trade and Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade 

sahytion, and Navigation, which were presented upon the 
No. 68. 29th day of this instant May, be printed. 

Vessels Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels 

oe Registered, which was presented upon the 29th 

o. 312. 


day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Elec- 
tric Light, which was presented upon the 29th day 
of this instant May, be printed. 


Electric Light. 
No, 313. 


Elective 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Franchise Bill. 


Reading of the Elective Franchise Bill ; 

And*a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question:—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


Finsbury The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Estate Bill. Reading of the Finsbury Estate Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Mines Assess- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
ment Bill. 


Reading of the Mines Assessment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


30th May. 





351 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second, Execution of 

Reading of the Execution of Deeds Bill; Deeds Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Veterinary 
mittee on the Veterinary Surgeons Bill ; Surgeons 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- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Nuisances Removal Bill was, according to Nuisances 

| Order, read the third time. Removal 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- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Turnpike 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Roads Bill. 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the Turn- 
pike Roads Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com= gour: of 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill; Chancery 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday os 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. a 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Inns of €onrt 
Reading of the Inns of Court Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Customs and 
take into consideration the Customs and Inland Inland 
Revenue Bill, as amended in the Committee. Revenue Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Indian Pzize 
mittee on the Jndian Prize Money Bill; Money Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Belfast Constabulary Bill was, according Belfast Con- 
to Order, read the third time. stabulary Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The Order made upon the 24th day of this in- Pier ana 
stant May, That the Pier and Harbour Orders Harbour 
Confirmation Bill, so far as it relates to Cowes beard 4 
(West), Blackpool (South), Dunoon, and Foryd, 


| be committed to a Select Committeg to be nominated 


by the Committee of Selection, as in the case of a 
Private Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill, so far as it relates to 
Cowes (West), Blackpool (South), Dunoon, Foryd, 
and Llandudno, be committed to a Select Committee 
to be nominated by the Committee of Selection, as 
in the case of a Private Bill. 

Ordered, That all Petitions which have been 
oy during the present Session against the 

ill be referred to the Committee, and such of 
the Petitioners as pray to be heard by themselves, 
their Counsel, or Agents, be heard upon their Pe- 
titions, if they think fit; and Counsel heard in 
favour of the Bill against the said Petitions. 





Vou. 121, 


yr4 ‘A Motion 




















































































Reformatory 
{Expenses. } 


Industrial 
Schools 
[ Expenses. } 


Carriage and 
Deposit of 
Dangerous 
Goods Bill. 


Bill 168. 


Oyster 


Fisheries Bill. 
Bill 169. 


Pier and 
Harbour 
Orders Con- 
firmation 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Bill 170. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Central 
Station and 
Lines) Bill. 


Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


352 *  30th—31st May. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of making provision for the payment of 
part of the Expenses of carrying into execution 
any Act of the present Session relating to Re- 
formatory Schools in Great Britain ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of making provision for the payment of 
part of the Expenses of carrying into execution any 
Act of the present Session relating to Industrial 
Schools in Great Britain ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill for the 
amendment of the Law with respect to the Car- 
riage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to facilitate 
the Establishment, Improvement, and Mainte- 
nance of Oyster Fisheries: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill for confirm- 
ing certain Provisional Orders made by the Board 
of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour 
Act, 1861, relating to Clynder, Hastings, and 
Newlyn: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next; and to be printed. 


Sir Brooke Bridges reported the Manchester, 
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Central Sta- 
tion and Lines) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Contagious Diseases Bill be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Thursday, 3\st May, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


Banffshire HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
Roads Bill. tion the Amendment made by the Lords to 
the Banffshire Roads 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. 
Bodmin Roads The Bodmin Roads Bill was read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Caledonian A Motion being made, That the Caledonian Rail- 
Railway way (Greenock and Gourock Extensions) Bill be 
(Greenock and now read the third time ; 


tensions) Bill. 








1866. 


Sir David Dundas, 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 East Barnet Gas and Water Bill was read East Barnet 
the third time. Water Pill 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | Zords.] 
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 Glasgow and South Western Railway (Ayr- Glasgow and 
shire Lines) Bill was read the third time. a ean 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Capea 
Title be, An Act to enable the Glasgow and South Lines) Bin, 
Western Railway Company to make and maintain 
certain Railways, in the County of Ayr, and for 
other purposes. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Grange and Cartme District Gas and Water Grange and 

Bill was read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, and Water 

do pass. 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 an Amendment; to 

which this House doth desire the concurrence of 

their Lordships. 


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. 


The Greenwich and Woolwich Lower Road Bill ne , 
° 4 an ooiwich 
was read the third time. acting 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The London and North Western and Cocker- London and 
mouth and Workington Railway Companies Bill — . 
was read the third time. Gothenneath 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. and Working- 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the ton Railway 


- - pets 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Bill, panies 


The London and North Western and Whitehaven London and 
Junction Railway Companies Bill was read the — 

Me : estern and 
third time. 


: Whitehaven 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Junction 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Railway 


* ° Companies 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Bill. p 


The Manchester Division Petty Sessions Court Manchester 
Bill was read the third time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a — 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Essex Estuary and Reclamation Bill South Essex 
was read the third time. —. = 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, Bill [Zords.] 
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 ; i 

whic 





29 VicroriA. 


which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


Teme Valley 


The Teme Valley Railway Bill was read the 
Railway Bill. 


third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Barry Railway The House proceeded to take into consideration 


(Extension) + the Barry Railway (Extension) Bill, as amended 
cher in the Committee; and Amendments were made to 
Railway the Bill. 

= and = Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Extension). ) 


Bute Docks, 


Ordered, That the Bute Docks, Cardiff, Bill, as 
Cardiff, Bill. 


amended in the Committee, be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow. 


Devon Valley | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ot the Devon Valley and North British Railway Com- 
Railway panies (Branches) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
Companies mittee; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
_- Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
East London The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Eastern 


the East London Eastern Extension Railway Bill, as 


Railway Bill amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Midland The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(settlevo «the Midland Railway (Settle to Carlisle) Bill, as 
Carlisle) Bill. amended in the Committee; and an Amendment 


was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


North Metro- 
litan 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the North Metropolitan Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


South London The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Market Bill. the South London Market Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.’ 
Guniing Ordered, That Mr. Whitbread be added to the 
rders. 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Committee of 


Ordered, That Mr. Whitbread be added to the 


Selection. Committee of Selection. 
Public Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
a Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
darth &gt; examined the Petitions presented upon the 28th, 
Report.) 29th, and 30th days of this instant May, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Aberdare and Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported the Aberdare 
Saal Wels and Central Wales Junction Railway Bill, with 
Railway Bill. Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Weaver River 
Navigation 
Bill (Lords.] 


Mr. Cobbold reported from the Committee on 
Group Q. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Weaver River Navigation Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true, and that a Report from the Board 
of Trade in respect to the said Bill had been 
considered by the Committee; and that they had 
gone throngh the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


31st May. 


353 


Mr. Cobbold reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group Q. of Private Bills; That, there being no (Group Q.) 
business for the consideration of the Committee, 
they had adjourned to Wednesday the 13th day 
of June, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cobbold reported from the Committee on Saint 
Group Q. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- nn. 
moting the Saint Margaret’s Westminster Improve- iapeeee- 
ments Bill had stated to the Committee that it was ments Bill. 
not their intention to proceed with the same. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Admiral Duncombe reported from the Committee Railway Billg 
on Group 19 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Goddard, (Group 19.) 
one of the Members of the said Committee, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Goddard do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Admiral Duncombe reported from the Committee Railway Bills 

on Group 19 of Railway Bills; That the Parties (Group 19.) 
opposing the Caledonian Railway (Lanarkshire, 
&amp;c. Branches) Bill had stated that the Evidence 
of Mr. David Souter Robertson 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 David 
Souter Robertson do attend the said Committee on 
Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Mr. David Souter Robertson do 
attend the said Committee upon Monday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the General Com- Railway and 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had Canal Bills 
made Alterations inthe Groups already formed, and (*"?™€P rane 
had directed him to report the same tothe House. N® 69 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on Group North British 

19 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the North Railway 
British Railway (Glasgow Branches) Bill, they Sosa, i 
had examined the allegations contained in the Bill. 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
striking out all reference to Railways No. 1, No. 2, 
No. 3, No. 4, No. 7, and No. 8, to the proposed 
new Street or diversion of the Streets called 
Blackfriars-street and Old Vennel, in the City of 
Glasgow, and the proposed Station Hotel in the 
said City, and further by omitting all reference to 
the proposed abandonment of certain portions of 
the Main Line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway, and had 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. Finlay reported from the Committee on Mold and 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Denbigh 
the Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway (Branches, Railway 
&amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- (Branches, 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended ®*-) Bill. 
the same by striking out a recital as to the ex- 
pediency of the Company entering into working 
and traffic arrangements with three other 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. Finlay reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Otway, (Group 16.) 
one of the Members of the said Committee, was 





VoL. 121. 


ZZ 


not 






























































































Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
fifth Report. 





East London 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill 
[Lords.] 


Holderness 
Embankment 
and Recla- 
mation Bill 
[Lords.] 


Hatfield Chase 


Warping and 
Improvement 
(Railway ) 
Bill [Lords.] 


Knaresbo- 
rough, &amp;c. 
Townships. 


Burghs 
(Scotland.) 


No, 314. 


National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


British 


Columbia and 


Vancouver 
Island. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


not present during the sitting of the Committee 


354 


this day. 
Ordered, That Mr. Otway do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


31st May—1st June. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills, That in the case of the East London Railway 
(Additional Powers) Bill, originating in the Lords, 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Stand- 
ing Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable thereto, have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 





1866. 


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- Finance 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—The Finance Ac- Accounts. 
counts I. to VII. of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Financial year 1865-66, 
ended 31st March 1866. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Representa- 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, we so 
upon the 28th day of this instant May, was pro- ang Redistrie 
posed to be made to the Question, That Mr. bution of 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee Seats Bill. 
on the Representation of the People Bill and the 
Redistribution of Seats Bill); and which Amend- 
ment was, to leave out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
*‘ this House, while ready to consider the general 
subject of a Redistribution of Seats, is of opinion 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private |“ that the system of grouping proposed by Her Ma- 


Bills, That in the case of the Holderness Em- 
bankment and Reclamation Bill, originating in the | 


*‘jesty’s Government is neither convenient nor 
* equitable, and that the scheme is otherwise not 


Lords, and referred on the First Reading thereof, | “ 8ufficiently matured to form the basis of a satisfac- 


the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, 
and which are applicable thereto, 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 Hatfield Chase 
Warping and Improvement (Railway) Bill, origi- 
nating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not pre- 
viously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Return,in Columns, of Area in Acres; 
Number of Houses, 1861; Population, 1861; 
Rateable Value, 1865; and Amount of Assessed 
Taxes, 1865; relating to the Townships of Anares- 
borough, Scriven with Tentergate, Bilton with 
Harrogate, and Pannal, in the County of York, 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Distance in a direct Line of 
each Contributory Burgh in Scotland from the 
other Contributory Burghs in the same District 
of Burghs; and also the Number and Names of 
the Counties in which the Contributory Burghs of 
each District are situate. 

Viscount Enfield 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, 
a Copy of ~~ new or altered Rule on the subject 
of Religious Teaching, made in May 1866, by the 
Commissioners of National Education (Ireland), 
with the Names of the Commissioners present 
when the same was adopted, and the Protests if 
any. 


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented, by Her 
Majesty’s Command,—Papers relative to the pro- 
posed Union of British Columbia and Vancouver 
Island. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Roebuck have leave of ab. 
sence for a fortnight, on account of ill health. 


|“ tory measure,” instead thereof. 


nd the Question being again proposed, That 
‘the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question: — The House resumed the said adjourned 
ebate. 


And the House having continued to sit till 
after Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Friday, 1st June 1866 ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Customs and Inland Revenue Bill was, Customs and 

according to Order, read the third time. Inland 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass, eatenated mae 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Industrial 
into a Committee on Industrial Schools [Expen- Schools 
ses]. [Expenses.] 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to empower the 
Commissioners of the Treasury, out of any Money 
that may be provided by Parliament for the pur- 
pose, to contribute such Sums as the Secretary of 
State may from time to time recommend towards 
the maintenance or removal of Children detained 
in certified Industrial Schools under any Act of 
the present Session relating to Industrial Schools 
in Great Britain. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had come 
to a Resolution. - 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Refurmatory 
into a Committee on Reformatory Schools [Ex- Schoo 
penses |. (Expenses. ] 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to empower the 
Commissioners of the Treasury to contribute, out 
of any Money that may be provided by Parliament 
for the purpose, such Sum as the Secretary of 
State may recommend towards the Expenses of 
the Custody and Maintenance, or of the Removal, 
of Offenders detained in certified Reformatory 
Schools under any Act of the present Session re- 
lating to Reformatory Schools in Great Britain. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
The 











Admiralty 
Court 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Church Tem- 
poralities Acts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Colonial 
Bishops Bill. 


Common Law 
Courts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 


ment, &amp;c. Bill. 


Lunacy Acts 
(Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Indian Prize 
Money Bill. 


Contagious 
Diseases Bill. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Common Law 
Procedure 
Amendment 
Acts (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Glebe Lands 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 





99 VicToRIA. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Admiralty Court (Ireland) 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 Church Temporalities Acts (Jre- 
land) 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 Colonial Bishops Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 12th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (/reland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. 
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 Lunacy Acts (Scot- 
land) Amendment Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

A Clause (Borrowing Powers of Directors of 
Public Asylums), was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Borrowing Powers of Paro- 
chial Boards), 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 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Indian Prize Money Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Contagious Diseases Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- 
ment Acts (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Glebe Lands ( Scotland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 

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31st May—1st June. 





355 


The Marriages (Sydmonton) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Elective 
Franchise Bill. 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 30th day of May last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That the Elective Fran- 
chise Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 20th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Finsbury 


Reading of the Finsbury Estate Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Bridgwater 
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 Bridgwater, 
in the room of Henry Westropp, Esquire, whose 
election has been determined to be void; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “an humble Address be presented to Her 
* Majesty, as followeth : 

* Most Gracious Sovereign, 

“We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal 
** Subjects, the Commons of the 
“ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 
** Parliament assembled, beg leave humbly to re- 
* present to Your Majesty, that a Select Com- 
*‘ mittee of the House of Commons, appointed to 
“ try Petitions complaining of an undue Election 
* and Return for the Borough of Bridgwater, have 
“reported to the House that there is reason to 
“ believe that corrupt practices have extensively 
** prevailed at the last Election for the Borough of 
“ Bridqwater: 

** We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, 
“ that Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to 
*‘ cause inquiry to be made, pursuant to the pro- 
** visions of the Act of Parliament passed in the 
* sixteenth year of the reign of Your Majesty, in- 
** tituled, ‘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 Mr. George Chance, Mr. 
“ Henry Mather Jackson, and Mr. James Eardley 
** Hill,as Commissioners for the purpose of making 
*¢ inquiry into the existence of such corrupt prac- 
* tices,” 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 {Colonel Taylor, 1 193 

Yeas, | Lord Henry Scott : Teg 

Tellers for the {Sir Harry Verney, | 12 

Noes, (Mr. Morrison : = 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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 
present Parliament for the Borough of Bridgwater, 
in the room of Henry Westropp, Esquire, whose 
election has been determined to be void. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill General 


to amend “ The General Police and Improvement M 


( Scotland) Act,1862”: And that Sir James Fergusson (Scotland) 
and Mr. Henry Baillie do prepare, and bring it in, Act (1862) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Freemen. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
ZZ2 House, 





Marriages 
(Sydmonton) 
Bill. 





356 


House, a Return from each of the Municipal Cor- 
porations in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, 
showing the claims that are required and allowed in 
each respectively as entitling the Applicant to re- 
ceive the Freedom of the City or Town, and to be 

laced on the Parliamentary Electoral Roll as a 
Resmi Voter :—The Return to state, under the 
head of Servitude,” must the Applicant have served 
an apprenticeship to a “ Freeman,” or does appren- 
ticeship toa Trader within the municipal limits con- 
stitute a claim; under head of “ Birth,” if the 
Freedom be granted to the eldest Son, to all Sons, 
and to Grandsons of Freemen; under head of 
“Marriage,” if marriage to the eldest Daughter 
alone, to any Daughter, or to a Granddaughter of 
a Freeman constitute a valid claim; and if all 
“ Freemen” are admitted to the Parliamentary 
Electoral Roll; and, if not, what are the excep- 
tions. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Lotteries Act 
Repeal. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Act eighth and ninth Victoria, chapter 
seventy-four, as to Lotteries:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of any Correspondence which has 
taken place between the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, with the Secretary of the 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, and the Lord Advocate 
of Scotland, and the Procurator Fiscal of the 
County of Edinburgh, or any of them, from the 
Ist day of January 1865 to this date; and any 
parties complaining of Lotteries instituted and 
carried out in contravention of the existing Laws 
relating to and prohibiting such Lotteries, and 
especially as regards the following Roman Catholic 
Lotteries so instituted and carried out :— 


Lotteries. 




















Name of Institution for whose object Lottery professes to Place at which | Date of 
be established, Lottery drawn, | Drawing. 
1. St. Brigid's Orphanage, Dublin - - - ° Dublin - ° - | Apr. 1865. 
2. St. Mary’s Male and Female Urphanage ~ ” -| Lanark - - -| May ,, 
3. St. Mary's Industrial Training Schools - Dublin - ° ™ 
4. St. Mary’s Blind Asylum - - - Portobello, Dublin - ae 
5, New Church of SS, Augustine and John - - - | Dublin 7 - - | June ,, 
6. St. Patrick’s New Cathedral - - - - -| Armagh - - - “a 
7. St. Joseph’s Reformatory - - - - - - | Sheffield - - - | Aug. ,, 
8. Roman Catholic Church and Schools - - - - | Rothesay - - Sept. ,, 
9. Little Sisters of the Poor - - ° ° - - -| Dundee « ~ ae aging: 
10, Archbishop’s Palace, of Canterbury, at - « ° - | Mayfield - &gt; |] Och »» 
ll. Grand Drawing for the South of Jreland, under the 
Young Men of Cork - - - - - . Cork - - - .- 2 
12, St. Mary's Poor Schools - ° - - - - - | Leith and Edinburgh - ow 
13, St. Mary’s and St, Peter’s Church - - . - - | Rathmines, Dublin - | Nov. ,, 
14. Mater Misericordia Hospital - - - - - -| Dublin - ° - | Feb. 1866. 
15. St. Peter's Charch - - = = © «= = «=| Philsborough - -| May ,, 
16 St. Mary’s Schools, Dublin - - - - -| Dublin - - - » 
17. St. Vincent Orphanage - - - - - - - | Maryfield, Edinburgh . © 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 
General Police Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to amend 


and Improves « The General Police and Improvement (Scot- 


(Scotland) land) Act, 1862:” And the same was read the first 


Act (1862) time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

en Wednesday the 13th day of this instant June; and 
; to be printed. 

Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 

the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 

their Clerks, as followeth: 

Parsonstown  §$The Lords have agreed to the Parsonstown and 

oe Portumna Bridge Railway Bill, without any 

Railway Bill. Amendment. 

Titanic Steel © The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 

= — _ by this House to the Titanic Steel and Iron Com- 

[Lords.}. pany Bill, without any Amendment. 


31st May—1st June. 





1866. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Belfast Gas 
made by this House to the Belfast Gas Bill, with- Bill [Lords.] 
out any Amendment. 





The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Redheugh 
made by this House to the Redheugh Bridge and pone od 


Ss Bill, without any Amendment. Bill (Lords. ] 
he Lords have agreed to the Amendments Harwich 
made by this House to the Harwich Harbour Harbour 
Estate and Lands Improvement Company Bill, a ms 


without any Amendment. Improvement 
Company 
Bill [Lords.] 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments South Staf- 
made by this House to the Amendments made by amy I 
their Lordships to the South Staffordshire Water Venshecite 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Macclesfield and Macclesfield 
Chapel-in-the-Frith Road Bill, with Amendments ; {yo piapehin, 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Bill, 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Ebbw Vale, Beau- Ebbw Vale, 


fort, &amp;c. Water Bill, with Amendments; to which Beaufort, &amp;e. 


Water Bill. 
Merrybent and 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Merrybent and,“ 

D 2 Rail 5 ATT th A Darlington 
arlington ailway Bi » with Amendments; to Railway Bill. 

which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Nelson Local Nelson Local 
Board Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 8°"4 Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Cambrid 
by this House to the Amendments made by their pt ame d 

of . . ° e ° own 
Lordships to the Cambridge University and Town Water Bill. 
Water Bill, with an Amendment; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Cambridge 


The Order made upon the 29th day of May last, Post Office 
That there be laid before this House, a Return —— 
relative to Post Office Savings Banks, was read, ‘ 
and discharged. 


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. 








Friday, 1st June, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House proceeded to take into considera- Lancashire _ 
tion the Amendment made by the Lords to oe peg 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (West (West Riding 
Riding Branches, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same was Branches, &amp;c.) 
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 New Milford 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the New Docks Bill. 
Milford Docks Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 
i i ird Esk Vall 
— Esk Valley Railway Bill was read the third wor _* 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, 'TYhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The Neath New Gas Bill was read the third Neath New 
Gas Bill. 


time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 





Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The 





Wantage and 
Great Western 


Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Wesleyan 
and General 
Assurance 
Society Bill 
|Lords.} 


Berwickshire 
Railway Bill. 


Brampton and 


Longtown 


Railway Bill. 


Colnbrook 


99 VicToria. 


The Wantage and Great Western Junction 
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 Wesleyan and General Assurance Society 
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 proceeded to take into consideration 
the Berwickshire Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Brampton and Longtown Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railways Bill. the Colnbrook Railways Bill, as amended in the 


Hemel Hemp- 


sted and 
London and 
North 
Western 
Railway Bill. 


Newport 
Railway Bill. 


Bute Docks, 
Cardiff, Bill. 


London, 


Chatham, and 


Dover 
Railway 
(Various 
Powers) Bill. 


Dublin and 
Antrim 
Junction 
Railway Bill 
(Lords, 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty. 


fifth Report. 

arse 
avigation 

Bill, 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Hemel Hempsted and London and North West- 
ern Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Newport 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 Bute Docks, Cardiff, 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the London, Chatham, and Dover 
Railway (Various Powers) Bill be re-committed to 
the former Committee :—And that they have leave 
to sit and proceed upon Monday next, at Three of 
the clock. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, That in the case of the Dublin and Antrim 
Junction Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, 
and which are applicable thereto, have been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Loder Symonds, of Hinton 
Manor, in the County of Berks, Esquire, praying 
that the Thames Navigation Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands, and that the Petitioner 
may be heard by himself, his Counsel, Agents, 
and Witnesses before the Committee of the House 
to whom the said Bill may be referred, against such 
of the Clauses of the said Bill as affect the rights, 
interests, and property of the Petitioner, and in 
support of such other Clauses as he may deem ne- 


cessary or expedient for his protection, and that 
he may have such further or other relief in the 
VoL. 121, 





1s¢ June. 








357 


premises as to the House may seem meet, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioner heard by himself, his Counsel, or Agent 
upon his Petition, if he think fit; and Counsel 
heard in favour of the Bill against the said Pe- 
tition. 


The Attorneys and Solicitors (Zre/and) Bill was Attorneys and 
Solicitors 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second (7. 4) Bill 
time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. trorde 
Bill 172. 


Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported from the Com- Brecon and 
mittee on Group 17 of Railway Bills; That the Merthyr 
parties promoting the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil f 5 noe 
Junction Railway (Northern Lines) Bill had stated Railway 
to the Committee that it was not their intention to meg 

: ines) Bill. 
proceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one the Lords. 
of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Birmingham Birmingham 
Water Bill, with Amendments; to which the Water Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cork, &amp;c. 
Returns of the Population, Valuation, and Area — and 
of all the Baronies of the Counties of Cork, Ty- iat 
rone, Down, and Antrim :——And,of the Number 
of Towns with a Population of 3,000 and upwards 
in each of those Counties, marking those sending 
a Representative to Parliament. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return of the Aggregate Costfor the Maintenance (Ieland.) 
of Paupers in /reland, distinguishing the Amounts 
chargeable to Electoral Divisions, and the Amounts 
chargeable to the Unions at large, for the years 
ending the 29th day of September 1860, 1861, 

1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865. 


Theatrical 
Licenses and 
Regulations. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to the Viscount Sydney, Lord Cham- 
berlain, to attend to be examined as a Witness be- 
fore the Select Committee on Theatrical Licenses 
and Regulations: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Lunacy. 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of the Twentieth 
Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the 
Lord Chancellor. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Poor Relief 
Command,—Copy of Annual Report of the Com- (teland.) 
missioners for administering the Laws for Relief 
of the Poor in Jreland, including the Nineteenth 
Report, under the 10 &amp; 11 Vie. c. 90, and the 
Fourteenth Report, under the 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c 68, 
with Appendices. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. . ‘ 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,— Return Dockyard 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day Voters. 
of April last, for a Return relative to Dockyard 
Voters. 

Return toan Address to Her Majesty, dated the Gaols. 
10th day of May last, for a Return relative to Gaols. 

Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen also presented, pur- Grand Jury 
suant to the directions of several Acts of Parlia- pone 
ment,— Copies of Presentments made by the _ 
Grand Juries of the several Counties, Cities, and 
Towns in Ireland, in the year 1865, 


zZz3 Copy 








Police 
(Scotland.) 


Savings 
Banks. 


Inland 
Revenue. 


Finance 
Accounts. 
No. 315. 


Commercial 
Reports. 


Manufactures, 
Commerce, 
&amp;e. 


New Courts of 


Justice. 


Army 
(Recruits.) 


Burghs 
(Scotland.) 


Supply. 


Representa. 
tion of the 
People Bill 


358 


Copy of ng me of the Inspector of Constabulary 
for Scotland, for the year ended 15th March 1866, 


made to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 


State under the Provisions of the Statute 20 &amp; 21 
Vie. c. 72. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Childers presented—Return to an Order, 
dated the Ist day of March last, for a Return 
relative to Savings Banks. 

‘Mr. Childers also presented, pursuant to the 


directions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract of 


the State of the Securities entered into by the 
Officers of the Inland Revenue Department. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Finance Accounts, which 
were presented upon the 31st day of May last, be 
printed. 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Commercial Reports received at 
the Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls in 
1866. 

Copy of Reports by Her Majesty’s Secretaries 
of Embassy and Legation, on the Manufactures, 
Commerce, &amp;c. of the Countries in which they 
reside. No, 14. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. William Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Instructions issued by the 
Courts of Justice Commission to the Architects 
who have been invited to submit Designs for the 
new Courts of Justice. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 





The Marquis of Hartington presented,—Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day 
of April last, for Returns relative to the Army 
( Recruits). 

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, Returns showing the Number of Members 
returned by the Burghs in Scotland to the Parlia- 
ment of Scotland before the Union, and specifying 
the Name of each Burgh: And, showing the 
Number of Districts into which such Burghs were 
formed at the Union; with the Names of the 
Burghs in each District; the Number of Persons 
constituting the Town Council of each Burgh em- 
powered to vote in the Election of a Member for 
each Burgh or District of Burghs, or to choose 
a Delegate for that purpose; and the Number of 
Delegates chosen for each District. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply; 

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, upon Monday 
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 28th day of May last, was proposed to 





1st—2nd June. 








1866. 


be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do 
now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Re- 
presentation of the People Bill and the Redistribu- 
tion of Seats Bill); and which Amendment was, 
to leave out from the word “ That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ this 
** House, while ready to consider the general sub- 
* ject of a Redistribution of Seats, is of opinion 
“that the system of grouping proposed by Her 
** Majesty’s Government is neither convenient nor 
* equitable, and that the scheme is otherwise not 
* sufficiently matured to form the basis of a satis- 
** factory 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 ad- 
journed Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Saturday, 2nd June, 1866 : 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


Mr. Baring reported from the Committee on In- 
dustrial Schools { Expenses], a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to empower the Commis- 
sioners of the Treasury, out of any Money that 
may be provided by Parliament for the purpose, 
to contribute such Sums as the Secretary of State 
may from time to time recommend towards the 
Maintenance or Removal of Children detained in 
certified Industrial Schools under any Act of the 
present Session relating to Industrial Schools in 
Great Britain. 

The said Resolution being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Baring reported from the Committee on Re- 
formatory Schools [Expenses], a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to empower the Commis- 
sioners of the Treasury to contribute, out of any 
Money that may be provided by Parliament for the 
purpose, such Sum as the Secretary of State may 
recommend towards the Expenses of the Custody 
and Maintenance, or of the Removal, of Offenders 
detained in certified Reformatory Schools under 
any Act of the present Session relating to Refor- 
matory Schools in Great Britain. 

The said Resolution being read a second time, 
was agreed to, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Pier and Harbour Orders Con- 
firmation (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 





and Redistri- 
bution of 
Seats Bill 


Industrial 
Schools 
(Expenses. ] 


Reformatory 
Schools 
[Expenses.] 


Ways and 
Means. 


Pier and 
Harbour 
Orders Con- 


firmation 


(No. 2) Bill. 


The Lunacy Acts (Scotland) Amendment Bill Lunacy Acts 


was, according to Order, read the third time. (Scotland) 
TT, . 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 
into a Committee on the Indian Prize Money Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Childers 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 


Indian Prize 
Money Bill. 























99 VicTorRIA. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

* take into consideration the Amendments made by 

the Lords to the Contagious Diseases 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. 


Contagious 
Diseases Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Glebe Lands ( Scotland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
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. 


Glebe Lands 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 


Bill. 


into a Committee on the Marriages ( Sydmonton) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Childers 
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 Select Committee on the Railway Com- 
panies’ Securities Bill and the Railway Deben- 
tures, &amp;c. Registry Bill was nominated of Mr. 
Milner Gibson, Mr. Talbot, Sir Francis Goldsmid, 
Sir James Fergusson, Mr. Thomson Hankey, Mr. 
Scourfield, Mr. Leeman, Mr. Ayrton, and Mr. 
Goldney. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Railway 
Companies’ 
Securities Bill 
and Railway 
Debentures, 
&amp;c. Registry 
Bill. 


Vaccination Mr. Bruce reported from the Select Committee on 
om. the Vaccination 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 Wednesday 


next. 


Bill 173, 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 








Monday, 4th June, 1860. 


PRAYERS. 
Me Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 
31st day of May last, and the Ist day of this instant 
June, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-fifth 
Report.) 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had appointed 
Tuesday, the 19th day of June 1866, to choose, 
from Panel No. 1, the Select Committee to try 
and determine the Borough of Helston Election 
Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


London, Mr. Dent rted from the Committee on 
Daatham,and Group 1a of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
way (Various the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Various 
Powers) Bil, . Vou. 121. 


Controverted 
Elections, 


lst—2nd—4th June. 


359 


Powers) (re-committed) Bill, they had further 
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
adding recitals showing the present relative posi- 
tions of the London, Chatham, and Dover and 
Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway Companies ; 
and a recital of the expediency of confirming cer- 
tain Heads of Agreement vesting the Undertaking 
of the latter Company in the former Company ; 
and by omitting a recital of the expediency of 
making provision for the future transfer or amal- 
gamation of such Undertaking, and had found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had made 
further Amendments to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Fable; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ebbw Vale, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ebbw Besufort, &amp;c. 
Vale, Beaufort, &amp;c. Water Bill; and the same were Water Bin. 
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 Macclesfield 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mac- = 
clesfield and Chapel-in-the-Frith Road Bill; and ates 
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 Merrybent 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Merry- - —— 
bent and Darlington Railway 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 Nelson Local 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Nelson Board Bill. 
Local Board Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 

The Barry Railway (Extension) Bill was read Barry 
the third time. Tatontian) 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Bill. 

Title be, An Act for enabling the Barry Railway 
Company to connect their Railway with the Rail- 
way of the Penarth Harbour Dock and Railway 
Company, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The East London Eastern Extension Railway East London 


Bill was read the third time. Eastern 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bil. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Midland Railway ( Settle to Carlisle) Bill ” land 


was read the third time. ( ae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Carlisle) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North Metropolitan Railway Bill was read North Metro- 
the third time. a Bill 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 





the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
. 224 The 





360 


Southgate and The Southgate and Colney Hatch Gas Bill was 
Colney Hatch read the third 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 South London Market 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. 


South London 
Market Bill. 


Bridge of The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—¥ Water the Bridge of Allan Water Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


East and West The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the East and West Junction Railway (Capital) 


(Capital) Bil, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Great Yar- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
mouth Haven, the Great Yarmouth Haven, Port, and Rivers Bill, 
Port, and ° 
Rivers Bill, 28 amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


London, 
Chatham, and 


Rail- . 
an al Dockyard Branch) Bill, as 


Dockyard _— mittee. 
Branch) Bill. 4 Clause (Restriction on deviation of part of 
Railway), was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway ( Chatham 
amended in the Com- 


London, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Chatham, and the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (New 


ee” Lines, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Sites. &amp;c.) Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Manchester, Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire Railway (Central Station and Lines) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 


Manchester, 
Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire 


Railway h ; 

(Central consideration To-morrow. 

Station and 

Lines) Bill. 7 ’ : 
North Western The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Charing the North Western and Charing Cross Railway 
— Railway Bil], as amended in the Committee. 
‘ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Peterborough, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Wisbeach, and the Peterborough, Wisbeach, and Sutton Railway 
iio pi Dill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ringley The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bridge Bill. the Ringley Bridge Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Tottenham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
andHamp- the Yottenkam and Hampstead Junction Railway 
ig Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an Amend- 

ye mert was made to the Bill. 

CUrdered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Waterford The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Limerick the Waterford and Limerick Railway (Arrange- 
Railway ments) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


—-. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


ments) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Weaver River Navigation Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Weaver River 
Navigation 
Bill | Loras.] 


4th June. 











1866. 


The Amicable Life Assurance Society Bill was Amicable Life 
read a second time ; and committed. Society Bill 

[Lords.] 

a Anglesey 
Central 
niet Bill 

ords. 

The Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation Metropolis 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. pata Ae 
mation i. 

[ Lords. 

The New River Company Bill was read a second New River | 
time ; and committed. TLorue.) Bill 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction tothe Select oe Light and 
Committee on the Gas Light and Coke Company re ll 
Bill, and the Gas Light and Coke and City of London Gas Light and 
Gas Light and Coke Companies Bill, that they have — -_ City 

&gt; : : “4 . : oi London 

Power to consolidate the said Bills into one Bill. §&amp;,; Light and 

Coke — 

panies Bill. 

Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on Caledonian 
Group 18a. of Railway Bills; That in the case of (Bdinbyr " 
the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station) Bill, Station) Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had madea verbal Amend- 
ment therein, and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 





The Anglesey Central Railway Bill was read 
second time; and committed. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 18A. of Railway Bills; That, at the meet- (Group 18 4.) 
ing of the Committee this day, a Letter was re- 
ceived from Mr. Long, one of the Members 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. Long be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 


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. ae Sp 
sixth Report. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the Parochial Rochdale _ 
Chapelry of Todmorden, in the Parish of Roch- Vicarage Bill 
dale, in the County of Lancaster, praying that the 
Rochdale Vicarage Bill may not pass into law, 
and that they may be heard by themselves, their 
Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses before the Com- 
mittee to which the Bill may be referred, against 
the Preamble thereof, and against such of the pro- 
visions and clauses thereof as may affect the 
rights and interests of the Petitioners, and that, 
if necessary, such clauses and provisions may be 
inserted in the Bill as shall be required for the 
protection of the Petitioners in the respects there- 
inbefore set forth, and in any other respects in 
which the rights and interests of the Petitioners 
may be affected by the Bill, and generally that 
such relief may be afforded to the Petitioners in 
the premises as to the House shall seem meet, was 
presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard by themselves, their Counsel, or 
Agents upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against the 
said Petition. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the thames 
West Middlesex Waterworks, praying that the Navigation 
Thames Navigation Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands, and that they may be heard by 
their Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses before the 
Select Committee of the House to whom the said 
Bill is referred, against the Preamble of the said 
Bill, 


















99 VicToRIA. 


Bill, and such and so many of the clauses and pro- 
visions of the said Bill as are prejudicial to their 
rights and interests,and against any additions or 
alterations being made to or in the said Bill which 
may affect their rights and interests, and in favour 
of inserting in the said Bill such clauses, provisions, 
and alterations as they may be advised will be ne- 
cessary or proper for their due protection, or that 
the House will be pleased to make such further 
or other Order in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard by their Counsel or Agents upon their Pe- 
tition, if they think fit ; and Counsel heard in favour 
of the Bill against the said Petition. 


Counties and 
Boroughs 
(Ireland.)' 


Ordered, That there belaid before this House, a 


by the Counties and Boroughs in Jreland to the 
Irish Parliament before the Union, specifying the 
Name of each County and Borough ; the Number 
of Members chosen by eaeh County and Borough; 
and the County or Counties in which each Berough 
was situated. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Report of Dr. Nugent, Inspector General 
of Lunatic Asylums in Jreland, dated the 16th day 
of November 1865, on the case of Isabella M‘ Clure, 
a Patient in the Belfast District Asylum, who was 
confined of a child in the Asylum: And, of all 
Correspondence between the Board of Governors 
and the Government, or the Inspectors, in connec- 
tion with the subject. 


Isabella 
M‘Clure. 





East India Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
—* of to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
2 to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Convention of 1824, between 
Great Britain and the Netherlands, for the Regu- 
lation of the Trade of their respective Subjects in 
the East Indies: Of Treaties or other Engage- 
ments which may have been entered into between 
the Dutch and British Governments, or between 
the Dutch Government and any Prince or State 
in the Eastern Seas, before or since the Convention 
of 1824, and which have been furnished to the 
British Government, in conformity with the Con- 
ditions of the Third Article of the above Conven- 
tion: —- Of Petitions, Memorials, or other Docu- 
ments of British Merchants, or their Agents, 
complaining of contraventions of the Convention 
of 1824 by the Dutch Government or its Func- 
tionaries: —— And, of such part of the Corre- 
spondence as Her Majesty’s Government may see 
fit to produce which has passed between the Dutch 
and British Governments, or between their re- 
spective Governors or other Public Functionaries 

in India on this 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 House, 
Returns of the Names, Objects, Places where Bu- 
siness is or was conducted, Date of Registration, 
Nominal Capital, Number of Shares into which it 
is divided, Number of Shares taken, Number of 
Persons who signed the Memorandum of Asso- 
ciation, the Total Number of Shares taken by 
such Subscribers, Amount of Calls made on each 
Share, and Total Amount of Calls received of all 
Joint Stock Companies formed since the 31st day 
of May 1864 to the 3lst day of May 1866; dis- 
tinguishing whether the Companies are limited or 
unlimited, and also Number of Shareholders in 
each of the said Companies at Date of last Return, 
and whether still in operation or being wound up: 
Vo. 121. 


Joint Stock 
Companies, 


Ath June. 


Return showing the Number of Members returned’ 











361 


—And, the Total Number Registered in the 
City of London or within Five Miles of the Ge- 
neral Post Office (in continuation of Parliaméntary 
Paper, No. 452, of Session 1864). 


Viscount Enfield presented,—Return to an Ad- Burghs 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the Ist day of this (Scotland) 
instant June, for Returns relative to Burghs No. 316, 
( Scotland). 

Ordered, That the said Return 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 Slough Gas Bill, slough Gas 
without any Amendment. Bil. 

The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow Houses Glasgow 


of Ref ; ; Houses of 
efuge Bill, without any Amendment. Refuge Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made South Essex 
by this House to the South Essex Estuary and Estuary and 


: : ° Reclamation 
Reclamation Bill, without any Amendment. Bill | Lords.] 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Grange and 


by this House to the Grange and Cartmel District Fertmel 
Gas and Water Bill, without any Amendment. gna Watee 
Bill (Lords. | 


The Lords have agreed to the Colchester Gas Colchester 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire @8 Bill. 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Tyne Improve- Tyne Improve- 
ment Rill, with Amendments; to which the Lords ™*™* Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bristol and Por- Bristol and 
tishead Pier and Railway Bill, with Amendments ; fortishead 
: which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Railway Bill. 

ouse. 

The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway Midland 
(Additional Powers) Bill, with Amendments; to Railway 


which the Lords desire the concurrence of this (Aitional 
Ho Powers) Bill. 
use. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Prisons. 
Command,— Copy of Thirty-first 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: (I. Southern District.) 

. — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,-— Return to Rural Police. 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of 
April last, for a Return relative to the Rural Police. 
. _— That the said Return do lie upon the 
‘able. 


The Marquis of Hartington presented,—Return Gibraltar and 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day Malta. 
of April last, for Returns relative to Gibraltar 
and Malta. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Army 
the 8th day of May last, for Returns relative to (Medical 
the Army (Medical Officers). ae 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Army 
the 14th day of May last, for Returns relative to eo, 
the Army (Officers’ Commissions). a 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunacy, Lunacy. 
which was presented upon the lst day of this instant No, 317, 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dockyard Dockyard 
Voters, which was presented upon the Ist day of Yr 
this instant June, be printed. No, 318. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Gaols, Gaols. 
which was presented upon the Ist day of this instant No. 319. 
June, be printed. 

3A Ordered, 





Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland.) 


No. 320. 


Police 
(Scotland.) 


No. 321. 
Savings 
Banks. 

No. 322. 


Army 
(Recruits. ) 


No. 323. 


Inland 
Revenue 
(Scotland.) 


No. 324. 


New Courts of 


Justice, 
No, 325. 


Tithe Rent- 
charge 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Thames 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Ryde Station 
and Railway 
Bill. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill 
and Redietri- 
bution of Seats 
Bill. 





$62 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- 
tive to Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland), which 
were presented upon the Ist day of this instant 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Police 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the Ist day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 
Banks, which was presented upon the Ist day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
(Recruits), which was presented upon the Ist day 
of this instant June, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Inland 
Revenue (Scotland), which was presented upon 
the 29th day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the New 
Courts of Justice, which was presented upon the 
Ist day of this instant June, be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday, the 3rd day of July next. 


Ordered, That the Parties appearing before the 
Select Committee on the Thames Navigation Bill 
have leave to print the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committee day by day from the 
Committee Clerk’s Copy, if they think fit. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 
against the Ryde Station and Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 

the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 28th day of May last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Representa- 
tion of the People Bill and the Redistribution of 
Seats Bill); and which Amendment was, to leave 
out from the word ** That” to the end of the Ques- 
tion, in order to add the words “ this House, while 
** ready to consider the general subject of a Redis- 
** tribution of Seats, is of opinion that the system 
* of grouping proposed by Her Majesty’s Govern- 
“ment is neither convenient nor equitable, and 
that the scheme is otherwise not sufficiently 
matured to form the basis of a satisfactory 
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. 


iT) 
ia 


“ 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
ia hl . 2 ° 
Twelve of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning ; 


Tuesday, 5th June, 1866: 


And the Question being put :—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.) 


Representation of the People Bill. 
Preamble postponed, 
CriaAusk, N’ 1 (Short Title of Act). 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 
mn : Mr. Brand 
Tellers for the Y eas, Tag : } 403. 
Mr. Monk, } ° 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Hadfield: 








4th—5th June. 








1866. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bills; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Land Tax 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Commis- 
Bill : Names 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~ 
the 18th day of this instant June, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation Officers’ 
° Superannua- 
( Scotland) Bill ; tion (Scot- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday land) Bill. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Tenure and 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, tiedte 
upon the 17th day of May last, was proposed to be jand) Bill. au 
made to the Question, That the Tenure and Im- 
provement of Land (Jreland) Bill be now read a 
second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Curragh of 
Reading of the Curragh of Kildare Bill; Kildare Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time , 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Rateable 
Reading of the Rateable Property (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ; 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railways 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill ; Clauses 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 Merchant | , 
adine r y arch: Shinn . 54\ Shipping Ac 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) (1854) Amend 
Amendment Bill ; ment Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read for the Third Local Sues 

adine of . ny . ment Supple- 
(Ne ae ae Local Government Supplemental mental (No. 2) 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Standards of Weights, Measures, and Coin- Standards of 
age Bill was, according to Order, read a second Weights, 
: . ~ : Measures, and 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole Coinage Bill. 


House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve —— 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Carriage and 
Reading of the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous = 
Goods Bill; Goods Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Oyster Fisheries Bill was, according to Oyster _ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Fisheries Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 

The 








Bankruptcy 
Law Amend. 
ment, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Pier and 
Harbour 
Orders Con- 
firmation 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Indian Prize 
Money Bill. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Bill [Lords. ] 


Tramways 


(Ireland) Acts 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Marriages 
(Sydmonton) 
Bill. 


Landed 


Estates Court, 
&amp;c. (Ireland. ) 


Oyster Bed 
Licenses 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordnance 
Survey, &amp;c. 
(Treland.) 


Rochdale 


Vicarage Bill. 


29 Victoria. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—_ on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. 

ul; . 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day 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 Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation 
(No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read a se- 
cond time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Indian Prize Money Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tramways (Jre/and) Acts Amend- 
ment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Marriages (.Sydmonton) 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 ieave be given to bring in a Bill 
to reduce the Number of Judges in the Landed | 
Estates Court in Jreland, and to reduce the Duties | 
payable under the Record of Title and Land De- 
bentures Acts: And that Mr. Attorney General 
for Ireland, Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, 
and Mr. Chichester Fortescue do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to validate certain Licenses granted in J/reland for 
the establishment of Oyster Beds: And that Mr. 
Attorney General for /reland, Mr. Solicitor Gene- 
ral.for Ireland, and Mr. Chichester Fortescue do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Returns of the entire Amount advanced under the |= 


Provisions of the Ordnance Survey Act (Jreland) 
by the Treasury, and the Amount of said Advance 
repaid by Presentments in each County in that 
Kingdom : Showing the entire Advances made 
under the Provisions of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vice. c. 63, 
for the Expenses of Tenement Valuation, and the 
Amounts repaid for same by County Present- 
ments: And, of the Amount advanced under 
the Provisions of the Act 23 &amp; 24 Vic. c. 4, 
(1860), for Revision of Valuation, and the Pro- 
portion of such Valuation repaid by County Pre- 
sentments, 








Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Rochdale Vicarage Bill do consist of Eleven Mem- 
bers. 


The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Mr. Walpole, Mr. Bright, Mr. Beresford Hope, 


4th—5th June. 





VoL. 121. 








563 


Mr. Potter, Mr. Powell, and Lord Charles Bruce, 
and Five Members to be nominated by the Com- 
mittee of Selection ; with Power to send for persons, 
papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Petitions presented to this 
House respecting the said Bill be referred to the 
Committee ; and that such Petitioners as shall have 
prayed to be heard by themselves, their Counsel, 
or Agents, be heard upon their Petitions, if they 
think fit ; and Counsel heard in favour of the Bill 
against such Petitions. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Straits 
to provide for the Government of the Straits Set- Settlements. 
tlements: And that Mr. Stansfeld and Mr. Wil- 
liam Edward forster do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Commons (Metro- commons 

polis) Bill, was nominated of Mr. William Cow- (Metropolis) 
per, Sir William Jolliffe,Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Sandford, ®# 
Mr. Locke, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Powell, Mr. 
Russell Gurney, Mr. Leeman, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Ac- 
land, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Doulton, Mr. Knight, and 
Mr. Lawrence; with Power to send for persons, 
papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Qourum. 


Mr. Attorney General for Zreland presented a Landed Estates 
Bill to reduce the number of Judges in the Landed Court, eran 
Estates Court in Jreland, and to reduce the Duties eal 4 ; 
payable under the Record of Title and Lan : 
Debentures Acts: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Ireland presented a Oyster Bed 
Bill to validate certain Licenses granted in Ireland yee Ba 
for the establishment of Oyster Beds: And the — 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill 175. 
read a second time upon Tuesday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Stansfeld presented a Bill to provide for Straits 
the Government of the Straits Settlements: And Settlements 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
be printed. 


Bill 176. 


Mr. Stansfeld presented, by Her Majesty’s Straits 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting 5*lements. 
the Transfer of the Control of the Straits Settle- 
ments from the India Office to the Colonial De- 
partment. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 





And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Tuesday, 5th June, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
(pRDERED, That the Committee on Group 18 Railway Bills 
of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till (Group 18.) 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bir- Water Bill. 
mingham Water Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Bute Docks, Cardiff, Bill be Bute Docks, 
read the third time upon Thursday next. Cardiff, Bill. 
3a 2 


The 











Hemel Hemp- 


stead and 
London and 


North West- 


ern Railway 
Bill. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 


Railway Bill. 


Aberdare and : ; 
Central Wales the Aberdare and Central Wales Junction Railway 


Junction 


Railway Bill. 


East and West 
Junction Rail- the Kast and \ 
of Roads) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


way (Diver- 


sion of Roads) 
Bill (changed 
from “ East and West Junction Railway (Southam Extension )”.) 


Shrewsbury 


and Potteries 


Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Vale of Crick- 


howell Rail- 
way Bill. 


Manchester, 


Sheffield, and 


Lincolnshire 


Railway (Cen- Lincolnshire Railway (Central Station and Lines) 


tral Station 
and Lines) 
Bill. 


East London 


Railway 
(Additional 


Powers) Bull 


| Lords. } 


Hatfield Chase 
Warping and 

Improvement : 
(Railway) Bill mitted, 


[ Lords. | 
Holderness 


Embankment Roclamation Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 
and Reclama- 


tion Bill 
| Lords. ]} 
Thames 
Subway Bill 
[ Lords. | 


Manchester, 


the Vale of Crickhowell Railway Bill, as amended 


364 


The Hemel Hempsted and London and North 
Western 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 South Staffordshire Railway Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House —— to take into consideration 
fest Junction Railway (Diversion 


- Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Ralway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


in the Committee. an 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Manchester, Sheffield, and 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion after the other Bills in the Private Business 


List. 


The East London Railway (Additional Powers) 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


The Hatfield Chase Warping and Improvement 
(Railway) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 


Ordered, That the Holderness Embankment and 


The Thames Subway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


5th June. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 


Sheflield and take into consideration the Manchester, Sheffield, | 


Lincolnshire 


Railway (Cen- and Lincolnshire Railway (Central Station and | 


tral Station 
and Lines) 
Bill. 


Imperial Gas 


Company 
(No. 3.) 


Bristol and 


North Somer- 


set Railway 
Bill (1863.) 


Lines) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Compensation to owners of lands not 
taken, but injuriously affected), was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now read | 
a second time :—The said Motion and Clause were | 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

O.-dered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





Ordered, That, in the case of the Petition for | 
leave to bring in the Imperial Gas Company (No. 3) | 


Bill, Standing Orders 73{and 224 be suspended, } 


and that the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills | 
have leave to sit and proceed forthwith. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed by the 
House of Lords, in Session 1863, on the Bristol 
and North Somerset Railway Bill, which were 








1866. 


communicated from the Lords, be returned to their 
Lordships: And that.the Clerk do deliver the 
same. 





Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Stourbridge 
Stourbridge Railway Bill; That they had exa- Railway Bill 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
therefrom all reference to the construction of any 
new Line of Railway excepting the one authorized 
by the Bill, the other Lines having been aban- 
doned by the Company, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie uponthe Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Aldershot Gas and Aldershot Gas 
Water Bill, without Amendment. = Crords.] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. : 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Bedford and 
Bedford and Northampton Railway Bill; That ee 
they had examined the allegations contained in” 
the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same, by altering the description of the Railways 
and portion of Railway proposed to be abandoned 
under the powers of the Bill, and by omitting the 
recital as to the expediency of authorizing work- 
ing and traffic arrangements between the Com- 
pany and the Midland Railway Company, in order 
to make the same consistent with the provisions of 
the Bill as submitted to and passed by the Com- 
mittee, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Bray Improve- 
Bray Improvement Bill; That they had exa-™¢ Bill. 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by reciting the 
expediency of making further and better provision 
for controlling Fairs and Markets within the Town- 
ship; by adding a recital by which certain powers 
therein specified were transferred from the Grand 
Juries of Dublin and Wicklow to the Commis- 
sioners appointed under the Bill; and by striking 
out the recital that the making of a Pier or Jetty, 
and the extension and improvement of the Espla- 
nade would be attended with local and public 
advantage, in erder to make the same consistent 
with the provisions of the Bill as submitted to 
and passed by the Committee, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true, and had made 


provision in the Bill pursuant to a Resolution of 


the House, it having been proved to the satisfac- 
tion of the Committee that the Parties affected by 
the Bill were consenting thereto; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the British and Canadian British and 
Telegraph Company Bill, without Amendment, Canadian 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. oe Bil 
| Lords.) 


Mr. Dodson reported the Brynmawr and Blaen- Brynmawr 
avon Railway Bill, with Amendments. and a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; Reliway Bu 

and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on pevon Valley 
the Devon Valley and North British Railway and North 
Companies (Arrangements) Bill; That they had British 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble Companies 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out (Arrange- 
so much thereof as related to a certain Agreement ™™) - 


ketween the Devon Valley Railway Company and 
the 








Downs Docks 
Bill [Lords. ] 


Longton Gas 
Bill [Lords. } 


Longton, 
Adderley 
Green, and 


Bucknall Rail- 


way Bill. 


New Romney 
Railway Bill. 


North British 
Railway (Saint 


Margaret’s 
Diversion) 
Bi . 


North British 
Railway (New 


Works, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


North British 


Railway 
(Stirling, &amp;c. 


Branches) Bill. 


a British 
an Leadburn, one . ° ss 
Tieton ond North British and Leadburn, Linton, and Dolphin 


Dolphinton 


lway Com- allegations contained in the 
OL. 121. 


panies Bill, 





99 VicTorRIA. 


the North British Railway Company, and to the 
proposed repeal of the borrowing powers under the 
Acts therein recited, in order to make the Pream- 
ble consistent with the provisions of the Bill sub- 
mitted to and 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. Dodson reported the Downs Docks Bill, 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr, Dodson reported the Longton Gas Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the Longton, Adderley Green, and Bucknall Rail- 
way Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out the recital relating to 
Running Powers over portions of the North Staf- 
fordshire Railways, and by altering the recitals as 
to the interchange and transmission of Traffic, and 
as to the maintenance and use of the proposed 
Railways by the North Staffordshire Railway 
Company, in order to make the same consistent 
with the Bill as submitted to and 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. Dodson reported the New Romney Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the North British Railway 
(Saint Margaret's Diversion) Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
North British Railway (New Works, &amp;c.) Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same verbally ; and also by striking out reference 
to all Works in the Parish of Linlithgow, and to 
the sale of superfluous Lands, the powers with 
reference to which had been withdrawn from the 
Bill, and by referring to an Agreement which had 
been completed between the Edinburgh Corpora- 
tion and the Promoters instead of the Heads of 
Agreement between the same parties, and had 
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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
North British Railway (Stirling, &amp;c. Branches) 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out reference to certain parts 
of the Undertaking, the Powers for making which 
were 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. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 


had examined the 


ton Railway Bill; That the 
reamble of the Bill, 


5th June. 








365 


and amended the same by setting out more fully 
the financial condition of the Leadburn, Linton, and 
Dolphinton 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. 





Sir John Trollope reported from the Select Com- Gas Light and 


mittee on the Gas Light and Coke Company Bill; Coke 
That they had examined the allegations contained ? 


in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same, by inserting the word “ five,” after the word 
“thirty,” and by striking out the words “one 
hundred and eighty,” and inserting, instead thereof, 
the words “ two hundred and ten ;” and by striking 
out the words “ and a call of five pounds per share 
has since been made,” all in the 2d paragraph of 
the 3d page, and by inserting the words “ and 
sixty,” after the words “three hundred,” in the 
next paragraph, and by striking out the words 
“three hundred thousand pounds, part of the Monies 
expended on their Works by the Company, out of 
their divisible profits, be capitalized, and,” in the 
3d paragraph of the 4th page, the Committee being 
of opinion that such portions of the Preamble were 
not proved, 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. 


Com- 
any Bill. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the Select Com- Gas Light and 


mittee on the Gas Light and Coke and City of 
London Gas Light and Coke Companies Bill; That 


Coke and City 
of London 
Gas Light and 


they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and Coke Com- 


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. 


Lord Elcho reported from the Select Committee 
on Master and Servant; That George Odger, to 
whom a summons to attend the Committee had 
been sent, had failed to attend; he had, therefore, 
been instructed by the Committee to report the 
circumstances to the House, in order that the 
House may take such steps as may seem to the 
House to be proper and necessary. 

Ordered, That George Odger do attend the said 
Committee upon Tuesday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 


Mr. William Cowper reported from the Select 
Committee on the National Gallery Enlargement 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out so much as related to the 
Saint Martin-in-the-Fields Parochial Schools, and 
Archbishop Tenison’s Charity Schools, and found 
the same, as amended, 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 Thursday next. 


Several Public Petitions were 


| gga and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the " 


able. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of the Right Honour- 
able the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of 
the City of Edinburgh, which was presented 
upon the 8th day of March last;—and, of the 
Chairman of a Public Meeting of Inhabitants of 
the City of Edinburgh, which was presented upon 
the 19th day of March last, praying for inquiry 
into the operation of the Act 23 &amp; 24 Vic., inti- 
tuled, “ An Act to abolish the Annuity Tax in 
Edinburgh and Montrose, and to make provision 
in regard to the Stipends of the Ministers in that 
City and Burgh, and also to make provision for 

343 the 





panies Bill. 


Master and 
Servant. 


National 
Gallery 
Enlargement 
Bill. 


Bill 177. 


Public 


Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 





sixth Report. 


Annuity Tax 


Abolition 
(Edinburgh) 


Act (1860.) 





Rural Police. 
No. 326. 


Gibraltar and 
Malta. 


No, 328. 


Army (Medi- 
cal Officers. ) 


No, 329. 


Army 
(Officers’ Com- 
missions.) 


No. 350, 


County 
Treasurers. 


Railway 
Accidents. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill 
and Redistri- 
bution of Seats 
Bill. 


Devonport 
Election. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


East Barnet 
Gas and Water 
Bill [ Lords. ] 


Barnsley Local 


Board of 
Health Bill. 


Cleethorpes 
Gas Bill. 


Bridgwater 
and Taunton 
Canal and 
Bristol and 
Exeter Rail- 
way Bill. 
Poor Persons’ 
Burial (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Oswestry, 
Ellesmere, 
and Whit- 
church 
Railway Bill 
(1862), &amp;e. 


366 


the Patronage of the Church of North Leith,” be 
referred to the Select Committee on the Edin- 
burgh Annuity Tax Abolition Act (1860) and 
Canongate Annuity Tax Act. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Rural 
Police, which was presented upon the 4th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Gibraltar 
and Malta, which was presented upon the 4th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
(Medical Officers), which was presented upon the 
4th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
(Ofticers’ Commissions), which was presented upon 
the 4th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Return 





of the Abstracts of the Accounts of the several 
year ending Michaelmas 1865. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Command,— Copy of Reports of the Inspecting | 


Officers of the Railway Department to the Lords 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, upon 
certain Accidents which have occurred on Rail- 
ways during the months of January and February 
1866. (Part First.) 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Copies of the Representation of the 
People Bill and the Redistribution of Seats Bill, 
showing the Amendments to be proposed in Com- 
mittee by Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, be 
printed :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


A Petition of Electors for the Borough of Devon- 
port, in the County of Devon, complaining of an un- 
due Election and Return for the said Borough, was 
presented,and read (vide Appendix to Votes, No. 68). 

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. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
Message had been brought from the Lords by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Kast Barnet Gas and 
Water Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Barnsley Local 
Board of Health Bill, withan Amendment; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Cleethorpes Gas 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bridgwater and 
Taunton Canal and Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House. 


The Lords do not insist upon the Amendment 
made by their Lordships tothe Poor Persons’ Burial 


(Jreland) Bill ; to which this House hath disagreed. | 
The Lords request that this House will be 


pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittees appointed by this House on the Oswestry, 
Ellesmere, and Whitchurch Railway Bill, in Session 
1862; Ellesmere, Ruabon, and Shrewsbury Rail- 


5th June. 








1866. 


way Bill, in Session 1862; Great Western Rail- 
way ( Oswestry, Shrewsbury, and Ellesmere — 
Bill, in Session 1862; Oswestry, Ellesmere, an 
Whitchurch Railway Bill, in Session 1563; Wrezx- 
ham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway Bill, in 
Session 1863; Drayton Junction Railway Bill, in 
Session 1863; Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay 
Railway Bill, in Session 1864; Wrexham, Mold, 
and Connah’s Quay Railway (New Lines) Bill, in 
Session 1866. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Medical 


posed, That, in the opinion of this House, Her 
Majesty’s Government should now adopt the re- 
commendations of the Select Committee of 1858, 
which recommended * Her Majesty’s Government 
to take into consideration the claims of Jreland to 
a Grant of the Half-cest of Medical Officers of 
Unions, with the view of providing for the same 
in future, as is now the practice in England and 
Scotland,” fortified, as such recommendation is, by 
by the Report of the Select Committee on Taxa- 


. a , tion of Ireland in June 1865, who reported that 
County Treasurers in England and Wales, for the | —. a P “en 

y ‘ J : . | with regard to the Grants for Poor Law Medical 
_ Officers and Workhouse Schoolmasters, “ it would 
_be reasonable that the same aid should be extended 


| to Ireland as isalready extended to England” :— 


And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Officers 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Metropolitan 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to — of 


| Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 


pleased to issue a Royal Commission to inquire 
into the constitution of the Metropolitan Board of 
Works, the Office of Public Works, and the Office 
of Woods and Forests, with the object of seeing 
whether some means may not be devised by which 
the Improvements of the Metropolis may be car- 
ried out in a more comprehensive and economical 
manner, and with greater unity of purpose :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 





withdrawn. 


orks, &amp;c. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the Princess Mary 
House, That he had a Message from Her Majesty of Cambridge. 


to this House, signed by Her Majesty :—And he 

presented the same to the House, and it was read 

by Mr. Speaker (all the Members of the House 

being uncovered); and is as followeth: 
VICTORIA R. 

Her Majesty having agreed to a Marriage pro- 
posed between Her Royal Highness the Princess 
Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elisabeth, youngest 
daughter of his late Royal Highness the Duke of 
Cambridge, and His Serene Highness Francis 
Paul Charles Louis Alexander Prince of Tech, has 
thought fit to communicate it to the House of Com- 
mons. 

The many proofs which the House of Commons 
has afforded of their affectionate attachment to Her 
Majesty’s Person and Family, leave Her Majesty 
no doubt of their readiness to enable Her Majesty 
to make a further provision for Her Royal High- 
ness. V. RB. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to take into 
consideration Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] County 


for removing Doubts respecting the Assessment of 
County Rates: And that Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make better provision for the Maintenance and 
Repair of certain Bridges in England commonly 
called Hundred Bridges: And that Mr. Knatch- 
bull-Hugessen and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, 


Assessments. 


Hundred 
Bridges. 











29 Vicroria. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to render Owners of Dogs liable for Injuries done 
by their Dogs: And that Sir Colman U’Loghien, 
Mr. Lusk, and Mr. Stacpoole do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Dogs. 


Foynes 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Harbour. 


Copy of the Correspondence between the Board 
of Public Works in Jreland and the Limerick and 
Foynes Railway Company, relative to the accumula- 
tion of Mud in Foynes Harbour, under their charge. 


Public 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Health. 


toamend the Law relating to the Public Health: 
And that Mr. Bruce, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, and 
Sir George Grey 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. 


Wednesday, 6th June, 1860. 


PRAYERS. 

Are TITION of the Imperial Gas Light 
and Coke Company, for leave to bring in a 

Bill to authorize the Imperial Gas Light and Coke 

Company to raise more Money, was presented, and 

read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 

cordingly, by Mr. Samuel George Smith, Captain 

Hayter, and Mr. Staniland. 








Imperial Gas 
Company 
(No. 3.) 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 

Water Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Amend- 
ment made by this House to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Cambridge Uni- 
versity and Town Water Bill; and the same was 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 

Colnbrook The Colnbrook Railways Bill was read the third 
Railways Bill. time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Middles- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a. -_ the Middlesbrough Extension and Improvement 
Improvement Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
Bill. ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Dublin and The Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway Bill 
ome was read a second time; and committed. 

unction 
Railway Bill 

| Lords, 
Holderness The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Embankment Reading of the Holderness Embankment and Re- 
and Recla- Pind “1. 
mation Bil  Clamation Bill; 
[Lords,] And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


— That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
n Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
* 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. Fitzwilliam, 
Yeas, Viscount Galway: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Norwood, 
Noes, Mr. Clay: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
VoL. 121. 


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5th—tth June. 








367 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 


time:—-The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electoral 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Ley 
to give directions, that there be laid before this “°** 
House, a Return (in continuation of the General 
Electoral Returns, 1866), of the Number of Male 
Persons in each Parliamentary City or Borough in 
England and Wales who are in the occupation of 
Houses of the Gross Estimated Rentals as under: 
—£.10 and under £.20; £.20 and under £.30; 
£.30 and under £.40; £.40 and under £.50; 
£.50 and under £.60; £.60 and under £.70; 
£.70 and under £.80; £.80 and under £.90; 
£.90 and under £.100; £.100 and over. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County County 
Treasurer thich w “ 1 } Treasurers. 
reasurers, which was presented upon the 5th day 
of this instant June, be printed. No. 327. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Real Estate 
Reading of the Real Estate Intestacy Bill ; iatesteay SER. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
* this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
* now ” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Locke King, 1 84 
Yeas, Mr. James : f ; 
Tellers for the( Mr. Beresford Hope, 
Noes, \Mr. Hunt: } — 


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. 


Fellows of 
Colleges Decla- 
ration Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Fellows of Colleges Declaration 
Bill; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
* this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now ” stand part of the Question :—Anda 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday the 11th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trusts 
mittee on the Trusts (Scotland) Bill; na 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day my, SH, for the Second Summary 


as of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) (Scotland), 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. - 
e 


3A4 








Local Officers’ 


Superannua- 
tion (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Mines Assess- 
meat Bill. 


Execution of 
Deeds Bill. 


Veterinary 


Surgeons Bill. 


Turnpike 
Roads Bill. 


Inns of Court 
Bill. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Legitimacy 
Declaration, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Transubstan- 
tiation, &amp;c. 
Declaration 


Abolition Bill. 


Admiralty 
Court 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Church Tem- 


poralities Acts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Finsbury 
Estate Bill. 


Attorneys 
and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill 
[Lords.]} 


368 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Local Officers’ Superannuation 
(Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Mines Assessment 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 Execution of Deeds Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Veterinary Surgeons Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the Turn- 
pike Roads Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Inns of Court Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Transubstantiation, &amp;c. Declaration 
Abolition Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Admiralty Court (Zreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Temporalities Acts (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Finsbury Estate Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Attorneys and Solicitors (Jreland) 
Bill; ? 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 





6th June. 














1866. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Local Government Supplemental 
(No. 2) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill, so far as it reiates to 
Linthwaite and Briton Ferry, be committed to a 
Select Committee, to be nominated by the Com- 
— of Selection, as in the case of a Private 

ill. 

Ordered, That all Petitions which have been 
ape during the present Session against the 

ill be referred to the Committee, and such of the 
Petitioners as pray to be heard by themselves, 
their Counsel, or Agents, be heard upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit; and Counsel heard in 
favour of the Bill against the said Petitions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented a Bill to 
make better provision for the Maintenance and Re- 

air of certain Bridges in England, commonly 
called Hundred Bridges: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented a Bill for 





Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental (No, 2) 
Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Hundred ; 
Bridges Bill. 


Bill 178. 


County 


removing Doubts respecting the Assessment of Assessments 


County Rates: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next; and to be printed. 


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 Select Committees. 


A Petition of the Highway Board for the Dis- 
trict of Neath, praying that the Local Government 
Supplemental (No. 2) Bill may be referred to a 
Select Committee of the House, and that the 
may be heard against a section of the Bill, so far 
as it relates to the district of Britonferry, by their 
Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses, before the Com- 
mittee, and in favour of such Clauses and Amend- 
ments, as to the House may seem meet, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard by their Counsel or Agents 
upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against the 
said Petition. 


A Petition of the Oxford Local Board, praying 


that the Thames Navigation Bill may not pass pi 


into a law as it now stands, and that the Petitioners 
may be heard by themselves, their Counsel, Agents, 
and Witnesses, before the Committee of the House 
to whom the said Bill may be referred against the 
Preamble of the said Bill, and against such of the 
Clauses of ‘the said Bill as affect the rights, interests, 
and property of the Petitioners, and in support of 
such other Clauses as they may deem necessary or 
expedient for their protection; and that they may 
have such further or other relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard by themselves, their Counsel or 
Agents upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against the 
said Petition. 

Mr. 


° 


Bill 179. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Votes, 
and Twenty- 
sixth Report. 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental ( No. 2) 
Bill. 


Thames 
Navigation 








Public Health 
Bill. 


Bill 180. 


Dogs Bill. 
Bill 181. 


Pembroke and 


Tenby 
Railway Bill. 


Thames 
Subway Bill 
| Lords.] 


Peninsular 
and Oriental 
Steam Navi- 
gation 
Company. 


No. 331, 


Cheltenham 
Election. 


Cork and 
Youghal 
Railway Bill 
[Lords. } 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty- 

sixth Report.) 


Bristol and 
Portishead 
Pier and 
Railway Bill. 


Colchester 
Gas Bill, 





29 VicTORIA. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to the Public Health: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next: and 
to be printed. 


Sir Colman O’Loghlen presented a Bill to render 
Owners of Dogs liable for injuries done by their 
Dogs: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Finlay reported from the Committee on 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Pembroke and Tenby Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by omitting 
therefrom so much as recited the expediency of 
changing the name of the Company, the Bill, as 
amended, not conferring such Powers, and had 
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 laid upon the Table,—Report of 
the Referees on Private Bills on a Petition against 
the Thames Subway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Agreement made between Her 
Majesty’s Postmaster General and the Peninsular 
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, dated 
the 27th day of February 1866. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Chel- 
tenham Election Petition be laid before this House. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Thursday, 7th June, 1860. 


PRAYERS. 


M AJOR Cornwall Legh reported from the 
J Committee on Group 20 of Railway Bills: 
That in the case of the Cork and Youghal Railway 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and had made a verbal 
Amendment therein, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 





Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 4th and 
5th days of this instant June, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bristol 
and Portishead Pier and Railway Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Col- 


6th—7 th June. 


369 
chester Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mid- Railway 
land Railway (Additional Powers) Bill; and the (uous 


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 


gg to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
Ss lps. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tyne Im- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Tyne provement 
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 
_ to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Brampton and Longtown Railway Bill was Brampton 

read the third time. er 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. en 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bridge of Allan Water Bill was read the Bridge of © 
third time. — Water 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. bas 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


East and West 
Junction 
Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 


The East and West Junction Railway (Capital) 
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 Great Yarmouth Great Yar. 
Haven, Port, and Rivers Bill be now read the a Sn 
third time ; Rivers Bill. 

Sir William Hutt, 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 London, Worcester, and South Wales Rail- London, 


way Bill was read the third time. pte ym 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Wales 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Railway Bill. 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Louth and Lincoln Railway Bill was read Louth and 
the third time. a Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. oe 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North Western and Charing Cross Railway North Western 
Bill was read the third time. roo Charing 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the iste i 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Peterborough, Wisbeach, and Sutton Railway Peterborough, 
Bill was read the third time. —— and 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eee Bill. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Von. 121. 





3B 


The 








ony 
ow 


370 | 
The Ringley Bridge Bill was read the third time. 





Ringley 
Bridge Bil. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Tottenham The Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Rail- 
ty way 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. 
Waterford The Waterford and Limerick Railway (Arrange- 
— ments) Bill was read the third time. , 
(Arrange- Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
ments) Bill. Title be, An Act to authorize the Waterford and 


Limerich Railway Company to make Working and | 
other Agreements with the Great Southern and | 
Western Railway Company, and the Great Western | 
Railway Company, or either of them. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Weaver River 
Navigation 
Bill [ Lords. } 


The Weaver River Navigation 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. | 





Bute Docks, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Cardiff, Bill. a 


Reading of the Bute Docks, Cardiff, Bill; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Sir William Hutt, 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. 


Glasgow — The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bridges Bill. the Glasgow Bridges Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Glasgow The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Corporation the Glasgow Corporation Water Bill, as amended 


ater Bill. . . 
Ww in the Committee; and an Amendment was made 


to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Montrose The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour Bill the Montrose Harbour Bill, as amended in the Com- 
(Lords. mittee; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Perran The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railway, Pier, &gt; 
and Harbour the J 
Bill. 


erran Railway, Pier, and Harbour Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Pilotage Rates), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bull. 

Another Clause (Saving the Rights of the 
Duchy of Lancaster), 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. 


Midland 


Shannon June- second time; and committed. 


tion Railway 

Bill [Zords. | . ‘ ‘ &gt; 

Imperial Gas _ A Bill to authorize the Imperial Gas Light and 
Company Coke Company to raise more Money, was read the 


(No, 3) Bill. first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 





7th June. 


The Midland Counties and Shannon Junction 
Counties and Railway Bill was, according to Order, read a 





13866. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Art Art Union 
Union Laws have Power to report their Observa- Laws 
tions thereupon to the House, together with the No. 332. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Lord Robert Montagu reported from the said 
Committee; That they had examined 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 Ap- 
pendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 







The Honourable Edward Frederick Leveson Controverted 
Gower, Member for the Borough of Bodmin, being Elections. 
the Member appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve 
on the General Committee of Elections in the 
room of John Bonham-Carter, Esquire, and not 
objected to by the House, was sworn at the Table 
by the Clerk. 


Several Public Petitions were ae and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read; yia6 Votes, 
and referred to a Select Committee. and Twenty- 
seventh 
; Report. 
Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on Caledonian 


Group 18A of Railway Bills; Thatin the case of Railway 


the Caledonian Railway (Corstorphine J ewe oe 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained gin, 


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. Pollard-Urquhart reported the Llantrissant Uantrissant 
and Taff Vale Junction Railway Bill, with = 
Amendments. ; Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 

and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Missionaries. 
a Return of the Names of the several Missionaries 

who participate in the Grant this Session of £.2,013 

made by Parliament to ‘* Missionaries of the So- 

ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel,” the 

Amount paid to each Missionary, where each is 
stationed, and how long each has received a Grant 

from Parliament. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Registrars 
Returns of the Number of Registrars attached to (Ireland. 
the different Dioceses of the Established Church 
in Ireland :——-Of the Deputy Registrars attached 
thereto: Of the Emoluments of the Registrars 
arising from all sources, including the Benefices 
and other Ecclesiastical Preferments held by them, 
as well as the Fees payable to them on all occa- 
sions: Of the Amount of the Fees payable to 
the Registrars in each Diocese in Jreland on each 
and every occasion: Of the Registrars and 
Deputy Registrars who reside in the Diocese in 
which their Duties are to be performed : And, 
of the Causes assigned for granting leave of Ab- 
sence to those who are not so resident. 














Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Saint 
a Return of the Amount paid by the Corporation ny 
of Dublin in opposing each of the Bills for opening lin) 1 mis 
Saint Stephen's Green (Dublin) as a Public Park (1864, 1865, 
in the Sessions of 1864, 1865, and 1866 respec- 404 1866.) 
tively, distinguishing the Amount paid in respect 
to each such Opposition, to Counsel, Solicitors, 
Parliamentary Agents, and Witnesses. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, scottish 
Copies of Correspondence between the Right Records. 
Honourable the Lord Clerk Register of —_ 
an 








Message from 


the Lords. 


Rochdale and 


Edenfield 
Roads Bill. 


Saint George’s 
Parish, County 
of Gloucester, 


Bill. 
Hull Docks 
Bill. 


Hexham and 
Allendale 


Railway Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Teases (Isle o 


Man) Bill. 


Stockton Gas 


Bill. 


Hull South 
Bridge Bill. 


Aberdeen 
County and 
Municipal 


Buildings Bill. 


Guardian Fire 


and Life 
Assurance 


Company Bill 


[Lords.] 


Theatrical 


Licenses and 
Regulations, 


English and 


Trish Law and 


Chancery. 


Election 


Expenses. 


Universities 
(Scotland.) 





29 Vicrorra. 


and the Treasury, respecting the Publication of a 
series of Scottish Records, viz. : 

1. Letter from the Lord Clerk Register to 
the Secretary to the Treasury, with Ap- 
pendices, 20th January 1865 3. 

2. Letter from the Secretary to the Treasury 
to the Lord Clerk Register, 17th April 
1865 ; 

3. Letter from the Lord Clerk Register to 
the Secretary to the Treasury (with In- 
closure), 31st January 1866 ; 

4. Letter from the Lord Clerk Register to 
the Secretary to the Treasury, with Note 
of Calendars of State Papers and Regis- 
ters in Scotland inclosed, 3rd March 
1866. 


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 Rochdale and 
Edenfield Roads Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint George's 
Parish, County of Gloucester, Bill, without any 
Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Hull Docks Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Hexham and 
Allendale Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical 


f Leases (Isle of Man) Bill, with Amendments; to 


which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed tothe Stockton Gas Bill, 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Hull South 
Bridge Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Aberdeen County 
and Municipal Buildings Bill, with an Amend- 
ment; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance 
Company to reduce the amount of their paid-up 
Subscription Capital, and to alter certain Provisions 
of their Deed of Settlement; and to amend “ The 
Guardian Assurance Company’s Act, 1850,” and 
to give further powers to the Company and the 
Directors thereof; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords give leave to the Viscount Sydney, 
Lord Chamberlain, to attend, in order to his being 
examined as a Witness before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the present 
Session of Parliament on Theatrical Licenses and 
Regulations, as desired by this House, his Lord- 
ship (in his place) consenting. 


Sir George Grey o_o by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Second Report of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commissioners appointed to inquire into 
the Superior Courts of Common Law and Courts 
of Chancery of England and Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Further 
Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, dated 
the 2d and 6th days of March last, for eens 
relative to Election Expenses. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 14th day of May last, for a Return relative to 
Universities ( Scotland). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 

Vot. 121. 


7th June. 





371 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, Cunard, &amp;c. 
dated the 20th day of April last, for Returns rela- Steamers. 
tive to the Cunard, &amp;c. Steamers. 

“ — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Monsell presented, pursuant to the direc- Army Prize 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—The Account of Money. 
Unclaimed Army Prize Money, from 18th January 
1809 to 3lst December 1865. 


Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s Statistical 
Command,—Statistical Abstract for the United “&gt;8*?#¢t 
Kingdom in each of the last Fifteen years (from 
1851 to 1865). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 








Mr. William Edward Forster presented,—Re- Oaths (Colo- 
turn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2d ™&amp;*) 
| day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
a Copy of each Oath now required to be taken in 
any Colony by the Governor or other Chief 
Magistrate, the Members of the Legislature, or 
Supreme Council, or other similar Body, respec- 
tively. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was Cheltenham 





laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Election. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Se- No. 333. 


lect Committee on the Cheltenham Election Peti- 
tion. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 


Mr. Villiers presented,—Return to an Address Parliamentary 
to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of May last, Boroughs 
for Returns relative to Parliamentary Boroughs (Liverpool, 

4 &amp;e. ) 
(Liverpool, &amp;c.) No. 334 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the iia 
Table ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Princess Mary 
into a Committee to take into consideration Her of Cambridge. 
Majesty’s most gracious Message of the 5th day of © 
this instant June, relative to the Marriage of the 
Princess Mary of Cambridge. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Queen’s Message read. 

Resolved, That the annual sum of Two thousand 
pounds be granted to Her Majesty, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 
the said Annuity to be settled on Her Royal 
Highness the Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina 
Elisabeth, younger Daughter of His late Royal 
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, for her Life, in 
such manner as Her Majesty shall think proper, 
and to commence from the date of the Marriage of 
Her Royal Highness with His Serene Highness 
Francis Paul Louis Alexander, Prince of Teck; 
such Annuity to be in addition to the Annuity 
now enjoyed by Her Royal Highness under the 
Act of the 13th and 14th years of Her present Ma- 
jesty, cap. 77. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 

The 





3B2 








Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill an 


372 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


a into a Committee on the Representation of the 


Redistribution People Bill and the Redistribution of Seats Bill. 


of Seats Bill. 


Terminable 
Annuities Bill, 


Common Taw 
Courts (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Railways 
Clauses Bill. 


Standards of 
Weights, 

Measures, 
Coin age Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Representation of the People Bill. 

Cause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 

Cxiaust, N° 3, postponed. 

Cause, N°4 (Occupation Franchise for Voters 
in Counties. ) 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be postponed ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the; Lord Stanley, 1 960 
Yeas, | Mr. Edward Egerton: rine 
Tellers for the; Mr. Brand, logy 
Noes, \Mr. Adam: — 


Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 39: To leave 
out the word “ fourteen,” in order to insert the 
word “ twenty.” 

Question put, That the word “ fourteen” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


. ae -.. | Mr. Brand, -_ 

Tellers for the Yeas, 1 &gt; te 297. 
: ,... {Mr. Walpole, eas 

Tellers for the Noess{ Ccionel Taylor: J 283. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit aain. 
And the House having continued to sit till 
after Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Friday, 8th June, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bills; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House will, this day, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ this day,” 
and inserting the words “upon Monday next,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words “ this day ” stand part of the Question :— 
The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

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 Terminable Annuities Bill; 

Resolved, That that this House will, upon Mon- 
day the 18th day of this instant June, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (/reland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


ang into a Committee on the Standards of Weights, 


Measures, and Coinage Bill; and, after some time 





Tth—8th June. 





1866. 


| spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 
and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to 
report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Carriage ana 
Reading of the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Peposit of 
Goods Bill; Dangerous 


G ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankruptey 
mittee on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c, Law Amend. 
Bill ; ment, &amp;e, 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- pier ana Har. 
mittee on the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirma- a. Orders 
° a oan Confirmation 
tion (No. 2) Bill _ (No. 2) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself National 
into a Committee on the National Gallery En- + wend 
largement Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ee 
Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Admiralty 
Reading of the Admiralty Court (Jre/and) Bill; yo" 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time"? ®"" 
upon Monday the 18th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Tem- 
Reading of the Church Temporalities Acts (JZre- poralities Acts 
land) Bill; oot) SES, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill; Chancery 

Resolved, That that this House will, this day, (Ireland) Bil. 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Common Law 
Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- Procedure 
: er Amendment 
ment Acts (Jreland) Bill; Acts (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 


upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tramways 


mittee on the Tramways (Jreland) Acts Amend- (Ireland) Acts 
he Amendment 
ment Bill; Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Transubstan- 
mittee on the Transubstantiation, &amp;c. Declara- — -_ 
tion Abolition Bill; ae 

And a Motion being made, and the Question aagne 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair:—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Lett. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Whiteside, 6 


Yeas, Mr. Selwyn: 46. 
Tellers for the (Sir Colman O’Loghlen, } Po 
Noes, —)Mr. Cogan: . 


And the numbers being equal, Mr. Speaker 
stated that, as at this late hour one-half the House 
were 





Finsbury 
Estate Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 19.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 14.) 


Ayr Harbour 
Bill. 


Cambrian 
Railways 
(New Works) 
Bill. 


Cork Harbour 


Bill [Lords.} 


Lancashire 
Union Rail- 
ways Bill. 


Laugharne 
Railway Bill. 





99 VicToRIA. 


were indisposed to proceed with the discussion of 
the Bill, he should best discharge his duty by de- 
claring himself with the Yeas. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Finsbury Estate Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

And Notice being taken, that Forty Members 
were not present:—The House was told by Mr. 
Speaker; and Forty Members not being present, 
and it being then One of the clock on Friday 
morning:— The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till this 
day. , 





Friday, 8th June, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Committee on Group 
19 of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day 


till Six of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on 
Group 14 of Railway Bills; That, for the con- 
venience of the Parties, the Committee had ad- 
journed to Tuesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the Ayr Harbour Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same by omitting the recital 
of an agreement entered into between the Ayr 
Harbour Trustees and the Glasgow and South 
Western Railway Company, and the expediency 
of confirming the same, and had found the’ Pre- 
amble, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Cambrian Railways (New Works) Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same 
by striking out all reference to the Harbour at 
Porthdinlleyn, and the power to subscribe thereto 
by the Company, and by adding a recital with 
reference to the Capital of the Company, in order 
to make the same consistent with 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. Dodson reported the Cork Harbour Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Lancashire Union 
Railways Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the Laugharne Railway Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and had amended the same by 
VoL, 121. 


Tth—8th June. 











373 


defining more accurately the deposited Plans and 
Sections, 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. Dodson reported the Magdalen Hospital Bill, Magdalen 
with an Amendment. Hospital Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. am 


Mr. Dodson reported the Whitehaven and Fur- Whitehaven 
ness Junction, and Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egre- = Furness 
mont Railway Bill, with Amendments. Whitehaven, ; 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; Cleator, and 


a Egremont 
and be printed. Railway Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Wycombe 
the Wycombe Railway Bill; That they had exa- Railway Bill. 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by referring to 
an Agreement already made, instead of to be here- 
after made, between the two Companies, and b 
making certain verbal alterations, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Barnsley Local 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Barns- Bord of, 
ley Local Board of Health Bill; and the same ee 
were twice read, and, with Amendments to several 
of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which this 
= doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bridgwater 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bridg- «»4 Taunton 
water and Taunton Canal, and Bristol and Exeter | emt ea 
Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, and Exeter Rail- 
agreed to. ; way Bill. 

Ordered, 'Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cleethorpes 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Clee- Gas Bill. 
thorpes Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Aberdare and Central Wales Junction Rail- Aberdare and 
way Bill was read the third time. —- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The British and Canadian Telegraph Company British and 


Bill was read the third time. braved 
- elegra 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. uae 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. 


[Lords.] 


The Downs Docks Bill was read the third time. Downs Docks 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill [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. 
3B3 The 


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374 


Greenock and The Greenock and Shaws Water Bill was read 
— Water the third time. 
. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Greenock The Greenock Water Bill was read the third time. 
Water Bis. 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 
Sheffield, and Railway (Central Station and Lines) Bill was read 
Lincolnshire . - 
Railway (Cen- the third time. ; 
tral Station Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
4 Lines) Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
L, ° . 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Vale of Crick- The Vale of Crichhowell Railway Bill was read 
howell Rail- the third time. 
eo. Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Vale of Crickhowell 
Railway Company to extend their Railway to the 
Town of Brecon, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Mold and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Denbigh Junc- “ mT me vr : oo 
wg Ro ~ the Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway (Branches, 


(Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
-&amp;c.) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Shrewsbury The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and North 
Wales Rail- 
way (Devia- 


the Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway (Devia- 

tions, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
tions, &amp;c.) Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 
(changed from e 


‘‘ Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway (Meifod Valley Extension, &amp;c.)”.) 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Somerset and Dorset Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Somerset and 
Dorset Rail- 
way Bill. 


Guardian Fire The Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Com- 


— pany Bill was read the first time. 

Seeeneeny Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
[ Lords. } miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 


Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
seventh 
Report. 


Great Major Cornwall Legh reported the Great North- 
pang and ern and Western (of Jreland) Railway Bill, with 
Western (of 

Ireland) Rail- Amendments. 

way Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had 
made alterations in the Groups already formed, and 
directed him to'report the same to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Sixth 
Report.) 


No. 69. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Railwa Group 184 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
(Additional the C?lasgow and South Western Railway (Addi- 
Powers) Bill. tional Powers) Bill, pursuant to the Instruction of 
. the House of the 2d day of March last, the powers 
relating to the construction of the Railways de- 
scribed in Clause 4 of the Bill as deposited as 
Nos. 1 and 2, had been struck out of the Bill as 
submitted to and passed by the Committee; that 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and ‘Shad amended the same, 
by striking out the recital as to the expediency of 
authorizing Contracts with the London and North 
Western Railway Company, the Midland Railway 


Glasgow and 
South Western 





Sth June. 








1866. 
Company, the North Eastern Railway Company, 
and the North British Railway Company, the 
Powers with reference to which were struck out 
of the Bill, and also by striking out the words 
referring to the deposit of Plans and Sections with 
the Clerk of the owe for the County of Cum- 
berland, the Railway proposed to be constructed 
in that County having been struck out of the Bill, 
and found the,same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Scholefield — the North British Rail- North British 

way (Camps, &amp;c. Branches) Bill, with Amend- (Came, fe 

ments. : Branches) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Bill. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Select Com- Dean Forest 
mittee on the Dean Forest (Walmore and the (Walmore and 
Bearce Commons) Bill; That they had examined coma 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to Bill. 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made itl 189, 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


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 Hop Trade Bill, Hop Trade 
without any Amendment. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Newchurch Parish Newchurch 
Division Bill, with Amendments; to which the = , 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. a 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Buchanan's 
to authorise the sale of the entailed Estate of Estate Bill 
Arden, in the County of Dumbarton, and to apply ang 
the prices to be received for the same in the pur- 
chase of other Lands in Scotland to be entailed 
in lieu thereof; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Liverpool _ 
Act for utilizing the Sewage of the Borough of — 
Liverpool, and for other purposes; to which the | Zords.] 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Viscount Enfield presented,—Return to several County 
Addresses to Her Majesty, dated the 16th and Electoral a 
21st days of March last, for Returns relative to Qceupicrs an 
41s aay &lt; NLare a as a. or e urns rela 1ve O Occupiers and 
County Electoral Statistics; and Occupiers and Owners in 
Owners in Counties. Counties. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the No. 335. 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Public Works 
mand,—Copy of Thirty-fourth Report from the (!teland.) 
Board of Public Works, Zreland, with the Appen- 
dices, 1865. 

Mr. Childers also presented,—Return to an Mails (West 
Order, dated the 8th day of May last, for a Return dies.) 
relative to Mails (West Indies). 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of May peo oo’, 
last, for a Return relative to Mails (Southampton oo) Thomas.) 
and Saint Thomas). 

Mr. Childers also presented, pursuant to the Superannua- 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a #95 
Treasury Minute, dated 30th May 1866, granting 
a special Compensation Allowance to Mr. Michele, 

Her Majesty’s Consul at Saint Petersburg. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ——_ 
a Return showing the Amounts of Capital Stock and A™™™™**- 
other Securities, with equivalent Amount of Stock No. 336. 


for such Securities, cancelled in each year from 
1808 

















Election 
Expenses. 


No. 160. 
Universities 
(Scotland. ) 

No. 338. 
Cunard, &amp;c. 
Steamers. 

No. 339. 
Arny Prize 
Money. 

No. 340. 
Finsbury 
Estate Bill. 


Supply. 


Fishery Piers 
(Ireland.) 


Royal 
Academy. 


Danubian 


Principalities. 


QY Victoria. 


1808 to 1866, in respect of Annuities granted for 
Lives, and for terms of Years; and, the Amounts 
of such Annuities granted and expired in each 
Year during the same period. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Election 
Expenses, which was presented upon the 7th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Universities 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 7th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cunard, 
&amp;c. Steamers, which was presented upon the 7th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Army 
Prize Money, which was presented upon the 7th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Finsbury Estate Bill be read 
a second time upon Tuesday 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 Question, in order to add the 
words “ there be laid before this House, Copy of 
* the Case and Opinion of the Law Officers of the 
* Crown relative to the non-payment of a Sum of 
« £.5,000 granted for the building and repairing 
“of Fishery Piers in Jreland and assistance of 
* poor Fishermen under the Act of 59 Geo. 3, 
“ ¢, 59, s. 106,” 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 “ there be laid before this House, 
* Copy of any further Correspondence relative to 
*‘ the refusal by the Royal Academy of a Site at 
** Burlington 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 from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “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 any Correspondence relative to 
* the Conference on the Danubian Principalities,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question:—The said proposed Amendment and 
original Question were severally, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Princess Mary Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee to 
of Cambridge. whom it was referred to consider Her Majesty’s 





most gracious Message of the 5th day of this in- 
stant June, relative to the Marriage of the Prin- 
cess Mary of Cambridge, a Resolution ; which was 
read, as followeth: 

That the annual Sum of Two thousand Pounds 
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375 


be granted to Her Majesty, out of the Consoli 
dated Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, the said ° 
Annuity to be settled on Her Royal Highness the 
Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elisabeth, 
younger Daughter of His late Royal Highness the 
Duke of Cambridge, for her Life, in such manner 
as Her Majesty shall think proper, and to com- 
mence from the date of the Marriage of Her Royal 
Highness with His Serene Highness Francis Paul 
Louis Alexander, Prince of Teck; such Annuity 
to be in addition to the Annuity now enjoyed by 
Her Royal Highness under the Act of the thir- 
teenth and fourteenth years of Her present Ma- 
jesty, cap. 77. 

The said Resolution being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the said Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Sir George Grey, and Mr. 
Childers do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Representa- 
mittee on the Representation of the People Bill Kas = 
and the Redistribution of Seats Bill; and Redistri- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday — of Seats 

Lil, 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself — - 
into a Committee on the Court of Chancery (Ire- ( sreland) Bill. 
land) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods Carriage and 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Deposit of 
. hada . . Dangerous 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, goods Bill. 


for 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 Standards of Weights. Measures, and Coin- Standards of 
age Bill was, according to Order, read the third ee aad 
time. Coinage Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Hundred _ 
Reading of the Hundred Bridges Bill ; Bridges Bim. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The County Assessments Bill was, according to County 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Assessments 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. ~~ 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Transubstan- 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Paton &amp;¢. 
upon the 7th day of this instant June, That Mr. ‘Abolition BAIL 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee on 
yaaa pes &amp;c. Declaration Abolition 
Bill); ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ;—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

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The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Criauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

A Clause (The following declaration shall be 
subst uted for the declaration hereby repealed : 
—I, A. B. do solemnly and sincerely, in the 
presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, 
that I do agree in the true, usual, and literal 
meaning of the twenty-second and twenty-eighth 
Articles of Religion, which Articles are received 
and held by .the United Church of England and 
Ireland, and that I do assent to, and do hold the 
said Articles, as truly setting forth my belief 
with respect to the doctrines contained in the said 
Articles), brought up, and read the first time. 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave o sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the{ Mr. Verner, 1 40 

Yeas, Sir Percy Burrell: s . 

Tellers for theJ Sir Colman O’Loghlen, | xe 

Noes, \Mr. Cogan: eens 


Question put, That the Clause be now read a 
second time ; 
The Committee divided. 


| Tellers for the ; Mr. Newdegate, l 36 
) Yeas, \Mr. Thomas Chambers; J °”* 
Tellers for the (Sir Colman O’Loghlen, 1 7] 

Noes, \ Mr. Cogan: | es 


Schedule agreed to, 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
. &gt; 


Saturday, 9th June, 1866: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 


son 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. 


Industrial and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


8th—Sth—1 1th June. 








a a Return of the General Statements of the Funds 
, and Effects of every Industrial and Provident 
Society registered under the Act 26 &amp; 27 Vie. ¢. 87, 
for the year ending the 3lst day of December 
1865, transmitted to the Registrars of Friendly | 
Societies in England, Scotland, and Ireland re- | 

spectively. 
Court of A Motion being made, That this House will, | 
&lt;iocunde upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee | 
) {Salary,Re- to consider of making provision for the payment | 
tired Allow- out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- | 


ances, &amp;¢.) dom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the en 


of the Vice Chancellor, and of certain Retired 
Pensions that may be granted in pursuance of | 
any Act of the present Session for amending the | 
constitution, practice, and procedure of the Court 
of Chancery in Ireland, of giving power to vary 
the Chancery Fund Duties, and of imposing Stamp 
Duties in relation to appointments and proceedings 
in the said Court, and also of making good any de- 
ficiency that may arise in the Suitors’ Fee Fund 
of the said Court ; 

Mr. Milner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, ‘That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Mo- 
tion, recommends it to the consideration of ihe House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Childers 
Majesty to sett 


Princess Mary 
of Cambridge's 


ngs a Bill to enable Her 
Annuity Bill, 


e an Annuity on Her Royal 





Bill 183. 








1866. 


Highness the Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina 
Elisabeth of Cambridge: 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 One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 





Monday, 11th June, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought from the Lords ** rs. 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 
The Lords have agreed to the Customs and In- Customs and 
land Revenue Bill, without any Amendment. _ Revenue 


The Lords have agreed to the Mersey Docks Mersey Docks 
and Harbour Board (Outer Works Alteration) 24 Harbour 
Bill. witl A d Board (Outer 

ill, without any Amendment. Works Altera- 
tion) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow (City) Glasgow (City) 
Improvements, &amp;c. Bill, without any Amendment. ae 


The Lords have agreed to the South Yorkshire South York- 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment. ~~ iaaaaae 


The Lords have agreed to the Wrexham and Wrexham and 


Mine or eliy . s ont. Minera 
Jinera Railway Bill, without any Amendment Railway Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Weaver River 
made by this House to the Weaver River Naviga- a 
tion Bill, without any Amendment. ene 

The Lords have agreed to the Burials in Burghs Burials in 
( Scotland) Bill, with an Amendment; to which the oo) 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. ip 

The Lords have agreed to the Pensions Bill, Pensions Bill. 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House, 

The Lords have agreed to the Llynvi Valley Miynvi Valley 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the ®#!y Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bradford, Eccles- Bradford, 
hill, and Idle Railway Bill, with Amendments ; Eccleshill, and 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Liverpool Corpo- Liverpool 
ration Water Bill, with Amendments ; to which woe a 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. ‘eine 

The Lords have agreed to the Abercarn Koads 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Belfast Burial Belfast Burial 
Ground Bill, with Amendments; to which the Ground Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Combmartin and Combmartin 
Iifracombe Road Bill, with Amendments ; to which @"4 Htracombe 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. %*4 Bi 

The Lords have agreed tothe Swindon, Ca/ne,and Swindon,Calne 
Cricklade Roads Bill, with Amendments; to which dae 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bristol and £zeter Bristol and 
Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, with Amend- re tne 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence Powers) Bill 
of this House. 

The Lords agree to the Address of the Com- Lancaster 
mons to be presented to Her Majesty respecting ——— 
the last Election and Return for the Borough of ; 
Lancaster, and have filled up the blank with 
“ Lords Spiritual and Temporal and,” and substituted 
the name of Alexander Staveley Hill, Esquire, for 
that of William Fenton Fletcher Boughey, Esquire. 

The Lords agree to the Address of the Com- Great Yar- 
mons to be presented to Her Majesty respecting —, 
the last Election and Return for the Borough of ; 
Great Yarmouth, and have filled up the blank 
with “ Lords Spiritual and Temporal and,” and sub- 
stituted the name of Lucius Henry Fitzgerald, 
Esquire, for that of Augustus Keppel Stephenson, 


Esquire. 
The 


Idle Railway 
Bill. 


Abercarn 
Roads Bill, 


Reigate 
Election. 


Totnes 
Election. 


Aberdeen 
County and 
Municipal 


Buildings Bill. 


Mersey Docks 
and Harbour 
Board (Shore 


Road Purchase, 


&amp;e.) Bill. 


Hull South 
Bridge Bill, 


T 


Stockton Gas 
Bill, 


Glasgow 
Bridges Bill. 


Glasgow 
Corporation 
Water Bill, 








29 VicToRIA. 


The Lords agree to the Address of the Com- 
mons to be presented to Her Majesty respecting 
the last Election and Return for the Borough of 
Reigate, and have filled up the blank with “ Lords 
Spiritual and Temporal and,” and substituted the 
name of Mr. Serjeant O’ Brien for that of 7. D. 
Archibald, Esquire. 

The Lords agree to the Address of the Commons 
to be presented to Her Majesty respecting the 
Election and Return for the Borough of Totnes, 
and have filled up the blank with “ Lords Spiritual 
and Temporal and,” and substituted the name of 
Francis D. Longe, Esquire, for that of Henry 
Bullar, Esquire. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Sir George Grey, Mr. Secretary Cardwell, and 
The Comptroller of the Household do wait upon 
Her Majesty with the said Addresses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them therewith: And that the Clerk 
do carry the said Message. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by#he Lords to the Aber- 
deen County and Municipal Buildings 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 Mersey 
Docks and Harbour Board (Shore Road Purchase, 
&amp;c.) Bill; and the same was twice read, and, with 
Amendments thereto, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Hull 
South 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. 


11th June. 








The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the) 
Stockton Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, | 
and agreed to. | 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Motion being made, That the Glasgow Bridges | 
Bill be now read the third time; 

Sir David Dundas, 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Glasgow Cor- 
poration Water Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir David Dundas, 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- 





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377 


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 Middlesbrough middies- 
brough 
Extension and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Extension and Improvement Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

Sir David Dundas, 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, Vhat the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to extend and alter the Boun- 
daries of the Municipal Borough and District of 
Middlesbrough, in the North Riding of the County 
of York; to extend the Time for the completion of 
the Market-place; to construct additional Gas 
Works and light adjoining Townships; to autho- 
rize the compulsory purchase of the Rights of the 
North Eastern Railway Company in the Port 
Clarence Landing-place, and the construction of a 
Landing-place at Newport, and the purchase of 
Lands for the same; to extend the powers of the 
Burial Board, provide a Public Park, an additional 
Burial Ground, and a Town Hall and Police 
Station ; to improve certain Streets and Roads, and 
divert a Public Footpath ; to raise further Monies ; 
to alter and amend the existing Acts relating to the 
Borough and District, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Montrose Har- Montrose 


bour Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir David Dundas, 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 oi their Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the Perran Railway, Perran Railway, 
Pier, and Harbour Bill be now read the third time ; Pier, and 


Sir David Dundas, 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. 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Sir David Dundas, by Command of His Royal 
Highness, acquainted the House, That His Royal 
Highness, having been informed of the purport of 
the Bill, gives His Consent, as far as His Royal 
Highness’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 making and maintaining a 
Railway from Perranzabuloe, in the County of 
Cornwall, to the Sea Coast near Holywell Bay in 
the same County, and a Pier, Breakwater, and 
Harbour in Holywell Bay, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

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378 


Bedford and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ey oy the Bedford and Northampton Railway Bill, as 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bray Improve- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


nent BAe, the Bray Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Burntisland The House proceeded to take into consideration 
_— and the urntisland Harbour and Dock Bill,as amended 
ock Bill. . “ ° 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Caledonian Ordered, That the Caledonian Railway ( Edin- 
rod burgh Station) Bill, as amended in the Committee, 
(Edinburgh ‘ 


Station) Bill, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Central 
Cornwall 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Central Cornwall Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


11th June. 








1866. 


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 men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 

-had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, 
as follow : 

An Act to grant, alter, and repeal certain Duties Customs and 
of Customs and Inland Revenue, and for other a Revenue 
purposes relating thereto: - 

An Act further to amend the Procedure and Divorce ana 
Powers of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial eee 


Causes: [Lorde] 


An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under Land Drain 
* The Land Drainage Act, 1861 :” Supplemental 


An Act to give further Facilities for the esta- Cattle Assu- 
blishment of Societies for the Assurance of Cattle "nce Bill. 
and other Animals : 

An Act for the better Prevention of Contagious Contagious 
Diseases at certain Naval and Military Stations: Diseases Bill. 

An Act to enable Boards of Guardians in Jre- Poor Persons’ 
land to provide Coffins and Shrouds for the burial Hart! (Ireland) 














Gas Light and Ordered, That the Gas Light and Coke Com- 
— Company pany Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
” into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Gas Light and Coke and 
City of London Gas Light and Coke Companies 


nded in the Committee, be taken into | 


Gas Light and 
Coke and City 
of London Bill ; 
Gas Light and 144, aS ame 
Coke Com- consideration To-morrow. 
panies Bill. 


London, The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
ee at the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Various | 
over allway . . ? 
y Powers) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


(Various on. ‘ : ° 
Powers) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Longton, The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
Adderley the Longton, Adderley Green, and Bucknall Rail- 
Green, and of Y . : . 

Dashnall way Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Longton Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- | 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Longton Gas 
Bill [ Lords.] 





New Romney 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. 


the New Romney Railway Bill, as amended in the | 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





North British The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
and Leadburn, the North British and Leadburn, Linton, and Dol- 
Linton, and : ore . me : “ 
Dolphinton  PAinton Railway Companies Bill, as amended in the | 
Railway Com- Committee. 
panies Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the North British Railway (New Works, &amp;c.) Bill, | 
as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | 


North British 
Railway (New 
Works, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


North British 
» Railway (Saint 
Margaret’s 

Diversion) Bil 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the North British Railway (Saint Margaret's Di- | 
1, version) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Message was delivered by Colonel Clifford, 

Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable 


Royal Assent. 


House in the House of Peers, to hear the Com- 
mission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 








of Poor Persons, who at the time of their Death ~ 
were not in recerpt of Relief from the Poor 
Rates: 

An Act to amend an Act of the fifty-fourth year Hop Trade 
of King George the Third, chapter One hundred Bill. 
and twenty-three, to prevent Frauds and Abuses 
in the Trade of Hops: 

An Act to extend the Term and amend the Congleton and 
Provisions of an Act for repairing, amending, and -— Road 
maintaining the Road from Congleton, in the County - 
of Chester, to a Branch of the Leek Turnpike Road 
at Thatchmarsh Bottom, jn the Parish of Harting- 
ton, in the County of Derby, and from the Lowe to 
the Havannah Mills, in the said County of Chester: 

An Act for converting the Estuary of Barry Parry Harbour 
Island, in the County of Glamorgan, into a Tidal Sill (Lerds.] 
Harbour, and for constructing Works in connection 
therewith, and for other purposes : 

An Act to make further Provision for lighting Ryde Gas Bill 
with Gas the Town of Ryde, and the Neighbour- |42r4s.] 
hood thereof, in the Isle of Wight; to incorporate 
the Ryde Gas and Coke Company, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for empowering the Corporation of the Congleton Gas 
Borough of Congleton to purchase the Gas Works **4 — 
of the Congleton Gas Light Company, and to supply 
Gas within the Borough, and its Neighbourhood, 
in the County of Chester, and to pave and improve 
Streets and Highways in the Borough, and to im- 
prove and regulate Markets and Fairs in the Bo- 
rough, and for other purposes : 

An Act for empowering the Corporation of Tynemouth 
Tynemonth to make new Streets, for amending the ~ cars 
Rating Powers of the Corporation, as the Local ~ 

soard of the Borough, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Parsonstown and Por- Parsonstown 
tumna Bridge Railway Company to extend the Bridge Rallwey 
Time for completion of their Works, to issue giy, 
Preference Shares, to sell or lease their Under- 
taking to the Great Southern and Western Rail- 
way Company, to enable the Great Southern and 
Western Railway Company to purchase, lease and 
subscribe to the Company’s Undertaking, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing an Alteration in the Barry Railway 
Line and Levels of the Barry Railway, and for pe 
other purposes : a 

An Act to authorize certain Arrangements be- Letterkenny 
tween the Letterkenny Railway Company and the 24 — 
Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company, Loaly Swilly 
and the Lease of the Undertaking of the Letter- Railways Bill 
kenny Railway Company, to extend the Time [Zords| 
limited for the completion of the authorized Rail- 
way of the Letterkenny Railway Company, and for 


other purposes : 
An 








99 Vicroria. 


South Stafford- 


tg Water = Staffordshire Waterworks Company with reference 
: to their Undertaking, and to enable them to extend 
their Works and District of Supply, and for other 
purposes : 
Titanic Steel An Act to remove Doubts as to the validity of 
= _— pi Certain Resolutions of Meetings of the Titanic Steel 
[ Londs.| and Iron Company (Limited), and for other 
purposes : 
Belfast Gas An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Belfast 


Bill [Lords] Gas Light Company, and to enable that Company 


to acquire additional Lands : 


Redheugh An Act for making and maintaining a Bridge 
Bridgeand = across the River Tyne, to connect the Boroughs of 
Approaches . 


Newcastle - upon- Tyne and Gateshead, with Ap- 


Bill [Lords.] 
proaches thereto, and for other purposes: 


Harwich An Act for the Reclamation from the Sea of 
Harbour Estate certain Lands near Harwich, and the construction 
and Lands ° 7 e ° ‘ 
Improvement Of a Pier and other Works in connection with such 
Company Bill Reclamation: 

[ Lords. | ; 

London Gas An Act to authorize the London Gas Light Com- 


Bill Lords.) pany to raise further Sums of Money, and for other 


purposes ; 

An Act for supplying Grange, Cartmel,and other 
Places, in Lancashire and Arnside, in Westmore- 
land, with Gas and Water : 


Grange and 
Cartmel 
District Gas 
and Water Bill 
[Lords.] 


South Essex 
Estuary and 
Reclamation 
Bill [Lords.] 


An Act for extending the Time for the Purchase 
of Lands, and the completion of the Works autho- 
rized by the South #ssex Estuary and Reclamation 
Act, 1852: 

An Act for more effectually maintaining and 
keeping in Repair the Roads, Highways, and 
Bridges in the County of Banff, for making new 
Roads in the said County, and for other purposes: 


Banffshire 
Roads Bill. 


Slough Gas An Act for more effectually lighting Slough and 
Bill. its Neighbourhood with Gas : 

Glasgow An Act to amend an Act for repressing Juvenile 
Housesof § Delinquency in the City of Glasyow : 

Refuge Bill. 

Fast Barnet An Act to incorporate the Proprietors of the 


Gas and Water 


Bil (Lords: | East Barnet Gas and Water Company, Limited, 


and to confer on them further Powers for the Sup- 
ply of Gas and Water, and for other purposes: 


Wesleyan and An Act for bringing the “ Weslyan and Ge- 


General neral Assurance Society ” under the operation of 
Society Bill ‘The Friendly Societies Discharge Act, 1854,” 
[Lords. } and for removing Doubts with respect to the 


validity of some of the Policies of the Society, and 
for other purposes : 
An Act for conferring Powers on the Lanca- 
shire and Yorkshire Railway Company for the 
Ridne (West construction of Branch Railways and Works, and 
Branches, &amp;c.) the acquisition of Lands in the West Riding of the 


Lancashire and 
Yorkshire 


Bill. County of York, and for other purposes: 
New Milford An Act for extending the Powers of the New 
Docks Bill. Milford Docks Company : 


An Act to dissolve and re-incorporate the 
Southgate and Colney Hatch Gas Light and Coke 
Company (Limited), for the Increase and Regula- 


Southgate and 
Colney Hatch 
Gas Bill 


7 
ate tion of the Capital, and for conferring upon the 
new Company additional Powers with reference 
to the Manufacture and Supply of Gas within | 
prescribed limits, in the Counties of Middlesex and 
Herts : 
Ebbw Vale, An Act for better supplying with Water Lbbw 
_ Vale, Beaufort, Sirhowy, Victoria, and the adjoin- 
‘ing Districts within the Parishes of Bedwellty, 
Aberystruth, Llangattoch, and Llangunnider, in 
the Counties of Monmouth and Brecon, and for 
other purposes : 
Macclesfield An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Third 


and Chapel-in- and Fourth years of the reign of His Majest 

| wun Rend King William the Fourth, “for more effectually 
repairing the Road from the Canal Bridge in 
Hurdsfield, in the County of Chester, to the Turn- 
pike Road at Randle Carr Lane Head, in Fernilee, 
in the County of Derby, leading to Chapel-in-the- 
Frith, in the same County;” and another Act, 

Vou. [21. 





11th June. 


An Act to confer further Powers on the South 











379 
passed in the same year, “to rectify a Mistake in 
the above-mentioned Act, and to make more effec- 
tual Provisions in lieu thereof” : 

An Act to incorporate a Company for making Merrybent and 
a Railway to be called the “ The Merrybent and Darlington 
Darlington Railway,” and a Branch therefrom ; to mia BS 
authorize Working and Traffic Arrangements with 
the North Eastern Railway Company, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Local Board for the Dis- Nelson Local 
trict of Nelson, in the County of Lancaster, to Board Bill. 
provide a supply of Water and Gas for the Dis- 
trict and its Neighbourhood, and to purchase the 
Undertaking of the Nelson Gas Company, Limited, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road Rochdale and 
from Rochdale to Edenfield, in the County Pala- Edenfield 
tine of Lancaster, and for other purposes : a 

, purposes ; 

An Act for altering the Vestry of the Parish saint George's 
of Saint George, in the County of Gloucester, and Parish, County 
for making further Provision as to the Election and — 
Appointment of Overseers of the Poor and Church. ~ 
wardens of the said Parish, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Dock Company at Hull Docks 
Kingston-upon-Hull to enlarge the Western Dock, Bill. 
and to raise further Sums of Money; to extend 
the Time for the Completion of the Works, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Greenwich Hospital Es- Hexham and 
tate and the North Eastern Railway Company to eng 
aid in the Completion of the Hexham and Allendale ines 
Railway, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Company of Proprie- Birmingham 
tors of the Birmingham Waterworks to extend Water Bill. 
their limits of Supply; to construct further Works, 
and to raise additional Capital, and for other pur- 
poses: 

An Act for extending the Limits of the District cambridge 
within which the Cambridge University and Town University and 
Waterworks Company may supply Water, and for fag Water 
empowering the Company to raise additional Capi- * 
tal, and for other purposes: 

An Act to authorize the Trustees of the River Weaver River 
Weaver Navigation to raise a Sum of Money for Navigation 

: . reg er ‘ . Bill | Lords.] 
the Improvement of their Navigation, and for other 
purposes relating to the said Navigation : 

An Act for incorporating the Colchester Gas Colchester Gas 
Company, and defining the Limits for the Supply ill. 
of Gas by them, and regulating their Capital, and 
for ofher purposes : 

An Act to enable the Tyne Improvement Com- Tyne Improve- 
missioners to borrow further Sums of Money for ™e"* Bill 
the purposes of the Piers at the mouth of the 
River Tyne; to alter the Pier Rates; to amend 
the Acts relating to those Commissioners, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Bristol and Portishead Bristol and 
Pier and Railway Company to alter the Pier at oe 
Portishead, and to construct other Works; to extend Railway Bill. 
the Time for the purchase of Lands and completion 
of Works; to amend the Act relating to the Com- 
pany, and for other purposes : 

An Act for conferring additional Powers on the Midland 
Midland Railway Company for the acquisition of perm , 
Lands and the increase and regulation of their Powers) Bil. 
Capital, for giving effect to Arrangements with the 
Great Western Railway Company in reference to 
Lines and Stations at Malvern, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act to enable the Mersey Docks and Har- Mersey Docks 
bour Board to improve their Docks at Birkenhead, eeacee 
by converting the existing Low Water Basin and Works Aitera- 
the Morpeth Basin into Wet Docks, and altering tion) Bill. 
other Works connected therewith : 

An Act for the improvement of the City of Glasgow (City) 
Glasgow, and the construction of new, and widen- — 
ing, altering, and diverting of existing Streets in 
the said City, and for other purposes: 

An Act to authorize the South Yorkshire 
way and River Dun Company to widen and im- 
3c 2 prove 


Rail- South 
Yorkshire 


Railway Bill. 
















































































Wrexham and 
Minera 
Railway Bill. 


North British 
Railway 
(Stirling, &amp;c. 
Branckes) Bill. 


Stourbridge 
Railway Bill 


Buchanan’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 


Liverpool 
Sewage 
Utilization Bill 
(Lords. | 


Aldershot Gas 
and Water Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty- 
seventh 
Report.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes, 
and ‘Twenty- 
eighth Report. 


Pier and 
Harbour 
Orders Con- 
firmation 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Ogmore Valley 


prove a portion of their Railway, arid to abandon 
other portions thereof, and for other purposes re- 


380 11th 


lating to the same Railway: 

An Act to vest in the Great Western Railway 
Company, and the London and North Western 
Railway Company, jointly, a portion of the Wrez- 
ham and Minera Railway, and for other purposes. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the North British Railway (Stirling, &amp;c. Branches) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


June. 1866. 


(No.*2) 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. Pollard-Urquhart reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group 17 of Railway Bills; That at the (Gt? 17.) 
meeting of the Committee this day, a telegram was 
received from Mr. Welby, one of the Members of 
the said Committee, stating that in consequence of 
a Railway accident, he was unable to attend the 
said Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Welby do attend the said 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stourbridge Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Buchanan’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Liverpool Sewage Utilization Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Aldershot Gas and Water 
Bill be re-committed to the former Committee. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 6th, 
7th, and 8th days of this instant June; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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. 


A Petition of Robert Crawford Cumming, of 
Barremman, in the county of Dumbarton, Usquire, 
praying that the Pier and Harbour Orders Con- 
firmation (No. 2) Bill, so far as regards Clynder 
Pier, may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
and that the Petitioner may be heard, by himself, 
his Counsel and Agents, against the Preamble and 
such of the clauses and provisions thereof as affect 
his rights and interests, or that he may have such 
relief in the premises as to the House shall seem 
meet, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioner heard, by himself, his Counsel or Agent upon 
his Petition, if he think fit; and Counse! heard in 
favour of the Bill against the said Petition. 


Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported from the Com- 


Railway (No.1) mittee on Group 17 of Railway Bills; That in the 


Bill. 


Ogmore Valley 


case of the Ogmore Valley Railway (No. 1) Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out so much thereof as related to the 
making of Railways into the Garw Valley and to 
the Llantrissant Common Branch of the Llantris- 
sant and Taff Vale Junction Railway, the same 
not having been proved to their satisfaction, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported from the Com- 


Railway (No.2) mittee on Group 17 of Railway Bills; That the 


parties promoting the Ogmore Valley Railway 


Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Major Cornwall Legh reported the Eastern ne Bengal 
Bengal Railway Company Bill, without Amend- pn _ 
ment. {| Lords.] 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Extradition of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Criminals. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a List of Crimes forming the subject of 
Extradition enumerated in Treaties between Great 
Britain and Foreign Countries which are in opera- 
tion, showing the date of Treaty. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 


Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ecclesiastical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased #stablishment 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ‘Ve Ides) 
House, a Return of the Names, Offices, and 
Salaries respectively, of the Persons who parti- 
cipate in the Payments out of the Consolidated 
Fund in respect of the Ecclesiastical Establishment 
in the West Indies, with any additional Sum paid 
| to any of them out of the Colonial Revenue, and 
for what 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 Municipal 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Incorporation 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 4“ 
House, a Return of the Towns and Boroughs that 
have been incorporated under the Municipal In- 
corporation Act of 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 76, and the 
Cost of obtaining the respective Charters. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Roman 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Catholic 
to give directions, that there be laid before this (Middlesex.) 
House, a Copy or Extracts of Correspondence with 
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
on the subject of the Religious Instruction of Ro- 
man Catholic Prisoners in Prisons in the County 
of Middlesex. 

Ordered, That 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 (Shan States, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ©” 
House, a Copy of a Letter from Captain Richard 
Sprye to the Secretary of State for India, dated 
the 15th day of January 1866, and of the Maps 
attached thereto, referring to Commerce with the 





Shan 








Nottingham 


County (South- 


ern Division) 
Writ. 


St. Martin-in- 
the-Fields 
Workhouse, 


&amp;c. Rebuilding 


Bill. 


Putney and 
Fulham New 
Bridge Bill 

| Lords. ] 


Shrewsbury 
Bridges Bill 
[ Lords. | 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Superannua- 
tions, 


Greenwich 
Hospital. 


29 Vicroria. 


Shan States and West of China from Rangoon, 
and Extension of the Indo-European Telegraph by 
Land from Pegu to Hong Kong and the Chinese 
open Ports. 

Ordered, That 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 War- 
rant 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 Nottingham, in the room 
of the Honourable George Philip Cecil Arthur 
Stanhope, commonly called Lord Stanhope, now 
Earl of Chesterfield, called up to the House of 
Peers. 


Mr. William Cowper reported from the Select 
Committee on the National Gallery Enlargement 
Bill; That, in the case of the Saint-Martin-in-the- 
Fields Workhouse, &amp;c. Re-building Bill, to which 
Select Committee the said Bill was committed, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
omitting all that related to the Purchase of the 
Parochial and Archbishop Tenison’s Schools, the 
Powers for which were struck out of the Bill, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table-—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Putney and Fulham New 
Bridge Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred 
on the First Reading thereof, no Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable thereto. 

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 Shrewsbury Bridges Bill, 
originating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not pre- 
viously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Report 
of the Commissioners of Education in Jreland. 
1865-1866. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


- Table. 


Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
by the Commissioners of Public Works in Jre- 
land, to 31st March 1866, of the Amounts placed 
at their disposal for Loans, by the Acts therein 
enumerated; showing the Amounts advanced, the 
Amounts unissued, and 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 ended 31st 
March 1866. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 4th June 
1866, granting a Special Superannuation Allowance 
to Mr. Philip Griffith, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Af- 
faires and Consul General:to the Republic of New 
Grenada. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Scheme 
Vou. 121. 





11¢h—12¢h June. 





381 
required by thé 44th Section of the Greenwich Hos- 
pital Act, 1865, in respect of the Sale of Advow- 
sons, and Rights of Presentation to the Benefices 
and Perpetual-Curacies belonging to Greenwich 
Hospital. 


Ordered, That the said Paper 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, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The Princess Mary of Cambridge’s Annuity Bill Princess Mary 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and pteerng g - 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for o— 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Representation 
into a Committee on the Representation of the — 
People Bill and the Redistribution of Seats Bill. 


Redistribution 
(In the Committee.) of Seats Bill. 
Representation of the People Bill. 


Ciause, N° 4 (Occupation franchise for voters 
in counties). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 40: At the end 
of the second paragraph, to add the words “ such 
*‘ clear yearly value being the rateable value of 
“the premises as ascertained for the purposes of 
*‘ the poor rate.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Colonel Gilpin, los4 

Yeas, { Colonel Barttelot : —" 

Tellers for the { Mr. Brand, 7 

Noes, Mr. Adam : 303. 

Question again proposed, That those words be 
there added ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pvt, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {nn Stuart Knox, leis 
Yeas, Sir Lawrence Palk: — 

' Tellers for thes Mr. Brand, lo 
Noes, {r. Adam: J os. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Tuesday, 12th June, 1866 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bills; 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. 


Representation 
of the People 
(Scotland) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Representation of the People ( Scot- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 21st day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representation 
Reading of the Representation of the People (Jre- Cirelend) 1 ~ 
land) Bill; : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 21st day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waterworks 

mittee on the Waterworks Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





3c3 Ordered, 













































































Reformatory 
Schools Bill 
and Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Bill 184. 
Bill 185. 


Poor Law 
Officers’ Super- 
annuation 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Tenure and 
Improvement 
of Land 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Currah of 
Kildare Bill. 


Rateable 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 


(1854) Amend- 


ment Bill. 


Oyster 
Fisheries Bill. 


Straits Settle- 
ments Bill. 


Trusts 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Summary 
Procedure 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


Public Health 
Bill. 


Railways 
Clauses Bill. 


382 


Ordered, That the Reformatory Schools Bill 


and the Industrial Schools Bill be committed to the | mittee on the Pier and Harbour Orders Confir- Confirmation 
mation (No. 2) Bill; i 


same Committee. 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


11¢h—12th June. 





1866. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pier and 
Harbour Orders 










Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


into a Committee on the said Bills; and, after some | next, resolve itself into the said Comnsalttes. 


time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
C hair ; and Mr, Dodson reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bills. 


Ordered, “That the Bills, as amended, be printed. | Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bills 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 Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation 
(Scotland) Bill; 

Resolvei, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third National 


Reading of the National Gallery Enlargement Gallery En- 


largement Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 


mittee of Supply ; 


Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Wednes- 


day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, day next, resolve itself into the said Committee 
xt, s . 


upon the 17th day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Tenure and Im- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Carriage and 


provement of Land (/reland) Bill be now read a! mittee on the Car riage and Deposit of Dangerous Deposit of 


second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Curragh of Kildare 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 R: ateable Property (Ire land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 
Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of thé day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oyster Fisheries 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 Straits Settlements Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Trusts (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; 
* Pesolved, 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 Public Health 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 Railways Clauses Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Dangerous 


Goods Bill; Goods Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Hundred 
Reading of the Hundred Bridges Bill ; Bridges Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County 
mittee on the County ‘Assessments Bill; ccc 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ® 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of 
into a Cominittee on Court of Chancery (Jreland) Chancery 


| Salary, Retired Allowances, &amp;c. | VSelary- 
, Retired Allow- 
(In the Committee. ) ances, &amp;c.] 


1. Resolved, That Provision be made for the 
payment out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of 
the Salary of the Vice Chancellor, and of the Re- 
tiring Pensions of the Vice Chancellor and the 
Masters, under any Act of the present Session for 
amending the Constitution, Pi ractice, and Procedure 
of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, and for 
making good out of any money to be provided by 
Parliament for that purpose, any deficiency that 
may arise in the Suitors’ Fee Fund of the said 
Court through the payment of Salaries and Pen- 
sions of Clerks and Officers of the said Court. 

2. Resolved, That Provision be made for the 
alteration of the Chancery Fund Duties, and for 
the Collection of the Fees payable upon certain 
Proceedings in the said Court by means of Stamps. 

3. Resolved, That the Fiat or Document by 
which any Commissioner to administer Oaths in 
Chancery for the Isle of Man, or for the Channel 
Islands, is appointed, shall bear a Chancery Fund 
Stamp of One Pound. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Salmon 
Reading of the Salmon F isheries (Scotland) Bill; Feotland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time [Lords] 


upon Monday next. 


The Dogs Bill was, according to Order, read a Dogs Bill. 
second time; and committed to a Committee of 





the whole House, for Wednesday next. 
The 





Tramways 
(Ireland ) Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Transubstan- 


Abolition Bill. 


British 
Columbia, . 


Colonial 
Bishoprics. 


Church Rates 
Amendment. 





29 VicTortia. 11¢h—12 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Tramways (Jreland) Acts Amend- 
ment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Transubstantiation, &amp;c. Declara- 
tion Abolition Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Union of the Colony of Vancouver Island 
with the Colony of British Columbia: And that 
Mr. Willia Edward Forster and Mr. Secretary 
Cardwell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Letters Patent creating 
Colonial Bishoprics under which the present 
Bishops of such Colonial Sees are purporting to 
act; or, in case the same form shall have been 
substantiatly adopted in the creation of two or 
more of such Bishoprics, then a Copy of the Let- 
ters Patent under which the earliest created of 
such Bishops is now purporting to act, with a List 
of the subsequent creations in which that Form 
shall have been used :—— And, of Correspondence | 
or other Papers relating to the Conditions, as | 
regards Endowment, which Her Majesty’s Govern- | 
ment may have required previous to granting the | 
Letters Patent creating the Bishoprics of Cape 
Town, Adelaide, and British Columbia respec- 
tively. | 

Ordered, That 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 Law relating to Church Rates: 
And that Mr. Bovill and Mr. Beresford Hope do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


| Merthyr, 





383 


th June. 
Tuesday, 12th June, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


\ 


Dowdeswell, one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dowdeswell do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Furness 


Furness Railway Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and verbally amended the same, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Great Southern and Great Southern 


Western Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Merthyr, 
Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway Bill; Tredegar, and 


That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amende 
the same, by adding words showing that the 
Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway, is 
already vested in the London and North Western 
Railway Company for One thousand years, and 
by adding a recital of the expediency of vesting 
the oustanding interest therein in the last-named 
Company, and of enabling them to convert the 
Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway 
Company’s capital into stock in their own capital 
in lieu of paying interest or dividend thereon, and 
had 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. 


R. Hardcastle reported from the Committee Railway Bills 
on Group 18 of Railway Bills; That Mr, (Group 18.) 


&gt; |Lords.} 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Mid-Kent and 
| Mid-Kent and South Eastern Railway Companies South Eastern 
| Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- a 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended , ° 









Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract of the Returns of Candidates’ Expen- 


Election 
Expenses. 


ses, and of the Charges of Returning Officers for | 
every County, City, and Borough of the United | 
Kingdom, ordered to be printed by the House of | 
Commons on the 10th day of April 1866, in the | 
following Form; Totals to be given of the two | 


the same, by referring more particularly to the 
disputes and other circumstances which render the 
reference to arbitration and award thereunder 
necessary, and found the same, as amended, to 











































last Col ‘ be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
melitnscnanmnccetll Amendments thereunto. 
: . . ‘ Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
N ; f N ; Total Cost Total Charge and be printed. 
Ss umber incurred by made by each 
County, Chr, a. Candidates Returning Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Mid-Wales 
ill ‘ collectively. Officer. Mid-Wales Railway Bill; That they had exa- Railway Bill. 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble . 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by correcting 
the recitals as to the Capital of the Company; and 
wee .,,| had also further amended the same, by striking 
eee = Mr. William Edward Forster presented a Bill} out the recital as to the expediency of subscribing 
clumbia Bill. for the Union of the Colony of Vancouver Island | ¢, the Undertaking of the Brecon and Llandovery 
Bill 186. with the Colony of British Columbia: And the Railway Company, such intention having been 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be! shandoned by the Promoters, and found the 
read a second time upon Monday next ; and to be same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
printed. through the Bill, and made Amendments there- . 
° unto. 
Church Rates Mr. Bovill presented a Bill to amend the Law|  ()pdered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
eat relating to Church Rates: And the same was read | and be printed. : 
Bill 187 the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
* time upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. Mr. Dodson reported the Roach River Fishery Roach River 
And then the House, having continued to sit | Bill, with Amendments. ’ Fishery Bill 
till a quarter of om teman Eaten Two of the Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 47%! 
- 7g Tuesday morning, adjourned till| we Dodson reported from the Committee on the Swansea Har- 
y Swansea Harbour Trust Bill; That they had exa- bour Trust 
Vou. 121 304 mined eras] 













































































United General 
Gas Company 

( Dublin) Bill 
[ Lords.] 


Thames River 
Purification 
Bill. 


Alliance and 
Dublin Con- 
sumers’ Gas 


Bill (Lords.] 


Belfast Central 
Railway 

( Belfast Cor- 
poration) Bill. 


Birmingham 
and Sutton 
Coldfield 
Extension 
Railway Bill. 


Bo'ness, 
Grangemouth, 
and South 
Alloa Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Blackwater 
( Youghal) 
Wooden 
Bridge Bill. 


Furness and 
Whitehaven 
and Furness 
Junction 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill 

| Lords. } 


384 


mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out the recital that it is expedient that the Pilot- 
age District of the Trustees should be extended | 
and defined, and further provision made respect- 
ing the Pilotage of Vessels frequenting the Har- 


12th June. 


| amended, to be true; and had gone through the 





1866. 








Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on London and 


bour of Swansea, and found the same, as amended, | Group 14 of Private Bills ; That in the case of North Western 


to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the United General Gas 
Company (Dublin) Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Thames River Purification Bill; That they had 


examined the allegations contained in the Pream- | 


ble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out “ Windsor” from the list of Towns included 


under the Provisions of the Bill, and found the) 


same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Alliance and Dublin Consumers’ Gas Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by reciting that the Gas Works of the United 
General Gas Light Company at Dublin, Kingstown, 
and Bray are hereafter called “ The Dublin Under- 
taking” of that Company, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Belfast Central Rail- 
way ( Belfast Corporation) Bill, with Amendinents. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 


Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield Extension Rail- | 


way Bill; That the Parties promoting the Bill had 
stated to the Committee that it was not their in- 
tention to proceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Bo'ness, Grangemouth, and South Alloa Junction 
Railway Bill; That in accordance with the Reso- 
lution of the House of the 9th March, all Powers 
for the construction of Railway No. 1 have been 
struck out of the Bill; that they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had amended the same, pursuant to the Reso- 
lution of the House before referred to, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Blackwater ( Youghal) 
Wooden Bridge Bill, with Amendments. 
Urdered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committ¢e on the 
Furness and Whitehaven and Furness Junction 
Railway Companies Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same by more accurately 
defining the Capital which the Furness Railway 
Company were, on the Ist of July 1865, autho- 
rized to raise, in order to make the same consistent 
with the provisions of the Bill as submitted to and 
passed by the Committee, and found the same, as 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 


; r r . d Mi 
the London and North Western and Midland ye ey 


Counties Coal Fields Railway Bill, they had exa- Fields Railway 


mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of Bi. 
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. Jlowes reported the Midland Railway Midland 
( Ashby and Nuneaton, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. (hehe en P 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Venssten, &amp;e.) 


and be printed, Bill. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; 0'4rs- 
which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Ryde Station and Rail- Ryde Station 
way Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- = eae 
_pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that the names 
of Thomas Norton and Alfred Pearson be struck 
out of Clause 4 of the Bill, and also the names of 
Thomas Norton and Alfred Pierson out of Clause 
19 of the same; 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. 


| 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Southern 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway Bill 
Ra RECN CS . ° ° . . Lords.] 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable to the Southern Railway Bill, ori- 
ginating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
| Reading thereof. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 





| The House proceeded to take into consideration Newchurch 


|the Amendments made by the Lords to the New- — Division 
church Parish Division 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 Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway Mold and 
(Branches, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. Denbigh June- 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ‘Senden 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Bin. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| 





The Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway ( De- Shrewsbury 
viations, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Biil do pass: And that the (Deviations. 
Title be, An Act to enable the Shrewsbury and &amp;c-) Bill. 
| North Wales Railway Company to make a certain 
Railway, and also certain Deviations and Altera- 
tions in their authorized Line of Railway, and for 
other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Somerset and Dorset Railway Bill was read Somerset and 
the third time. —" Rallwey 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the’ 
Title be, An Act for authorizing the Somerset 
and Dorset Railway Company to acquire additional 
Lands, and to raise further Moneys, and for other 
purposes, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. ~ 
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39 VicTorRIA. 


Cork and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
hailey Bil the Cork and Youghal Railway Bill, as amended 
[Lords.] in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Llantrissant The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— Vale the Liantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway 
Railway Bill, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
North British | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
‘conan the North British Railway (Glasgow Branches) 
om al pit, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Pembroke and 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Tenby Railway 
Bill. 


the Pembroke and Tenby Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Caledonian The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
ioe » consideration the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh 
Station ) Bin. Station) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee that they do report, in compliance with 
Standing Order 153, the reasons and facts upon 
which their opinion is founded, that the restriction 
imposed by that Order ought not to be enforced as 
respects the erection, maintenance, and letting or 
management of an Hotel and Refreshment Rooms, 
as proposed to be authorized by the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed To-morrow, at Three of the clock. 


Gas Light and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
og Company consideration the Gas Light and Coke Company 
; Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now taken into 
consideration ; 

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 ~— Adair, 1 169 
Yeas, Sir John Trollope: _ 
Tellers for thes Mr. Tite, 1138 


Noes, (Mr. Beresford Hope: j 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now taken into con- 
sideration:—The House accordingly proceeded 
to take the Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Gas Light and The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
en oy take into consideration the Gas Light and Coke 
Gas Light ang 20d City of London Gas Light and Coke Com- 


Coke Com. panies Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
panies Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Imperial Gas Ordered, That the Imperial Gas Company 
(No-3) bin, (No. 3) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 
Fleetwood, The Order, That the Report on the Fleetwood, 
Wet Bin Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway Bill 
Junction do lie upon the Table, was read, and discharged. 
Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bul be withdrawn. 
inne? The House proceeded to take into consideration 
iteha’y* that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
aulltay(1862), 5th day of this instant June, wherein their Lord- 


ships request that this House will communicate to 
their Lordships, Copies of the Minutes of Evi- 


12th June. 





dence taken before the Committees appointed 
by this House on the Oswestry, Ellesmere, and 
Whitchurch Railway Bill, in Session 1862; Elles- 
mere, Ruabon, and Shrewsbury Railway Bill, in 
Session 1862; Great Western Railway ( Oswestry, 
Shrewsbury, and Ellesmere Lines) Bill, in Session 
1862; Oswestry, Ellesmere, and Whitchurch Rail- 
way Bill, in Session 1863; Wrexham, Mold, 
and Connah’s Quay Railway Bill, in Session 
1863; Drayton Junction Railway Bill, in Ses- 
sion 1863: Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay 
Railway Bill, in Session 1864; and Wrexham, 
Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway (New Lines) 
Bill, in Session 1866. 

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 the Minutes of the Evidence Sirhowy — 
taken before the Committee on the Sirhowy Rail- Railway Bill 
way Bill, in Session 1865, be referred to the ‘ 
Committee on the Rhymney Railway Bill. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of *¢ Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer and Exchequer and 
Audit Departments Bill, without any Amend- A¥dit Depart- 
&lt;a. ments Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Landed Property Landed 


Improvement+(Jreland) Bill, without any Amend- Property 
t Improvement 
ment. (Ireland) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Nuisances Re- Nuisances 
moval Bill, without any Amendment. Removal Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Life Insurances Life Insurances 
(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment. (Ireland) Bill. 
The Lords have - agreed to the Naval Savings Naval Savings 
Banks Bill, without any Amendment. Banks Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Canterbury Gas Canterbury 


and Water Bill, without any Amendment. = and Water 
Lil, 


The Lords have agreed to the Huntley, Mitchel- Huntley, 


dean, and Elton Roads Bill, without any Amend- Mitcheldean, 
and Elton 
ment. Roads Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Cefn, Acrefair, Cefn, Acrefair, 
and Khosymedre Water Bill, with Amendments ; to "4 Rhosy- 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this —" one 
House. 


Ordered, That Sir Andrew Agnew have leave of Leave of 
absence for ten days;—and, Sir Thomas Fowell Absence. 
Buxton, ten days, on account of domestic affliction. 


Sir Lawrence Palk reported from the Select Pier and Har. 
Committee on the Pier and Harbour Orders Con- fm beam 
firmation Bill; That they had considered the gu 
matters therein contained of the confirmation of p31) 19, 
the Orders in the Schedule thereto, in respect of 
Blackpool (South), and Cowes (West); that the 
Provisional Orders relating thereto ought to be 
confirmed; that the Provisional Order relating to 
Llandudno ought to be-confirmed, subject to the 
Amendments made in the Schedule to the said 

Bill, in respect thereof; that the Provisional Or- 

ders relating to Dunoon and Foryd ought not to 

be confirmed; and that! they had directed him to 

report the Bill, as amended, to the House, and had 

amended the Title, as followeth: 

A Bill for confirming certain Provisional Orders 

made by the Board of Trade under the General 

Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Ard- 

glass, Blackpool (South), Cowes (West), Dawlish, 
Hopeman, Hornsea, Llandudno, Penzance, Ply- 

mouth (Hoe), Redcar, and Scarborough. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 





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next. 
3D Mr. 












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Extradition of 
Crimi 


Public 
Petitions 

Vide Twenty- 
eighth Report. 
Education 


(Normal 
Schools. ) 


Lunatic 
Asylums. 


Children’s 
Employ ment. 


Cattle Diseases 
(Ireland) Act. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland. ) 


Mails (West 
Indies.) 


No, 337. 


Mails (South- 
ampton and 


Saint Thomas.) 


No, 341. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


No. 342. 
Greenwich 
Hospital. 

No. 343. 
Oaths 
(Colonies.) 

No, 344. 


Coal. 


386 


Mr. Layard presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of this instant 
June, for a Return relative to the Extradition of 
Criminals. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Several Public Petitions were * age and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bruce presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Minute by the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council on Education, relative to Normal Schools. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Abstracts of Ac- 
counts of the County and Borough Lunatic Asy- 
lums in England and Wales, for the year 1865. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented, by Her 
Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Fifth Report of | 
the Commissioners on Children’s Employment, 
with Appendix. 

Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen also presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of several Acts of Parliament, 
—Copy of Order in Council, made under the pro- 
visions of the 29th Vic. c. 4, ordering that Cattle 
shall not be shipped for Exportation from Ireland 
without Certificates from Government Inspectors 
that the Animals are free from Cattle Plague. 

Copy of Report of the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners of Ireland, for the year ended the Ist day 
of August 1865. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mails 
(West Indies), which was presented upon the 8th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Mails 


(Southampton and Saint Thomas), which was pre- 
sented upon the 8th day of this instant June, be 


~ 19th June. 





printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Educatio 


(Ireland), which was presented upon the 11th day | 


of this instant June, be printed. 

: | 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Greenwich 

Hospital, which was presented upon the 11th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Oaths (Co-| 
lonies), which was presented upon the 7th day of | 
this instant June, be printed. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Ter Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to issue a Royal Commission to investigate 
the probable Quantity of Coal contained in the 
Coal Fields of the United Kingdom, and to report 
on the Quantity of such Coal which may be reason- | 
ab'y expected to be available for use :—Whether 
it is probable that Coal exists at workable depths 
under the Permian, New Red Sandstone, and 
other superincumbent Strata:—To inquire as to 
the Quantity of Coal at present consumed in the 
various branches of Manufacture, for Steam Navi- 

ation, and for Domestic Purposes, as well as the 
sae a Exported, and how far, and to what extent 
such Consumption and Export may be expected to 
increase :—And, whether there is reason to believe 
that Coal is wasted either by bad working or by 
carelessness or neglect of proper appliances for its 
economical consumption ; 








1866. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the first word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ a Special Report as to the extent, 
“ quality, and cost of working Coal in the United 
** Kingdom be directed to be made by the persons 
*‘ charged with the conduct of the Geological Sur- 
* vey, and that the same be laid before Parliament 
“ with the least possible delay,” 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 an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to issue a Royal Commission to investigate 
the propable Quantity of Coal contained in the 
Coal Fields of the United Kingdom, and to report 
on the Quantity of such Coal which may be reason- 
ably expected to be available for use: —Whether 
it is probable that Coal exists at workable depths 
under the Permian, New Red Sandstone, and 
other superincumbent Strata:—To inquire as to 
the Quantity of Coal at present consumed in the 
various branches of Manufacture, for Steam Navi- 
gation, and for Domestic Purposes, as well as the 
Quantity exported, and how far, and to what extent 
such Consumption and Export may be expected to 
increase :—And, whether there is reason to believe 
that Coal is wasted either by bad working or by 
carelessness or neglect of proper appliances for its 
economical consumption. 

‘- Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Membersof this House, as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 



























































A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Newhaven 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Harbour of 
consider the importance of creating a Harbour of “°"8* 
Refuge at Newhaven :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Landlord and 
to regulate and improve the Tenure of Land in Tenant (Ire- 
Treland between Landlord and Tenant: And that 
Sir Colman O’Loghlen and Mr. Gregory do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Poor Removal. 


n | posed, That the state of the Law of Removal from 


Great Britain to Ireland of Persons receiving 
Relief, is a subject deserving the consideration of 
Parliament :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sale and 
to amend the Law in respect of the Sale and Pur- me: gg = 
chase of Shares in Banking and other Companies: : 
And that Mr. Leeman, Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie, and 
Mr. Goldney do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Colonial 
Reading of the Colonial Bishops Bill; Bishops Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landed Estates 
Reading of the Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Ire- Court, Se. 
land) Bill ; (Ireland) Bi 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Oyster Bed Licenses (Jreland) Bill was, Oyster Bed 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- (ireland Bill. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for “° 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Mines Assess 
Reading of the Mines Assessment Bill ; ment Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. - 
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Execution of 
Deeds Bill. 


Legitimacy 
Declaration, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Attorneys and 


Solicitors 


(Ireland) Bill 


[Lords.] 


Finsbury 
Estate Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Princess Mary 
of Cambridge’s 


Annuity Bill. 


Public Health 


Bill. 


Carriage and 
Deposit of 
Dangerous 
Goods Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland ) 
[Salary, 
Retired Allow- 
ances, &amp;c. ] 





99 VicTorIA. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Execution of Deeds Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Wednesday, 13th June 1866: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Attorneys and Solicitors (Zreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Tuesday the 26th day of this instant June. 


The Finsbury Estate 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 Court of Chancery (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 Princess Mary of Cam- 
bridge’s Annuity Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Childers 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 Public Health Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Carriage and Deposit of 
Dangerous Goods Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Childers 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. 


Mr. Childers. reported from the Committee on 
Court of Chancery (Jreland) [Salary, Retired 
Allowances, &amp;c. |, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow: 

1. That Provision be made for the Payment out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Salary of the 
Vice Chancellor, and of the Retiring Pensions of 
the Vice Chancellor and the Masters, under any 
Act of the present Session for amending the Con- 
stitution, Practice, and Procedure of the Court of 
Chancery in Jreland, and for making good, out 
of any Money to be provided by Parliament for 
that purpose, any Deficiency that may arise in the 
Suitors’ Fee Fund of the said Court through the 
Payment of Salaries and Pensions of Clerks and 
Officers of the said Court. 

2. That provision be made for the alteration of 
the Chancery Fund Duties, and for the Collection 
of the Fees payable upon certain Proceedings in 
the said Court by means of Stamps. 

3. That the Fiat or Document by which any 
Commissioner to administer Oaths in Chancery for 
the Isle of Man, or for the Channel Islands, is ap- 
pointed, shall bear a Chancery Fund Stamp of 
One Pound. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Vou. 121, | 


12¢h—13th June. 








387 


The 'Transubstantiation, &amp;c. Declaration Abo- Transubstan- 
lition Bill was, according to Order, read the third — &amp;e. 
time. Abolition Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Leeman presented a Bill to amend the Law Sale and 
in respect of the Sale and Purchase of Shares in ema 
Banking and other Companies: And the same was Bill 
read the first time; and ordered to be readasecond ~ 189. 
time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Sir Colman O’Loghlen presented a Bill to re- Landlord and 
gulate and improve the Tenure of Land in Ireland (Ireland) Bill. 
between Landlord and Tenant: And the same Bill 190 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read ’ 
a second time upon Wednesday the 4th day of July 
next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 











Wednesday, 13th June, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
r I ‘HE House proceeded to take into considera- Ayr Harbour 
tion the Ayr Harbour Bill, as amended in the B#- 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cambrian 
the Cambrian Railways (New Works) Bill, as (New We rks) 
amended in the Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cork Harbour 
the Cork Harbour Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill [Zords.] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Devon Valley 
the Devon Valley and North British Railway Com- 94 North 
- . British 
panies( Arrangements) Bill,as amended in the Com- paiiway 
mittee. Companies 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. (Artrange- 
meuts) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow 
the Glasgow Police Bill, as amended in the Com- Police Bill. 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great 
the Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) ea ona 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. estern (0 


“ 3 Ireland) Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. way Bill. % 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lancashire 
the Lancashire Union Railways Bill, as amended ae 
in the Committee. —— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Laugharne 
the Laugharne 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 Magdalen 
the Magdalen Hospital Bill, as amended in the Hospital Bill 
Committee. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North British 
the North British Railway (Camps, &amp;c. Branches) Railway 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill. 


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Whitehaven 
and Furness 
Junction, and 
Whitehaven, 
Cleator, and 
Egremont 
Railway) Bill 
[Lords.] 
Wycombe 
Railway Bill. 


Imperial Gas 
Company 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
ninth Report. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


East [ndia 
(Bonus 
System.) 


Revenue 
(Ireland.) 


Excise and 
Customs 
(Ireland.) 


388 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Whitehaven and Furness Junction, and White- 
haven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Wycombe Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Imperial Gas Company (No. 3) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Noel have leave of absence 
for ten days, on account of a domestic affliction. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Correspondence between Lieu- 
tenant Colonel M‘Culloch, on the Retired List of 
Her Majesty’s Indian Army, Bombay Establish- 
ment, and the Right Honourable the Secretary of 
State for Zndia, on the subject of Compensation 
for the Abolition of the Bonus System. 

Ordered, That 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 Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue 
of Ireland paid into the Exchequer in the year | 
ended the 3lst day of March 1866: Accounts | 
of the Net Public Income and Expenditure of | 
Treland for the year ended the 31st day of March | 
1866 :——Of the Amount of Duties of Excise in| 
each Inland Revenue District of Ireland, in the | 
year ended the 3lst day of March 1866 :——Of| 
the Amount of Duties of Customs collected at | 
each Port of Jreland, in the year ended the 31st | 
day of March 1866 :——Of the Amount of Stamp | 
Duties collected in Dublin, and in each Stamp 
District of Jreland, in the year ended the 31st} 
day of March 1866: And, Abstract of the | 
Gross Revenue of Jre/and for the year 1866 (in| 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 375, of 
Session 1865). 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Statements showing the Quantities of the follow- 
ing Articles retained for Home Consumption in 
Ireland, in the year ended the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1865, viz.: Wine, Spirits (Foreign‘and Home- 
made), ‘Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flax Seed, 
Cotton Yarn, Cotton Wool, Woollen and Worsted 
Yarn, Silk (Raw and Thrown), Iron, Unwrought, 
Timber, and Deals: Showing the Quantities 
of the following Articles exported from Jreland in 
the year ended the 3lst day of December 1865, 
distinguishing the Exports to Great Britain from | 
those to Foreign Countries, viz.: Oxen, Sheep, 
Swine, Horses, Bacon and Hams, Beef and Pork, 
Butter, Wheat and Wheat Flour, Oats and Oat- 
meal, Jrish Spirits, Linen Manufacture, Linen 
Yarn, and Cotton Manufactures: Return of 
all Articles imported into Jreland from Foreign 
Countries and the British Possessions Abroad, 
during the year ended the 31st day of December 
1865, showing the computed Value of each, and 
their Total Amount: Similar Return of all 
Articles exported from Ireland to Foreign Coun- 
tries and the British Possessions Abroad, with the 

















13th June. 





1866. 


declared or computed Value of each, and their 
Total Amount :——Return of the Quantities of 
Corn and Meal, whether of Native or of Foreign 
growth, distinguishing the several Sorts imported 
into Ireland from Great Britain in the year ended 
the 31st day of December 1865, with the computed 
Value thereof: And, similar Return of Corn 
and Meal exported from Jreland to Great Britain 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 257, 
of Session 1865). 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pistitlers, &amp;, 


a Return showing the Number of Distillers in 
England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, at 
the 31st day of December 1865, distinguishing as 
far as possible the Number distilling from Malt 
only from those distilling from Grain; showing 
also the Quantity of Malt and Grain Spirits at 
Proof entered for Home Consumption in England, 
Scotland, and Ireland, for the year énding the 
31st day of December of said year; the Rate of 
Duty charged thereon per Proof Gallon; and the 
Amount of Revenue derived therefrom in said year 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 264, 
of Session 1865). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Extra- Extradition of 
dition of Criminals, which was presented upon the Criminals. 


12th day of this instant June, be printed. 


No. 345. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle cattle Diseases 
Diseases (Ireland) Act, which was presented upon (Ireland) Act. 


the 12th day of this instant June, be printed. 


No. 346. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Eccle- reclesiastical 
siastical Commission (Ireland), which was _pre- Commission 


sented upon the 12th day of this instant June, be 


printed. 


({reland.) 


No, 347. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tests 


mittee on the Tests Abolition (Ozford) 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 “ with a view to obtain adequate informa- 
* tion for the consideration of this Bill, an humble 
* Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying 
“that She will be graciously pleased so far to 
“extend the terms of Her Royal Commission of 
“ the 25th day of May last, as that they may include 
“an inquiry into the Oaths, Declarations, or Sub- 
“ scriptions now required to be taken, made, or 
subscribed in the Universities either of Ozford 
or Cambridge as a condition for admission to the 
* governing bodies of either of such Universities, 
or to the headships or fellowships of any of the 
Colleges thereof, or that Her Majesty will be 
pleased to appoint such other Commission as 
to Her Majesty may seem fit for the purpose of 
considering and reporting on the matter afore- 
“ said,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crausg, N° 1 (Persons taking Lay Academical 
Degrees not to be required to take any Religious 
Oath or subscribe any Formulary of Faith). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, l. 13: To leave 
out the words “ or as a condition of exercising or 
“ enjoying any of the privileges and rights which 


. 


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Abolition 
(Oxford) Bill. 











13th 


“‘ may heretofore have been, or may hereafter be, 
‘* exercised and enjoyed by graduates thereof.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
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Tellers for the f Mr. Coleridge, 
Yeas, {Mr Grant Duff: 
Tellers for the (Sir William Heathcote, 
Noes, {Sir Stafford Northcote : 
Clause agreed to. 
Causes, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill; and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland) LaW Reading of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Law Amend- 
Amendment 2 

Bill. ment Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read asecond 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 

Compulsory The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


relition Bil _ of the Compulsory Church Rate Abolition 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 25th day of this instant June. 


General Police The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


ae — Reading of the General Police and Improvement 
land) = " (Scotland) Act (1862) Amendment Bill ; 
(1862) Amend- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
ment Bill, —_' To-morrow. 
Veterinary The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Surgeons Bill. mittee on the Veterinary Surgeons Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 27th day of this instant June, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Turnpike 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Roads Bill. 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the Turn- 
pike Roads Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 
Inns of Court The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
. Reading of the Inns of Court Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday 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 
Means, 


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. 
Dogs Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dogs Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Tramways 
ee Acts 
mendment 

Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tramways (Jreland) Acts Amend- 
ment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

VoL. 121. 


June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Rates Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 25th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Finsbury Estate Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 27th day of this instant June, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Princess Mary of Cambridge’s Annuity 
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 Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods 
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 leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders, under “ The 
Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to the Dis- 
tricts of West Hartlepool, Tormoham, Harrogate, 
Saint Leonard, Wednesfield, Aberdare, Bristol, 
Derby, Shrewsbury, Netherthong, Hove, New Wind- 
sor, Hanley, Burnley, and Accrington; and for other 
purposes relative to certain Districts under the said 
Act: And that Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station) (Re- 
committed) Bill; That, in pursuance of the In- 
struction of the House of the 12th day of June in- 
stant, “ That the Committee do report, in compli- 
ance with Standing Order No. 153, the reasons 
and facts upon which their opinion is founded, that 
the restriction imposed by that Order ought not 
to be enforced, as respects the erection, mainten- 
ance, and letting or management of an Hotel and 
Refreshment Rooms, as proposed to be authorized 
by the Bill,” they had agreed to the following 
Report :— 

That, with respect to the powers sought by the 
Caledonian Railway Company to erect and main- 
tain, at their proposed new Station at Edinburgh, 
on lands to be acquired under the powers of the 
Bill, a Station Hotel, with Refreshment Rooms and 
other conveniences, and to let or manage the same, 
it was proved to the satisfaction of the Committee 
that the establishment of an Hotel and Refresh- 
ment Rooms at the terminus of the Caledonian 
Railway in Edinburgh would be of great conveni- 
ence to the public, not only in connection with ex- 
isting Lines of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
but with a direct Line between Edinburgh and 
Glasgow, which that Company obtained powers 
last Session to construct; and the Committee, 
being of opinion that the public convenience would 
be promoted if the Hotel and Refreshment Rooms 
were managed in connection with the Railway, 


purpose may with propriety be conceded, recom- 
mend that the restriction imposed by the 153d 
Standing Order should not be enforced. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented a Bill to 
confirm certain Provisional Orders, under “ The 
Local Goverment Act, 1858,” relating to the Dis- 

3D3 tricts 








389 


Church Rates 
- acaamaa 


Legitimacy 
Declaration, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Finsbury 
Estate Bill. 


Princess Mary 
of Cambridge’s 
Annuity Bill. 


Carriage and 
Deposit of 
Dangerous 
Goods Bill. 


Local 
Government 
Supplemental 
(No. 3.) 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Edinburgh 
Station) Bill. 


and that the powers sought by the Bill for that” 


Local 
Government 
Supplemental] 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Bill 191. 
















13th—14th June. 1866. 


390 
tricts of West Hartlepool, Tormoham, Harro-| Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on — 
gate, Saint Leonard, Wednesfield, Aberdare, Bristol, | Group 14 of Railway Bills; That in the case of (prune 
Derby, Shrewsbury, Netherthong, Hove, New Wind-\the Midland Railway (Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, they &amp;c.) Bil, 
sor, Hanley, Burnley, and Accrington; and for | had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 

other purposes relative to certain Districts under | amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 

the said Act: And the same was read the first | striking out so much as related to the Midland and 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time To-| South Western Junction Railway Company and 
morrow ; and to be printed. | the Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway Conpeny, 


the provisions affecting those Companies having 


‘Onion Rail Mr. Finlay reported from the Committee on | been struck out of the Bill as submitted to an 
0 Alle ‘ » J ° ° . . 4 “ 
way Bill. Group 16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of passed by the Committee, and by altering the 


the Swansea Union Railway Bill, they had exa-| recital in reference to the Running Powers over 









Swansea and 
Clydach 
Railway Bill. 


Vale of 
Llangollen, 
Llangollen and 
Corwen, &amp;c. 
Railway Com- 
panies Biil. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 14.) 


Mines Assess- 
ment Bill. 


Madras 
Sanitary 
Commission. 


East India 
(Shan States, 
&amp;c.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 18.) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty- 
eighth Report.) 


mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to 
their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Finlay reported from the Committee on 


Group 16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 


the Swansea and Clydach Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same by omitting 
the recitals relating to the laying down of addi- 
tional Rails upon part of the South Wales Rail- 
way and the user of that and other Railways, the 
corresponding Clauses having been struck out of 
the Bill in Committee, and by omitting the name 
of the Swansea Harbour Trustees from the recitals 
as to Working Arrangements, their name having 
been struck out of the corresponding Clause in 
the Bill, and had 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. Finlay reported the Vale of Llangollen, 
Llangollen and Corwen, &amp;c. Railway Companies 
Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; |* 


and be printed. 


Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on 
Group 14 of Railway Bills; That, for the con- 
venience of the Parties, the Committee had ad- 
journed to Friday next, at Eleven of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Tuesday next, the Mines Assessment Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 26th day of this instant June. 


Mr. Stansfeld presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Second Annual Report of the 
Sanitary Commission for Madras, 1865. 

Mr. Stansfeld also presented,—Return to an 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of 


this instant June, for a Return relative to Last 
India ( Shan States, &amp;c.) 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Thursday, 14th June, 18606. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Committee on Group 
18 of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day til 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 11th 
and 12th days of this instant June, and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 











ford, Eccleshill, and Idle Railway Bill; and the 








portions of the Railways of the Lancashire and 
Yorkshire and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- 
shire Railway Companies, in order to make the 
same 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. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Ryde Station 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders in re- = _s 
spect of the Ryde Station and Railway Bill, might aren 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Abercarn 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Aber- Roads Bill. 
carn 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Belfast Burial 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bel- Ground Bill 
fast Burial Ground 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 Bradford, 


=) » Ss . a Eccleshill, and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Brad Idle Railway 


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 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bristol and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bristol moh 
and Exeter Railway (Additional Powers) Bill; and {ioral Powers) 
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 agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Combmartin 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Comb- = Iifracombe 
martin and Ilfracombe 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 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Llynvi 4 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Llynvi ®#ilway * 
Valley Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

The 








29 VicToRIA. 


Swindon, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

— = the Amendments made by the Lords to the Swin- 

Roads Bill. don, Calne, and Cricklade 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. 

Bedfordand § The Bedford and Northampton Railway Bill was 


ey read the third time. 

— Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing the Bedford and 
Northampton Railway Company to construct new 
Lines of Railway, to abandon portions of their 
authorized Line, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Berwickshire 


Ordered, That the Berwickshire Railway Bill be 
Railway Bill. 


read the third time To-morrow. 


Bray Improve- 


A Motion being made, That the Bray Improve- 
ment Bill. 


ment Bill be now read the third time ; 

Lord John Manners, 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 
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. 


Central Corn- 


¥ a beer The Central Cornwall 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. 


Devon Valley The Devon Valley and North British Railway 


tg Companies (Branches) Bill was read the third time. 
Railway Com- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

panies Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
— Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Longton, Ad- The Longton, Adderley Green, and Bucknall 
derley Green, 


Railway Bill was read the third time. 
d Bucknall 
Railway Bil.  tesolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Longton Gas 


Bill [Lords.] The Longton 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. 


A Motion being made, That the New Romney 
Railway Bill be now read the third time; 

Lord John Manners, 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 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Billwas 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. 


New Romney 
Railway Bill, 


5 Po The North British and Leadburn, Linton and 


Linton — Dolphinton Railway Companies Bill was read the 


Dolphinton third time. 
——a Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





14th June. 391 


The North British Railway (Saint Margaret’s North British 
Diversion) Bill was read the third time. oe — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Diversion) 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bill. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North British Railway (Stirling, &amp;c. North British 

Branches) Bill was read the third time. poe sia 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Branches) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Stourbridge Railway Bill was read the third Stourbridge 
time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Stourbridge 
Railway Company to construct a new Railway at 
Stourbridge, to raise additional 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 Bradford 
the Bradford Cocnentien Bill, as amended in the Corporation 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the ”” 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration waveney 
the Waveney Valley Drainage Bill, as amended Valley Drain- 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made *8° Bill. 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Committee to _whom the Halesowen and 
Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch Railways Bill Bromsgrove 
has been committed, have leave to proceed with —_ 

: ° : ‘ ‘ ays Bill. 
the consideration of the entire Bill, notwithstand- 
ing the Referees have reported to the House that 
the Estimate for the Railway designated No. 1 in 
the said Bill is insufficient. 


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 Twenty- 
ninth Report. 
A Petition of Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead, Es- Rochdale 
quire, praying that such alteration may be made Vicarage Bill. 
in the Rochdale Vicarage Bill as will bring the - 
District of Christ Church Friezland within the 
purview thereof, and that the Petitioner may be 
heard by his Counsel or Agent in support of the 
insertion of Clauses or Amendments for that pur- 
pose, was presented, and read. 
Petitions of the Incumbent of the Parochial 
Church and Chapelry of Saddleworth, in the 
Parish of Rochdale, in the West Riding of York- 
shire, and of Owners or Occupiers of Property in 
the said Chapelry ;—and, of Incumbents of Pa- 
rishes or Districts in the Chapelry of Saddleworth, 
in the Parish of Rochdale, in the West Riding of 
Yorkshire, and of Owners or Occupiers of Pro- 
perty in the said Districts, praying that they may 
be heard by their Counsel, jem, and Witnesses, 
before the Select Committee to whom the said 
Bill has been or may be referred against such of 
the Clauses and Provisions of the said Bill as 
affect their rights and interests and in favour of 
the insertion therein of Clauses for the protection 
of their rights and interests, and that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, were 
also presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard by themselves, their Counsel or 
Agents upon their Petitions, if they think fit; 
and Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against 
the said Petitions. 





Vo 121, 


3D4 Major 





Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


Vale of Towy 
Railway Bill. 


Public House 
Closing Act 
(1864.) 


Emigration. 


Lancaster 
Borough 
Election. 


Great 
Yarmouth 
Election. 


392 


Major Cornwall Legh reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 20 of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Great North of Scotland Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same, as follows: first, by reciting the several 
Capitals of the Companies, and the Amounts sub- 
scribed by the Great North of Scotland Railway 
Company to the Undertakings sought to be amal- 
gamated, such information being necessary as a 
foundation for new Clauses inserted in the Bill; 
secondly, by omitting the paragraph as to the 
Company’s Subscriptions to the Deeside Railway, 
the Clause as to such Subscriptions not being re- 
tained in the Bill; thirdly, by omitting the Refe- 
rence to the Amalgamation or Lease of the Banff- 
shire Railway, the Bill as passed not giving any 
such Power; fourthly, by adding a recital as to 
the Inverury and Old Meldrum Railway, the pro- 
vision applied for by Petition for additional pro- 
vision in respect of that Railway having been 
introduced into the Bill by the Committee; and 
fifthly, verbally, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Finlay reported from the Committee on 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Vale of Towy 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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Return of the Town Councils, Boards of 
Commissioners, and Local Boards which have 
adopted the Public House Closing Act of 1864, 
with the Date of its adoption, and the Population 
of each Town and District in which it has been 
adopted. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Mr. William Edward Forster presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,— Copy of 26th General 
Report of the Emigration Commissioners, 1866. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to 
the House, That their Address relative to the 
Lancaster Borough Election, agreed to by both 
Houses to be presented to Her Majesty, had been 
resented to ies Majesty; and that Her Majesty 
fad been pleased to receive the same very gra- 
ciously, and to give the following Answer: 

I have received the joint Address of the two 
Houses of Parliament in reference to the Report 
made by the Select Committee of the House of 
Commons appointed to try a Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Lancaster :—-And I have given directions ac- 
cordingly for the appointment of the Gentlemen 
named in the Address to be Commissioners for the 
purpose of making the Inquiry prayed for. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to 
the House, That their Address relative to the Great 


Yarmouth Election, agreed to by both Houses to 
resented 
er Majesty had been 


be presented to Her Majesty, had been 
to Her Majesty; and that 





14th June. 

















1866. 


pleased to receive the same very graciously, and 
to give the following Answer: 

I have received the joint Address of the two 
Houses of Parliament in reference to the Report 
made by the Select Committee of the House of 
Commons appointed to try a Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Great Yarmouth :—And I have given directions 
accordingly for the appointment of the Gentlemen 
named in the Address to be Commissioners for the 
purpose of making the Inquiry prayed for. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to Reigate 
the House, That their Address relative to the Election. 


Reigate Election, agreed to by both Houses to 
be a to Her Majesty, 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 the joint Address of the two 
Houses of Parliament in reference to the Report 
made by the Select Committee of the House of 
Commons appointed to try a Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Reigate:—And I have given directions accord- 
ingly for the appointment of the Gentlemen named 
in the Address to be Commissioners for the pur- 
pose of making the Inquiry prayed for. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to Totnes 
the House, That their Address relative to the Election. 


Totnes Election, agreed to by both Houses to be 
presented to Her Majesty, had been presented 
to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had been 
pleased to receive the same very graciously, and 
to give the following Answer: 

| have received the joint Address of the two 
Houses of Parliament in reference to the Report 
made by the Select Committee of the House of 
Commons appointed to try a Petition complaining -. 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Totnes :—And I have given directions accord- 
ingly for the appointment of the Gentlemen named 
in the Address to be Commissioners for the pur- 
pose of making the Inquiry prayed for. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lyme Regis. 


Copies of all Correspondence which has taken 
place between the Board of Trade and the Corpo- 
ration of Lyme Regis since 1864, up to the present 
time: And, of a Petition from the Inhabitants 
of Lyme Regis, presented to the Board of Trade 
in 1865. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Navy-) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Memorial addressed to the Se- 
cretary of State for India in Council by Captain 
J. J. Frushard, of Her Majesty’s late Indian Navy, 
dated March 20th, 1866, and of Reply thereto: 
——And, of General Order, Marine Department, 
dated Bombay Castle, April 22d, 1863. 

Ordered, That 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, Ordnance Sur- 
Statements of the Cost per Sheet of Printing and vey (Ireland.) 


Publishing the Maps of the Ordnance Survey of 
Ireland, on the scale of Six Inches to a Mile; 
specifying separately the Cost of the Paper, the 
Printing, and the Commission paid to the Agents 
by whom the Maps are sold: ——Of the same 
Particulars as respects the Maps of the Ordnance 
Survey, on the scale of One Inch to a Mile: 
Of the Number of Maps of each Scale sold, and 
the Sums received by the Department on account 
of such Sales, in the year 1865:——And, Copy. 

0 




















if- 


-) 


Scottish 
Records. 


No. 348. 


Superior 
Courts of Law. 


No. 349. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Harborve 
Railway Bill. 


Montrose 
Harbour Bill 
[Lords.} 


Mersey Docks 
aud Harbour 
Board (Shore 
Road Pur- 
chase, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Great 
Northern 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


Bridgnorth, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton, and 
Staffordshire 
Railway Bill. 
Aldrington, 
Hove, and 


Brighton Gas 
Bill. 


Industrial and 


Provident 
Schools. 


Inclosure 
Commission. 


Valuations 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Counties and 
roughs 
(Ireland.) 


Public Record 
Office, 


Preventi 
Act (1855.) 


29 Vicrorta. 


of any Contract for the Agency of the Sale of 
Ordnance Maps in Ireland, or Statement of the 
Terms of any Agreement for such Agency. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Letter from the Lord Clerk Register 
to the Secretary to the Treasury, respecting the 
Publication of Scottish Records, dated the 27th 
day of June 1865, together with the Enclosures, 
and of the Treasury Reply thereto, dated the 6th | 
day of July 1865. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said | 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 
Table; and be printed. | 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Return of the Receipts, Payments, and Charges | 
on the Fee Fund Account, Superior Courts of 
Law, for the year 1865. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said | 
Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Harborne Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Montrose Harbour Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships to the Mersey Docks and Harbour 
Board (Shore Road Purchase, &amp;c.) Bill, without 
any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Northern 
Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, with Amend- 
ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bridgnorth, Wol- 
verhampton, and Staffordshire Railway Bill, with 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Aldrington, Hove, 
and Brighton Gas Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 8th day of this instant June, for a Re- 
turn relative to Industrial and Provident Schools. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Special Report of the Inclo- 
sure Commissioners, 1866. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented, — Further 
Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of May 
last, for Returns relative to Valuations (Jreland). 

Return to an Order, dated the lst day of this 
instant June, for a Return relative to the Poor Law 
(Jreland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this 
instant June, for a Return relative to Counties and 
Boroughs (Ireland). 

Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen also presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
Table of Fees for the Public Record Office made 
by the Master of the Rolls on the 26th May 1866. 
a — That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. ; 


Mr. Bruce presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order of the 


14¢h—15th June. 





VoL. 121. 


339 


Lords of the Council, dated 18th May 1866, di- 
recting the provisions of the Diseases Prevention 
Act (1855), to be put into operation in the Union 
of Birkenhead. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Shan States, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 
13th day of this instant June, be printed. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Representation of the 
People Bill and the Redistribution of Seats Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Representation of the People Bill. 

CiausE, N°4 (Occupation Franchise for V oters 
in Counties). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 2, 1.40: At 
the end of the second paragraph, to add the words 
“ such clear yearly value being the rateable value 
“of the premises as ascertained for the purposes 
*‘ of the Poor Rate.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for mesos Hunt, lor 

Yeas, Sir Rainald Knightley: J 278. 

Tellers for the ; Mr. Brand, P 

Noes, \Mr. Adam: \ om 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 41: 
To leave out Section 3 (The qualifying premises 
must consist of a house or other building which, 
either alone or with land held by the occupier in 
the county, is of the value aforesaid, with this pro- 
viso, that where the premises consist partly of a 
house or other building and partly of land, the 
building must either be the dwelling-house of the 
occupier, or must itself be of a clear yearly value 
of Six pounds or upwards) : 

Question put, That the words “ The qualifying 
“premises must consist of a house or other building 
“which, either alone or with land held by the occu- 
** pier in the county, is of the value aforesaid” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ; Mr. M‘Zaren, 74 

Yeas, \Mr. White: } . 

Tellers for the f Mr. Banks Stanhope, \ 361 

Noes, Sir Lawrence Palk : | jee 

Another Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, to leave out 
paragraph 4. 

Question, That paragraph 4 stand part of the 
Clause ——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “ In any case in which the 
‘occupier of any premises has sublet any portion 
“ thereof, he shall not be entitled to a vote in respect 
* of such premises unless the portion of them remain- 
“ing in his own occupation be of the clear yearly 
*‘ value of fourteen pounds; and in order in that 
** case to ascertain the clear yearly value, the amount 
*‘ of the rent paid by any sub-tenant or sub-tenants 
** shall be deducted from the gross estimated rental 
“ of the premises, and a proportionate deduction shall 
** be made from the rateable value.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Friday, 15th June, 1866 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bills; and that he was directed to 

3E move, 


East India 
(Shan States, 
&amp;c.) 


No. 350. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill and 
Redistribution 
of Seats Bill. 












































d 


ra AIR 

















Common Law 
Courts (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 


ment, &amp;c, Bill. 


Church 
Temporalities 
Acts (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Trusts (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


Railways 
Clauses Bill, 


Pier and Har- 
bour Orders 
Confirmation 
(No. 2) Bill. 


National 
Gallery 
Enlargement 
Bill. 


County 
_—_a 


Pier and Har- 
bour Orders 
Confirmation 
Bill. 





394 


move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday pext. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Temporalities Acts (Ireland) 
ill ; 


9 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Trusts (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; | 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; | 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirm- 
ation (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill, so far as it relates to 
Clynder and Newlyn, be committed to a Select 
Committee, to be nominated by the Committee of 
Selection, as in the case of a Private Bill. 

Ordered, That all Petitions which have been 
presented during the present Session against the 
Bill be referred to the Committee, and such of the 
Petitioners as pray to be heard by themselves, 
their Counsel or Agents, be heard upon their Pe- 
titions, if they think fit; and Counsel heard in 
favour of the Bill against the said Petitions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the National Gallery Enlargement 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Assessments Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon: Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Pier and Harbour Orders 
Confirmation Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 
Preamble postponed. 
Causes, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 


14¢h—15th June. 


1866. 


gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

~ Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Local Government Supplemental (No. 3) Local Govern. 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; smontal (ite 9) 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, git, P 
for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Common Law 


Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- Procedure 
Ke Ireland) Bill: Amendment 
ment Acts (Ireland) Bill; Acts (Ireland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Relief 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (lreland) — 
upon the 13th day of this instant June, That the piy, — 
Poor Relief (Ireland) Law Amendment Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second General Police 
Reading of the General Police and Improvement #04 improve. 
(Scotland) Act (1862) Amendment Bill ; land) ‘Act 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (1862) Amend. 


upon Thursday next. ment Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dogs Bill. 
into a Committee on the Dogs Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tramways 
mittee on the Tramways (Jreland) Acts Amend- yn dg 
ment Bill; Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Public Health 
Public Health Bill do consist of Seventeen Mem- Bill 
bers. 

The Committee was accordingly nominated 
of Mr. Bruce, Mr. Adderley, Sir Robert Peel, 
Mr. Cave, Mr. Thomas Hughes, Lord Naas, Mr. 
Lowe, Lord Robert Montagu, Mr. Chichester For- 
tescue, Sir Frederic Ileygate, Mr. Leeman, Mr. 
Sclater-Booth, Sir John Gray, Mr. Powell, Mr. 
Evans, Sir Charles Russell, and Sir Colman 
O’ Loghlen. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Land —— 
age Supple- 
mental (No, 2.) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to confirm a Provisional Order under “ The Land 
Drainage Act, 1861”: And that Mr. Knatchbull- 
Hugessen and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 


bring it in. 
oF 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Public Works, 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of yen 
authorizing Advances out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom for carrying on Public 
Works and Fisheries, and for the employment of 
the Poor; and also for the purposes of “ The 
Harbours and Passing Tolls Act, 1861,” “ The 
Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, 1866,” and “ The 
Labouring Classes Dwellings Act, 1866,” and for 
temporary Loans to Railway Companies in Ireland ; 

Mr. Bruce, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Mo- 





son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 





tion, 














2.) 





Land Drain- 
age Supple- 
ees 1861”: And the same was read the first time; 


Bill 192. 


Amicable Life 


Assurance 
Society Bill 
| Lords.} 


Dublin and 


Antrim Junc- 


tion Railway 
Bill [Lords.} 


Hatfield Chase 


Warping and 


Improvement 
lords) Bill 


Lords.) 


Lianelly Rail- 


99 V ICTORIA. 


tion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bruce presented a Bill to confirm a Provi- 
sional Order under “ The Land Drainage Act, 


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 half an hour after Twelve of the clock | 


on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Friday, 15th June, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


14th—15th June. 


395 


Railway Company and the Edinburgh and Bath- 
gate Railway Company, and had 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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the South Eastern 
South Eastern Railway Bill; That they had exa- Railway Bill 
mined 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 
| Saint James’ Road, the Purchase of Land in Saint 
|_Mary, Rotherhithe, and Saint Mary Magdalene, 
| Bermondsey, the Construction of a Custom-house, 

;and the running over the North Kent Railway, 
_and by reciting the expediency of authorizing the 
Peg 2 to construct a Baggage Warchouse on 
the Admiralty Pier at Dover, in order to make the 





M R. Dodson reported the Amicable Life As- same consistent with the Provisions of the Bill as 


‘A surance Society Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


submitted to and passed by the Committee, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
| gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 


Mr. Dodson reported the Dublin and Antrim | thereunto. 


Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Hatfield Chase Warp- 
ing and Improvement (Railway) Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 


bo | and Dock J Janelly Railway and Dock Bill; That they had 


London, 


Brighton, and 


South Coast 
Railway 
(Saint 


Leonard’s and 


Hastings 
Lines) Bill. 


Medway 
Docks (No, 1) 
Bill [Lords.] 


North British 


and Edinburgh 


and Bathgate 


Railway Com- 


Panies Bill. 


certain alterations of the rent and other terms and 
conditions of the Lease of that Railway which 
had been agreed to between the North British 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 


of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting | 


the recitals as to the construction of the Railway 
at Swansea, the Clauses with reference thereto 


having been struck out of the Bill, and by ver-. 


bally amending 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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Saint 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Sutherland Railway Sutherland 
Bill, with Amendments. ae Bm 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; [Lords.] 

and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the West Brom- 
West Bromwich and Walsall Railway Bill; That bei , 
they had examined the allegations contained in the way Bill. 12 
Preamble of the Bill, and yerbally amended the 











Leonard’s and Hastings Lines) Bill; That they had | 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble | 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out | 
the ‘reference to a new Line at Hastings, the | 


power to make which had been struck out of the 
Bill as submitted to and 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. Dodson reported the Medway Docks (No. 1) 
Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee@n the 
North British and Edinburgh and Bathgate Rail- 
way Companies Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by omitting the recital 
of the expediency of amalgamating the Edinburgh 
and Bathgate Railway Company with the North 
British Railway Company, and by setting out 
more fully the terms and conditions on which the 
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway is leased to the 
North British Railway Company, and by reciting 








Vou. 121. 


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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Wolverhamp- 
Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway (Deviations) %° 924 Wal- 
‘ - \ 4 sall Railway 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations (Deviations) 

contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had Bill 
amended the same, by striking out all reference to 
the short Railway at Walsall, the same having 
been struck out of the Bill, and by reciting that 
the Contract made between the London and North 
Western Railway Company and the Company 
should be confirmed, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 19 of Railway Bills 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Six of (Group 19.) 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Liver- a ay 
pool Corporation Water Bill. — 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the object of the Amend- 
ments is to remove an ambiguity in the Bill as it 
passed this House, and to carry out the intention 
of this House that all Parties properly entitled to 
compensation under the Waterworks Clauses Act . 
(incorporated with the Bill) should have such 
compensation fully secured to them by the Bill), 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Cork and Youghal Railway Bill was read Cork and _ 
the third time. be Rail- 


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396 


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. 


Gas Light and Ordered, That the Gas Light and Coke Company 
Coke Company Bil] be read the third time upon Monday next. 


Gas Light and 
Coke and City 
of London Gas 


The Gas Light and Coke and City of London 
Gas Light and Ccke Companies Bill was read the 
third time. 


Light and . 

Coke Com- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

pais SS. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Liantriseant The Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Rail- 


a ped way Bill was read the third time. 


way Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London, Chat- The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway 


Dover Raitway ( ‘hatham Dockyard Branch) Bill was read the 
(Chatham third time. ~ 
Dockyard Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Branch) Bill. dered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London, Chat- 
ham, and 
Dover Railway 
(New Lines, 


&amp;e.) Bill. 


The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (New 
Lines, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the London, Chat- 
ham, and Dover Railway Company to make new 
Streets, and alterations of Streets, for improving 
the access to their Ludgate Station, to authorize 
the Kent Coast Railway Company to make a new 
Road at Ramsgate, and to confer Powers and im- 
pose obligations on the Corporation of the City of 
Lendon with respect to the new and altered Streets, 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London, Chat- A Motion being made, That the London, Chat- 


ham, and ham, and Dover Railway (Various Powers) Bill be 
Dover Railway . ag 
(Various now read the third time ; 


Powers) Bill. © Mr. Mowbray, 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. 


North Britis) 


The North British Railway (Glasgow Branches) 
Railway 


ane Bill was read the third time. 
Branches) Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Bill. Title be, An Act to authorize the North British 
Railway Company to make Railways near Glas- 
gow, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


North British 
Railway (New 
Works, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The North British Railway (New Works, &amp;c.) 
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. 


Pembroke and 
Tenby Rail- 
way Bill. 


A Motion being made, That the Pembroke and 
Tenby Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Mowbray, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 





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1866. 


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 to enable the Pembroke and 
Tenby Railway Company to extend their Railway 
to Caermarthen and to Milford Haven, to lease 
their Undertaking, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Berwickshire Railway Bill was, according Berwickshire 
to Order, read the third time. Railway Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern 
the Eastern Bengal Railway Company Bill. rome Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time? Bil [ ioe” 
The House proceeded to take into consideration fast Norfolk 
the East Norfolk 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow and 
the Glasgow and South Western Railway (Addi- Seuth Western 
. . 3 ~ ~ ° Railway 
tional Powers) Bill, as amended in the Committee; (4 aditional 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. Powers) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time. 


Mr. Finlay reported from the Committee on Swansea Vale 
Group 16 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Railway Bil. 
the Swansea Vale Railway Bill they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and had amended the same by striking out 
so much thereof as related to the construction of 
New Works, and the acquisition by the Company 
of additional Land at Swansea, and had made other 
slight Amendments therein in order to make the 
same consistent with the provisions of the Bill as 
passed by the Committee, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; “T° 
which was read, as followeth: ‘ 

That in the case of the Millwall Canal Com- Millwall Canal 
pany, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for CO™P@*Y- 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; that the Parties be permitted to deposit 
their Petition for Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Cobbold reported the Thames Subway Bill, Thames sub- 
with an Amendment. way Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. (Lords. 


Mr. Cobbold reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group Q. of Private Bills; That, for the conve- (Group Q) 
nienc® of Parties the Committee had adjourned to 
Thursday next, at Three of the clock, 

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. 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read; vide Votes, 
and referred to a Select Committee. and Twenty- 
ninth Report. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Buchanan’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bill 
That in the case of Buchanan’s Estate Bill, no [Lerda] 
Standing Orders are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second on 
r. 











Guardian Fire 
and Life As- 
surance 

Bill 


Prords.3 


Liverpool 
Sewage Utili- 
zation Bill 
{Lords.] 


New Forest 
Poor Relief 
Bill. 


Bill 193. 


Caledonian 
and Scottith 


North Eastern 
Railway Com- 


panies Bill. 


Message from 


the Lords. 


Metropolitan 
and Saint 


John’s Wood 


Railway 


(Capital) Bill. 
Crofthead and 


Kilmarnock 
Extension 


Railway Bill. 
Saltash Road 


Bill. 


Tonbridge and 


” That in the case of the Guardian Fire and Life 


99 VicTorRia. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


Assurance 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 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 Liverpool Sewage Utiliza- 
tion Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on 
the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders 
not previously inquired into, and which are appli- 
cable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Viscount Enfield reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the New Forest Poor Relief Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Hardcastle reported from the Committee on 
Group 18 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Caledonian and Scottish North Eastern Rail- 
way Companies Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same by striking out a reference 
therein to certain Heads of Agreement which the 
Bill, as introduced, proposed to confirm, but the 
Clause confirming which had been withdrawn at 
the instance of the Promoters, and found the Pre- 
amble, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan and 
Saint John’s Wood Railway (Capital) Bill, without 
any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Crofthead and 
Kilmarnock Extension Railway Bill, without any 
Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Saltash Road 
Bill, without any Amendment. 
The Lords have agreed to the Tonbridge and 


— Road Jghtham Road Bill, without any Amendment. 
Au, 


Drainage 
Maintenance 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Wigton Water 


Bill. 


Worcester, 
Bromyard, 


and Leomins- 


ter Railway 
Bill. 


Tests Aboli- 


The Lords have agreed to the Drainage Main- 
tenance (Jreland) Bill, with an Amendment; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wigton Water 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Worcester, Brom- 
yard, and Leominster Railway Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


a (Oxford) Reading of the Tests Abolition (Ozford) Bill ; 


Elective 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday the 3d day of July next. 


The Order for resuming, upon Wednesday next, 


Franchise Bill. the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 

upon the 30th day of May last, was proposed to be 

made to the Question, That the Elective Franchise 
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397 


Bill be now read a second time, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 18th day of July next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British 

Copy of all Communications to the Trustees of the Museu™ 
British Museum respecting the Salaries of the 
Officers and Assistants employed in that Estab- 
lishment, and of all Minutes and Proceedings of 
the Trustees thereon subsequent to the Return of 
the 6th day of March 1860, Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 153:———And, Return showing the Names 
and Salaries of the Officers and Assistants em- 
ployed.in the British Museum, specifying the Date 
of the Appointment of each Person, and any Re- 
gulations which may exist regarding Increase of 
Salary. 


Admiral Duncombe reported from the Committee North British 
on Group 19 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Railway 
the North British Railway ( Wishaw, &amp;c. Branches) Neder: aos 
Bill, they had examined the allegations containe 
in the Preamble of the Bill,» vd had amended 
the same by giving a fresh description of the Lines 
of Railway which had been altered in the Bill, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Admiral Duncombe reported from the Committee Caledonian 
on Group 19 of Railway Bills; That in the case Railway | 
of the Caledonian Railway (Lanarkshire, &amp;c. he Seances 
Branches) Bill, they had examined the allegations Bill. 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same by making a formal addition 
thereto, and by striking out so much thereof as 
related to a proposed Branch Railway, the powers 
for constructing which had been struck out of 
the Bill in consequence of the Promoters having 
intimated that it was not their intention to pro- 
ceed therewith, and had found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Admiral Duncombe reported from the Committee Forth and 
on Group 19 of Railway Bills; That in the case Clyde Naviga- 
of the Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill, they had “" 3” 
examined the allegations contained in the Pream- 
ble of the Bill, and had amended the same by 
adding thereto a statement of the existing Capital 
of the Company, such statement being required as 
a foundation for the Clauses of the Bill as 
amended, and also by omitting so much of the 
Preamble as related to the construction of New 
Works, and the other objects of the Bill except 
the raising of additional Moneys, and had found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Margate Pier 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the #4 Harbour. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—A. True Ac- 
count of the Receipt and Application of all Monies 
which have been received by the Directors of the 
Margate Pier and Harbour Company, from the 
6th day of April 1865 to the 12th day of April 
1866, both days inclusive. 

Copy of General Order of the Lord High Court of 
Chancellor, 7th day of May 1866. Chancery. 

Copy of General Order of the Lord High 
Chancellor, 22d day of May 1866. 

3E3 





Mr. 





East India 
(Chincona 
Plant.) 


Treasure 
Trove. 


Scottish 
Records. 


No, 348. 


Industrial and 
Provident 
Societies. 


No. 355. 


Valuations 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 300. 
Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 

No. 351. 
Counties and 


Borougis 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 352. 


Adjournment. 


Supply. 


Joseph Hume, 
Esquire. 


Joseph Hume, 
Esquire. 


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398 


Mr. Stansfeld presented,— Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of May 
last, for a Return relative to Last India (Chincona 
Plant). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of May last, for Returns 
relative to Treasure Trove. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this 
instant June, for Returns relative to Scottish Re- 
cords. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Industrial 
and Provident -Societies, which was presented 
upon the 14th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valua- 
tions (Ireland), which was presented upon the 14th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 14th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Counties 
and Boroughs (Jre/and), which was presented upon 
the 14th day of this instant June, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The 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 “an humble Address be presented to Her 
* Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
** pleased to cause to be placed within the precincts of 
“this House, a Bust, offered by his Widow, of the 
“late Joseph Hume, Esquire, who for nearly Forty 
* vears ably, laboriously, and disinterestedly served 
“his Country in the House of Commons,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
“ jesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
“to cause to be placed within the precincts of this 
* House, a Bust, offered by his Widow, of the late 
* Joseph Hume, Esquire, who for nearly Forty 
“ years ably, laboriously, and disinterestedly served 
“his Country in the House of Commons,” be 
added 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 to cause to be placed within the precincts 
of this House, a Bust, offered by his Widow, of 
the late Joseph Hume, Esquire, who for nearly 
Forty years ably, laboriously, and disinterestedly 
served his Country in the House of Commons. 

Ordered, That 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, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 


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1866. 


being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “in the opinion of this House, the treat- Limerick 
* ment of Prisoners in the County Gaol of Lime- County Gaol. 
* rick, under the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Jre- 
land) Act, has been unnecessarily severe «and 
“ unconstitutional, and that it is the duty of Govern- 
“ment to prevent the continuance of the same,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :--The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 


And 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 Monday next. 


Monday, 18th June, 1860. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Select Committee on Railway 

the Railway Companies’ Securities Bill and the Cone 
Railway Debentures, &amp;c. Registry Bill have leave ond Relewe 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the Debentures, 


sitting of the House. a Registry 








Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Rochdale _ 
Rochdale Vicarage Bill have leave to sit this day till Vicsrsge Bill 
Six of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Aldrington, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ald- a —" 
rington, Hove, and Brighton Gas Bill; and the Bile washes 
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 Bridg- a nad 
north, Wolverhampton, and Staffordshire Railway Staffordshire 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and 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 Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great ceo 
Northern Railway (Additional Powers) Bill; and (Additional 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. Powers) 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Ayr Harbour Ayr Harbour 
Bill be now read the third time ; = 
Mr. William Cowper, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s in- 
terest 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 Bradford Corporation Bill was read the Bradford Cor- 
third time. poration Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass : And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing the Mayor, Al- 
dermen, 

















99 VictoriIA. 


dermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Brad- 
ford, in the County of Pork, to acquire and to 
regulate the Markets and Fairs in the Borough, and 
to provide Places for holding the Markets and 
Fairs, and to take Tolls for the same, and for ex- 
tending the Periods for the completion of their 
Waterworks, and for authorizing them to acquire 
Lands, and to raise further Moneys, and for regu- 
lating their Borrowing Powers and Debt, and for 
other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


— A Motion being made, That the Cambrian 
(New Works) Railways (New Works) Bill be now read the third 
Bill. time ; 


Mr. William Cowper, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s in- 
terest 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 empowering the Cambrian 
Railways Company to make certain Railways and 
other Works in connection with their Undertak- 
ing, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Cork Harbour 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 Devon Valley and North British Railway 


Cork Harbour 
Bill [Lords.] 


Devon Valley 


= Companies (Arrangements) Bill was read the third 
Railway Com. time. 
panies Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
ome) Bill Title be, An Act to authorize the Devon Valley 
"Railway Company to raise additional Share Capital, 
and to confirm an Agreement, and make provision 
for an Amalgamation with the North British Rail- 
way Company, and’ for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Glasgow The Glasgow Police Bill was read the third 
Police Bill. time, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Great The Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) 


— and Railway Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


(of Ireland) 
Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Lancashire The Lancashire Union Railways Bill was read 
vats” the third time. 
. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Laugharne A Motion being made, That the Laugharne 


Railway Bill. Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. William Cowper, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s in- 
terest 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. 

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399 


The Magdalen Hospital Bill was read the third Magdalen 
time. Hospital Bill 
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 North British Railway (Camps, &amp;c. North British - 
Branches) Bill was read the third time. rei ns 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Branches) Bi 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the —_— 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Waveney Valley Drainage Bill was read Waveney _ 
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 Whitehaven and Furness Junction, and Whitehaven 
Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway Bill _~ ee a 
was read the third time. Whitehaven, 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Cleator, and 
do pass. meng 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to [Lords | 
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 Wycombe Railway Bill was read the third Wycombe 
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 Gas Light and Coke Company Bill was, Gas Light and 
according to Order, read the third time. ee 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. oa 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Aberavon 
the Aberavon Local Board Bill, as amended in the —_ Board 
Committee; and Amendments were made to the ~ 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Belfast Central 
the Belfast Central Railway (Belfast Corporation) ®*!!way 

: ; ‘ (Belfast Cor- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. poration) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Blackwater ( Youghal) Wooden Blackwater 
Bridge Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken (Youghal) 
into consideration To-morrow. Bridge Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brynmawr 
the Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Bill, as Railway Bul 
amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station) Bill, (Rist rgh 
as amended in the Committee. Station) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great 
the Great Southern and Western Railway Bill, as ae = 
amended in the Committee. w= —— 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. [Zords.] 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Merthyr, 
the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway Ttedegar, and 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railay Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
3E4 The 

















Mid-Kent and 


400 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


South Eastern the Mid-Kent and South Eastern Railway Com- 


Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
(Ashby 


ver 
and Nuneaton, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 


Midland 
Railwa 
(Branches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Mid- Wales 
Railway Bill. 


Ogmore 
Valley Rail- 
way (No. 1) 
Bill. 


Roach River 
Fishery Bill 
[Lords.] 


Saint Martin- 
in-the-Fields 
Workhouse, 


&amp;c. Rebuilding Rebuilding 


Bill. 


Swansea and 
Clydach 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea Har- 
bour Trust 
Bill [Lords.] 


Thames River 


Purification 
Bill. 


Vale of 
Llangollen, 
Llangollen an 
Corwen, &amp;c. 


panies Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Midland Railway (Ashby and Nuneaton, &amp;c.) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Midland Railway (Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Mid-Wales Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ogmore Valley Railway (No. 1) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

A Clause (Authorizing sale of lands belonging 
to the Duchy of Lancaster, and providing for ap- 
plication of purchase money ), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Authorizing the enfranchise- 
ment of copyhold lands belonging to the Duchy 
of Lancaster), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (For the conveyance of waste 
lands belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Concerning the sale and work- 
ing of Mines belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (For enrolment of all deeds of 
conveyance of land belonging to the Duchy of Lan- 
caster), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Saving rights of the Crown 
and the Duchy of Lancaster), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Then a Schedule was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Roach River Fishery Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Saint Martin-in-the-Fields Workhouse, &amp;c. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Swansea and Clydach Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Swansea Harbour Trust Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Thames River Purification Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


q the Vale of Llangollen, Llangollen and Corwen, &amp;c. 


Railway Companies Bill, as amended in the Com- 


Railway Com- mittee. 


panies Bill. 


Putney and 
Fulham New 
Bridge Bill 
| Lords.]} 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Putney and Fulham New Bridge Bill was 
read a second time; and committed, 


18th June. 








1866. 


The Shrewsbury Bridges Bill was read a second Shrewsbury 
time ; and committed. Bridges Bill 


[Lords,] 

Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Select pubtic 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 13th, a at 
14th, and 15th days of this instant June, and had Report.) 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 
Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported the Brecon and Brecon and 


Llandovery Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- l!*ndovery 
- Junction 
ments. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Hardcastle reported from the Committee on Highland 
Group 18 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- ®#!way Bill. 
moting the Highland 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. Howes reported from the Committee on Ialesowen 
Group 14 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the #14 Broms- 
Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch Railways Bill, ee “4 
.° . bs ys Bill. 
it was proved tothe satisfaction of the Committee that 
the Order of the House of the 23rd day of February 
last, requiring an amended copy of the Book of Re- 
ference to be deposited in the Private Bill Office of 
the House of Commons had been complied with; 
that they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same 
by omitting the recital as to the expediency of the 
Company being authorized to run over a portion 
of the Great Western Railway, the Line which 
rendered such Powers desirable having been 
omitted from the Bill as submitted to the Com- 
mittee; they had also omitted the recital as to the 
expediency of authorizing Contracts and Agree- 
ments with the Great Western Railway Company 
with respect to the management, use, working, 
and maintenance of the Railway by that Company ; 
they had also stated the correct amount of the 
Estimate of constructing the Railways authorized 
by the Bill, and found the sane, 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. Woodd reported from the Committee on South Eastern 
Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 2»4 London, 
South Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover pence gy 
(London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways Bill, it don, Lewes, 
was proved to the Committee that amended Plans 204 Brighton) 
and Sections have been deposited with the parish aetna 
clerk of the Parish of Saint Mary Westout, other- 
wise Saint Anne’s Parish, and with the parish 
clerk of the Parish of Brighton, in accordance 
with the Resolution of the House of the 21st 
February last; that they had examined the alle- 

— of the Bill, and have verbally amended the 

?reamble referring to the deposited Plans, Sections, 
and Books of Reference for facilitating the refe- 
rence to those documents in the body 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. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Thirtieth 
Report. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railway, &amp;c. 
a Return of the Amount of Capital in Shares and Bills. 


by 

















Artizans and 
Labourers’ 


Dwellings Bill. 


Bill 194. 


Cattle 
Diseases 
Prevention 
Act (1866.) 


Sale of Land 
by Auction 
Bill [ Lords.) 


Juries in 
Criminal 
Cases Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


British Gas 
Company 
(Staffordshire 
Potteries) Bill. 


Llynvi Valley 
and Ogmore 
Valley 





99 VicrorRia. 


by Loans respectively, a to be raised by 
the Railway and other Bills brought before Par- 
liament in the present Session, and the Aggregate 


Amount of such Capitals and Loans; together 


with the Gross Aggregate Amount of a similar | 


Return for the year 1865. 


Mr. McCullagh Tcrrens reported from the Select 
Committee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwell- 
ings 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 Friday 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 

ouse, a Copy of Memorials from the County of 
Chester to the Secretary of State, as to “ The 
Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, 1866;” and of 
the Correspondence 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. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Wednesday next, the Sale of Land by Auction 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of July next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Wednesday next, the Juries in Criminal Cases 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 11th day of July 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 British Gas 
Company (Staffordshire Potteries) Bill, without 
any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Liynvi Valley 
and Ogmore Valley Railway Companies Bill, 


Railway Com- Without any Amendment. 


panies Bill. 
North 
Walsham and 
Dilham Canal 
Bill. 


Prosecution 
_ Expenses Bill. 


Leeds Borough 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
District 
Railway Bill. 


Presteign, 
Clun, and 
Bishops Castle 
Railway Bill. 


Kensington 
Improvement 
Bill. 


South Devon 
way Bill. 


Bristol Har- 
Junction 


The Lords have agreed to the North Walsham 
and Dilham Canal Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Prosecution Ex- 
enses Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
one desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Leeds Borough 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan 
District Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Presteign, Clun, 
and Bishops Castle Railway Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Kensington Im- 

rovement Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
lam desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the South, Devon 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bristol Harbour 
Junction Railway and Wharf Depét Bill, with 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Rochdale Water 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Launceston and 
South Devon Railway Bill, with an Amendment ; 

VoL. 121. 








18th June. 








401 


to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow and Glasgow and 
South Western Railway (Ayrshire Lines) Bill, with South Western 
an Amendment; to which the Lords desire the con- ( pos 
currence of this House. Lines) Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Charitable 
to make further provision for the Enrolment of Trusts Deeds 
certain Deeds, Assurances, and other Instruments Bill [Lords.] 
relating to Charitable Trusts ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Clare College, 
for the better regulation of Doctor Blythe’s Bene- Cambridge 
faction to Clare College, Cambridge; to which the Sarchoment 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Bill [Lords.] 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had Devorport 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of #!¢¢4™ 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John C. Thierens and 
John Beer, relating to the Borough of Devonport, 
is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented, by Her Ma- Jamaica. 
jesty Command,—Copy of a Despatch from the 
Right Honourable Edward Cardwell, M.P., to 
Lieutenant General Sir H. K. Storks, G.c.n., 
G.C.M.G., Captain General and Governor in Chief 
of the Island of Jamaica. 

Copy of Papers laid before the Royal Commis- 
sion of Inquiry on Jamaica Disturbances by Go- 
vernor Eyre. 

Copy of Report of the Jamaica Royal Commis- 
sion, 1866. PartI. Report. 

Copy of Report of the Jamaica Royal Commis- 
sion, 1866. Part II. Minutes of Evidence and 
Appendix. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the General Com- Railway and 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had Cana! Bills 
P P . (Seventh 
made alterations in the Groups already formed, Report.) 
and directed him to report the same to the House. yw). gg 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; iaian 


and be printed. 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Paris 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the ©™@rene® 
proposed Assembly of a Conference at Paris. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Colonial 
the Colonial Bishops Bill, was read, and dis- Bishops Bill. 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 26th day of this instant June. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, Fire 
dated the 11th day of April last, for Returns re- !s¥tances. 
lative to Fire Insurances. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. . 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Return Population 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day (Scotland.) 
of May last, for a Return relative to Population 
( Scotland). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Knares- 
3lst day of May last, for a Return relative to borough, &amp;c. 
Knaresborough, &amp;c. Townships. a 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of May Peace 
last, for a Return relative to the Peace Preserva- bee 
tion (Ireland) Act. saat 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this Cork, &amp;c. 
instant June, for Returns relative to Cork, &amp;c. — and 
Baronies and Towns. a 

Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen also presented, pur- Nuisances 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— —— aa 
Copy of Directions and Regulations issued by the a) 
Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor 

3F in 








ee eR Ne a a 



































402 


in Scotland to all the Local Authorities in Scot- 
land, having Jurisdiction in Terms of the Nui- 
sances Removal (Scotland) Act, 1856. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


18¢h—19¢th June. 








1866. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Watefworks 
into a Committee on the Waterworks Bill; and, Bill. ’ 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. . 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 








Bill 195. 



























East India Mr. Stansfeld presented,—Return to an Address Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Sao ) to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of this instant | Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
, June, for a Return relative to East India (Bonus 
System). The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
East India Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated | mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation ee 
a) the 14th day of this instant June, for Returns re- | ( Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 
lative to East India (Navy). Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Table. 

Z , ; The Order of the day being read, for resuming Tenure and 
nadie Ordered, That the Return relative to East India | the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Improvement 
Plant.) (Chincona Plant), which was presented upon the | ypon the 17th day of May last, was proposed to be (Ireland) Bill, 

No. 353, 15th day of this instant June, be printed. made to the Question, That the Tenure and Im- 
Treasure Ordered, That the Return relative to Treasure | provement of Land (Jreland) Bill be now read a 
Trove, Trove, which was presented upon the 15th day of second time ; ; 
No. 354. this instant June, be printed. Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 
Supply. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at . ’ 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the Com- | The Order of the day being read, for the Second — 
mittee of Supply. | Reading of the Rateable Property (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bil, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
ae eg The House, according to Order, resolved itself | upon Monday next. 
e 


People Bill 
and Redistri- 
bution of 
Seats Bill. 


People Bill and the Redistribution of Seats Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Representation of the People Bill. 


into a Committee on the Representation of the | 


| 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 


| Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) am. 


_Amendment Bill; 


54) 
7 . Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 


Crausr, N° 5 (Occupation franchise for Voters | upon Monday next. 


in Boroughs). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1. 15: To leave 
out the words “clear yearly,” in order to insert 
the word “ rateable,” instead thereof, 

Question put, That the words “clear yearly” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

. £ &gt;... | Mr. Brand, 

Tellers for the Y e885) Mie Adam : 


Tellers for the Noes, —— 


\ 
j 304. 


lark. 
J 315. 


Question proposed, That the word “ rateable ” 
be there inserted. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Tuesday, 19th June, 1866: 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- | 


son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bills; 


again. 


and that he was directed to | 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit | 


| 


~ Resolved, That this House will, this day, again | 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Land Tax The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Commission- into a Committee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ 

ers’ Names r ° ‘ , . 

Bill. Names Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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, 

Terminable The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— mittee on the Terminable Annuities Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Admiralty The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(rela ) Bill. Reading of the Admiralty Court (Ireland) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Straits Settle. 
Reading of the Straits Settlements Bill ; ments Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Summary 


Reading of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) (Gostlandy 
Bill; Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Hundred 
Reading of the Hundred Bridges Bill ; —_oo 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second British __ 
Reading of the British Columbia Bill; Columbia Bill, J 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trusts (Scot 
mittee on the Trusts (Scotland) Bill; tend) Ee 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railways | 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; Clauses Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Land Drainage Supplemental (No. 2) Bill Land Drainage 


was, according to Order, read a second time; and CAT 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 


for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. - 
e 











Dean Forest 
(Walmore and 
the Bearce 
Commons) Bill. 


Reformatory 
Schools Jill. 


Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Oyster 
Fisheries Bill. 


Oyster Bed 
Licences 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


National 
Gallery En- 
largement Bill 


Pier and 
Harbour 
Orders Con- 
firmation Bill. 


Local 
Government 
Supplemental 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Public Works, 
bours, &amp;c. 
[Advances.] 


New Forest. 
Poor Relief 
Bili. 





99 Victoria. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Dean Forest (Walmore 
and the Bearce Commons) Bill; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Industrial Schools Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oyster Fisheries Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oyster Bed Licences (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the National Gallery Enlargement 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be 
now read the third time ; 

Mr. William Cowper, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s in-| 
terest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself, 
into a Committee on the Pier and Harbour Orders 
Confirmation Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson 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, resolve itself 
into a Committee on the Local Government Sup- 
plemental (No. 3) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. [ Ad- 
vances | ; 

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 New Forest Poor Relief Bill; 
Resolved, That this. House will, upon Wednes- 


day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


18¢h—19th June. 





403 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Salmon 
Reading of the Salmon Fisheries ( Scotland) Bill; (Guotlend) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bij | Lords] 


upon Monday next. 


The Dogs Bill was, according to Order, read the Dogs Bill 
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 the Tramways (Jre- Tramways 
land) Acts Amendment Bill was nominated of — 
Lord Naas, Mr. Monsell, Mr. George, Mr. Sulli- Bill. 7 
van, General Dunne, Mr. Sherriff, Captain Jervis, 
Mr. Corry, Mr. Laing, Sir Colman O’Loghien, and 
Mr. George Clive. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


And then the House, havin 
till Two of the clock on 
adjourned till this day. 


¢ continued to sit 
Tuesday morning, 








Tuesday, 19th June, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Dodson reported the Aldershot Gas and Aldershot Gas 
Water (re-committed) Bill, with further fi hme 
Amendments. on 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the East London Railway East London 
(Additional Powers) Bill, with an Amendment. Railway 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; anne) Tal 
and be printed. [ Lords.] 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the London, 

London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Va- Brighton, and 
: &gt; : _ : South Coast 
rious Powers) Bill; That they had examined the Rajiway 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, (Various 
and amended the same, by inserting a recital re- Powers) Bill. 
ferring to a Schedule specifying the Short Titles 

by which the various Acts mentioned in the Bill 

are referred to, and by transposing some of the 

recitals for the sake of greater clearness, and by 

making some corrections in the figures and refe- 

rences, and by omitting a recital of the expediency 

of amending the mode of assessing and settling cer- 

tain claims to compensations (the Clause relating 
to that subject having been omitted 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. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Midland 
Midland Counties and Shannon Junction Railway — and 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Teaaien 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had ver- Railway Bill 
bally amended the same, and found the same, as [2ords.] 
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 Wigton Water 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Wigton 

Water Bill; and the same was twice read, and 

agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Worcester, 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wor- en 
cester, Bromyard, and Leominster Railway Bill; Railway Bill. 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That. the Clerk do carry the Bill to 





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404 19th 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Amicable Life The Amicable Life Assurance Society Bill was 


Assurance, read the third 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. 
Eastern The Eastern Bengal Railway Company Bill was 


Bengal Rail- 
way Company 
Bill [Lords.] 


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. 


East Norfolk 


The East Norfolk Railway Bill was read the 
Railway Bill. 


third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Glasgow and The Glasgow and South Western Railway (Ad- 
—— ditional Powers) Bill was read the third time. 

( Additional Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Powers) Bill. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Great North of Scotland Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill, 


Hatfield Chase 
Warping and 
Improvement 
(Railway ) Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Hatfield Chase Warping and Improvement 
(Railway) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


[Lords.} Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Tlanelly The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway and the Llanelly Railway and Dock Bill, as amended 
Dock Bi, | — 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
London, The House proceeded to take into consideration 


a ap and the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway 
South Coast ie . : ey : a 
Railway (Saint ( Saint Leonard's and Hastings Lines) Bill, as 
Leonari’s and amended in the Committee. 
Hastings Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Lines) Bill, : 
North British | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
h Br 2 House pr ti 

= a the North British and Edinburgh and Bathgate 
Railway wml Railway Companies Bill, as amended in the Com- 
panies Bill. mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


South Eastern The Ilouse proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the South Eastern Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


West The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—-* and the West Bromwich and Walsall Railway Bill, as 
Railway Bill, amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Wolverhamp- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ton and the Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway Bill, as 
Walsall ° ° 

Railway Bill amended in the Committee. 

(changed from Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
“ Wolver- 


hampton and Walsall Railway (Deviations).”) 


Blackwater The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

(Youghal) consideration the Blackwater (Youghal) Wooden 
ooden ° . . ° 

Bridge Bil. Bridge Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be taken into consi- 
deration upon Thursday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 








June. 1866. 


Question, by leaving out the words “ Thursday 
** next,” and inserting the words “ this day three 
** months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words “ Thursday next” stand part of the Ques- 
tion: —The said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Ryde Station and Railway Bill was read a Ryde Station 


° ; : and Railwa; 
second time; and committed. Bill [ Lords} 


The Clare College, Cambridge (Blythe's Bene- Clare College, 


faction) Bill was read the first time. (Blythe 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Benefaction 


|miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Bill | Lords.} 


Ordered, That in the case of the Petition for Millwall Canal 
the Millwall Canal Company Bill, Standing Or- Company.’ 
‘ders 73 and 224 be suspended; and that the 
|Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills have 

leave to sit and proceed To-morrow. 





Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 





Vide Thirtieth 
Keport. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one the Lords. 
of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Labouring Classes’ Labouring 


Dwellings (Jreland) Bill, without any Amend- Classes’ 
t Dwellings 
ment. (Ireland) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Fishery Piers Fishery Piers 
and Harbours (Jreland) Bill, without any Amend- #"4 Harbours 
ment. (Ireland) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Belfast Consta- Belfast 


bulary Bill, without any Amendment. ey 
il, 


The Lords have agreed to the Indian Prize Indian Prize 
Money Bill, without any Amendment. Money Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to- the Greenwich and Greenwich and 


Woolwich Lower Road Bill, without any Amend- Woolwich 
ment. Lower Koad 


Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Harnham, Blard- arnham, 
ford, and Dorchester Road Bill, without any Blandford, and 


Dorchester 
Amendment. Road Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Dundee Water Dundee Water 
Bill, without any Amendment. * ‘Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Cork and 
made by this House to the Cork and Youghal — 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment. [ verde) ” 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Longton Gas 
made by this House to the Longton Gas Bill, Bill |Zords.] 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Lunacy Acts Lunacy Acts 
| (Scotland) Amendment Bill, with Amendments ; (Scotland) 
‘to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Amendme* 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Macclesfield, 
Knutsford, and Warrington Railway Bill, with 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, with Amend- erm , 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence Covers) Bil. 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Manchester, Shef- Manchester, 
field, and Lincolnshire Railway (Additional Powers) — 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire Raiiway 
the concurrence of this House. 





Macclesfield, 
Knutsford, and 
Warrington 
Railway Bill. 


(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Brynmawr Gas Brynmawr 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords &amp;# Bil 
desire the concurrence of this House. a 

e 














Greenock 
Harbour Bill 


Sunningdale 
and Cam- 
bridge Town 
Rail way Bill. 


Berks and 
Hants 
Extension 
Railway Bill. 


West Riding 
and Grimsby 
Railway 
(Transfer) 
Bill. 


Leeds 


Improvement 


Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Public Schools 


Bill [Lords.] 


Barnet 
and Great 
Northern 
Junction 
Railway 
Bill (1863), 
&amp;e. 


Vale of Neath 


Railway 
(Trausfer, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Rochdale 


Vicarage Bill. 


Bill 196. 


North British 
(lay Bridge) 
way Bill. 





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The Lords have agreed to the Greenock Har- 
bour Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Sunningdale and 
Cambridge Town Railway Bill, with Amendments; 
to which the Lords desire the concurence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Berks and Hants 
Extension Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the West Riding and 
Grimsby Railway (Transfer) Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Leeds Improve- 
ment Acts Amendment 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 for the good Go- 
vernment and Extension of certain Public Schools; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords request that this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the 
Committees appointed by this House on the Bar- 
net ‘and Great Northern Junction Railway Bill, 
Session 1863; Edgware, Highgate, and London 
Railway Bill, Session 1866; Barnet, Hendon, and 
Midland Railway Bill, Session 1866; Great 
Northern Railway (Potter’s Bar, Barnet, and Hen- 
don) Bill, Session 1866. 


Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 17 of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Vale of Neath Railway (Transfer, &amp;c.) 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same, by altering the recitals relating to the Capi- 
tal and Mortgage Debts of the Vale of Neath Rail- 
way Company, so as to show the position of such 
Capital and Mortgage Debts on the 31st day of 
January last, 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. Walpole reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Rochdale Vicarage Bill; That in 
pursuance of a Resolution of the House made on 
the 16th day of March last, it was proved before 
the Committee that the said Bill was not read a 
second time before the 25th day of May last, and 
that notice of the intended application to Parlia- 
ment was published on the 10th, 17th, and 24th 
days of March last, being three successive weeks 
in the newspaper called “ The Rochdale Pilot,” 
which newspaper is a newspaper published in the 
County of Lancaster; that they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had amended the same verbally, and had found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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. 


Mr. Howes reported from the Committee on 
Group 14 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the North British (Tay Bridge) Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill,and had amended thesame, by 
striking out the recitals relating to a Railway which 
had been struck out of the Bill in Committee, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 


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405, 


gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. ; 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That they had appointed 
Wednesday, the 4th day of July, to choose, from 
Panel No. 2, the Select Committee to try and de- 
termine the Borough of Devonport Election Peti- 
tion. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Benefices 

a Return, from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for (Metropolis.} 
England and Wales, of Grants or Endowments 

made by Commissioners in Augmentation of Be- 

nefices situate within the limits of the Metropolis 

as defined by the Metropolis Local Management 

Act, including Grants or Endowments in aid of 
Curates, and the Patronage of such Benefices, and 

the Population within the Parishes or Districts of 

such Benefices, up to the 3lst day of May 1866; 

the Total Amounts to be given at the foot of each 
Column, also the Estimated Capital Value of the 
Annuities in each case, with Total Amounts of 

such Values. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Return Lyme Regia 
relative to Lyme Regis, ordered upon the 14th day of 
this instant June,—Copy of all Correspondence 
between the Public Works Loan Board and the 
Corporation of Lyme Regis from 1864 to the present 
time. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; 2"¢™ 
which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Southern Railway Bill, Southern __ 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; Lorde} BaD 
that the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill, provided that the power enabling the Com- 
pany to enter into Traffic Arrangements with the 
Great Southern and Western Railway Company 
be struck out of Clause 37 of the Bill; that the 
Committee on the Bill do report how far such 
a has been complied with on the Report of the 

ill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


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 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landed 
Reading of the Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Jreland) Estates Court, 
Bill; pa (Ireland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Execution of Deeds Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Execution of 
Deeds Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second ee ad 


Reading of the Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill; gnores Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Turnpike 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Roads Bil 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the , na 
pike Roads Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 





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, 406 


Bankruptcy © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Law Amend- mittee on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. 
ment, &amp;c. Bill. Bill: 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Representa- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
han fi, ‘mittee on the Representation of the People Bill 


and Redistri- and the Redistribution of Seats Bill; 


bution of Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
Seats Bill. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Dean Forest The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


(Walmore and Reading of the Dean Forest (Walmore and the 


the Bearce , 
Commons) -Bearce Commons) Bill; 
_ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


Pier and Har- The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
ve Orders Reading of the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirma- 
onfirmation {. mn 
Bill. tion Bill 3 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Local The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

osteeenal consideration the Local Government Supplemental 

(No. 3) Bill. (No. 4) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 


tion upon Monday next. 


Public Works, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ieee ‘a mittee on Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. [ Advances] ; 
; Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Paupers Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

(Scotland.) to diminish the Expense and Delay in Decisions as 
to the Settlement of Paupers in Scotland: And 
that Major Cumming Bruce and Mr. Patton do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Official Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Liquidators. + Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all the Appointments made by 
the Master of the Rolls and the several Vice 
Chancellors in England under “ The Companies 
Act, 1862,” of Provisional Official Liquidators and 
Official Liquidators, with the Names of the Com- 
panies and the Liquidators, and the Dates of the 
several Appointments. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Tramways Ordered, That Mr. Leader and The O’Conor 

oe Don be added to the Select Committee on the 

Bill. Tramways (Jreland) Acts Amendment Bill. 

Cattle Diseases The House was moved, That the Cattle Dis- 

ong vog eases Prevention Act (1866), might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
said Act. 

Southern The House was moved, That the Report from 
(Lorde Bill the Select Committee on Standing Orders in re- 
' spect of the Southern Railway Bill, might be read ; 

and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 

Paupers Major Cumming Bruce presented a Bill to di- 
_ minish the Expense and Delay in Decisions as to 
Bill 197. the Settlement of Paupers in Scotland: And the 


same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed, 


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1866. 


Mr. Bruce presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Education 
mand,—Copy of Minute by the Lords of the Com- a 
mittee of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council on Education, relative to the Revised 
Code, Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Reformatory 
Command,—Copy of Ninth Report of the In- ee 
spector appointed under the Provisions of the Act 
5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, ¢. 38, to visit the certified Re- 
formatory and Industrial Schools of Great Britain. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,— Return Summonses 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day *"4 Warrants. 
of April last, for a Return relative to Summonses 
and Warrants. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fire In- Fire 
surances, which was presented upon the 18th day M™surances. 
of this instant June, be printed. No. 356, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Popula- Population 
tion ( Scotland), which was presented upon the 18th (Scotland. 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 357. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to KAnares- Knares- 
borough, &amp;c. Townships, which was presented Dorough, &amp;e. 


e » M4 T i 7 
upon the 18th day of this instant June, be printed. ‘amas 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Peace Peace 
Preservation (Ireland) Act, which was presented Preservation 


upon the 18th day of this instant June, be printed. ae 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cork, &amp;c. Cork, &amp;e. 
Baronies and Towns, which was presented upon Baronies and 
the 18th day of this instant June, be printed. we 
No. 360. 
The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Public 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Public Libraries Libraries Act 
, Act Amendment Bill, was read, and discharged. —- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- * ~ 








|day the 25th day of July next, resolve itself into 
| the said Committee. 


| The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Capital 

the Capital Punishments within Prisons Bill, was pha 

read, and discharged. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant 


June. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Monday, 25th June, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Dodson reported the Central Ireland a 
I Railways Bill, with Amendments. ae al Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | Zords.} 


and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Sligo and Ballagha- Sligo and ’ 
derreen Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments. pean ea 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Rajiway Bill 
and be printed. [ Lords.] 


Mr. Dodson reported the Brean Down Docks Brean Down 
Bill, with Amendments. eet 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. a 


Mr. Dodson reported the New River Company New River, i 
Bill, with Amendments. tnorde.|. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. 








a 
Helston 
Election. 


Rhymney 
Railway Bill. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


Glasgow and 


South Western 


Railway 
(Ayrshire 
Lines) Bill. 


Launceston 
and South 
Devon 
Railway Bill. 


Bristol Har- 
bour Junction 
Railway and 
Wharf Depét 
Bill. 


Cefn, Acrefair, 
and Rhosy- 
medre Water 
Bill, 





30 VicTorIA. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of -the Petitions complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Helston, to which they had annexed the Petitions 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, 
and the Lists of Voters delivered in to the Com- 
mittee : 

Lord Burghley, 

Major Gavin, 

Sir Francis Goldsmid ( Reading), 

Sir John C. Dalrymple Hay (Stamford), 

John Tomlinson Hibbert, Esquire, Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 17 of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Rhymney Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out the recitals relating to the Cardiff Loop Line, 
and to the proposed interchange of facilities for 
Traffic passing over the Rhymney Railway and the 
Railways of the Taff Vale Railway, the Brecon 
Railway, and the Sirhowy Railway Companies, 
and to proposed Traffic Arrangements between the 
last-mentioned Companies, and to a proposed 
working over a portion of the Strhowy Railway, 
the necessity for the same not having been proved 
to their satisfaction; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Finlay reported the Carmarthen and Car- 
digan Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Glas- 
gow and South Western Railway (Ayrshire Lines) 
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 Laun- 
ceston and South Devon 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 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bristol | 
Harbour Junction Railway and Wharf Depdét 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 





25th June. 





the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cefn, 





407 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kensington 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ken- a 
sington Improvement Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do c 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 __ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Leeds Borough Bill. 
Borough Bill; and the same were twice read, and 

eed 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 Rochdale 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Roch- Water Bill. 
dale Water Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Devon 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the South Railway Bill. 
Devon 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 Aéeravon Local Board Bill was read the Aberavon 
third time. ae Board 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Belfast Central Railway (Belfast Corpora- Belfast 
tion) Bill was read the third time. psa we 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. je A psn 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Bin. 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Bill was Brynmawr 
read the third time. and Blaenavon 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Buckley and Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Buckley and 
Quay Railway Companies Bill was read the third Manan 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ny 
Title be, An Act for confirming certain Articles Companies 
of Agreement between the Buckley Railway Com- ~"* 
pany and the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay 
Railway Company. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Burntisland Burntisland 
Harbour and Dock Bill be now read the third Harbour and 


The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


Acrefair, and Rhosymedre Water Bill; and the | mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 


same were twice read, and, with Amendments to | 
several of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 





shi 
Vor. 121. 


having been informed of the — 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. 
3F4 


The 








oP eR ON Ne Tn eS TR a OR ee 





Caledonian 
Railway 
Edinburgh 
jon) Bill. 


East and West 


Junction 
Railway 
(Diversion of 


Roads) Bill. 


Great 
Southern and 
Western 
Raiiway Bill 
(Lords. } 


Merthyr, 
Tredegar, and 
Abergavenny 
Railway Bill. 


Mid-Kent and 
South Eastern 
* Railway Com- 


panies Bill. 


Midland 
Railway 
(Ashby and 


Nuneaton, &amp;c.) 
iil. 


Midland 
Railway 
(Branches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Mid-Wales 
Railway Bill, 


Newport 
Railway Bill. 


408 Q5th 


The Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station) 
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 East and West Junction Railway (Diver- 
sion of Roads) Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing the East and 
West Junction Railway Company in the construc- 
tion of their authorized Railway to divert, alter, 
and stop up certain Roads in the Parish of A/dermin- 
ster and Sounty of Worcester. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Southern and Western Railway 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 Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Rail- 
way Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And, that the 
Title be, An Act for transferring to the London 
and North Western Railway Company the out- 
standing Estate or Interest in the Merthyr, 
Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Mid-Kent and South Eastern Railway 
Companies Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for facilitating the carrying into 
effect of the Act for the Amalgamation of the Under- 
taking of the Mid-Kent Railway Company with 
the Undertaking of the South Eastern Railway 
Company. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Midland Railway (Ashby and Nuneaton, 
&amp;c.) 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 (Branches, &amp;c.) Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill tothe 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Mid-Wales Railway Bill was read the 


third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the | 


Title be, An Act to enable the Mid-Wales Rail- 
way Company to raise further Sums of Money, 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Newport Rail- 
way Bill be now read the third time ; 

The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as 
they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 











June. 1866. 


A Motion being made, That the Ogmore Valley Ogmore 
Railway (No. 1) Bill be now read the third time ; baby gg 

The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- Bik nha 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Wer 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: And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing the Ogmore 
Valley Railways Company to make Extension 
Railways; to raise additional Moneys, and for 
other purposes. 

Ordered, 'That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
























































A Motion being made, That the Roach River Roach River 
Fishery Bill be now read the third time ; Hp pee Bill 
The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- bore! 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s in- 
terest 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 Touse 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments, to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


The Saint Martin-in-the- Fields Workhouse, &amp;c. Saint Martin- 
Rebuilding Bill was read the third time. —— 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the gc. Rebuili- 
Title be, An Act to provide for the re-erection of ing Bill. 
the Workhouse and Offices of Saint Martin-in- 

—"* in the City of Westminster, upon new 
sites. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Railway Shrewsbury 
Bill was read the third time. = en 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Swansea and Clydach Railway Bill was Swansea and 
read the third time. Clydach Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. etait 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Swansea Har- Swansea Har- 
bour Trust Bill be now read the third time ; Bill [ Lords) 
The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as 
they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Thames River Thames River 
Purification Bill be now read the third time ; —s 
The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- ~ 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
pees hes Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s in- 
terest 





Vale of 
Llangollen, 


Llangollen and 


Corwen, &amp;c. 


Railway Com- 


panies Bill. 


Caledonian 


30 Victoria. 


terest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the purification of the River 
Thames, by the diversion therefrom of the Sewage 
of Oxford, Abingdon, Reading, Kingston, Rich- 
mond, Twickenham, Isleworth, and Brentford, and 
for the collection and utilization of that Sewage, 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Vale of Llangollen, Llangollen and Corwen, 
&amp;c. Railway Companies Bill wag 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 


og sel the Caledonian and Scottish North Eastern Rail- 


Railway Com. Way Companies Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


panies Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 


(Lanarkshire, 
&amp;c. Branches) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Caledonian Railway (Lanarkshire, &amp;c. 
Branches) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Dublin and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
fa, the Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway Bill, as 
Railway Bill amended in the Committee. 

[Lords.] Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Forth and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Clyde Naviga- 


tiou Bill. 


the Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Furness The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(torde} Bill the Furness Railway Bill, as amended in the 


North British 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


(Wishew &amp;e, the North British Railway (Wishaw, &amp;c. Branches ) 
Branches) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Bill. 


Swansea Vale 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railway Bill. the Swansea Vale Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
ae, Kit The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Callington the Tamar, Kit Hill, and Callington Railway Bill, 
Railway Bill. as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
eae on The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(Lords) ™ the Thames Subway Bill, as amended in the Com- 

: mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
ae The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Woon,» take into consideration the Blackwater ( Youghal) 
Bridge Bill. Wooden Bridge Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Buchanan's Buchanan’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
[ te and committed. 


Guardian Fire The Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Com- 


and Life 
Assurance 


pany Bill was read a second time; and com- 


Company Bill mitted. 
] 


(Lords, 


Liverpool The Liverpool Sewage Utilization Bill was read 
Utilisntion a second time; and committed. 
Bill |Lords.] VoL. 121. 





95th June. 





409 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had Crhirtieth 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 18th Report.) 
and 19th days of this instant June, and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Tramways 
Tramways (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill have (Ireland) Acts 


Amendment 
Power to send for persons, papers, and records. — 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Strand Union 
a Copy of the Report made by R. B. Cane, Esquire, Workhouse: 
Poor Law Inspector, to the Poor Law Board, after No. 362. 
an Inquiry held by him on the 4th and 6th June 
1866, into certain allegations made by Matilda 
Beeton, in reference to the Treatment of the Sick 
in the Strand Union Workhouse. 

Viscount Enfield accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. vane. 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; Vide Votes, 


and referred to a Select Committee. and Thirty- 
first Report. 


A Petition of the Provost of the College Royal Thames: 
of the Blessed Mary of Eton, near unto Windsor, — 
in the County of Bucks, commonly called the ~ 
King’s College of our Blessed Lady of Eton, nigh 
or by Windsor, in the said County of Bucks, and 
the same College, praying that the Thames Navi- 
gation Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, and that they may be heard by themselves, 
their Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses, before the 
Committee of the House to whom the Bill is 
referred, against the Preamble of the said Bill, 
and against such of the Clauses of the said Bill as 
affect the rights, interests and property of the Pe- 
titioners, and in support of such other Clauses as 
they may deem necessary or expedient for their 
protection, and that they may have such further 
or other relief in the premises as to the House 
shall seem meet, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard by themselves, their Counsel or - 
Agents upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against the 
said Petition. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to Coal. 
the House, That their Address of the 12th day of 
this instant June, relative to Coal, 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 
Commission may issue to investigate the probable 
quantity of Coal contained in the Gold Fields of 
the United Kingdom, and to report on the quantity 
of such Coal which may be reasonably expected 
to be available for use: ‘ 

Whether it is probable that Coal exists at work- 
able depths under the Permian, New Red Sand- 
stone, and other superincumbent strata: 

To inquire as to the quantity of Coal at present 
consumed in the various branches of manufacture, 
for steam navigation, and for domestic purposes, 
as well as the quantity exported, and how far and 
to what extent such consumption and export may 
be expected to increase : 

And whether there is reason to believe that Coal 
is wasted either by bad working, or by carelessness, 
or neglect of proper appliances for its economical 
consumption :— 

3@ And, 




























































Pagham 
Harbour Bill 
[ Lords. | 


Delabole 
Railway and 
Bossinney 
Harbour Bill 
[ Lords. | 


Millwall Canal 
Company. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Princess Mary 
of Cambridge’s 
Annuity Bill. 


South 
Staffordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Mersey 
Pneumatic 
Railway Bill. 


Magdalen 
Hospital Bill 
[ Lords. } 


Cork Harbour 
Bill [ Lords. ] 


Whitehaven 
and Furness 
Junction, and 
Whitehaven, 
Cleator, and 
Egremont 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Barnsley 
Local Board 
of Health Bill. 


London and 
North Western 
Railway (New 
Lines ) Bill. 


Stourbridge 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Leven and 
East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Taylor’s 
Estate Bill 
| Lords.] 


Finchley Road 


Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 


410 


And, I have given directions that a Commission 
shall issue for the purposes which you have re- 
quested, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Pagham Harbour Bill, 
originating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not pre- 
viously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, 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 Delabole Railway and 
Bossinney Harbour Bill, originating in the Lords, 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and 
which are applicable thereto, 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, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Milvall 
Canal Company Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


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 Princess Mary of 
Cambridge’s Annuity Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to the South Stafford- 
shire Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Mersey Pneu- 
matic Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 


25th June. 





1866. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Troyte’s 
for authorizing the Trustees of the Will of the (Lorde) 
Reverend Edward Berkeley Troyte, Doctor of 
Laws, deceased, to pull down the existing Family 
Mansion of Huntsham Court, and to build a new 
Family Mansion on afresh Site on part of the 
Estates, subject to the limitations of the same Will, 
situate in the Parish of Huntsham, in the County 
of Devon, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 





Mr. Corry reported from the Select Committee Local 
on the Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) + st ear 
Bill; That they had examined the matters therein (No. 2) Bill. 
contained of the confirmation of the Order in the Bij) 198, 
Schedule thereto in respect of Linthwaite; that 
the Provisional Order relating thereto ought not 
to be confirmed ; and that they had agreed to so 
much of the Bill as related to Briton Ferry Dis- 
trict, and that they had directed him to report the 
Bill, as amended, to the House, and had amended 
the Title, as followeth: 
A Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under 
* The Local Government Act, 1858,” relating 
to the District of Ventnor, and for the repeal of 
the South Wales Highway Act in Briton Ferry 
District. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 











Mr. Corry reported from the Select Committee Pier and 
on the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation H#rbour 
(No. 2) Bill; That they had examined the matters on 
therein contained of the confirmation of the Or- (No. 2) Bill. 
ders in the Schedule thereto in respect of Clynder 
and Newlyn; that the Provisional Orders relating 
thereto ought to be confirmed; and that they had 
directed him to report the Bill in respect thereof, 
without Amendment, to the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made , 
by this House to the Magdalen Hospital Bill, | 
without any Amendment. | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ecclesiastical 
Returns, in Tabular Form, from the Ecclesiastical fe aed lis 
- : Commissioners for England, of the Income derived ‘™°"°P° 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made | },.. thom for the purposes of their Common Fund 
by this House to the Cork Harbour Bill, without | from Property vested in them and situate within the 
oy. Amendment. | limits of the Metropolis, as defined by the Metropolis 
py he el have agreed oth Amendmentsmade | Local Management Act, during the yea ening 
Junction, and Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont | the Slst day of October 1865; and also from the 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made | 


by this House to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships to the Barnsley Local Board of Health 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the London and North 
Western Railway (New Lines) Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Stourbridge Im- 
provement Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Leven and East 
of Fife Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize a Sale of part of the Estates of the 
late Joseph Taylor, of Gledhow Mount, in the 
Parish of Leeds, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, Esquire; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 


Act for authorizing Building Leases of part of 


the Finchley Road Estate of Sir Thomas Maryon 
Wilson, Baronet, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


| 
| 


| 








Revenues of the See of London, the Dean and 
Chapter of Satat Paul’s, and the Dean and Chap- 
ter of Westminster during the same year, with 
Total Sums: And, of the Total Amount of 
the Revenues of the Bishoprick of London, the 
Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul's, and the Dean 
and Chapter of Westminster during the same year, 
according to the Accounts furnished by those Cor- 
porations to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England. 





Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Telegraphic 
mand,—Copy of Convention between Her Ma- prong ot 
jesty and the Shah of Persia, relative to Telegraphic -” : 
Communication between Europe and India, signed 
in the English and Persian Languages, at Tehran, 
November 23, 1865. 

Copy of Correspondence respecting the termi- 
nation of the Reciprocity Treaty of June 5, 1854 
between the United States and Great Britain. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Reciprocity 
Treaty 

? (United 
States.) 


Table. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Clerks to 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ag 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, in a Tabular Form, of the Fees 
authorised to be taken by Clerks to Petty and 
Special Sessions, and also by the Clerks . the 

eace 


30 VicToRIA. 


Peace in the several Counties in England and 
Wales, under the Provisions of the 11th and 12th 
Vict. cap. 43 :——And, of the Fees and Allow- 
ance to be paid to Constables in respect of the 
Service of Summonses, Executions of Warrants, 
and Conveyance of Prisoners to Gaol in the seve- 
ral Counties of England and Wales :— 



























































Clerks to Justices. | Clerks of the Peace.| Constables. 

| é 

| s|/e 

Name of Counties. si\stle 

| EF IS 

England. gais|° 

| S| 8|3 

= 2 = 

ala |S 

s. djs. d.js. dls. d\s. des. djs. dis. djs. djs. des. d. 
Bedford- - - | 
Berks - - - | 

&amp;e. | 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 

Hertford Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
—o rant to the Clerk of the aie to make outa new 
" Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Hertford, 
in the room of Sir Walter Minto Townshend Far- 
quhar, Baronet, deceased. 
Bishop of Mr. Bruce presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Bishop. ‘of +: mand,—Copy of the Judgment of the Lords of the 
Cape Town. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council upon 
the Petition of the Lord Bishop of Natal, referred 
to the Judicial Committee by Her Majesty’s Order 
in Council of the 10th June 1864, delivered 20th 
March 1865. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 

Revenue Mr. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

a mand,—Estimate showing Services for which a 

Office Packet Vote “on Account” for Revenue Departments and 

Service. Post Office Packet Service is required, for the 

No. 361. year ended 31st March 1867. 

Malt and Mr. Childers also presented,—Return to an Or- 

Beer. der, dated the 29th day of May last, for Returns 
relative to Malt and Beer. 

Excise and Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this 

(ireland) instant June, for Returns relative to Excise and 
Customs ( Jreland). 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply, and be printed; and 
that the other Papers do lie upon the Table. 

Compulsory The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Church Rate 
Abolition Bill. 


Terminable 
Annuities Bill. 


Admiralty 
Court 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Waterworks 
Bill. 





Reading of the Compulsory Church Rate Aboli- 
tion Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Terminable Annuities Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Admiralty Court (/reland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Waterworks Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
VoL. 121. 


25th June. 











411 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 

. ’ : cers 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation Supe: 
( Scotland) Bill ; tion (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Bill. 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second ee 
Reading of the Rateable Property (Jreland) Bill; 4) Bi 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time oe 
To-morrow. 


Rateable 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 
(1854) Amend- 
ment Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 
Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Summary 
Reading of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) —— 
Bill; meas 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trusts 
mittee on the Trusts ( Scotland) Bill; — 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railways 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; Clauses Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (/reland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- , 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landed 
Reading of the Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Jre- oe Sam 
land) Bill; Bill, — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pregre a 
i ‘ ‘ aw Amend- 
— on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. ment, &amp;c. Bill. 
’ 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- © 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Representa- 
mittee on the Representation of the People Bill 5" = oe 
and the Redistribution of Seats Bill ; and Redletet- 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- bution of Seats 

Bul. 


solve itself into the said Committee. ul 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Dean Forest 
Reading of the Dean Forest (Walmore and the = — 
Bearce Commons) Bill; Commons) 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now Bill. 
read the third time; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
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 Pier and Har- 
Reading of the Pier and Harbour Orders Confir- — Orders 
&lt;... Se onfirmation 
mation Bill; Bi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
3G2 The 








Local 
Government 
Supplemental 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Public Works, 


Harbours, &amp;c. 
| Advances. ] 


Church Tem- 


poralities Acts 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Ways and 
Means. 


New Forest 
Poor Relief 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Representa- 
tion of the 


People 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Common Law 
Courts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


County 
Assessments 
Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commission- 
ers’ Names 
Bill. 


Tenure and 
Improvement 
of Land 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Straits 
Settlements 
Bill. 


412 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Local Government Supplemental 
(No. 3) Bill, as amended in the Committee; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. 





TheOrder of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. [ Advances ] ; 

Resolved, That that this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Temporalities Acts (Jre- 
land) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, Vhat 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 New Forest Poor Relief Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 
Reading of the Representation of the People 
( Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Representation of the People (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Courts(Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Orderof the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jre/and) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Assessments Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 17th day of May last, was proposed to 
be’made to the Question, That the Tenure and Im- 
provement of Land (Jreland) 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 
Reading of the Straits Settlements Bill ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


25th June. 











1866. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Hundred 
Reading of the Hundred Bridges Bill ; Bridges Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second British 
Reading of the British Columbia Bill ; Columbia Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Land 


3 - , Drainage 
— on the Land Drainage Supplemental (No. 2) Suppleennend 
1 : (No. 2) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Reformatory 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools Bill ; Schools Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Industrial 
mittee on the Industrial Schools Bill ; Schools Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Oyster 
mittee on the Oyster Fisheries Bill ; Fisheries Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Oyster Bed 
mittee on the Oyster Bed Licences (Jreland) Bill; Licences 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ay ae 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Salmon 
Reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; ‘Beotand) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time pi [ Lords. 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second church Rates 
Reading of the Church Rates Amendment Bill; Amendment 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Rochdale 
mittee on the Rochdale Vicarage Bill; Vicarage Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Execution of 
Reading of the Execution of Deeds Bill; Deeds Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sale and 
Reading of the Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill ; as 
Ordered, That: the Bill be read a second time” ~* 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Turnpike 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Roads Bill. 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the Turn- 
pike Roads Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cattle 
mittee on the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act(1866); a 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Act (1866.) 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Paupers 
Reading of the Paupers ( Scotland) Bill; crc 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Entail 
Reading of the Entail ( Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


ed 


The 








30 Victoria. 


— The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
reland) Bill, Reading of the Sea Coast Fisheries (Ireland) Bill; 
(Ireland ) Bill. 5 ~ : ‘ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
Elections The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(isoers) Bi mittee on the Elections (Returning Officers) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day, the 18th day of July next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 
sl sao ag The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
a 1) Reading of the Local Officers’ Superannuation 
1 
Bil &gt; (Ireland) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Inns of Court 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Bill. Reading of the Inns of Court Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
ae ae the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 


upon the 13th day of this instant June, That the 
Poor Relief (/reland) Law Amendment Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


Bill. 


Common Law The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
oe Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- 
Acts (Ireland) ment Acts (Jreland) Bill; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


To-morrow. 


General Police 
and Improve- 
ment 


The General Police and Improvement ( Scotland) 
Act (1862) Amendment Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


(Scotland) 
Act (1862) Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
Amendment yext, 
Bill. 
Artizans and =6The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—— pill, Mittee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 
ee Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Public Health Ordered, That Sir Charles Russell be discharged 
bu. from further attendance on the Select Committee 
on the Public Health Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Knight be added to the 
Committee. 
Holderness Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
pn ae the Referees on Private Bills on several Petitions 
tion Bill. | against the Holderness Embankment and Reclama- 
tion Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. 
Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at 
Six of the clock. 
Prisons Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
(Ireland.) = Command,—Copy of Forty-fourth Report of the 
Inspectors General on the General State of the 
Prisons of Ireland, 1865, with Appendices. 
Reformatory | Copy of Fifth Report of the Inspector appointed 
ie to visit the Reformatory Schools of Ireland, certi- 
‘aiaiaie fied under the 21 &amp; 22 Vic. c. 103. 
Queen's Copy of the Report of the President of Queen’s 
Powe College, Cork, for the year ending 3lst March 
oe 1866, together with Appendices A. to L. inclusive. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
aac Mr. Stansfeld presented,—Return to an Ad- 


) dress to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of May 
last, for a Return relative to East India (Deccan). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 
Vou. 121. 


5th—26th June. 








413 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Further Vicarages aud 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Curacies- 
21st day of July 1863, for a Return from the 
Registrars of each Diocese in England and Wales 
of all Augmentations granted to Poor Vicarages 
and Curacies under the Acts 29 Charles 2, c. 8, 
and 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 45; showing the Amount of 
Augmentation reserved; Date of the Instrument 
under which it is secured; and the Name of the 
Ecclesiastical Corporation effecting the same. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Corrupt 
the 8th day of May last, for Returns relative to —— “ 
Corrupt Practices at Elections. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Roman 
the 11th day of this instant June, for a Return Catholic 


relative to Roman Catholic Prisoners (Middlesex). (Middlevex.) 


Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of Electors, &amp;c. 
May last, for Returns relative to Electors, &amp;c. (echend.) 
(Ireland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this Foynes 
instant June, for a Return relative to Foynes ¥tbour- 
Harbour. 

Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen also presented, pur- Constabulary 
suant to the directions of several Acts of Par- (Ireland) 
liament,—Statement of the Constabulary Force 
employed in each County, County of a City, and 
County of a Town in Jreland, on the Ist day of 
January 1866. 

Accounts from each Metropolitan Gas Com-Gas _ 
pany, showing the actual State and Condition of tsasbanelind 
each Company, as to Capital, Revenue and Divi- " 
dends, for the year 1865. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


‘ 








Tuesday, 26th June, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 

Le Clerk proceeding to call the Names of Helston 
the five Members appointed to try and de- Election. 

termine the matter of the Petitions complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Helston ; 

Mr. Walpole informed the House, That John 
Tomlinson Hibbert, Esquire, was in such a state 
of health as to be unable to attend in his place to 
be sworn. 

Whereupon Dr. McCann was called in, and exa- 
mined in relation to the health of Mr. Hibbert :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Resolved, That the attendance of Mr. Hibbert 
on the Helston Borough Election Committee be 
dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Committee be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petitions be referred back to 
the General Committee of Elections. 


A Petition of the Millwall Canal Company, for Mittwalt 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Millwall Canal 
Canal Company to raise more Money, was pre- ©™P*"Y- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Madras 
Company, praying that provision may be made in Hrigition - 
the Madras Irrigation and Canal Bill for carrying ~ i 
into effect a supplementary Arrangement between 
the Secretary of State in Council, and the Peti- 
tioners, with reference to a certain Scheme for 
Irrigation in the Presidency of Madras, described 
in the Schedule to one of the Petitioners’ Acts as 
“the Toombuddra Project,” was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 

34@3 Mr. 








Committee of 
Selection 
(Eighth 
Report.) 


No. 63. 


Berks and 
Hants 
Extension 
Railway Bill. 


Brynmawr 
Gas Bill. 


Greenock 
Harbour Bill. 


Leeds 
Improvement 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Macclesfield, 


Knutsford,and +},¢ Amendments made by the Lords to the Mac- 


Warrington 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


Sunningdale 
and Cam- 

bridge Town 
Railway Bill. 





414 


Mr. Dunlop reported from the Committee of 
Selection; That they had made alterations in a 
Group of Private Bills already formed, and had 
agreed to report the same to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Berks 
and Hants Extension 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 Bryn- 
mawr Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Greenock Harbour Bill; anda 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 Leeds 
Improvement Acts Amendment Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


clesfield, Knutsford, and Warrington 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 Man- | 
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Addi- 
tional Powers) 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 Me- 
tropolitan Railway (Additional Powers) 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 consideratior | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Sun- | 
ningdale and Cambridge Town 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 | the Alliance and Dublin Consumers’ Gas Bill, as 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | amended in the Committee. 


Lordships. 





26th June. 








18006. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration West Riding 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West — 7 
Riding and Grimsby Railway (Transfer) Bill; and (Transfer) 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 Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was Great North 
read the third time. of Sootiond 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Hatfield Chase Warping and Improvement Hatfield Chase 

(Railway) Bill was read the third time. Warping and 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, (Rallwey) Daa 

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. 


A Motion being made, That the Lianelly Rail- Lianelly 
way and Dock Bill be now read the third time; ang ; ig 





_ Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That 
Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport 
of the Bill, gives Her Consent, as far as Her Ma- 
jesty’s interest is concerned, that the House may 
do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Loudon, 
(Saint Leonard’s and Hastings Lines) Bill was Brighton, and 
read the third time. on od peae 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the London, Brighton, 
and South Coast Railway Company to make new 
Railways, in substitution for portions of their Saint 
Leonard’s Line, and other Works, and for other 
purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the North British and Edinburgh 
and Bathgate Railway Companies Bill be read the 
third time upon Thursday next. 


Railway 
(Saint 
Leonard’s and 
Hastings 
Lines) Bill. 


North British 
and Edinburgh 
and Bathgate 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


The South Eastern Railway Bill was read the South 

third time. Eastern 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The West Bromwich and Walsall 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. 


West 
Bromwich and 
Walsall 
Railway Bill. 


The Wolverhampton and Walsall Raiiway Bill Wolverhamp- 
was read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Ralbwey Bill. 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Wolverhampton 
and Walsall Railway Company to make a Devia- 
tion from their authorized Railway, and to con- 
struct a Short Branch, and for other purposes with 
respect to their Undertaking. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration pian and 
ublin 

Consumers’ 

Gas Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. [Zords.] 


The 











30 VicToRIA. 


Bo'ness, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Grangemouth, the Bo'ness, Grangemouth, and South Alloa Junc- 
and South “ ‘ . = ‘ 

Alloa Junction tion Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Railway Bull. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
_— and The House eee to take into consideration 
Llandovery the Brecon and Llandovery Junction Railway Bill, 


Junction ; . 
Railway Bill. as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


ae London = The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(Additional the East London Railway (Additional Powers) 
Powers) Bill Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

[Lords.] A Clause (Saving rights of the East London 


Waterworks Company ), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third tinie. 


Hulesowenand The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bromsgrove 


emer the Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch Railways 
Railways Bill, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


London, 
Brighton, and 
South Coast 
Railway 
(Various 
Powers) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway 
(Various Powers) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Midland The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— and the Midland Counties and Shannon Junction Rail- 
Junction way Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

feat Bil Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
South Eastern, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
pt seg the South Eastern, and London, Chatham, and 


Dover(London, Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways 


a and = =- Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Railways Bil, © Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
ig The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Lords} the Sutherland Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
A Clause (Provision for securing completion of 
Railway), 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 


the Vale of Neath Railway (Transfer, &amp;c.) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


(Transfer, &amp;c.) 
Bill, 


&lt;a The Southern Railway Bill was read a second 
[Lords] time; and committed, 

on. = Taylor’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
[Lords] Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


Finchley Road The Finchley Road Estate Bill was read the 


oe Bill first time. 
_ Ordered,.That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

tage ~ Troyte’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 

[Lords,} . Ordered, That the Billbe referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Rhymney Ordered, That in the case of the Rhymney Rail- 

Railway Bill. way Bill, Standing Orders 86, 197, 204, 205, and 
233, be suspended ; and that the Bill, as amended 
in the Committee, be taken into consideration upon 
Thursday next, provided amended prints shall 
have been deposited this day. 

Sepnacthen Ordered, That in the case of the Carmarthen 

Railway Bul, 924 Cardigan Railway Bill, Standing Orders 86, 


VoL. 121. 


26th June. 








415 


197, 204, 205, and 233, be suspended; and that 
the Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next, provided 
amended prints shall have been deposited this day. 


The Order, That the Report on the West Cork, West Cork, 


Cork and Bandon, &amp;c. Railway Companies Bill or 
do lie upon the Table, was read, and discharged. Railway Com- 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. panies Bill. © 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Clare College, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, oe 
That in the case of Clare College, Cambridge dre 
( Blythe’s Benefaction) Bill, no Standing Orders Bill [Zords.] 
are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coals _ 
a Return of all Trials of Coal at Woolwich and hacer 
Portsmouth Dockyards, between the Ist day of " 
April 1865 and the 31st day of March 1866; 
specifying the description of Coal, Evaporative 
Power, Amount of Ash, Clinker, and Smoke re- 
spectively (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 


No. 365, of Session 1865). 


y 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jamaica. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of a Letter from Dr. Underhill, 
dated the 12th day of February 1866, in reply to 
a Despatch from Governor Eyre, dated the 1st day 
of January 1866:——Of a Memorial of the Mis- 
sionaries of the Jamaica Baptist Union, dated the 
22d day of March 1866, addressed to Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for the Colonies:—— And, 
Copy or Extracts of any Correspondence between 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies 
and the Governor of Jamaica respecting the Letter 
and Memorial above mentioned. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House asare 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cattle 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Pisesses 
. . * . . . revention 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 4o¢ (1966,) 
House, a Copy of a Complaint addressed to the 
Secretary of State by certain Justices of the Peace 
for the County of Salop of the neglect of the 
Local Authority of a portion of the County of 
Stafford to enforce the Provisions of “ The Cattle 
Diseases Prevention Act, 1866; ” and of the Cor- 
respondence relating 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, Account 


a Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated the 22d day soe sey 
of June 1866, appointing a Committee for the - a 
preparation of Account Books to be kept inthe “® %?** 
Public Departments, with a view to the Appro- 
priation Audit. 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 

Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- a 


mand,—A Return showing the several Treaties 174 Reci- 
now in force between Great Britain and Foreign procity 
States, for Commerce, Navigation, and Reciprocity ; Treaties. 
the Dates of the same, and the Parties with whom 
contracted, distinguishing such as contain the most 
favoured clause, or regulate or provide for an 
Equalization of Shipping Dues. 

Ordered, That the said Return dolie upon the 
Table. 

3a4 Mr. 








Trade and 
Navigation. 


No, 68. 


416 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- 
ation, for the Month ended 3lst May 1866, and 
Five Months ended 31st May 1866. 


Ordered, 'That the said Accounts do lie upon the 


- Table ; and be printed. 


British 
Columbia and 
Vancouver 
Island. 


New Zealand. 


East India 
(Railways. ) 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Vagrancy. 


Marriages, 
Births, and 
Deaths 
Ireland.) 
Poor Law. 


Cattle Plague. 


Cattle 
Diseases 
Prevention 
Act (1866. ) 
Poor Law 
Unions 
([reland.) 


Anchors, 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Malt and Beer. 
No. 364. 


Excise and 
Customs 
(Ireland.) 


No. 365. 


Vicarages and 


Curacies. 
No. 366. 
Corrupt 


Practices at 
Elections. 


No. 367. 


Mr. Secretary Cardwell presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of a further Despatch 
relative to the proposed Union of British Columbia 
and Vancouver Island (in continuation of Papers 
presented 3lst May 1866). 

Copy of further Papers relative to the Affairs of 
New Zealand (in continuation of Papers presented 
February 1866). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Stansfeld presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report to the Secretary of State 
for India in Council on Railways in India, for 
the year 1865-1866, by Juland Danvers, Esquire, 
Government Director of the Jndian Railway Com- 
panies. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Fifteenth General Report 
on Turnpike Trusts (England and Wales), made 
by direction of the Secretary of State, under Act 
3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, cap. 80. 

Copy of Reports on Vagrancy, made to the 
President of the Poor Law Board by Poor Law 
Inspectors. 

Tables of the Numbers of Marriages, Births, 
and Deaths registered in Jreland in the year 1865. 


Copy of Eighteenth Annual Report of the Poor 
Law Board, 1865-66, in pursuance of the Statute 
10 &amp; 11 Vice. c. 109, sec. 13. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day 
of March last, for a Return relative to the Cattle 
Plague. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 18th day of this instant J une, for a Return rela- 
tive to the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act (1866). 


Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of 


May last, for Returns relative to Poor Law Unions 
(Ireland). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 9th day of March last, for a Return re- 
lative to Anchors. 

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 Order of 
the Court of Chancery of Tuesday, 12th June 1866. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt and 
Beer, which was ——- upon the 25th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Excise 
and Customs (/reland), which was presented upon 
the 25th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vicarages 
and Curacies, which was presented upon the 25th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corrupt 
Practices at Elections, which was presented upon 
the 25th day of this instant June, be printed. 





26th June. 











1866. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Roman Roman 
Catholic Prisoners (Middlesex), which was _pre- Catholic 


sented upon the 25th day of this instant June, be (Middlesex. 
printed. 


No. 368, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Electors, Electors, &amp;. 

&amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented upon the 25th (1teland.) 

day of this instant June, be printed. No. 369. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Con- Constabulary 
stabulary (Jreland), which was eo oe upon (Ireland.) 
the 25th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 370. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to GasGas _ 
Companies (Metropolis), which were presented Companies 


o/% : Metropolis, 
upon the 25th day of this instant June, be printed. . ' eo 


Public 
Petitions. 





Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. aaccerd 
Vide Thirty- 
first Report. 
Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 


the House this day, adjourn till Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Record of 
a Copy of all Correspondence which has taken Title Office, 
place since the passing of the Act for the Record- Se. (clend.) 
ing of Titles in Jreland, between the Judges of the 
Landed Estates Court (Jreland), or either of them, 
and the Treasury or any other Department of the 
Government, respecting the am of Title Office, 
and respecting the present Bill relating to the 
Landed Estates Court (Jreland). 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Court of 
to make Provision in regard to the mode of taking —— 4 
Evidence in Civil Causes in the Court of Session in 8°°U*"™™ 
Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. 
Solicitor General for Scotland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post Office. 

a Comparative Statement of the Gross Revenue, 
Cost of Management, and Net Revenue of the 
Post Office, for each year from 1838 to 1865, in- 
clusive; to be made in a manner similar to that 
adopted in Appendix F. of the Postmaster Gene- 
ral’s Ninth Report, that is to say, calculated 
throughout in the mode in use when Penny Post- 
age was established, excluding on the one hand the 
Cost of the Packet Service and of Stationery, and 
on the other hand the produce of the impressed 
Newspaper Stamp. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Tramways 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to (freland) Acts 
give leave to the Earl of Bandon to attend to be a 
examined as a Witness before the Select Com- 
mittee on the Tramways (Jreland) Acts Amend- 
ment Bill: And that the Clerk do carry the said 
Message. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Attorneys and 
mittee on the Attorneysand Solicitors ( Jre/and) Bill; Solicitors am 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday (rte) : 
the 10th day of July next, resolve itself into the 


said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Mines Assessment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 10th day of July next. 


Mines 
Assessment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second —_ pal, 
Reading of the Colonial Bishops Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Compulsory Church Rate Abo- 
lition Bull; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of July next. 


Compulsory 
Church Rate 
Abolition Bill. 


The 








d 





Terminable 


Annuities Bill. 


Admiralty 





30 VicrorIA. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Terminable Annuities 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 


(ireland) pil), Reading of the Admiralty Court (Jreland) Bill; 


Waterworks 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers’ 
Superannua- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Waterworks Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation 


tion (Scotland) ( Scotland) Bill; 
Bill. 


Rateable 
Property 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 


(1854) Amend- 


ment Bill. 


Summary 
Procedure 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Trusts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


Railways 
Clauses Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Landed 


Estates Court, 


&amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 


ment, &amp;c, Bill. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill 
and Redistri- 


bution of Seats 
Bill, 


Pier and 
Harbour 


pentirmation 


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 Rateable Property (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) 
Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Trusts (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Representation of the People Bill 
and the Redistribution of Seats Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Pier and Haber Orders Con- 
firmation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
VoL. 121. 








26th June. 





| Customs, Salaries, and Expenses - - — - 





417 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Local 
into consideration the Local Government Supple- a 
mental (No. 3) Bill, as amended in the Committee (No. 3) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill ke taken into considera- 


tion upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Works, 
mittee on Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. [ Advances] ; firbours, Sc. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday (Asana) 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, forthe Second Church __ 
Reading of the Church Temporalities Acts (Jre- Temporatities 
“m8 a Acts (Ireland) 
land) Bill 3 Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- New Forest 
mittee on the New Forest Poor Relief Bill ; Poor Relief 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday _ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolwed, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 1,450,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on Account, for or 
towards defraying the Charge of the following 
Civil Services to the 31st day of March 1867 :— 

£. 
200,000 
300,000 
600,000 


Inland Revenue - - — - - 
Post Office - - - -2 = = = 
Superannuations, &amp;c., of the Customs, Inland 
ltevenue, and Post Office Departments - 
Post Office Packet Service - - -~ - 
[No part of which sum is to be applicable or 
applied in or towards making any pay- 
ment in respect of any period subsequent 
to the 20th day of June 1863, to Mr. Joseph 
George Churchward, or to any person 
claiming through or under him by virtue 
of a certain Contract bearing date the 26th 
day of April 1859, made between the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Admi- 
ralty (for and on behalf of Her Majesty) 
of the first part, and the said Joseph George 
Churchward of the second part, or in or 
towards the satisfaction of any claim what- 
soever of the said Joseph George Church- 
ward, by virtue of that Contract, so far as 
relates to any period subsequent to the 
20th day of June 1863.] ; 


120,000 
230,000 





£. | 1,450,000 





Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Thursday next. 

Mr. Dodson also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa- 
Reading of the Representation of the People on of the 
(Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 


upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa- 
Reading of the Representation of the People (Jre- ~_ ~ the 
land) Bill 3 (ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Common Law 
ne of the Common Law Courts (Ireland) (ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
3H The 





Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


County 
Assessments 
Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commission- 
ers’ Names 
Bill. 


Tenure and 
Improvement 
of Land 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Straits 
Settlements 
Bill. 


Hundred 
Bridges Bill, 


British 
Columbia Bill, 


Land 
Drainage 
Supplemental 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Reformatory 
Schools Bill. 


Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Oyster 
Fisheries Bill. 


Oyster Bed 
Licences, 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Bill [Lords.] 


Church Rates 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Rochdale 
Vicarage 
Bill. 


418 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Assessments Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Land Tax Commis- 
sioners’ Names Bill, as amended in the Committee; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 17th day of May last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That the Tenure and 
Improvement of Land (Jreland) Bill be now read 
a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Straits Settlements Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Hundred Bridges Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the British Columbia Bill ; 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Drainnge Supplemental 
(No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


26th June. 











1866. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Execution of Deeds Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 10th day of July next. 





Execution of 
Deeds Bill. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second + — 
Reading of the Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill ; homes 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday next. 


Turnpike 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Roede Till, 
oads 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the Turn- 
pike Roads Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


resolved itself Cattle 
Diseases 


Prevention 
Act (1866,) 


to Order, 
attle Diseases Prevention 


The House, according 
intoa Committee on the C 


Act (1866). 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is.expedient to empower the 
Poor Law Board, from time to time, to assess on 
the several Unions in England such sum as to 
them shall seem requisite, not exceeding in any 
year arate of Threepence in the pound on the 
net annual value of the rateable property in all the 
Unions, in order to defray expenses incurred b 
local authorities in pursuance of “ The Cattle 
Diseases Prevention Act, 1866,” in aid of a Rate 
to be levied in the infected Counties by the local 
authorities :—That the said sum shall be paid into 
the Bank of England to the credit of the Cash 
Account of the Paymaster General, and shall be 
applied towards defraying the expenses aforesaid. 

Resolution to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Thursday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Reformatory 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- | 
mittee on the Industrial 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- 
mittee on the Oyster Fisheries Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oyster Bed Licences (Ireland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill; 

Irdered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Rates Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Rochdale Vicarage 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 Paupers 
Reading of the Paupers ( Scotland) Bill ; a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Entail 
Reading of the Entail (Scotland) Bill ; ere 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time” 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Local Officers’ 
Reading of the Local Officers’ Superannuation °°Porengua 
(Ireland) Bill; P tion (Ireland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 11th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Inns of Court Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Inns of Court 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Relief 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed ——— 
upon the 13th day of this instant June, That the Bi), 


Poor Relief (Ireland) Law Amendment Bill be 
now read a second time ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till Thursday next. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second | sea Law 
Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- rr. 


ment Acts (Ireland) Bill; Acts (Ireland) 











Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
upon Thursday next. 


The 





Artizans and 
Dwellings Bill. mittee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 


Charitable 


Trusts Deeds 


Enrolment 
Bill [Lords.] 
Bill 199. 
Burials in 
Burghs 


(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Veterinary 


Surgeons Bill. 


Finsbury 
Estate Bil] 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Workhouse 
Infirmaries, 
&amp;e. 


No. 372. 


Drainage 
Maintenance 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Millwall Canal 


Company. 


30 Victoria. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


&gt; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Charitable Trusts Deeds Enrolment Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Burials in Burghs (Scotland) Bill 
be taken into consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
a Committee, To-morrow, on the Veterinary Sur- 
eons Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
a Committee, To-morrow, on the Finsbury Estate 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of Dr. Edward Smith, F.R.s., 
Poor Law Inspector and Medical Officer to Poor 
Law Board, on the Metropolitan Workhouse In- 
firmaries and Sick Wards. 

Viscount Enfield accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Drainage Maintenance (Jreland) 
Bill be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth : 

That, in the case of the Millwall Canal Com- 
pany Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that the assent 
of Shareholders representing three-fourths of the 
Capital of the Company be proved; 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. 


Millwall Canal The House was moved, That the Report from 


Company. 


Forth and 
Clyde 
Junction and 


the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Millwall Canal Company Bill, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Millwall Canal Company to raise 
more Money: And that Mr. Ayrton and Mr. 
William Lee do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hardcastle reported from the Committee 
on Group 18 of Railway Bills; That the Parties 


North British promoting the Forth and Clyde Junction and 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


orth British Railway Companies 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. : 

VoL, 121. 








2th—28th June. 





419 


Mr. Hardcastle reported from the Committee Forth and 
on Group 18 of Railway Bills; That, in the case — 
of the Forth and Clyde Junction and Caledonian ye wa ang . 
Railway Companies Bill, they had examined the Railway Com- 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, Pies Bill. 
but the same had not been proved to their satis- 
faction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Major Cornwall Legh reported from the Com- North British 
mittee on Group 20 of Railway Bills; That, in = ~~ é 
the case of the North British and Bridge of Allan a — 
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. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
To-morrow, notwithstanding the Adjournment of 
the House. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday 
next. 





Thursday, 28th June, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
M&amp; Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 


Message had been brought from the Lords the Lords. 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bodmin Roads Bodmin Roads 
Bill, without any Amendment. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Uxbridge and Uxbridge and 


Rickmansworth Railway Bill, without any Amend- Rickmans- 
ment. — Railway 


The Lords have agreed to the East and West East and West 


Junction Railway (Capital) Bill, without any Junction 
A Iment Relney 
neee " (Capita) ) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 
Extension and Improvement Bill, without any Extension and 


Amendment. Improvement 


Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Great 
made by this House to the Great Southern and —— and 
Western Railway Bill, without any Amendment. Railway Bill 

[ Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Roach River 
made by this House to the Roach River Fishery Fishery Bil 
Bill, without any Amendment. _— 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Cefn, Acrefair, 
made by this House to the Amendments made by penn 
their Lordships to the Cefn, Acrefair, and Rhosy- Bi — 
medre Water Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Thetford and Thetford and 
Watton Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to oo Bill. 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Winchcomb and Winchcomb 
Midland Railway Bill, with Amendments; to (jjwiowd 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Manchester, Shef- Manchester, 
field, and Lincolnshire Railway (New Lines) Bill, pee a Py 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the Railway 


concurrence of this House. = Lines) 
lil, 

The Lords have agreed tothe Manchester, Shef--Manchester, 
Jield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Liverpool Exten- 7 omg 
P , ‘ 4 incolnshire 

sion) Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords Railway 


desire the concurrence of this House. (Liverpool 
Extension) 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Sheffield United Sheffield 
Gas Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords pi" &amp;* 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have eed to the Manchester and Manchester 


Stockport Railway Bill, with Amendments; to Rij, cocwport 
3H2 which 








Hoylake 
Railway Bill. 


Whitby, 
Redcar, and 
Middles- 
borough Union 
Railway Bill. 


Kilmarnock 
Water Bill. 


Beddgelert 
Railway Bill. 


Brighton and 
Hove General 
Gas Bill. 


Liverpool 
Central 
Station 
Railway Bill. 


Wivenhoe and 
Brightlingsea 
Railway Bill. 


Thorpe and 
Great Clacton 
Railway and 
Pier Bill. 


London and 
North 
Western and 
Cockermouth 
and Working- 
ton Railway 
Companies 
Bill. 

London and 
North 
Western and 
Whitehaven 
Junction 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 
Economic 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Cannock 
Chase and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
Bill. 


Swansea 
Harbour 
Trust Bill 
[ Lords.]} 


Sheils’ 
Almshouses 
Charity Bill 
[Lords.] 


Sutherland. 
Walker’s 
Estate Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Belgravia 

and South 
Kensington 
New Road Bil 
[Lords.] 


Lioyd’s 
Estates 
(Partition) 
Bill [Lords.] 


Hamilton's 
Estate Bill 
[Lerds.] 





420 Wth 


which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Hoylake Railway 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Whitby, Redcar, 
and Middlesborough Union Railway Bill, with 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 


The Lords have agreed to the Kilmarnock Water 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Beddgelert Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Brighton and 
Hove General Gas Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Liverpool Central 
Station Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wivenhoe and 
Brightlingsea Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Thorpe and Great 
Clacton Railway and Pier Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the London and North 
Western and Cockermouth and Workington Rail- 
way Companies Bill, with Amendments ;_ to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Lords have agreed to the London and North 
Western and Whitehaven Junction Railway Com- 
panies Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 





June. 1866. 


the payment of Annuities; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords request that this House will be Berry 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy Penne in 
of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Cardiff 
Committee appointed by this House in the present Extension) 
Session of Parliament on the Burry Railway (Pe- Bil 
narth and Cardiff Extension) Bill. 

The Lords request that this House will be West Cheshire 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, Copies (eae 
of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Com- Kit 
mittees appointed by this House on the West 
Cheshire Railways Bill, Session 1861; Mold and 
Denbigh Junction Railway Bill, Session 1865 ; 
Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway (Branches, 
&amp;c.) Bill, Session 1866; Chester and West Cheshire 
Junction Railway Bill, Session 1866. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- Controverted 
mittee of Elections; That the Select Committee to Elections. 
try and determine the Borough of Devonport 
Election Petition will be chosen on Wednesday, 
the 4th day of July, from Panel No. 3, instead of 
from Panel No. 2 as previously reported. 

Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leven and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Leven 2 of — 
and East of Fife Railway Bill; and the same were eats 
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 and 

the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lon- — 
. . estern 

don and North Western Railway (New Lines) Railway (New 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. Lines) 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 Lords have agreed to the Economic Tele- 
graph Company Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Cannock Chase 
and Wolverhampton Railway Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Swansea Harbour 
Trust Bill, with a consequential Amendment ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for amending “ Charles Sheils’ Almshouses Charity 
Act, 1864”; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. , 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for authorizing Leases and Sales of Estates in the 
West Riding of the County of York which are 
subject to the Limitations of the Will of Ann 
Walker, deceased; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the construction of a new Road from 

| Eaton-square to Brompton-road, and Improve- 
ments connected therewith; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Act 
for the Partition or Division of certain Estates in 
the Counties of Flint and Denbigh, formerly pro- 
perty of Dorothea Lloyd and others; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to confirm an Agreement with respect to the Estate 


of the late Agnes Hamilton, and to provide for 
the Administration of the Funds left by her for 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolitan 
_the Amendments made by the Lords to the Me- District | 
_tropolitan District Railway Bill; and the same ee 
| were twice read, and, with an Amendment to one 
| of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
_ Lordships, with an Amendment; to which this 
' House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 


ships. 








_ The House proceeded to take into consideration Stourbridge 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stour- Improvement 
| bridge Improvement Bill; and the same were a 
, twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Message was delivered by Colonel Clifford, Royal Assent. 

Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod ; 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal 
Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both 
Houses, desire the immediate attendance of this 
Honourable House in the House of Peers, to hear 
the Commission read. 

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 




















30 Victoria. 


House of Peers, where a Commission under the 
Great Seal was read, giving, declaring and notify- 
ing 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 : 


Princess Mary An Act to enable Her Majesty to settle an 
Sue ML § Annuity on Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary 


Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge: 


Exchequer An Act to consolidate the Duties of the Ex- 

nll chequer and Audit Departments, to regulate the 

Bill. Receipt, Custody, and Issue of Public Moneys, 
and to provide for the Audit of the Accounts 
thereof: 

—_— im An Act to authorize the further Advance of 

ceomenent ~ Money for the purposes of Improvement of Landed 


(Ireland) Bill. Property in Lreland: 


ema a An Act to amend the Nuisances Removal and 
* Diseases Prevention Act, 1860: 

Life An Act to amend the Law relating to Life 

(ireland) Bill Insurances in Ireland : 

Naval Savings An Act for the Establishment and Regulation 

Banks Bill. Gf Savings Banks for Seamen and Marines of the 

Royal Navy: 

Labouring An Act to encourage the Establishment of Lodg- 

oe ing Houses for the Labouring Classes in Ireland: 

(Ireland) Bill. 

ee An Act to extend the Provisions of the Acts for 

an 


the encouragement of the Sea Fisheries in Ireland, 
by promoting and aiding with Grants of Public 
Money the construction of Piers, Harbours and 
other Works : 

An Act to authorize the Town Council of Bel- 
fast to levy and pay Charges in respect of extra 
Constabulary : 

An Act to legalize the Payment.and Distribution 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Belfast Con- 
stabulary Bill. 


Indian Prize 


Money Bill. Of Indian Prize Money by the Treasurer or Se- 
eretary of Chelsea Hospital, and to amend an Act 
for the consolidating and amending the Law relat- 
ing to the payment of Army Prize Money: 

Magdalen An Act for enabling the President, Vice Pre- 

Lous | Bill &lt;idents, Treasurer, and Governors of the Magdalen 
Hospital, for the reception of Penitent Prostitutes, 
to sell and grant Leases of the present Site of the 
Hospital and other Lands belonging to them, to 
acquire a new Site for the Hospital, and to erect 
a Hospital thereon, and for other purposes : 

British and An Act to confer further Powers on the British 

Telegraph and Canadian Telegraph Company : 

Company Bill 

[Lords.] ° 


Downs Docks 


i ce 
Bill [Lords.] An Act for granting further Powers to “ The 


Downs Docks Company :” 


—, ae An Act to authorize the Transfer to the Bristol 
Canal ant and Exeter Railway Company of the Undertaking 
Bristol and of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal and Stolford 
Exeter == Railway and Harbour Company, and for other 
Railway Bill. 

urposes: ; 
Cleethorpes An Act for incorporating and granting certain 
Ges Btn. Powers to the Cleethorpes Gas Company : 
Barnsley An Act to extend the Time limited by “ The 
Local Board of | 


Barnsley Local Board Act, 1862,” for the com- 
pletion of the Waterworks thereby authorized, 
and to enable the Local Board of Health for the 
District of the Township of Barnsley, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, to raise further 
Moneys for the purposes of that Act, to amend 
the Acts relating to the said District, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Canterbury Gas Light 
and Coke Company to raise further Sums of 
Money for their Gas and Water Undertakings, to 
construct and maintain a new system of Water- 
works to supply the City of Canterbury and 
suburbs, and te places, and to abandon their 
existing Waterworks, to change the Name of the 
Company, and to repeal, consolidate, and amend 
the Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes : 
VoL. 121. 


Health Bill. 


Canterbury 
Gas and Water 
Bill. 





8th June. 


421 


An Act to continue the Huntley, Mitcheldean, Huntley, 
and Elton Turnpike Roads Trust, in the Counties per yng 
of Gloucester and Hereford, and for other pur- Roads Bill. 
poses : 

An Act to incorporate the Harborne Railway Harborne 
Company, and to authorize the making and main- Railway Bill 
taining of a Railway, to be called “ The Harborne 
Railway,” and for other purposes: 

An Act for the constriction of a Wet Dock at Montrose 


the Harbour of Montrose, and for other purposes : (herds) Bill 


An Act to confirm an Agreement entered into Mersey Docks 
by “The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board,” for avd Harbour 
the purchase of certain Lands at Birkenhead, and Ro .4 purchase, 
for other purposes incidental thereto : &amp;e.) Bill. 

An Act for erecting and maintaining a new Aberdeen 
Court House, Town House, County and Town County and 
Hall, Police and other County and Municipal Ruinings Bill 
Buildings and Offices, for the County and City of 
Aberdeen, and for other purposes : 

An Act to grant further Powers to the Hull Hull South 
South Bridge Company, and to facilitate the Bridge Bill. 
completion of the Approaches and Tramway con- 
nected with the Bridge: 

An Act to amend “The Stockton Gas Act, Stockton Gas 
1857,” and to authorize the Stockton Municipal Bill. 
Corporation to raise more Money for the purposes 
of their Gas Supply: 

An Act to authorize the Metropolitan and Saint Metropolitan 


"g re i x i ; and Saint 
rm Wood Railway Company to raise further Senate Weed 


Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 

An Act for sanctioning the construction of cer- Crofthead and 
tain Deviations of the authorized Lines of the Kilmarneck 
Crofthead and Kilmarnock Extension Railway, and —— 
of the Glasgow and South Western (Kilmarnock Bi. 
Direct) Railway, and for other purposes: 

An Act to repeal an Act passed in the third Saltash Road 
year of the Reign of His Majesty King William Bill. 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually 
repairing and improving several Roads in the 
Counties of Cornwall and Devon leading to the 
Borough of Saltash, in the County of Cornwall, 
and for making a new Branch and Deviations of 
Roads to communicate therewith,” and for grant- 
ing more effectual Powers in lieu thereof: 

An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Eleventh Tonbridge and 
year of the Reign of His Majesty King George fentham Road 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for amending and “ * 
improving the Road from Tonbridge to Ightham, 
and other Roads communicating therewith, in the 
County of Kent,” and for granting more effectual 
Powers in lieu thereof : 

An Act for the Division of the Parish and Newchurch 
Vicarage of Newchurch, in the Isle of Wight, into hear Bib 
three distinct Parishes and Vicarages: — 

An Act to extend the Term and amend the Aberearn 
Provisions of the Act relating to the Abercarn %oads Bill. 
Turnpike Roads: 

An Act to facilitate the establishment of a Belfast Buriat 
Burial Ground by the Town Council of the Ground Bill. 
Borough of Belfast for the use of the Inhabitants 
of the said Borough, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway in the West Bradford, 
Riding of Yorkshire, from Bradford through Eccleshill, and 


Eccleshill to Idle : Bil. ees 


An Act for enabling the Bristol and Ereter Bristol and 
Railway Company to construct Railways and Exeter 
Works, and purchase additional Lands in the y ro 
Parish of Bridgwater, in the County of Somerset, Powers) Bill. 
for transferring to the Company the Powers of 
constructing and working the Brean Down Rail- 
way, and for other purposes: 

An Act for making and maintaining a new Road Combmartin 
between Combmartin and Ilfracombe, both in the #4 Wiracombe 

oad Bill 
County of Devon: 

An Act for authorizing the Liynvi Valley Rail- Liynvi Valley 
way Company to make Extension Railways, to ac- ®#ilway Bill. 
quire additional Lands for their Undertaking, to 
raise further Moneys, and for other purposes : 


Board (Shore 





3H 3 n 


422 


An Act to extend the Term, and amend the 
Provisions of the Act relating to the Roads leading 
from Swindon to Christian Malford Bridge, from 
Calne to Lyneham-green, and from the direction 
post in Long Leaze-lane, near Lydiard Marsh, to 
Cricklade, iu the County of Wilts: 

An Act to alter and amend certain of the Pro- 
visions of “The British Gas Light Company, 
Limited ( Staffordshire Potteries) Act, 1858 : ” 


An Act for the Amalgamation of the Liynvi 
Valley Railway Company, and the Ogmore Val- 
ley Railways Company, and for other purposes: 


Swindon, 
Calne, and 
Cricklade 
Roads Bill. 


British Gus 
Company 
(Staffordshire 
Potteries) Bill. 


Llynvi Valley 
and Ogmore 
Valley 
Railway 
Companies 
Bill. 

North 
—* and the North Walsham and Dilham Canal Act: 
Canal Bill. 


Cork and 
Youghal 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. | 


Liverpool 


Corporation 
Water Bill. 


An Act for the winding up of the Affairs, and 
the Dissolution of “ The Cork and Youghal Rail- 
way Company,” and for other purposes: 


An Act to empower the Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool to con- 
struct a Reservoir, Roads, and other Works; to 
obtain Water from the River Roddlesworth, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act for better supplying with Gas the In- 
habitants of Longton, and of certain Places in the 
Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Staf- 
ford: 

An Act for continuing the Term and Provisions 
of the several Statutes relating to the Greenwich 
and Woolwich Turnpike Lower Road, in the County 
of Kent: 

An Act for the Harnham, Blandford, and Dor- 
chester Turnpike Road in the Counties of Wilts 
and Dorset: 


Longton Gas 
Bill | Lords.] 


Greenwich and 
Woolwich 
Lower Road 
Bill. 


Harnham, 
Blandford, and 
Dorchester 
Road Bill. 


Cork Harbour 
Bill [Lords.] 


An Act to amend the Powers of the Commis- 
sionerg for improving and preserving the Port, 
Harbour, and River of Cork, with respect to Rates 
and Dues, and for other purposes : 

Whitehaven An Act to empower the Whitehaven and Fur- 
and Furness 
Junction, and 
Whitehaven, 
Cleator, and 
Egremont 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. j 


haven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway Company, 
to make a Railway from Egremont to Sellafield, in 
the County of Cumberland, to raise further Ca- 
pital, and for other purposes : 


Aldrington, 
Hove, and 
Brighton Gas 
Bill. 


l 


Bridgnorth, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton, and Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Great 
Northern 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


blishment of Gas Works in the Parish of Aldring- 


various Parishes and Places in its Vicinity, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act for making Railways from Bridgnorth, 
in Shropshire, to Wolverhampton and other Dis- 
tricts in Staffordshire, and for other purposes: 


An Act to confer additional Powers on the 
Great Northern Railway Company with respect to 
their Undertaking: 


Dundee Water 


o An Act to enable the Dundee Water Company 
lil. 


Sum of Money, and for other purposes : 

An Act for conferring further Powers on the 
South Staffordshire Railway Company with re- 
spect to their Capital, and for other purposes ; 

An Act to give effect to an Arrangement be- 
tween the Amicable Society for a perpetual As- 
surance Office, and the Norwich Union Life In- 
surance Society, and for other purposes: 

An Act for regulating the Powers of the East- 
ern Bengal Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses : 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Amicable Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill 
[Lords.]} 


Eastern 
Bengal 
Railway 
Bill { Lords.} 


Wigton Water An Act for supplying the Town of Wigton and 
Bill. other Places, in the County of Cumberland, with 
Water, and for other purposes: 


28th June. 


An Act to amend certain of the Provisions of 


ness Junction Railway Company, and the White- | 


An Act to incorporate a Company for the Esta- | 


ton, in the County of Sussex; for more effectually | 
Lighting with Gas the Town of Brighton, and! 


to execute additional Works, and to raise a further 


1866. 


| An Act to extend the Time limited for the pur- Worcester, 
Bromyard, and 
: Leominster 
ailway, and for Railway Bill. 


| chasing of Lands for, and for completing the Wor- 


| cester, Bromyard and Leominster 
other purposes : 
An Act for the Construction of Railways where- 


| by Liverpool will be connected with Birkenhead: 


| 
erant a further Term in certain — Roads 


Mersey 
Pneumatic 
Railway Bill. 
| An Act to g 
Roads leading to and from Bodmin, and other 
| Roads in the Neighbourhood thereof, all in the 
| County of Cornwall, to alter and improve one of 

those Roads, and grant further Powers for the ma- 

nagement of the Trust, to alter the Rights of 
| Creditors, to repeal the existing Act, and for other 

urposes : 
_ An Act for further extending the Time for the Uxbridge ana 
| Purchase of Lands, and the Completion of the Rickmans- 


* . a ° th Rai 
| Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway : Bill. aang 


| An Act to enable the East and West Junction East and West 
| Railway Company to raise further Money, and to — 
D,..£ ‘ . ailway 
create Preference Shares, and for other purposes: (Capital) Bill, 


| 


| An Act to extend and alter the Boundaries of Middlesbrough 
the Municipal Borough and District of Middles- a and 
; &gt; - . provement 
brough, in the North Riding of the County of York, piii, 
to extend the Time for the Completion of the 
Market Place, to construct additional Gas Works, 
jand light adjoining Townships, to authorize the 
|Compulsory Purchase of the Rights of the North 
| Eastern Railway Company in the Port Clarence 
| Landing Place, and the Construction of a Landing 
| Place at Newport, and the Purchase of Lands for 
the same, to extend the Powers of the Burial 
| Board, provide a Public Park, an additional Burial 
‘Ground, and a Town Hall and Police Station, to 
|improve certain Streets and Roads, and divert a 
| Public Footpath, to raise further Monies, to alter 
‘and amend the existing Acts relating to the Bo- 
rough and District, and for other purposes : 
An Act to enable the Glasgow and South West- Glasgow and 
ern Railway Company to make and maintain cer- --wdlncuaay 
pera ar “ y 
tain Railways in the County of Ayr, and for other (Ayrshire 
| purposes : Lines) Bill. 


An Act for conferring further Powers on the Launceston 
and South 
Devon 
Railway Bill. 


| Launceston and South Devon Railway Company, 
in relation to their Capital, and for other pur- 
p SCS: 

An Act for making a Railway, Wharf, and Bristol 
Depot in the City and County of Bristol, to con- oe 
nect the existing Railways with the Floating Har- Railway and 
bour, and for granting certain Powers to the Great Wharf Depét 
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway Com. 3#!- 
panies, and to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
gesses of the City of Bristol, with reference 
thereto: 

An Act to enable the Metropolitan Board of Kensington 
Works to make Improvements in the Parish of !mprovement 
| Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington, in the County of or 

Middlesex, by widening High-street and King-street, 
and forming New Lines of Streets connected there- 
| with, and for other purposes :- 
| An Act for authorizing the Corporation of the Leeds  _ 
Borough of Leeds to make certain Guts and Drains Borough Bill. 
for the Improvement of the Borough, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for enabling the Rochdale Waterworks Rochdale 
Company to furnish a better supply of Water, and Water Bill. 
to execute further Works, and to raise further 
Moneys, and for other purposes: 

An Act to confer further Powers on the South South Devon 
Devon Railway Company for the Acquisition of Bailway Bill 
Land and Construction of Works, and otherwise, 
in relation to their own Undertaking and the 
Undertakings of other Companies, and for other 
purposes : 

| An Act for better supplying with Water Cefn, 
,and Places adjacent, in the County of Denbigh : 


Cefn, Acrefair, 

and Rhosy- 

medre Water 

Bill. 

_ An Act to enable the Great Southern and a — 

| Western Railway Company to make a Railway at Western 
Cork, 








r, 





$0 Victoria. 


Railway Bill Cork, to connect their Railway with the Cork and 

[Lerde.) Youghal Railway, and to raise Money for the Pur- 
chase and for the purposes of the Cork and 
Youghal Railway, and for other purposes: 


Roach River An Act for the incorporation of the Roach 
pi River Oyster Fishery Company, and for authoriz- 
° ing them to establish and maintain an Oyster 
Fishery in the River Roach, in the County of 

Essex, and for other purposes : 
Berks and An Act to authorize the Berks and Hants Ex- 
aad , _ tension Railway Company to extend their Rail- 


Railway Bill. Way to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail- 
way, at tinge 0g, 


Brynmawr An Act for Lighting with Gas the Parish of 

Gas Sam. Llanelly, and certain Parts of the Parishes of 
Llangattock and Llangynider, in the County of 
Brecon, and the Parish of Aberystruth, in the 
County of Monmouth : 

Greenock An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts re- 


Harbour Bill. Jating to the Port and Harbours of Greenock, to 


authorize the construction of a new Harbour and 


Graving Dock, and other Works, and for other| 


purposes : 
Leeds Im- An Act for amending the Acts for the Improve- 
provement 


Mots Amend. ment of the Borough of Leeds, and for conferring 


ment Bill. further Powers on the Corporation of Leeds, for 
the Improvement of the Borough, and for other 
purposes : 
Macclesfield, An Act for making a Railway from Macclesfield 
a to Knutsford and Warrington, and for other pur- 
arrington 


Railway Bill. Poses : 


Manchester, 
Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


An Act for conferring additional Powers on the 
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway 
Company, with respect to the widening of Part 
of their Main Line of Railway, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to confer additional Powers on the Me- 
(additional tropolitan Railway Company, to enable such Com- 
Powers) Bill. pany to alter and improve Portions of their au- 

thorized Works, and to acquire additional Lands; 
to authorize Agreements with other Parties, to 
extend the time for completing certain Works, 
to amend the Acts relating to the Company, and 
for other purposes : 
Sunningdale An Act for altering in some particulars the au- 
and Cambridge thorized mode of construction of the Sunningdale 
Bill. Y and Cambridge Town Railway and its Extensions, 
and for other purposes : 
West Riding An Act to transfer the West Riding and 
ond Grimsby Grimsby Railway to the Great Northern and 
(Transicr) Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway 
Bill. Companies jointly, and for other purposes, with 
respect to the said Undertaking and Companies. 


Metropolitan 


Blackwater 


et The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Se ony ) Reading of the Blackwater (Youghal) Wooden 
Bridge Bill. Bridge Bill; 

A Motion was made, That the Bill be now read 
the third time ; 

And Notice being taken, That Her Majesty’s 
interest is concerned therein, and that Her Consent 
had not been signified thereto; Mr. Speaker declined 
to put the Question. 


Caledonian The Caledonian and Scottish North Eastern 
— Railway Companies Bill was read the third time. 
astern 


Railway Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Companies Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Bill Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Caledonian The Caledonian Railway (Lanarkshire, &amp;c. 


on Branches) Bill was read the third time. 
&amp;e. Branches) __/vesolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Bill. Title be, An Act for enabling the Caledonian 
Railway Company to make certain Branch Rail- 
ways in the Counties of Zanark and Midlothian, 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bil#to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Vot, 121. 











QWth June. 423 


The Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway Bill Dublin and 
was read the third time. Antrim 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, or 
do pass. [Lorde 


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 Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill was read Forth and 
the third time. Clyde "4 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the — 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Company of 
Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation to 
raise further Monies. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Furness Railway Bill was read the third Furness 
time. Railway Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, es 
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 North British Railway (Wishaw, &amp;c, North British 
Branches) Bill was read the third time. - ae &amp;e. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Branches) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Swansea Vale Railway Bill was read the Swansea Vale 
third time. . aad 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for facilitating the Traffic of the 
Swansea Vale Railway Company over the Rail- 
ways of other Companies, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Tamar, Kit Hill, and Callington Railway Tamar, Kit 
a . ‘ Hill, and 
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. 


Callington 
Railway Bill 


The Thames Subway Bill was read the third time. Thames _ 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, thende} 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, with an Amendment; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third North British 
Reading of the North British and Edinburgh and or Detheat 
Bathgate Railway Companies Bill ; Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time parPanie* 


To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration — Gas 
the Aldershot Gas and Water Bill, as amended in gin ; Lords. ] 
the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Fee and 
the Furness and Whitehaven and Furness Junction .44 Furness 
Railway Companies Bill, as amended in the Com- Junction 
mittee; and Amendments were made to the Bill, ——, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill (Lords ] 

The House proceeded to take into consideration eS 
the North British (Tay Bridge) Railway Bill, as Qii?,ey Bil. 
amended in ihe Committee. 

3H4 Ordered, 












494, 


Ordered, That Standing Orders 197, 213, and 
237, be suspended in the case of the said Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the 
third time; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
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. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Carmarthen and Cardigan 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders 197, 213, and 
237, be suspended in the case of the said Bill, and 
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 Rhymney Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders 197, 213, and 
237, be suspended in the case of the said Bill, and 
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. 


Rhymney 
Railway Bill. 


Bo'ness and Ordered, That in the case of the Bo’ness and 


Grangemouth Grangemouth Railway Bill, Standing Orders 197 

we al and 237 be suspended. 

« Bo'ness, And a Motion being made, and the Question 

Grangemouth, being proposed, That the Bill be now read the 

and South . oe 

‘Alloa Junction third time ; 

Railway”.) Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
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 Railway from the 
North British Railway to Bo’ness and Grangemouth, 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Brecon and Ordered, That, in the case of the Brecon and 

ee Llandovery Junction Railway Bill, Standing Or- 

Railway Bill. ders 197 and 237 be suspended, and that the Bill 
be now read the third time:—The Bill was ac- 
cordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Halesowenand Ordered, That, in the case of the Halesowen and 

me ged Bromsgrove Branch Railways Bill, Standing Or- 

ways Bill. ders 197 and 237 be suspended, and that the Bill 


be now read the third time :—The Bill was ac- 
cordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





th June. 





1866. 


Ordered, That in the case of the London, Brigh- London, 
ton, and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) coe 
Bill, Standing Orders 197 and 237 be suspended. Railway 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question (Various 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the Wet) Bill. 
third time ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
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. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That in the case of the South Eastern South Eastern, 
and London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, — 
and Brighton) Railways Bill, Standing Orders pover” — 
197 and 237 be suspended. (London, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question cee acy 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the far si Bill. 
third time ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
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. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Vale of Neath Vale of Neath 


Railway (Transfer, &amp;c.) Bill, Standing Orders et . 
197 and 237 be suspended, and that the Bill be ee er, &amp;c.) 


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. 


A Bill to authorize the Millwall Canal Com- Millwall 
pany to raise more Money, was read the first time ; a 
and ordered to be read a second time. — 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Thea- Theatrical 

trical Licenses and Regulations have Power to oe and 
‘ a egulations. 

report their Opinion thereupon to the House, to- No 370 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken es 
before them. 

Mr. Goschen reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and had come to several Resolutions, 
which they had directed him to report to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them, and an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Rochdale _ 
before the Select Committee on the Rochdale Vicarage Bill 
Vicarage Bill, be laid before this House. 


Several Public Petitions were 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


resented, and —_ 
able. Petitions, 


Vide Thirty- 

first Report. 
A Petition of Persons being Freighters of Coal Thames Navi- 

and other matters on the River Thames, or other- 84tion 

wise interested in the Thames Navigation, praying 

that they may be heard themselves and by their 


Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses in support of the 
allegations of the Petition against the p 


reamble of 
the 

















Bakehouses 
Regulation 
Act. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Adjournment, 


Gross Rentals 
and Rates. 








$0 VicTorIA. 


the Thames Navigation Bill, and also against such 
of the Clauses and Provisions of the Bill as affect 
the rights and interests of the Petitioners, and in 
support of other clauses and provisions for their 
protection, and that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands, or that the Petitioners 
may have such other relief in the premises as to 
oe may seem meet, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard by* themselves, their Counsel or 
Agents upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against the 
said Petition. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Reports made to the Secre- 
tary of State by Mr. Tremenheere on the operation 
of the Bakehouses Regulation 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. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie have leave of ab- 
sence for a month, on account of ill-health. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return from all the Poor Law Unions and Pa- 
rishes not within any such Unions which are com- 
prised within the several Parliamentary Cities and 
Boroughs of England and Wales, showing (when 
the Landlord is assessed to or compounds for the 
Rates) how much per Centum is deducted from 
the actual Rent paid by the Occupiers of Houses, 
Premises, and Lands, in order to produce the 
Amount placed in the Valuation Lists or Rate 
Book, under the head of “ Gross Rental;” and 
whether such “ Gross Rental ” is considered to be 
the actual Rent received by the Landlord, exclu- 
sive of Repairs and Insurance; if it is greater than 
the Rent received by the Landlord, state how 
much per Centum must be deducted from the 
Rent paid by the Tenant to produce the correct 
‘Gross Rental;” state how much each kind of 
Rate is in the Pound for the whole year, as cal- 
culated on the “ Rateable Value,” viz.: Poor 
Rate, Board of Health Rate, Improvement Rate, 
Local Act Rate, Highway Rate, Lighting Rate, 
Tythe Rent Charge, or any other Rates; also 
showing in the following form the Gross Rentals 
and Rateable Values exactly as they now stand in 
the Valuation Lists or Rate Book, in those cases 
only where the Landlord is assessed to or com- 
pounds for the Rates upou the undermentioned 
Rentals ;— 








Rent per Week.| Rent Yearly. | Gross Rental. | Rateable Value. 
s. d £. 8. d. £. 8. d, £. 8. d. 
3 - 716 - 
3 3 8 9 - 
3 6 92 - 
3.9 915 - 
4 - 10 8 - 
4 6 1114 - 
5 - 13 - - 
5 6 14 6 - 


Public Works 


ting Districts) 
Acts (1863-4,) 














Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Reports of Robert Rawlinson, Esquire, 
c.B., Government Engineer, to the Right Ho- 
nourable Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., on the 
Vo.. 121. 


. 


Q8th June. 





425 
subject of the Public Works (Manufacturing Dis- 
tricts) Acts (1863-4), and dated sompeetiede the 
12th day of February 1866 and the 12th day of 
May 1866. 

Mr. Villiers 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, Poor Law 


a Return of the Names of the Unions in England Unions | 
(Valuation 


Lists.) 


and Wales, showing in which of them the Valua- 
tion Lists had been completely revised and re- 
turned approved of, up to April 1866, together 
with the Total Amount of the Rateable Value 
upon which the contributions to the Common 
Fund were calculated at Lady-day 1865, and the 
Amount of the Rateable Value as settled by the 
Assessment Committee in the Lists in force in 
April 1866, with the difference between the two 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 455, 
of Session 1865):——And, of the Amount of the 
Expenses incurred in each Union in respect of 
these Lists during the year ending in April 1866. 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee of Supply. 


Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as follow- 
eth: 


That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,450,000, be Civil Services. 


granted to Her Majesty, on Account, for or 
towards defraying the Charge of the following 
Civil Services, to the 31st day of March 1867 :— 
£. 
200,000 
300,000 
600,000 


Customs, Salaries and Expenses - - = - 
Inland Revenue - - - - - - 
Post Office - - - - - - - 
Superannuations, &amp;c., of the Customs, Inland 
Revenue, and Post Office Departments - | 120,000 
Post Office Packet Service - - - - 230,000 
[No part of which sum is to be applicable or 
applied in or towards making any pay- 
ment in respect of any period subsequent 
to the 20th day of June 1863, to Mr. Joseph 
George Churchward, or to any. person 
claiming through or under him by virtue 
of a certain Contract bearing date the 26th 
day of April 1859, made between the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Admi- 
ralty (for and on behalf of Her Majesty) 
of the first part, and the said Joseph George 
Churchward of the second part, or in or 
towards the satisfaction of any claim what- 
soever of the said Joseph George Church- |. 
ward, by virtue of that Contract, so far as 
relates to any period subsequent to the 
20th day of June 1863.] 





£. | 1,450,000 





The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Marriages 


te 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Reading of the Marriages (Ireiand) (No. 2) Bill; f 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gocqj 

overnment Supplemental Government 
Supplemental 
(No. 2) Bill. 


mittee on the Local 
(No. 2) Biil; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pier and Har. 


mittee on the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirma- &gt;°ur, Orders 
Confirmation 


(No. 2) Bill. 


tion (No. 2) 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 C 
Reading of the Colonial Bishops Bill ; Bish 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
The 








Terminable 
Annuities Bill 


Admiralty 
Court 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Waterworks 
Bill. 


Poor Law 


Officers’Super- 


annuation 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Rateable 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 


(1854) Amend- 


ment Bill. 


Summary 
Procedure 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Trusts 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


Railways 
Clauses Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Landed 
Estates Court 
&amp;c. (Lreland) 
Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment, &amp;c. Bill 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill 
and Redistri 
bution of 
Seats Bill. 


4.26 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
* mittee on the Terminable Annuities 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 Admiralty Court (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Waterworks Bull; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation 
( Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Rateable Property (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Trusts ( Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
» Reading of the Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Jre- 
land) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a on the Bankruptey Law Amendment, &amp;c. 
* Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Representation of the People Bill 


. and the Redistribution of Seats Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





28th June. 








1866. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Pier and Har. 
Reading of the Pier and Harbour Orders Con- pre Ren 
firmation Bill; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Local 
into consideration the Local Government Supple- a 
mental (No. 3) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (No.3) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 


tion upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Works, 
mittee on Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. [Ad- Harbours, &amp;c, 
vances] : [Advances.] 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church __ 
Reading of the Church Temporalities Acts (Jre- Acts (Ireland) 
lamd) Bill: Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- New Forest 
mittee on the New Forest Poor Relief Bill; hag Relief 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ~~ 


; “8 | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) | en ganas: _ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa- 
Reading of the Representation of the People (Scot- tion of the 
land) Bill; (Scotland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa- 


| Reading of the Representation of the People (Jre- tion of the 


People 


land) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second common Law 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (Jrelani) Courts 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second petit Juries 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County 
mittee on the County Assessments Bill; Assessments 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday _ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill was, Land Tax 
according to Order, read the third time. Commission- 
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 resum- Tenure and 
ing the adjourned Debate on the Amendment 4 aa 
which, upon the 17th day of May last, was pro- (Ireland) Bill. 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Te- 
nure and Improvement of Land (Zreland) Bill be 
now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Straits 
Reading of the Straits Settlements Bill; Sete 


lements 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~~ 
upon Thursday next. 


The 











30 Vicroria. 


Hundred The Order of the day — read, for the Second 
Bridges Bill. Reading of the Hundred Bridges Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
British 


are The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Columbia Bill. Reading of the British Columbia Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Land Drainage The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Ons) Bill. — on the Land Drainage Supplemental (No. 2) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Reformatory 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Schools Bill. 


mittee on the Reformatory Schools Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Industrial The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Schools Bill. nittee on the Industrial Schools Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
neat, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
or The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Fisheries Bill. snittee on the Oyster Fisheries Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Oyster Bed The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Licenses 


mittee on the Oyster Bed Licenses (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Salmon 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


TGootland) Reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; 
Bill [Lords.] Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday next. 


Church Rates 
Amendment 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Rates Amendment Bill ; 


ae Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
ee a The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— mittee on the Rochdale Vicarage Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Sale and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
ee Reading of the Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill; 
. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Turnpike The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Roads Bill. 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the Turn- 
pike Roads Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
tiJl Thursday next. 


Cattle Diseases 
Prevention Act 
(1866.) 


Mr. Tollemache reported from the Committee 
on the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act (1866), a 
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to empower the Poor Law 
Board, from time to time, to assess on the several 
Unions in England such sum as to them shall seem 
requisite, not exceeding inany year a Rate of Three- 
pence in the Pound on the Net Annual Value 
of the Rateable Property in all the Unions, in 
order to defray Expenses incurred by Local Au- 
thorities in pursuance of “ The Cattle Diseases 
Prevention Act, 1866,” in aid of a rate to be levied 
in the infected Counties by the Local Authorities : 
VoL. 121. 


Wrth June. 








497 


—That the said Sum shall be paid into the Bank 
of England to the credit of the Cash Account of 
the mee General, and shall be applied 
towards defraying the Expenses aforesaid. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolution: And that Earl Grosvenor, Mr. 
Tollemache, Mr. John Benjamin Smith, Mr. Laird, 
and Mr. Hunt do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Paupers 
Reading of the Paupers (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland ) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Entail 
Reading of the Entail ( Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Inns of Court 

Reading of the Inns of Court Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming poor Relief 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (Ireland) Law 
upon the 13th day of this instant June, That the a 
Poor Relief (Zreland) Law Amendment Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Common Law 
Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- Procedure 
ment Acts (Ireland) Bill; ‘ote (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 


upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Artizans and 
mittee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings Labourers’ _ 
Bill; Dwellings 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 Charitable 
Reading of the Charitable Trusts Deeds Enrol- Trsts Deeds 
ment Bill; fz —_ ——— 

4 ’ L0ras, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time . 

upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Burials in 
into consideration the Amendment made by the ™ a Bill 
Lords to the Burials in Burghs ( Scotland) Bill ; aati 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Finsbury 
mittee on the Finsbury Estate Bill; Estate 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 Sea Coast 
Reading of the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jredand) Bill; Fisheries 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “""*™) Bil 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of July next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Drainage 
take into consideration the Amendment made by (Ireland) Bill 
the Lords to the Drainage Maintenance (JIre- is 
land) 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. 
312 The 








498 


Established Thé Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(Ireland) the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 10th day of April last, That the position 
of the Established Church in Jreland is a just 
cause of Dissatisfaction to the People of that 
Country, and urgently demands the consideration 
of Parliament ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 
Capital The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Punishments Reading of the Capital Punishments within Prisons 
within Prisons 5,. bad 
Bill. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
a and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
eans. 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


General Police 
and Improve- 
ment( Scotland) 
Act (1862) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the General Police and Improvement 
( Scotland) Act (1862) Amendment Bill ; 


Amendment Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
Bil next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

—— a Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
nema se“ to amend the Law relating to Charitable Dona- 
(Ireland. ) tions and Bequests in Jreland: And that Mr. 


Blake and Mr. Synan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Cattle Diseases Mr, Tollemache presented a Bill to amend the 





ey y Cattle Diseases Prevention Act (1866): And the 

Amendment same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

Bill. read a second time upon Thursday next; and to 

Bill 200. be printed. 

Charitable Mr. Blake presented a Bill to amend the Law 

oman and relating to Charitable Donations and Bequests in 

(Ireland) Bill. Zreland: And the same was read the first time; 

Bill 201, and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 18th day of July next; and to be 
printed. 

Victoria. Mr. William Edward Forster presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of further Cor- 
respondence respecting the Non-enactment of the 
Appropriation Act in Victoria, 1865 (in continua- | 
tion of Papers presented 28th May 1866). 

Jamaica. Mr. William Edward Forster also presented,— 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
26th day of this instant June, for Returns relative | 
to Jamaica. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Railway Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Accidents. 


Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspecting 
Officers of the Sao Department to the Lords 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, upon 
certain Accidents which have occurred on Rail- 
ways during the months of February, March, and 
April 1866. (Part Second.) 

Mr. Milner Gibson also presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 16th day of March last, for a 
Return relative to Steam Vessels. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Tahie. 


Cattle Diseases Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Return 
Prevention Act to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day 


Steam Vessels. 


ye of this instant June, for a Return relative to the 
Cattle Diseases Prevention Act (1866). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Civil List Mr. Childers presented, pursuant to the direc- 
Pensions. tions of several Acts of ed sercenrqaie 4 List of all 


Pensions granted between the 20th day of June 


28th—29th June. 


M 





1866. 


1865 and the 20th day of June 1866, and charged 
upon the Civil List. 
The Forty-fourth Report of the Commissioners Woods, 
of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Re- Forests, and 
venues, in obedience to the Acts 10 Geo. 4, c. 50, Land Revenues. 
and 2 Will. 4, c. 1, being the Fifteenth Report 
under the Act of the 14 &amp; 15 Vie. c. 42, dated 27th 
June 1866. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 





The following Paper was laid upon the Table Industrial and 
| by the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to oe 

an Order, dated the 8th day of this instant June, ° 

for a Return relative to Industrial and Provident 

Societies. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Cattle Cattle Diseases 
Diseases Prevention Act (1866), which was pre- a Act 
sented upon the 26th day of this instant June, be : 
printed. No. 376. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Poor Law 
Law Unions (Jreland), which was presented upon Unions 


aa no ; (ireland. ) 
the 26th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 377. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Anchors, Anchors. 
which was presented upon the 26th day of this No. 878. 
instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lunacy Acts 


Lords to the Lunacy Acts (Scotland) Amend- a 
ment Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday #3) "°"*™ 


next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Friday, 29th June, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Walpole reported from the General Com- Helston 
mittee of Elections, the Names of ‘the Election 
Members of the Select Committee appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petitions 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Helston, to which they had an- 
nexed the Petitions referred to them by the 
House relating thereto, and the Lists of Voters 
delivered in to the Committee : 

Colonel Barttelot, 

The Honourable George Denman, 

Russell Gurney, Esquire ( Southampton), 

Lord Edward Howard ( Arundel), 

The Right Honourable Robert Lowe, Chairman. 
Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Edinburgh 
Edinburgh Annuity Tax Abolition Act (1860) {nmuity Tx 
and the Canongate Annuity Tax Act, have Power (1860) and 
to report their Opinion thereupon to the House, Canongate 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken Aum™'y T™ 
before them. No 379 

Mr. Ingham reported from the said Committee ; pegs. 
That they had examined the matters to them re- 
ferréd, and had come to a Resolution; which they 
had directed him to report to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them, and an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Barry Railway 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the tr: ag 
28th day of this instant June, wherein their Lord- poet Bill. 
ships request that this House will communicate to 
their Lordships, a Copy of the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament 


on the Barry Railway (Penarth and Cardiff Ex- 








tension) Bill. 
Ordered, 





Public Health 
Bill. 


Bill 202. 


East London 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill 
[Lords.] 


Midlan@ 
Counties and 
Shannon Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill | Lords. ] 


Sutherland 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


North British 
and Edinburgh 
and Bathgate 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Brean Down 
Docks Bill 
[Lords.] 


Central Ireland 


Railways Bill 
|Lords.] 


Sheils’ 
Almshouses 
Charity Bill 
[Lords. J 


Sutherland- 
Walker's 
Estate Bill 
(Lords. 





30 VicToRIA. 


* 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. 


Mr. Bruce reported from the Select Committee 
on the Public Health Bill; That they had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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 East London Railway (Additional Powers) 


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 Midland Counties and Shannon Junction 
Railway 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 te the same, with Amendments; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the Sutherland 
Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do 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 
Reading of the North British and Edinburgh 
and Bathgate Railway Companies Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Brean Down Docks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be,read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Central Jreland Railways Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sheils’ Almshouses Charity Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sutherland-Walker’s Estate Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Belgravia and South Kensington New Road 
Bill was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Vo. 121. 





20th June. 











429 


Lloyd’s Estates (Partition) Bill was read the 


loyd’s 
first time. . 


L 

Estates pall 
Partiti i 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to ‘the Exa- fcodea” 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Hamilton’s Estate Bill was read the first time. prem 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-frords.] 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table-—Report from Finchley Road 
Estate Bill 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, [ Lords. ] 
That in the case of the Finchley Road Estate Bill, , 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Caithness 
Railways 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 Caithness Railways Bill, 
originating in the Lords and referred on the First 
Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not pre- 
viously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Madras 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Hrisstion and 
Bills, That in the case of the Petition for addi- [Lords.] 
tional Provision in the Madras Irrigation and 
Canal 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. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was Rochdale _ 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House ; Vit#"se Bill. 
—Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Rochdale Vicarage Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Jamaica, Jamaica. 
which was presented upon the 28th day of this No. 380. 
instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Steam Vessels. 
Vessels, which was presented upon the 28th day No. 381. 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Cattle Cattle Diseases 
Diseases Prevention Act(1866), which was presented Prevention Act 


upon the 28th day of this instant June, be printed. Ne. 382. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Civil List Civil List 
Pensions, which was presented upon the 28th day e — 
of this instant June, be printed. No. 383. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, Woods, 
Forests, and Land Revenues, which was presented Forests, and 


upon the 28th day of this instant June, be printed. ety 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Industrial Industrial and 
and Provident Societies, which was presented upon fTovident 
the 28th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 350. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pollard- Urquhart have leave — of 
of absence for a fortnight ;—and Mr. Gooch, for — 
six weeks, on urgent business. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
313 Mr. 




















Message from 
the Lords. 


London, 
Worcester, and 
South Wales 
Railway Bill. 


Severn 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 
Great Northern 
Railway 
(Barnet Branch 
Abandonment) 
Bill. 

Hatfield Chase 
Warping and 
Improvement 
(Railway) Bill 
[| Lords.| 


Neath New 
Gas Bill. 


Edgware, 
Highgate, and 
London 
Railway Bill. 


Rawson's 
Estate Bill 
Lords.| 


Bute Docks, 
Cardiff (No. 1) 
Bill (1865), 
&amp;e. 


Glasgow 
Bridges Bill 
(1865.) 


Manchester, 
Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Central 
Station and 
Lines) Bill, 
(1865), &amp;c. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Kingsbridge 
and Dartmovth 
Roads Bill. 


North British 
Railway (Saint 
Margaret’s 
Diversion) Bill. 


North British 
and Leadburn, 
Linton, and 
Dolphinton 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 
North British 
Railway 
(Stirling, &amp;c. 
Branches) Bill. 


Longton, 
Adderley 
Green, and 
Bucknall 
Railway Bill. 
Tottenham and 
Hampstead 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Jord, in the County of York, of Part of the Settled 


430 


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 London, Wor- 
cester, and South Wales Railway Bill, without 
any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Severn Junction 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Great Northern 
Railway (Barnet Branch Abandonment) Bill, 
without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Hatfield Chase Warp- 
ing and Improvement (Railway) Bill, without 
any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Neath New Gas 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Edgware, High- 
gate, and London Railway Bill, with Amendments; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of | 
this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 
Act for authorizing a Lease to the Mayor, Al- 
dermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Brad- 


Estates devised by the Will of Benjamin Rawson, 
Esquire, deceased ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committees 
on the Bute Docks, Cardiff (No. 1) Bill, in Session 
1865; Bute Docks, Cardiff (No. 2) Bill, in Session 
1865; Bute Docks, Cardiff, Bill, in Session 1866. 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee 
on the Glasgow Bridges Bill, in Session 1865. 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee 
on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 
Railway (Central Station and Lines) Bill, in 
Session 1865; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- 
shire Railway (Central Station and Lines) Bill, 
in Session 1866. 


And the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Monday, 2nd July, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
M R.. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
| Message had been brought from the Lords 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Kingsbridge and 
Dartmouth Roads Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the North British 
Railway (Saint Margaret's Diversion) Bill, with- 
out any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the North British 
and Leadburn, Linton, and Dolphinton Railway 
Companies Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the North British 
Railway (Stirling, &amp;c. Branches) Bill, without any 
Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Longton, Adderley 
Green and Bucknall Railway Bill, without any 
Amendment. 


The Lords have — to the Tottenham and 
Hampstead Junction Railway Bill, without any 
Amendment. 


29th June—2nd July. 








1866. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Thames 


by this House to the Thames Subway Bill, with- / 


out any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Furness Railway Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment 
made by this House to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships to the Metropolitan District Rail- 
way Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the East: Gloucester- 
shire Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury and 
North Wales Railway (Deviations, &amp;c.) Bill, with 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Stourbridge Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the North British 
Railway (Coatbridge, &amp;c. Branches) Bill, with 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the London and South 
Western Railway (Poole and Bournemouth Junc- 
tions) Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Lords have agreed to the London and South 


Western Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, with Rai 


Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Hemel Hempsted 
and London and North Western Railway Bill, 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords request that this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the 
Referees in Session 1866 on the Bute Docks, 
Cardiff, Bill. 

The Lords request that this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Report from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by them in Session 1864, to inquire into 
the operation of the Standing Orders of the House, 
and of the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vie. c. 20, which regulates 
the depositing of Money or of Public Securities 
with the Courts of Chancery in England and Ire- 
land, and the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, 


/in respect to Works and Undertakings requiring 


the authority of Parliament by Private Bills. 


The Names of the Five Members appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petitions 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Helston, 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 Eleven of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Writs Registration (Scotland) Bill have leave to 
make a Special Report. 

The Lord Advocate 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. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Writs Registration ( Scotland) Bill have Power to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them to the House. 

The 





Subway 
Lords.] 
Furness 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.} 


Metropolitan 
District 
Railway Bill. 


East 
Gloucestershire 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewsb 

and N orth, 
Wales Railway 
(Deviations, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
Stourbridge 
Railway Bill. 


North British 
Railway 
atbridge, 
&amp;c. Branches) 
Bill. 
London and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Poole and 
Bournemouth 
Junctions) Bill, 


London and 
South Western 
ilwa 


(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 
Hemel 
Hempsied and 
ndon and 
North Western 
Railway Bill. 
Bute Docks, 
Cardiff, Bill. 


Standing 
Orders 

( Parliamentary 
Deposits.) 


Helston 
Election. 


Writs 
Registration 
(Scotland) Bill. 


No. 386. 


Writs 

Registration 

(Scotland) Bill. 
No, 385. 


Bill 203, 

















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The Lord Advocate reported from the said Com- 
mittee; That-they had considered the said Bill, 
and taken Evidence thereon, which they had di- 
rected him to report to the House ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 





431 


July. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Standing 
that part of the Message from the Lords of this Orders 
day, wherein their Lordships request that this Cuneny 
House will communicate to their Lordships, a Copy — 
of the Report from the Select Committee a 


Court of 


Session 
(Scotland) Bill. 
Bill 204. 


West Cheshire 
Railways Bill 


(1861), &amp;c. 


Bute Docks, 


Cardiff (No. 1) +}, 
Bill (1865), &amp; 


Manchester, 


Sheffield, and 


Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Central 
Station and 
Lines) Bill 
(1865), &amp;e. 


Glasgow 
Bridges Bill 
(1865.) 


Cc. 


Lordships, a Copy of the Minutes of Evidence 


unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 

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 Lord Advocate presented a Bill to make 
Provision in regard to the Mode of taking Evi- 
dence in Civil Causes in the Court of Session in 
Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upom Mon- 
day next; and to be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
28th day of June last, wherein their Lordships 
reqtest that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, Copies of the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Committees appointed by this 
House on the West Cheshire Railways Bill, Ses- 
sion 1861; Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway 
Bill, Session 1865; Mold und Denbigh Junction 
Railway (Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, Session 1866 ; 
Chester and West Cheshire Junction Railway Bill, 
Session 1866. 

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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
at part of the Message from the Lords of the 
29th day of June last, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Committees on the Bute Docks, 
Cardiff (No. 1) Bill, in Session 1865 ; Bute Docks, 
Cardiff ( No. 2) Bill, in Session 1865; Bute Docks, 
Cardiff, Bill, in Session 1866. 

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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


pointed by them in Session 1864 to inquire into the 
operation of the Standing Orders of the House, 
and of the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vie. c. 20, which regulates 
'the depositing of money or of public securities 
with the Courts of Chancery in England and Ire- 
land, and the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, in 
respect to works and undertakings requiring the 
authority of Parliament by Private Bills. 

| 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 House proceeded to take into consideration Thetford and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the The¢- Watton 
ford and Watton Railway Bill; and the same was ®#!v4y Bill. 
| twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Beddgelert 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bedd- Railway Bill. 
gelert 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 Brighton and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Hove General 
Brighton and Hove General Gas Bill; and the &amp;* 2 
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 Cannock Chase 

| the Amendments made by the Lords to the Can- 24 Wolver- 
_nock Chase and Wolverhampton 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. 


that part of the Message from the Lords of the | 


29th day of June last, wherein their Lordships | 


request that this House will communicate to their | 
Lordships, a Copy of the Minutes of Evidence | 
taken before the Committees on the Manchester, 
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Central Sta- 
tion and Lines) Bill, in Session 1865; Manches- 
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Central 
Station and Lines) Bill, in Session 1866. 

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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
29th day of June last, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 


taken before the Committee on the Glasgow Bridges 
Bill, in Session 1865. 

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. 
VoL. 121. 








The House proceeded to take into consideration Economic 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Eco- Telegraph Com- 
nomic Telegraph Company Bill; and the same PY Bil. 
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 Hoylake 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Hoy- Bailway Bill. 
lake 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 Hull and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Aud] Hornsea and 
and Hornsea and North Eastern Railways Bill; in 
P ys 
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. 
314 


The 



















432 


Kilmarnock The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Water Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Kil- 
marnock Water Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Norte” the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lon- 
mouth and don and North Western and Cockermouth and 
Workington Workington Railway Companies Bill; and the 
ory 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 The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and White. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lon- 


haven Junction den and North Western and Whitehaven Junction 
Railway Com- Railway Companies Bill; and the same were twice 


panies Bill. 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

weeny The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Lincolnshire the Amendments made by the Lords to the Man- 
Railway chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Liver- 
(Liverpool ‘ul pool Extension) Bill; and the same were twice 


Extension) B 
) 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. 

Manchester, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Sheffield, and - em ; 

Lincolnshire the Amendments made by the Lords to the Man- 

Railway (New chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (New 

Lines) Bill.  T,ines) 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. 

Sheffield 


United Gas 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to tie Shef- 
field United Gas Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Thorpe and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oe the Amendments made by the Lords to the Thorpe 
i) ‘and Great Clacton Railway and Pier Bill; and 


Pier 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. 

Whitby, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

a the Amendments made by the Lords to the Whitby, 


borough Union Redcar, and Middlesborough Union Railway Bill ; 


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. 
Winchcomb The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Hallway Bill the Amendments made by the Lords to the Winch- 


comb and Midland Railway Bill; and the same 


were twice read, and agreed to. 


Qnd July. 





1866. 


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 Wiven- 
hoe and Brightlingsea 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. ; 


Wivenhoe and 
Brightlingsea 
Railway Bill. 


The Aldershot Gas and Water 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. 


Aldershot Gas 
and Water 
Bill [Lords.] 


United General 
Gas Company 
(Dublin) Bill 

[ Lords. 


The United General Gas Company (Dublin) 
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 Order of the day being read, for the Third North British 
Reading of the North British and Edinburgh and _ — 
Bathgate Railway Companies Bill ; Railway , 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. _ panies Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


New River 
Company Bill 
| Lords.] 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the New River Company Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Sligo and 
the Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Junction Railway a 
. . ie . unction 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


j ’ : Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. |[Zords.] 


The Clare College, Cambridge (Blythe’s Bene- Clare College, 


faction) Bill was read a second time; and com- Cambridge 

itted (Blythe’s 
mitted. Benefaction) 
Bill [Lords.] 
Delabole 
Railway and 
Bossinney 
Harbour Bill 
{ Lords.]} 


The Pagham Harbour Bill was read a second Pagham 


The Delabole Railway and Bossinney Harbour 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


time ; and committed. tords.] Bill 
Rawson’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Rawson's 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- tone) 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Metropolitan 
a Copy of Report of H. B. Farnall, Esquire, oe 
Poor Law Inspector, on the Infirmary Wards of Wards.) , 
the several Metropolitan Workhouses. and their po 9g7, 
existing Arrangements. J 

Mr. Childers accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Rudoel, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the proper Officers of this House, Maidstone 
and the Shorthand Writers attending this House, ©!*#™ 
have leave to attend and give Evidence at the 
Central Criminal Court, and there to produce 
such Papers and Documents as may be required 
on the Trial of a certain Indictment preferred by 
the Attorney General against one Henry Chambers, 








by directions of this House, for Perjury in giving 














en 





Public 
Petitions. 





Vide Thirty- 
first Report. 


30 Viecroria. 


his Evidence before the Select Committee on the 
Maidstone Election Petition. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lloyd’s Estates Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


( Partition) 
Bill [Lords.] 


Troyte’s 
Estate Bill 
(Lords. | 


Tay!or’s 
Estate Bill 
{ Lords. } 


Hamilton’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords. } 


Sheils’ 
Almshouses 
Charity Bill 
| Lords.) 


Limerick and 
Castle Connell 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Adjournment. 


Committees. 


Lunacy Acts 
‘Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and . 
Means. 


Landlord and 
Tenant 
(Ireland) Bil), 


Veterinary 
Surgeons Bill. 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Lioyd’s Estates (Partition) Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the :xaminers of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Troyte’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders 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 Taylor’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orderg are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second timr. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Hamilton’s Estate Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


That in the case of Sheils’ Almshouses Charity | Equity Civil and Canon Law.” 


Rill, 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 Limerick ‘and Castle Con- 
nell Railway Bill, originating in the Lords and 
referred on the First Reading thereof, the Stand- 
ing Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Thursday next. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
notwithstanding the Adjournment of the House. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Lunacy Acts ( Scotland) Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordere/, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 25th day of this instant July. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow , on the Veterinary Sur- 
geons Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 10th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 

Vou, 121. 


2nd July. 433 


Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken Launceston 


before the Select Committees appointed by the 


Devon Railway Bill, in Session 1862, and on the 
Launceston, Bodmin, and Wadebridge Junction 
Railway Bill, in Session 1865, which were com- 
municated from the Lords, be returned to their 
Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver the same. 


Bill, which were communicated from the Lords, be 
returned to their Lordships : And that the Clerk do 
deliver the same. 


before the Select Committee of the House of 


Port Extension Railway Bill, which were commu- 
nicated from the Lords, be returned to their 
Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver the 
same. 


Coast Fishery Commissioners, Ireland, for 1865, 
to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, pursuant 
to the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vie. c. 106. 


Proceedinges—Prisons. Part II. Common Law— 


Ordered, ‘That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


19th day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for Returns, in a tabular form, from each Dis- 
trict in the United Kingdom having a separate 
Police Jurisdiction, of the Number of License 
Holders registered by the Police, under the Pro- 
visions of “ The Penal Servitude Act, 1864 ;” 
showing how many were discharged on License 
within the District, and how many were notified 
by the Police of other Districts as having removed 
into the District; also showing the Numbers who 
have removed out of the District, with notice and 
without notice, respectively, distinguishing, where 
possible, those who have emigrated or gone to sea, 
from those who have removed into other Districts ; 
also showing the Numbers who have been appre- 
hended by the Police for Crimes or Misdemeanors, 
for not reporting themselves to the Police, and 
for breach of conditions of License, and on revo- 
cation : Of the Numbers who have died, 








who have failed to report themselves, and who 
cannot be found by the Police :——And, of the 
Total Number of registered License Holders 
| whose Sentences have expired; showing how 
/ many have, and how many have not, complied with 
‘the Law as to reporting themselves to the Police ; 
and of the Numbers whose Sentences have not 
| expired and who continue to report themselves to 
the Police or to the Prisoners’ Aid Society, or 
other Society or Person having a like object, who 
reported themselves to the Police on liberation, 
'and who would be liable to do so previous to 
leaving or returning to the District: The 
above Returns to be so made, as that all the 
License Holders mentioned in the first Return 
shall be accounted for in the other Returns; and 
that in each Return the Number of Males and 
Females respectively shall be specified, together 
with any Information which can be given as to the 
effect in each District on the conduct of the Li- 
cense Holders, and on their chances of procuring 








3K employment 


House of Lords on the Launceston and South gin 1862), ré 


Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken neg 
before the Select Committee appointed by the ¢ 
House of Lords, in Session 1861, on the Mon- Lines, &amp;c.) 
mouthshire Railway and Canal (New Lines,. &amp;c.) Bill (1861.) 


Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken anes a 


Lords, appointed in Session 1864, on the Bristol (1864.) 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Fisheries 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Deep Sea and (Ireland) 


A Paper, intituled, “ Judicial Statistics, 1865 : Judicial 
England and Wales. Part I. Police—Criminal Statistics. 


' Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,—Further Penal Ser- 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the vitude Act. 
























































434 


employment, of the Provisions of the Act with 
respeet to their registration, and their reporting 
themselves to the Police. . 

Ordered, That the said’ Return do lie upon the 
Table. ; 


Ordnance 
Survey 


oaeae.) tive to the Ordnance Survey (Jreland). 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Benefices 
(Metropolis. ) 


No. 388. 


by the Clerk of the House, — Return to 
relative to Benefices (Metropolis). 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of June 
last, for Returns relative to Ecclesiastical Property 
(Metropolis). 

Ordered, That the said Returns be printed. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property 
( Metropolis) 


No. 389. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Rochdale 
Vicarage Bill, which were presented upon the 29th 
day of June last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Thurs- 
day next. 


Rochdale 
Vicarage Bill. 


No, 390. 





Thursday, 5th July, 18606. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Dodson reported, in the case of the Put- 
ney and Fulham New Bridge Bill, which 


Putney and 
Fulham New 
Bridge Bill 
{Lords.] 


tion against the Amendments as proposed in the 
Filled-up Bill deposited in the Private Bill Office. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred back to the 
Committee of Selection. 
Guardian Fire Mr. Dodson reported the Guardian Fire and 
and Life Life Assurance Company Bill, without Amend- 


Company Bill ment. f ‘ ° 
[Lords.] Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Imperial Gas Com- 
pany (No. 3) Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Imperial Gas 
Company 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Anglesey Central Railway Bill; That the powers 
for making new Works and raising Money for the 
construction thereof, have been omitted from the 
Bill, in conformity with the \'rder of the House 
of 13th March; that they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
had amended the same by adding a statement that 
the Anglesey Central Railway Company may re- 
quire, and are desirous of having, powers conferred 
upon them of raising further capital for the pur- 
pose of providing rolling stock, plant, and conve- 
niences for working their Railway, to make it in 
conformity with the Bill as amended by the Com- 
mittee, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Anglesey 
Central 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords.) 


Southern — 
Railway Bill Southern Railway Bill; That in pursuance of the 
| Lords. | - 


Resolution of the House of the 19th day of June 


last, the power enabling the Company to enter into | 


traffic arrangements with the Great Southern and 
Western Railway Company had been struck out 
of the 37th clause of the Bill; that they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 


of the Bill, and amended the same by striking out | 


Qnd—Sth July. 


Mr. Childers presented,—Return to an Order, | 
dated the 14th day of June last, for Returns rela- | 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
an | 
Order, dated the 19th day of June last, for a Return | 


| =. S ion Bill; § 
Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation Bill; Fe.ey 


had been referred to him as Unopposed; That the | 
Owners of Fulham Bridge had deposited a Peti- | 


1866. 


so much thereof as related to working arrange- 
ments with the Great Southern and Western Rail- 
way 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. Dodson reported Buchanan’s Estate Bill, Buchanan's 
Estate Bill 


| without Amendment. [Lords.] 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Shrewshu:y Bridges Shrewsbury 
Bill, without Amendment. Conga’ Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ‘ 


Metropolis 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
ewage and 


That t 
ithe Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by adding a recital that Plans and Sections of the 

Works proposed to be authorized, and a Book of 
| Reference to the said Plans had been deposited 
with the Clerk of the Peace for thetCounty of 
Essex, and found the same, as amended, to be 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


ey had examined the allegations contained in Reclamation 
Bill [Lords.} 


Mr. Hankey reported from the Committee on Holderness 
Group R. of Private Bills; That in the case of the ae 
Holderness Embankment and Reclamation Bill, tion Bin 
the Referees on Private Bills having reported [Zords.] 
that the estimate in respect to the said Bill is 
insufficient, the Committee had not proceeded with 
the consideration of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection; That they had made an — 

: ° . ° inth 
alteration in a Group of Private Bills already Report.) 
formed, and directed him to make a Report thereof jy, ¢3 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Thames 
Thames Navigation Bill have Power to report — 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them to N 

&gt; o. 391. 
the House. 

Mr. Milner Gibson reported from the said Com- Bill 205. 
mittee; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true, and 
taken Evidence thereon, which they had directed 
him to report to the House; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
had amended the Title, as followeth : 








A Bill for vesting in the Conservators of the 
River Thames the Conservancy of the Thames and 
Isis from Staines, in the County of Middlesex, to 
Cricklade, in the County of Wilts; and for other 
purposes connected therewith. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Ordvred, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had 
made alterations in the Groups already formed, 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Eighth 
Report.) 





Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the | 


and directed him to report the same to the House. No, 69, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bute Docks, 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 2d Cardiff at 
day of this instant July, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Referees, in Session 1866, on the 
Bute Docks, Cardiff, Bill. 

Ordered, 











30 Vicroria. 5th 


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. | 


Devonport 


salar a Mr. Clay reported frog 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 Devon-| 
port, to which they had annexed the Petition re-| 
ferred to them by the House relating thereto: | 

The Honourable Frederick William Gough | 

Calthorpe, | 

Lord Henry G. Lennox ( Chichester), 

Sir Henry Rawlinson, 

Charles Schreiber, Esquire, 

Lord John Browne, Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he 
had this .day received a Letter from John C. 
Thierens and John Beer, informing him that it-is 
not their intention to proceed with their Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return. for 
the Borough of Devonport :—And the said Letter 
was read, as followeth : 

Sir, Devonport, June 30th, 1866. 

In the matter of our Petition delivered in on the 
5th day of June instant, complaining of an undue 
Election and Returt for the Borough of Devon- 
port, we beg to inform you that it is not our inten- 
tion to proceed with the same. 

We have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient servants, 
John C. Thierens. 
Jno. Beer. 


Devonport 
Election. 


To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 
Ordered, That no further Proceedings be taken 
upon the said Petition. 


Edgware, 
Highgate, and 
London 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Edg- 
ware, Highgate, and London 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. 


Manchester 
and Stockport 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Man- 
chester and Stockport 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 Alliance and Dublin Consumers’ Gas Bill 


Alliance and 


alll was read the third time. 
Gas Bill Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
(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 desiré the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Medway The House proceeded to take into consideration 

hae 1) the Medway Docks (No. 1) Bill, as amended in 

il [Lords] the Committee; andan Amendment was made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Caithness 4, , Lhe Caithness Railways Bill was read a second 
Lorde} Bill time ; and committed. 


Finchley Road 
Estate Bill 


Ordered, That the Finchley Road Estate Bill 


be read a second time upon Monday next. 


435 


The Millwall Canal Company Bill was read a Miliwall Canal 
second time; and committed. Company Bill. 


Suly. 


Several Public Petitions were 


ag and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. Petitions. 
, 4 Vide Thirty- 
second Report. 
Ordered, That the Select Committee on Educa- Education. 
tion have Power to report their Observations No. 392. 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 
Sir John Pakington reported from the said 
Committee ; Thatthey had considered the matters 
to them referred, and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them, and an 
Appendix. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had (Thirty. Tesi 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 25th, Report.) 
26th, and 28th days of June last, and the 2d dayof 
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. Speaker acquainted the House, 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Esk Valley Rail- 
way Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 
and North Wales and Shrewsbury and Potteries 204 North 

. : : . ++, Wales and 
Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill, sirewsbury 
without any Amendment. and Potteries 
Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill. 


That a Message from 
the Lords. 


Esk Valley 
Railway Rill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow and Glasgow and 
South Western Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, South Western 

° Railway 
without any Amendment. ( Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


Dublin and 
Antrim June- 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Dublin and Antrim A a 
Junction Railway Bill, without any Amendment. Bill [ Lords.) 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments East London 


made by this House to the East London Railway rem 4 ” 
(Additional Powers) Bill, without any Amend- Sewers) ai 
ment. [Lords.] 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Midland 
made by this House to the Midland Counties and Counties and 
Shannon Junction Railway Bill, without any den Saeey 
Amendment. Bill [ Lords.} 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments sutherland 
made by this House to the Sutherland Railway Railway Bill 
Bill, without any Amendment. cates. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bideford, Apple- Bidefora, 
dore, and Westward Ho’ Railway Bill, with an Appledore, 
Amendment; to which the Lords desire the con- owe oe 

: y 
currence of this House. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to. the Maryport Im- Maryport 
provement and Harbour Bill, with Amendments ; Improvement 
o which the Lords desire the concurrence of this — Harbour 

ouse. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bradford Corpo- Bradford 
ration Bill, with Amenaments; to which the cae, 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House, = 

The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway yiaiana 
(Settle to Carlisle) Bill, with Amendments; to Railway 


which the Lords desire the concurrence of this —— to - 
House. Carlisle) Bill. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Merriman action in 
and Pike, of Austin Friars, in the City of London, Court of 
Solicitors, was presented, and read; setting forth, 2¥°°™'s Bench. 
That the Petitioners have commenced, and are 
prosecuting on behalf of a Client, an action in the 
Court of Queen’s Bench, and the Petitioners are 





[Lords.} 


VoL. 121. 


advised that it will be necessary to give in Evi- 
3K 2 dence 


Helston 
Election. 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return. 


Return 
amended, 


Report to be 
considered. 


Sutherland- 
Walker's ¢ 
Estate Bill 
[{ Lords. ] 


Commercial 


Reports 


East India 
( Progress.) 


Poor Rates and 
Pauperism, 


436 


dence on the trial of the cause, certain Documents 
which have been deposited in the House ; and pray- 
ing that leave may be given tg the proper Officer 
of the House to attend on the hearing of such 
cause, and produce such Documents accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper 
Officer to attend accordingly. 


Mr. Russell Gurney, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petitions complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Helston, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Robert Campbell, Esquire, is not duly 
electeda Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Helston. 

That William Baliol Brett, Esquire, is duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Helston. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Russell Gurney, from the said Select Com- 
mittee, further informed the House, 

That they had altered the Poll taken at the last 
Election for the Borough of Helston, by striking off 
the name of the Reverend Jsaac Rodgers, as not 
having had a right to vote at such Election. 

That no Evidence having been adduced in sup- 
port of any of the charges of bribery, treating, and 
undue influence made in one of the Petitions, the 
Committee have no reason to believe that corrupt 
wractices have extensively prevailed at the last 
Slection. 

That it appears from the Poll Books produced 
before the Committee, that the number of votes given 
for Robert Campbell, Esquire, was equal to the 
number given for William Baliol Brett, Esquire, 
and that the Returning Officer nevertheless returned 
the said Robert Campbell, Esquire, as duly elected. 

That the Returning Officer was not in attend- 
ance before the Committee, and no explanation 
was offered to the Committee of such a Return 
having been made. 

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 Helston, and amend the same, by 
rasing out the name of Robert Campbell, Esquire, 
and inserting the name of William Baliol Brett, 
Esquire, instead thereof. 

The Clerk of the Crown attending, according to 
Order, amended the said Return accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday the 19th day of this 
instant July. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Sutherland-Walker’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Layard presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Commercial Reports received at 
the Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls, 
in 1866. 

Copy of Commercial Reports from Her Majesty’s 
Consuls in China, Japan, and Siam, 1865. 

; ees That the said Papers do lie upon the 
apie. 


Mr. Stansfeld presented, pursuant to the direc- | 


tions of an: Act of Parliament,—Statement of the 
Moral and Material Progress of India, 1864-65. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
acomparative Statement of the Number of Paupers 


5th July. 


1866. 


of all classes (except Lunatic Paupersin Asylums, 
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, 
and December 1865 and 1866 respectively ; also 
for the months of January, February, and March 
1866 and 1867 respectively : Statement of the 
Number of Paupers, distinguishing the Number of 
Adult Ablebodied Paupers relieved on the 1st day 
of July 1866:——Similar Statement for the lst 
day of January 1867: Statement of the 
Amount expended for In-maintenance and Out- 
relief only for the half year ended at Michaelmas 
1866 : Similar Statement for the half year 
ended at Lady Day 1867: Statements of the 
Amount of Poor Rates levied and expended during 
the year ended at Lady Day 1866: And, of 
the Number of Insane Paupers chargeable to the 
Poor Rates on the lst day of January 1867. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at 
Five of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Marriages 
Reading of the Marriages (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill ; gy 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “® ® BY 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Local 
mittee on the Local Government Supplemental a 
“ . upplemental 
(No. 2) Bill; ; (No. 2) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pier and Har- 
into a Committee on the Pier and Harbour Or- ——— 
ders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill; and, after some (Ne. 2), Bil 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Colonial 


Reading of the Colonial Bishops Bill ; Bishops Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Terminable 
mittee on the Terminable Annuities Bill ; —_— 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monda 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


ill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Admiralty 
Reading of the Admiralty Court (ireland) Bill ; Creland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 23d day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Waterworks Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Waterworks 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation ae 
| ( Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bilt. 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself 


into the said Committee. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the Second Rateable 
| Reading of the Rateable Property (Jre/and) Bill; tirdlane) Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


| The 











30 Vicroria. 


The Order of the day bein 
Reading of the Merchant 
Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


5th 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 
(1854) Amend- 
ment Bill. 


o read, for the Second 
Shipping Act (1854) 


Summary The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Sootiand) Bill — of the Summary Hicssiene ( Scotland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


Trusts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— mittee on the Trusts (Scotland) Bill; 

: Resolved, That this House will, upon Monda 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 

Vaccination The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 

Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Clauses Bill. mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) pin, Mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ; 

' Resolved, That this House will, upon Monda 
the 23d day of this instant July, resolve itse 
into the said Committee. 

Landed The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Estates Court, ; 0 - 
fe. (Ire land) a the Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Ire 
Bill. and) bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &amp;c. 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment, &amp;c. Bill. 


Representa- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a ag A mittee on the Representation of the People Bill 
and Redistri. 224 the Redistribution of Seats Bill ; 

bution of Seats. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
Bill. the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself 

into the said Committee. 

Pier and Har- The Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Bill 
bour Orders was, according to Order, read the third time. 


Confirmation 


Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Local The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

mm one a consideration the Local Government Supplemental 

(No 3) Bill, (No. 3) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 

tion upon Monday the 16th day of this instant 
July. 

Public Works, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Harbours, &amp;c. 


mittee on Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. [ Ad- 
vances | ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, conten itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Temporalities Acts (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 
VoL. 121. 


[Advances.] 


Church 
Temporalities 
Acts (Ireland) 
Bill 


July. 








437 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- New Forest 
mittee on the New Forest Poor Relief Bill ; ny Relief 
Resolved, That this House will, —_ Monday ”* 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa- 


Reading of the Representation of the People — 
(Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa- 
Reading of the Representation of the People (Jre- _ of the 
2 ple 
land) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Common Law 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (Jre/and) Bill; Courts (Ire- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ) 
upon Monday the 23d day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Petit Juries 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill ; (freland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County As- 
mittee on the County Assessments Bill ; ccsmmente BE. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Tenure and 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, diette 
upon the 17th day of May last, was proposed to land) Bill. 
be made to the Question, That the Tenure and 
Improvement of Land (Ireland) Bill be now read 
a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Straits Settle- 
Reading of the Straits Settlements Bill ; ments Bul. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Hundred 
Reading of the Hundred Bridges Bill ; Bridges Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being zead, for the Second British Colum- 
Reading of the British Columbia Bill; bia Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- } aroma 
mittee on the Land Drainage Supplemental (No. 2) (Ne) Bill. 
Bill; , 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Reformatory 
Schools Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Industrial 
mittee on the Industrial Schools Bill ; ee 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Oyster _ 
mittee on the Oyster Fisheries Bill ; Fisheries Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 
3K 3 The 





Oyster Bed 


Licences (Ire- mittee on the Oyster Bed Licences 


land) Billi. 


Salmon Fishe- 
ries (Scotland) 


Bill { Lords.) 


Church Rates 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Rochdale 
Vicarage Bill, 


Sale and Pur- 


chase of Shares 


Bill. 


Turnpike 
Roads Bill. 


Paupers ( Scot- 


land) Bill. 


Entail (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Inns of Court 
Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Common Law 
Procedure 
Amendment 
Acts (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 


Dwellings Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Deeds 
Enrolment 
Bill [| Lords.] 


Burials in 
Burglis ( Scot- 
land) Bill. 


438 5th 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
j (Ireland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
‘the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Salmon Fisheries ( Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bilt be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Readiag of the Church Rates, Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Rochdale Vicarage Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill ; 

Urdered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the Turn- 
pike Roads Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Paupers ( Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Entail ( Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Inns of Court Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 13th day of June last, That the Poor 
Relief (Jreland) Law Amendment Bill be now 
read a second time ;# 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- 
ment Acts (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Charitable Trusts Deeds Enrol- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendment made by 
the Lords to the Burials in Burghs (Scotland) 
Bill ; and the same was twice read, and agreed to. 








July 1866. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and — them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Finsbury 


f ing read, f ‘ 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com Rotate Bill. 


mittee on the Finsbury Estate Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Established 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed a (Ire- 
upon the 10th day of April last, That the position » 
of the Established Church in Jreland is a just 
cause of Dissatisfaction to the People of that 
Country, dnd urgently demands the consideration 
of Parliament ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


Capital Pu- 
nishments 
within Prisons 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Capital Punishments within Pri- 
sons Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Police 

into a Committee on the General Police and Im- a” 
. cot 

provement (Scotland) Act (1862) Amendment land) Act 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. (1862) Amend- 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- ™nt Bill. 
vorted, That the Committee had gone through the Bill 206. 
dill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Cattle Dis- 
Reading of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act a 
(1866) Amendment Bill; (1866) Amend- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ment Bill. 


upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 

mittee on the Public Health Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself 

into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Lunacy’ Acts 
take into consideration the Amendments made by a, , 
the Lords to the Lunacy Acts (Scotland) Amend- Bill, 
ment 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- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Tithe Rent- 
Reading of the Tithe ere. arge ( Ireiand) Bill; oar gt a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time "4 ®™ 

upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


Therder of the day being read, for the Third Tests Aboli- 
Reading of the Tests Abolition (Ozford) Bill; _ tion (Oxford) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read ‘the third time ™" 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant J 7. 
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Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Church Rates 
Commutation 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Sale of Land 
by Auction 
Bill [Lords.] 


Prisons {Ire- 
land). 


Revising Bar- 
risters’ Quali- 


fications. 


Prisons ([re- 
Jand) Bill. 


Rill 207. 


Revising Bar- 
risters’ Quali- 


fications Bill. 


Bill 208. 


Army 
Sanitary 
Committee. 


Queen’s Uni- 
versity (lre- 
land). 


Official Liqui- 


dators. 


Bakehouses 
Regulation 
Act. 


Navy (Turret 
Ships.) 
Customs. 
Mines. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


30 Vi@rorta. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant July, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
— of the Church Rates Commutation (No. 2) 

ill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sale of Land by Auction Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to consolidate and amend the Law relating to 
Prisons in Ireland: And that Mr. Chichester For- 
tescue and Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law relating to the Qualifications of 
Revising Barristers: And that Mr. Attorney 
General, Mr. Solicitor General, and Sir George 
Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Chichester Fortescue presented a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Law relating to Prisons 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day the 23d day of this instant July; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relating to the Qualifications of Revising 
Barristers: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; 
and to be printed. 


The Marquis of Hartington presented, by Her 
Majesty’s Command,— Copy of Report of the 
Army Sanitary Committee on the late Epidemic of 
Scarlet Fever among Children in Aldershot Camp. 

Orvered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Chichester Fortescue presented, by Her 
Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Patent granting 
Supplemental Charter to the Queen’s University 
in Ireland. 

Ordered, That ‘the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. . 


Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented,— Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day 
of June last, fora Return relative to Official Li- 
quidators. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 28th day of June last, for a Return relative to 
the Bakehouses Regulation Act. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of May last, for Returns relative 
to the Navy (Turret Ships). 

Ordered, ‘that the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Childers presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Tenth Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Customs on the Customs. 

Mr. Childers also presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 11th day of May last, for Returns 
relative to Mines. 

Mr. Childers also presented, pursuant to the 


5th—tth July. 


439 


Treasury Minute, dated 29th June 1866, ting a 

compassionate Allowance to Richard Channings, 

late a Labourer in the Devonport Yard, Admiralty. 

- _— That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Penal Penai Servi- 
Servitude Act, which was presented upon the 2d tude Act. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 188, 


Urdered, That the Return relative to the Ord- Ordnance 
nance Survey (Jreland), which was presented upon Survey (Ire- 
the 2d day of this instant July; be printed. land.) 


No. 393. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Friday, 6th July, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 


iI AJOR Cornwall Legh reported from the Ryde Station 
1V¥E Committee on Group 20 of Railway Bills; an Railway 
That in the case of the Ryde Station and Railway ns 
Bill, the Promoters have complied with the Order 
of the House of the 13th March by striking out 
of the Bill all compulsory powers over the fol- 
lowing properties, viz.,a Coal Yard and Store in 
the occupation of Joseph Kemp, included in the 
properties numbered 85 and 86, in the Parish of 
Newchurch, and a property in the occupation of 
the Ryde Commissioners, numbered 48, in the said 
Parish; that the Promoters have complied with 
the Order of the Honse of the 1lzth June by 
striking the names of Thomas Norton and Alfred 
Pearson out of Clause 4, and also the names of 
Thomas Norton and Alfred Pearson out of Clause 
19 of the Bill; that they had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East Glouces- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East tershire 
Gloucestershire Railway Bill; and the same were Reilwey Fil. 
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 Hemel Hemp- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Hemel se4 _ , 
Hempsted and London and North Western Rail- xorth Western 
way Bill; and the same were twice read, and Railway Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Biil 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 London and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Zon- South Western 
don and South Western Railway (Additional (Additional 
Powers) Bill; and the same were twice read, and Powers) Bill. 

greed 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 London and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lon- = Western 
don and South Western Railway (/oole and Peake ond 
Bournemouth Junctions) Bill; and the same were Bournemouth 
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 





directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a 
VoL. 121. 


Lordships. 
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440 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Neath 
New Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Neath New 
Gas Bill. 


North British The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway (Coat- 


bridge, &amp;. te Amendments made by the Lords to the North 

Branches) Bill. British Railway (Coatbridge, &amp;c. Branches) 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. 


Shrewsbury 
and North 
Wales Railway 
(Deviations, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Shrews- 
bury and North Wales Railway (Deviations, &amp;c.) 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Stourbridge 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stour- 
bridge Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- | 


ships. 


A Motion being made, That the Brean Down | 
Docks Bill be now read the third time ; 
Mr. Adderley, by Her Majesty’s Command, 


6th July. 


| 


@ 1866. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Aldershot Gas 
made by this House to the Aldershot Gas and Bij (ster 
Water Bill, without any Amendment. shee 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Alliance and 
made by this House to the Alliance and Dublin Dublin Con- 
Consumers’ Gas Company Bill, without any Amend- Company Bill 
ment. [Lords] 

The Lords have agreed to the Bridge of Allan Bridge of Allan 
Water Bill, with nian iments to which the Wer Bill. 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Rail- Caledonian 
Bill, Railway 
(Greenock and 
€ Gourock 
Extensions) 
Bill. 


way (Greenock and (rourock Extensions) 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire th 
concurrence of this House. 


The Lords have agreed to the Walker and Walker ana 
Wallsend Union Gas Bill, with Amendments; to 4 allsend 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this pi = 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Eastern Great Eastern 
Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, with Amend- ada al 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence rs) I 


Powers) Bill. 
of this House. 


__ The Lords have agreed to the Solway Junction Solway 

to Junction 

| Railway 

| (Capital) Bill. 





Railway (Capital) Bill, with Amendments ; 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
ouse. 
The Lords have agreed to the Great Yarmouth Great Yar- 
Haven, Port, and Rivers Bill, with Amendments; to ws ae 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Rivers Bill. 
Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Thicty- 
second Report, 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Workhouses 


acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having | Returns, as far as can be ascertained, of the Num- ¢tropolis.) 


been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives ber of Inmates for which each Metropolitan 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is Workhouse was originally constructed, distin- 


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. 


New River 
Company Bill 
(Lords.] 


The New River Company 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 


guishing, where possible, the Sick from the Able- 


_ bodied and Infirm, the additions since made to 
‘such Houses: 


And, of the Number of Inmates 
in each Workhouse on the Ist day of January 
1837, 1848, 1856, and 1866. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dagenham 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Lp = 
|in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ~ —— 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable to the Dagenham Dock Railways 
| Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof. 
| Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 


| Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Buckingham 


agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which | to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Coumty Writ. 


this House doth desire the concurrence of their | 
Lordships. 


‘in this present 


ey 


P 


for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve 


arliament for the County of Buck- 


\ingham, in the room of the Right Honourable 


Imperial Gas 
Company 
(No. 3, Bill. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Imperial Gas | 
Company (No. 3) Bill, Standing Orders 86, 197, 
204, 205, and 233, be suspended; and that the | 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be now taken | 
into consideration, provided amended prints shall | 
have been previously deposited :—The House accord- | 
ingly proceeded to take the Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders 213 and 237 
be suspended in the case of the said Bill; and 
that the Bill be now read the third time:—The 
Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


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 Salisbury and 
Yeovil Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 


Salisbury and 
Yeovil 
Railway Bill. 


Benjamin Disraeli, who, since his Election for the 
said County, hath accepted the Office of Chan- 
cellor and Under Treasurer of Her Majesty’s 
Exchequer. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cambridge 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ — 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the University of Cambridge, in 


the room of the Right Honourable Spencer Horatio 


Walpole, who, since his Election for the said Uni- 
versity, hath accepted the Office of one of Her 


Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant King’s Lynn 
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 King’s Lynn, in 
the room of the Right Honourable Edward Stan- 
ley, commonly called Lord Stanley, who, since 


his 








Huntingdon 


Borough Writ. 


Stamford Writ. 


Droitwich 
Writ. 


Devon County 
(Northern 
Division) 
Writ. 


Oxford 
University 
Writ, 


Northampton 
County 
Northern 


30 Vicrortia. 


his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of one of Her Majesty’s Principal Se- 
cretaries 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 Huntingdon, in the | 


room of Lieutenant General the Right Honourable 
Jonathan Peel, 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 anew Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Stamford, in .the 


room of the Right Honourable Robert Arthur Tal-| 


bot Gascoigne Cecil, commonly called Viscount 
Cranborne, who, since his Election for the said 


Borough, hath accepted the. Office of one of acs) 


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 Droitwich, in the 
room of the Right Honourable Sir John Somerset 
Pakington, Baronet, who, since his Election for 
the said Borough, hath accepted the Office of 
First Commissioner for executing the Office of 
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland. 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make outa new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Northern Di- 
vision of the County of Devon, in the room of the 
Right Honourable Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 
Baronet, who, since his Election for the said Di- 
vision of the said County, hath accepted the Office 


6th July. 


441 


| Claud Hamilton, commonly called Lord Claud 
| Hamilton, who, since his Election for the said 
| County, hath accepted the Office of Vice Chamber- 
| lain of Her Majesty’s Household. 




































Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Tyrone Writ. 

tothe 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 Tyrone, in the room of the Right 
Honourable Henry Thomas Lowry Corry, who, 
since his Election for the said County, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Vice President of the Com- 
mittee of Council for Education. 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Leicester 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ ye 
| for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve Division) Writ. 
|in this present Parliament for the Northern Divi- 
sion of the County of Leicester, in ‘the room of 
the Right Honourable John James Robert Manners, 
commonly called Lord John Manners, who, since 
_ his Election for the said Division of the said County, 
hath accepted the Office of First Commissioner of 
Her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings. 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Rutland Writ. 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the County of Rut- 
land, in the room of the Honourable Gerard James 
Noel, who, since his Election for the said County, 
hath accepted the Office of one of the Commissioners 
for executing the Office of Treasurer’ of the Exche- 
quer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of 
Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Stamford Writ. 
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 Stamford, in the 
room of Rear Admiral Sir John Charles Dalrymple 
Hay, Baronet, who, since his Election for the said 





of 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 Writ | 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present | 
Parliament for the University of Oxford, in the | 
room of Gathorne Hardy, Esquire, who, since his 
Election for the said University, hath accepted the 
Office of Commissioner for Relief of the Fou in| 
England. | 


| 
| 
| 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant. 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ, 
















Borough, hath accepted the Office of one of the 

ommissioners for executing the Office of Lord 
High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Belfast Writ. 
tothe Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
anew Writ for the electing ofa Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Belfast, — i 
in the room of Sir Hugh M‘Calmont Cairns, ! 
Knight, who, since his Election for the said Bo- | 
rough, hath accepted the Office of Her Majesty’s 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Guildford 


| 
| Attorney General. | 
| 






ivision) Writ. for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve | © the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 
in this present Parliament for the Northern Division | for the electing ofa Burgess to serve in this present 


of the County of Northampton, in the room of | Parliament for the Borough of Guildford, in the i 


Cambridge 
County Writ. 


Tyrone Writ. 


William Alleyne Cecil, commonly called Lord 
Burghley, who, since his Election for the said Di- | 
vision of 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 Knight of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the County of Cam- 
bridge, in the room of Charles Philip Yorke, com- 
monly called Viscount Royston, who, since his 
Election for the said County, hath accepted the 
Office of Comptroller of Her Majesty’s House- 
hold. 


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 Tyrone, in the room of the Right Honourable 
VoL. 121. 





room of William Bovill, Esquire, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Her Majesty’s Solicitor General. 



















Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Durham City 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ. 
Writ for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this 
present Parliament for the City of Durham, in the 
room of the Right Honourable John Robert Mow- i 
bray, who, since his Election for the said City, hath | 
accepted the Office of Her Majesty’s Judge Advo- . 
cate General. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Bridgwater 

rant 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 Bridg- 
water, in the room of George Patton, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, 

hath accepted the Office of Lord Advocate of 
Scotland. 


3L Ordered, 


Antrim Writ. 


Cockermouth 
Writ. 


East India 
(Progress. ) 


No, 374. 


Official 
Liquidators. 


No. 386. 


Bakehouses 
Regulation Act. 


No. 394. 


Navy (Turret 
Ships. ) 


No. 395. 


Mines. 
No. 396. 


Supply. 


Thames 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Pier and 
Harbour 
Orders 
Confirmation 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Revising 
Barristers’ 
Qualifications 
Bill. 


Saint James, 
Clerkenwell 


Inland 
Revenue Acts 


442 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of| 
the Shire to serve in this present Parliament for | 
the County of Antrim, in the room of Rear Ad- 
miral George Henry Seymour, C.B., who, since his 
Election for the said County, hath accepted the 
Office of one of the Commissioners for executing 
the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United | 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

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 | 
present Parliament for the Borough of Cocker- | 
mouth, in the room of the Right Honourable | 
Richard Southwell Bourke, commonly called Lord 
Naas, who, since his Election for the said Borough, 
hath accepted the Office of Chief Secretary to the | 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India 
(Progress), which was presented upon the 5th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Official 
Liquidators, which was presented upon the 5th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bake- 
houses Regulation Act, which was presented upon | 
the 5th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy | 
(Turret Ships), which was presented upon the | 
5th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mines, 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this in- | 
stant July, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; | 

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, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Thames Navigation 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 Pier and Harbour | 
Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will. upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Revising Barristers’ Qualifications Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and | 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, | 
fur Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Poor Law 
Board and the Board of Guardians of St. James’, 
Clerkenwell, relating to a Complaint of alleged 
Cruelties made by an Inmate named M‘Gee. 

The House was moved, That the several Acts | 
relating to the Inland Revenue, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the said 





6th—Yth July. 


M 


‘one of the 


1866. 


Acts:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to amend the Laws relating to the Inland 
Revenue. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Hunt 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Hunt accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That the Chairman be directed to move the 

ouse, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to the Inland Revenue: 


| And he moved the House accordingly. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 


| Bill: And that Mr. Hunt, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. 


Childers do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Prosecution 
Lords to the Prosecution om aoa Bill be taken Expenses Bill. 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


Mr. Childers presented a Bill to amend the Inland Revenue 
Laws relating to the Inland Revenue: And the Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill 209, 
read a second time upon Monday the 16th day of 
this instant July ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 











Monday, 9th July, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report Rawson's 
from one of the Examiners of Petitions for (nerds) 
Private Bills, That in the case of Rawson’s Estate , 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—Report from peigravia 
Examiners of Petitions for Private and South 
Bills, That in the case of the Belgravia and South’ Kensington 

hei = ° te ° ° New Road 
Kensington New Road Bill, originating in the Lords, pin [Zords.] 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Stand- 


ing Orders not previously inquired into, and which 


‘are applicable thereto, have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Waterford, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Nev Ross, ™ 

" . Wexford Junc- 
Bills, That in the case of the Waterford, New tion Railway 
Ross, and Wexford Junction Railway Bill, origi- Bill [Zords.] 


nating in the Lords, and referred on the First 


Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not pre- 


viously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Dublin Trank 
Connecting 
Railway Bill 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


| Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- [ Zords.] 
ing Orders not previously inquired into, and which 


are applicable to the Dublin Trunk Connecting 
Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, and re- 
ferred on the First Reading thereof. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration ——* “al 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bide- Sear Ho’ 
ford, Appledore, and Westward Ho’ Railway Bill; Railway Bill. 
and the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, 











1e 








30 VicTroRIA. 


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. 


Bradford Cor- = The House proceeded to take into consideration 
poration Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Brad- 
ford Corporation Bill; and the same were twice 

read, ne peers 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. 
en Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
se abaae Lords to the Maryport Improvement and Harbour 
Bill. Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 
Midland Rail- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Midland 
Railway (Settle to Carlisle) 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 


way (Settle to 
Carlisle) Bill. 


Oth July. 





44.3 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolis 
the Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation | am sor fl 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. mation Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. [Zords.] 
Hamiiton’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Hamilton's 


; Estate Bill 
and committed. Lords.) 


The Limerick and Castle Connell Railway Bill Limerick and 
was read a second time; and committed. Saleey Dan 
[Lords.| 

Lloyds Estates (Partition) Bill was read a se- Lioyd’s Estates 

1 - 4 ; (Partition) 
cond time; and committed. Bill [Lords.] 

Shiels’ Almshouses Charity Bill was read a so — 
second time; and committed. Bill (Lords). 

Taylors Estate Bill was read a second time ; Taylor’s Estate 
and committed. Bill [Lords.} 


Troyte’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Troyte’s Estate 
and committed. Bill ( Lords.) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Finchley Road 
Reading of the Finchley Road Estate Bill ; Estate Bill 





agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Buchanan's Buchanan’s Estate Bill was read the third 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 Furness and Whitehaven and Furness J unc- 
tion Railway Companies Bill was read the third 
time. 


Furness and 
Whitehaven 
and Furness 
Junction Rail- 


way Companies 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. 
Guardian — The Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Com- 
Fire and Life pany Bill was read the third time. 
Company Bill 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. 


Medway Docks 
No. 1) Bill 
Lords.) 


A Motion being made, That the Medway Docks 
(No. 1) Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir William Hutt, 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 
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. 


Shrewsbury 
Bridges Bill 
(Lords. } 


The Shrewsbury Bridges 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. 


Anglesey Cen- 
tral Railway 


The House a to take into consideration 
Bill [ Lords.} 


the Anglesey Central Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


- . -m 
And a Motion being made, and the Question [ Lords.) 


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. Goldney, 1 

Yeas, \ Mr. Adair: s 

Tellers for thes Mr. Harvey Lewis, \ 

Noes, \ Viscount Enfield: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon this day three months” be added at the 
end of the Question:—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote be added Committee of 
to the Committee of Selection. Selection. 


Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote be added Standing 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Orders. 


Mr. Edward Egerton presented, by Her Ma- Manufactures, 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Reports by Her Ma~ Commeree, &amp;c. 
jesty’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation, on {,r082, 
the Manufactures, Commerce, &amp;c. of the Countries 
in which they reside. No. 15. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County Rates. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be peace 2 pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Amount levied for the pur- 
poses of the County Rate in each County of Eng- 
land and Wales in each of the last Seven years, 
showing the Amount per cent. levied on Property 
assessed to the County Rate in each County, and 
of the Number of Head of Cattle in each County : 
—— And, of any Income derived by any County 
in England and Wales from any other source than 
the County Rate, and the Annual Amount of such 
Income for the last Seven 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. 





VoL. 121. 


3L2 Ordered, 





444 Oth 


Essex Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
a it, ant to the Clerk of the seen to make out a new 
vision) Writ. Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to 
serve in this present Parliament for the North- 
ern Division of the County of Esser, in the room of 
Charles Du Cane, Esquire, who, since his Election 
for the said Division of the said County, 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. 


New Shoreham 
Writ. 


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 
present Parliament for the Borough of Shoreham, 
in the room of Stephen Cave, Esquire, who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Vice-President of the Committee of 
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Annual Accounts of 
the Chamberlain of the City of London. 


Mr. Hunt presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 26th day of June last, for a Return re- 
lative to the Post Office. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Post Office. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
second Report. 
Adjournment. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, 
notwithstanding the Adjournment of the House. 


Committees. 


« The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Writs Registra- 
tion (Scotland) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Writs Registration ( Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Court of Ses» | The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

sion (Scotland) Reading of the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill; 

_ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Thames The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Navigation Bill. into a Committee on the Thames Navigation Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Cuauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
CLAUusE, N° 3 (Five Conservators added). 
Motion made, and Question put, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Ayrton, 
Yeas, (Mr. Lusk: 
Tellers for the fMr. Neate, 
Noes, (Mr. John Abel Smith: 
Clause agreed to. 
Ciavuses, N° 4 and N° 5, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


10. 


1 
f 


| 


. 
88, 


Juiy. 18466. 


| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Pierand Harbour Orders Confirmation (No.2) Pier and Har- 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. a Orders 
onfirmation 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Revising 
into a Committee on the Revising Barristers’ — 
Qualifications Bill; and, after some time spent _ — 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Dodson 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. 


Prosecution 


The Order of the day being read, for taking ’ 
Expenses Bill. 


into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Prosecution Expenses Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, London and 
an Estimate, as nearly as can be given, of the Carlisle Mail 
Amount paid to the London and North Western 
Railway Company for the acceleration of the 
Scotch Limited Mail between London and Carlisle. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Hares and 
to amend the Laws as to killing Hares and Rabbits “ry (Scot- 
in Scotland: And that Sir William Stirling-Muxwell 


and Lord Henry Scott do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
a Copy of the Evidence taken in the recent Inauiry 
&gt; “keg &gt; , ( Paddington.) 
Poor Law Inquiry at Paddington, and the Report 
of Mr. Farnall thereupon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lambeth 

a Copy of a Correspondence, commencing April Workhouse. 
1865, between Thomas Rawley, Labour Master of 

the Lambeth Workhouse, and the Poor Law 

Board, and between the Poor Law Board and the 

Board of Guardians of the Lambeth Workhouse, 

relating to certain Charges against the Manage- 

ment of the Workhouse. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a agp from 
Message had been brought from the Lords by one '"¢ 1°F4*- 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Ayr Harbour 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Brynmawr and pethes and 

aa ,* . aenavon 
Blaenavon Railway Bill, without any Amendment. iRailway Bill 
Mid-Wales 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Potteries 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 
Swansea Vale 
and Neath and 
Brecon Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Waveney Valley Waveney Valley 
Drainage Bill, with Amendments; to which the Drinsse Bi. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Llantrissant and Liantrissant 
Taff Vale Junction “Railway Bill, with Amend- oe ak 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence way Bill. 
of this House. 


Ayr Harbour 
Bil. 


The Lords have agreed to the Mid-Wales Rail- 
way Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury and 

Potteries Junction Railway Bill, without any 


| Amendment. 
| The Lords have agreed to the Swansea Vale and 


| Neath and Brecon Junction Railway Bill, with- 
| out any Amendment. 





The 








30 VictTorta. 


The Lords have agreed to the North Metro- | 
politan Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wycombe Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

Ogmore Valley The Lords have agreed to the Ogmore Valley 
Railway (No.1) Railway (No.1) Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Bill. the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the London and 
orth Western Railway (New Works, &amp;c.) Bill, 
with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire the 


North 
Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Wycombe 
Railway Bill. 


London and 
North Western NV 
Railway (New 





Works, &amp;c.) oe 

Bill. concurrence of this Houge. 

Mold and The Lords have agreed to the Mold and Den- 
ae bigh Junction Railway (Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, with 
(Branches, &amp;e.) Amendments: to which the Lords desire the con- 
Bill. currence of this House. 

Bristol and The Lords have agreed to the Bristol and North 
North Somerset Somerset Railway (Additional Capital) Bill, with 
Railway nein « trhicl ; desir i 
(Additional Amendments; to which the Lords desire the 
Capital) Bill. concurrence of this House. | 


Lady Slaney’s 
(Trust) Estate 
Bill | Lords.] 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the Wardens and Commonalty of the 
Mystery of Grocers of the City of London, as 
Trustees under the Will of Dame Margaret Slaney, 
deceased, to consent to the union of the Benefices 
of Allhallows Staining and Saint Catherine Cole- 
man, in the City of Lundon, and for enabling the 
Trustees to carry into more complete effect the 
Trusts of the Will; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better Regulation of Market Bosworth 
School; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 


Market Bos- 
worth School 
Bill [ Lords. } 


Hares and Sir William Stirling-Mazxwell presented a Bill to 

——— amend the Laws as to killing Hares and Rabbits in 

por Scotland: And the same was read the first time; 
ill 210. 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Tues- 
day the 17th day of this: instant July ; and to be 
printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Attorneys and So- 


Attorneys and 
Solicitors (Ire- 








Lords] licitors (Ireland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday | 
the 24th day of this instant July, resolve itself | 
into the said Committee. 
Sea Coast The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- | 


Fisheries (Ire- 


land) Bill nesday the 18th day of this instant July, the Sea | 


Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill, was read, and dis- | 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 25th day of this instant 
July. 


| 
| 


Controverted 
Elections. 


No. 397. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, pursuant to 
*the Provisions of the Election Petitions Act, 1848, 
—That two Vacancies have occurred in the 
General Committee of Elections, by reason of the 
Right Honourable Henry Thomas Lowry Corry, 
Member for the County of Tyrone, and the Right 
Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole, Member for 
the University of Cambridge, having ceased to be 
Members of the House of Commons; and that his 
Warrant for the appointment of two other Mem- 
bers to serve on the General Committee of Elec- 
tions, in the room of the Right Honourable Henry 
Thomas Lowry Corry and the Right Honourable 
Spencer Horatio Walpole, is upon the Table :— 
And the said Warrant was read, as followeth: 
Pursuant to the Provisions of the Election Pe- 
titions Act, 1848, I do hereby appoint 
' Sir Frederick William Heygate, Baronet, 
Member for the County of Londonderry, 
and 
George Sclater-Booth, Esquire, Member for 
VoL. 121. 








Gth—16th July. 


445 


the Northern Division of the County of 
Southampton, 
to supply two vacancies in the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, and to be Members of the said 
Committee for the present Session. 


Given under my hand, this ninth day of July 
1866, 
J. E. DENISON, Speaker. 
Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Execution of 
the Execution of Deeds Bill, was read, and dis- Deeds Bill. 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 17th day of this instant, July. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Monday, 16th July, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
MESSAGE was delivered by Colonel Royal Assent. 
Clifford, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Com- 
mission 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 provide for the better maintenance Drainage 
of Works executed under the Acts for the Drain- Maintenance 
age of Lands in Ireland: a 
An Act to revive Section Sixty-nine of “ The Burials in 
Nuisances Removal (Scotland) Act, 1856,” relat- ed Ba 
ing to Burials in Burghs : 
An Act to amend the Acts relating to Lunacy Lunacy Acts 
in Scotland, and to make further Provision for the (Scotland) 


Care and Treatment of Lunatics: cc 


An Act to authorize the Hatfield Chase Warp- Hatfield Chase 


Ps 


ing and Improvement Company to make Railways bn. ena 
in connection with their Works : (Railway) Bill 
[ Lords. | 


An Act for enabling the London, Worcester, London, 


and South Wales Railway Company to make Pete nea 
Deviations and Alterations in their authorized wales Railway 
Railway : Bill. 


An Act to enable the Severn Junction Railway severn Junc- 
Company to construct Branch Railways to the tion Railway 
South Wales Railway and the Forest of Dean ®" 
Central Railway, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Great Northern Rail- Great 
way Company to abandon the Construction of a py: eg 
short Line of Railway and other Works at Bar- pe Aban- 
net : donment) Bill. 

An Act for authorizing the Leven and East of Leven and 
Fife Railway Company to make and maintain Est of on 
certain Branches in the Parishes of Markinch and **!*¥ ¥""- 
Wemyss, in the County of Fife, and for other’ 
purposes : 

An Act for enabling the London and North London and 
Western Railway Company to construct new North Western 


‘ Railway (New 
Railways, and for other purposes : Lines) Bill. 


An Act for the Improvement of Stourbridge, in stourbridge 
the County of Worcester, and for the Reguiation ! 
of Markets there, and for other purposes : 

An Act for conferring additional Powers on the Furness Rail- 
Furness Railway Company for the construction of way Bill 

3L3 


mprovement 
Bill. 


Works [Zords.] 


Thames Sub- 
way Bill 
j Lords. | 


Metropolitan 
District Rail- 
way Bill. 


Kingsbridge 
and Dart- 
mouth Roads 
Bill. 


North British 
Railway (Saint 
Margaret’s 
Diversion) 
Bill. 

North British 
and Leadburn, 
Linton, and 
Dolphinton 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 
North British 
Railway 
(Stirling, &amp;c. 
Branches) 
Bill. 


Longton, 
Adderley 
Green, and 
Bucknall 
Railway Bill. 
Tottenham 
and Hamp- 
stead Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Dublin and 
Antrim Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill [ Lords. ] 


East London 
Railway 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill 
[ Lords. } 


Midland 
Counties and 
Shannon 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill 

[ Lords. 
Sutherland 
Railway Bill 

[ Lords. | 


Beddgelert 
Railway Bill. 


Brighton and 
Hove General 
Gas Bill. 


Cannock 
Chase and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
Bill. 


Kconomic 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Hoylake Rail- 
way Bill. 

Hull and 
Horrsea and 
North Eastern 
Railways Bill. 


446 16th 


Works and otherwise in relation to their Under- 
taking, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making and maintaining a Subway 
from Deptford, under the River Thames, to the 
Isle of Dogs, aad for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Metropolitan District 
Railway Company to acquire additional Lands, 
and for other purposes relating to the Undertaking 
of the same Company : 

An Act to continue the Kingsbridge and Dart- 
mouth Turnpike Roads Trust. in the County of 
Devon, and for other purposes : 


An Act to authorize the North British Railway 
Company to make a Railway between the two 
several points in their Main Line in the Parish 
of South Leith, and for other purposes : 

An Act to amalgamate the Leadburn, Linton, 
and Dolphinton Railway Company with the North 
British Railway Company : 


An Act to authorize the North British Railway 
Company to make several Railways in the Coun- 
ties of Lanark, Dumbarton, and Stirling, in con- 
nection with the late Edinburgh and Glasgow and 
Monklands Railways, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from Longton 
through Adderley Greento Bucknall, with Branches, 
all in the County of Stafford, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act for authorizing the Tottenham and 
Hampstead Junction Railway Company to raise 
further Monies, and for making Provision with re- 
spect toa Lease, Sale, or Amalgamation of the 
Undertaking of the Company, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act to extend the period now limited for 
the construction and completion of the Dublin and 
Antrim Junction Railway, and to enable the 
Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway Company to 
create Preference Shares, and to enable the said 
Company to let their Undertaking to the Belfast 
and Northern Counties, or the Ulster Railway 
Companies, and for other purposes : 

An Act 'for conferring further Powers on the 
East London Railway Company for the construc- 
tion of Branch Railways and Works, and the acqui- 
sition of Lands, and for other purposes : 

An Act to revive and extend the time granted 
to the Midland Counties and Shannon Junction 
Railway Company for the purchase of Lands and 
execution of Works, and for other purposes relating 
to the said Company : 

An Act for making a Diversion of part of the 
Sutherland Railway, for relinquishing a portion of 
the said Railway, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Beddgelert Railway Com- 
pany to extend their Railway to Llyn Gwynant, to 
make a Deviation in their authorized Railway, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for extending the limits of the District 
within which the Brighton and Hove General Gas 
Company may supply Gas, and for empowering the 
Company to raise additional Capital, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to enable the Cannock Chase and Wol- 
verhampton Railway Company to extend their 
Railway to Hednesford and to the South Stafford- 
shire Railway, in the County of Stafford, and for 
otner purposes : 

An Act for re-incorporating the Economic 
Telegraph Company (Limited), and for extending 
to them the Powers of “The Telegraph Act, 
1863”: 

An Act for the extension of the Hoylake Rail- 
way to Parkgate, and for other purposes : 

An Act for amalgamating the Undertaking of 
the Hull and Hornsea Railway Company with 
that of the North Eastern Railway Company, and 
for other purposes : 


July. (866. 


An Act for supplying with Water the Town of Kiimarnock 
Kilmarnock, Suburbs thereof, and places adjacent : Water Bill. 

An Act for vesting the Undertaking of the London ana 
Cockermouth and Workington Railway Company North Western 
in the London and North Western Railway Com- on 


na mouth and 
pany, and for other purposes : Workington 


Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 

An Act for vesting the Undertaking of the London ana 
Whitehaven Junction Railway Company in the North Western 
London and North Western Sion Company, ee dee, 
and for conferring upon the last named Company tion Railway 
Running Powers over a portion of the Whitehaven Companies 
and Furness Junction ‘Railway, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for constituting the Great Northern Manchester, 
and Midland Railway Companies joint Owners of Sheffield, and 
the Railway authorized by the Manchester, Shef- on agai 
field, and Lincolnshire Railway (Extension to (Liverpool Ex- 
Liverpool) Act, 1865, and for other purposes : tension ) Bill. 

An Act for empowering the Manchester, Shef- Manchester, 
field, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, the pee and 
Great Northern Railway Company and the Mid- Railway 
land Railway Company to make new Lines of (New Lines) 
Railway in connection with the Railways autho- Bill. 
rized by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 
Railway (Extension to Liverpool) Act, 1865, and 
to abandon and divert a portion of the Line of 
Railway authorized by that Act, and to stop up and 
divert a part of the Duke of Bridgewater’s Canal: 

An Act for extending the limits of “ The Sheffield Sheffield 
Gas Act, 1855,” and for authorizing “ The Shef- _— ve 
field United Gas Light Company ” to extend their ~~ 
Works and increase their Capital, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Ten- Thorpe and 
dring Hundred Railway, at Thorpe-le-Soken, to — a 
Great Clacton, and a Pier there, all in the County Pier Bil. 
of Essex, and for other purposes: 

An Act for making a Railway in the North Whitby, 
Riding of the County of York, to be called “ The Reagn and 
Whitby, Redcar, and Middlesborough Union Rail- porough Union 
way,” and for other purposes: Railway Bill. 

An Act for making a Railway from near Beck- Winchcomb 


ford to Winchcomb, and for other purposes : and Midland 
Railway Bill. 


An Act to enable the Wivenhoeand Brightlingsea Wivenhoe and 
Railway Company to raise additional Capital, and wr anny 
for other purposes : re 

An Act for making a Railway from the Great rhetfora and 
Eastern Railway to Watton, in the County of Watton Rail- 
Norfolk, to be called “ The Thetford and Watton **Y Bill. 
Railway ”: 

An Act to determine the Powers of the United United 
General Gas Light Company for the lighting General Gas 

; ‘ “i P ompany 
Dublin and its Neighbourhood with Gas, and for (Dublin) Bil 
other purposes connected with the same Com- |Zords.; 
yany : 

' ‘An Act for leasing the Esk Valley Railway Esk Valley 
to the North British Railway Company, and for Railway Bill. 
other purposes : 

An Act to amalgamate the Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury 
North Wales and Shrewsbury and Potteries Junc- #24 North 
tion Railway Companies: pte 

and Potteries Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill. 

An Act for conferring additional Powers on the Glasgow and 
Glasgow and South Western Railway Company South Wester 
for the construction of Railways and Works, and re 
otherwise in relation to their Undertaking, and Powers) Bill. 
for other purposes : 

An Act for re-constituting the Aldershot Gas Aldershot Gas 
and Water Company, and for enabling the Com- = iar 
pany the better to supply the Parish of Aldershot,“ — 
in the County of Southampton, and for other pur- 

ses: 

w Act to enable the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail- Salisbury and 
way Company to make a Railway to connect the ners gad 
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway with the Somerset — 

and Dorset Railway, and to acquire additional 

Lands in the Parish of Templecombe, and for 

other purposes : 





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mn 





40 Vicrorta. 16th . 


An Act for incorporating “ The Alliance and | 
sumers’ Gas Dublin Consumers’ Gas Company,” formed by 
Company the amalgamation of “ The Alliance and Dublin 
Bill (Zords.} Consumers’ Gas Company” and “ The Com- 
mercial Gas Company of Ireland (Limited),” and 
for authorizing the acquisition by the Company 
of Gas Works and Property of “The United 
General Gas Company,” and for defining the 
Limits within which the Company may supply 
Gas, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Edgware, Highgate, 
and London Railway Company to extend their 
way Bill. Railway to the Town of Barnet, in Hertfordshire : 
Manchester An Act for making a Railway from Manchester 
and Stockport to Stockport: 


Railway Bill. 

Ayr Harbour An Act for the construction of a Wet Dock 

Bill. and Railways at the Harbour of Ayr, and for 
other purposes : 

Brynmawr An Act for making a Railway from the Mer- 


and Blaenavon thy, Tredegar, and Aberyavenny Railway, near 


Alliance and 
Dublin Coa- 


Edgware, 
Highgate, and 
London Rail- 


Rellwey BM. 1, Brynmawr Station thereof, to Blaenavon, and 
for other purposes : 
Mid-Wales An Act to enable the Mid-Wales Railway Com- 


Railway Bill. pany to raise further sums of Money, and for 
other purposes: 

Shrewsbury An Act to authorize the Shrewsbury and Pot- 

and — teries Junction Railway Company to deviate from 

sine Bill Rail- ond alter parts of their authorized Works, and to 
make new Branch and Junction Railways and 
Diversions of Roads in connection with their autho- 
rized Works, and to amend “ The Shrewsbury and 
Potteries Junction Railway Act, 1865,” and to 
authorize the admission of the said Company to 
participate in the ownership of the Wellington and 
Drayton Railway, and for other purposes: 


Swansea Vale An Act authorizing a Lease of the Swansea Vale 


on aoe and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway to the 
ane recon 4 - 

Tunetion Rail. Ve@th and Brecon Railway Company : 

way Bill. 


East Gloucese An Act to authorize the East Gloucestershire 
tershire Rail- Railway Company to make Works and Deviations, 


1 dies and for other purposes relating to the same Rail- 
way : 

Bowel map An Act to confer further Powers upon the 

sted an 


Hemel Hempsted and London and North Western 
London and ° 
North Western Railway Company, and for other purposes : 
Railway Bill. 


London and An Act for authorizing the London and South 
pouth Western Western Railway Company to make and maintain 
( Additional the Brentford Curve, and the Kew Bridge Curve, 


Powers) Bill. and other Works, and for authorizing Arrange- 
ments between them and other Companies, and 
for authorizing a Lease or Transfer to them of the 
Okehampton Railway, and for the increase of their 
Capital, and for other purposes : 

London and n Act for authorizing the London and South 

South Western Western Railway Company to construct Railways 

pony from their Southampton and Dorchester Railway, 

Bournemouth to the Poole and Bournemouth Railway, and for 

+ cael other purposes : 


Neath New An Act for granting certain Powers to the Neath 

Gas Bill. New Gas Company : 

North British An Act to authorize the North British Railway 

ae Company to make certain Railways in connection 
vatbridge, 


&amp;e. Branches) With their System, in the Counties of Lanark, 
Bill. Linlithgow and Stirling, and a Deviation in the 
Forth and Clyde Canal, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Shrewsbury and North 
Wales Railway Company to make a certain Rail- 


Shrewsbury 
and North 


W ! er - 
(Devletieal” way, and also certain Deviations and Alterations 
&amp;e.) Bill. in their authorized Line of Railway, and for other 
purposes : 
Stourbridge An Act to authorize the Stourbridge Railway 


Railway Bill. Company to construct a new Railway at Stour- 
bridge, to raise additional Capital, and for other 
purposes : 

Bradford Cor- An Act for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen 

poration Bill. and Burgesses of the Borough of Bradford, in the 


July. 447 


Markets and Fairs in the Borough, and to provide 
Places for holding the Markets and Fairs, and to 
take Tolls for the same, and for extending the 
periods for the completion of their Waterworks, 
and for authorizing them to acquire Lands, and 
to raise further Moneyg, and for regulating 
their Borrowing Powers ea Debt, and for other 
purposes : 
An Act for enabling the Midland Railway Midland Rail- 
Company to construct Railways from Settle to Casi) Bik. 
Hawes, Appleby and Carlisle, and for other pur- ~~ . 
poses : 
An Act for making a Railway from Bideford Bideford, 
to Appledore, with a Branch to Westward Ho’, in Appicdore, 2 
the County of Devon, and for other purposes: yy" Raney 
Bill. 
An Act to enable the Guardian Fire and Life Guardian 
Assurance Company to reduce the Amount of Fire and Life 
their paid-up Subscription Capital, and to alter Seoame on 
certain Provisions of their Deed of Settlement, [Zords.} 
and to amend the Guardian Assurance Company’s 
Act, 1850, and to give further Powers to the Com- 
pany, and the Directors thereof: 
An Act to enable the Shrewsbury Bridges Com- shrewsbury 
pany to alter the Levels of a portion of a Road, Bridges Bill 
and to make certain new Roads, and to make a /“°74] 
Bridge in lieu of a Bridge authorized by a former 
Act, and for other purposes : 
An Act for making Docks on the River Aze, Brean Down 
and a Road thereto, with a Bridge over that Docks Bill 
River, all in the County of Somerset, and for other 4°"! 
purposes : 
An Act to authorize the construction of Docks Medway 
on the West side of the River Medway, at Ro- Docks (No. 1) 
chester, with a Railway to connect the same with Pil! Zerds.| 
the London, Chatham and Dover Railway : 

An Act to enable the New River Company to New River 


raise a further Sum of Money : ae Bill 


An Act for making a Railway from the Great Wantage and 


Western Railway to Wantage, in Berkshire: oe 


way Bill. 

An Act to enable the Justices of the County of Ringley __ 
Lancaster to erect a new Bridge over the River Brivge Bill. 
Trwell, in the Townships of Kearsley and Pilking- 
ton, in the Hundred of Salford, in lieu of an old 
Bridge there, called Ringley Bridge, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to empower the Lancashire Union Rail- Lancashire 
ways Company to construct new Railways in the Union Rail- 
Townships of Parr, Haydock and Ashton-in-Ma-~*%* © 
kerfield,in the County of Lancaster, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to enable the London, Brighton and London, 
South Coast Railway Company to make new Brighton, and 
Railways in substitution for portions of their Ralway (hetet 
Saint Leonard’s Line, and other Works, and for Leonard’s and 


her purposes : Hastings 
ome _ Lines) Bill. 


An Act for facilitating the carrying into effect Mid-Kent and 
of the Act for the Amalgamation of the Under- South Eastern 
taking of the Mid-Kent Railway Company with anny ig 
the Undertaking of the South Eastern Railway 
Company : 

An Act for conferring further Powers upon the south Eastern 
South Eastern Railway Company for the construc- Railway Bill. 
tion of Works, and the Acquisition of Lands and 
otherwise in relation to their Undertaking, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for the Amalgamation of the Whitehaven Furness and 
and Furness Junction Railway Company with the Whitehaven 
Furness Railway Company, and for other pur- 9u4 Eames. 
posés : way Companies 
Bill [Lorde.] 

An Act to extend for a further period the Great 
Powers of the Great Northern and Western (of Northern and 
Ireland) Railway Company for the construction Vo\¢t) Ot 
of their Railways to Westport and Ballina re- way Bill. 
spectively, and to enable the said Company to 
raise further Sums of Money, and for other pur- 





County of York, to acquire and to regulate the 
VoL. 121. 


| poses : 


3L4 An 








West Brom- 
wich and 
Walsall Rail- 
way Bill. 
Buchanan’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.]} 


East India 


Irrigation and 


Canal Bill 
(Lords. } 


Brighton 
West Pier 
Bill [Lords.] 


Caithness 


Railways Bill 


[Lords. | 


Clare College, 


Cambridge 
(Blythe’s 
Benefaction) 
Bill [Lords.] 


Liverpool 
Sewage Utili- 
zation Bill 
[Lords.] 


Madras Irriga- 
tion and Canal 


Bill [ Lords.] 


Millwall Canal 
Company Bill. 


Putney and 
Fulham New 
Bridge Bill 
[Lords.] 


448 


An Act to authorize the construction of the 
West Bromwich and Walsall Railway: 


An Act to authorize the Sale of the Entailed 
Estate of Arden, in the County of Dumbarton, 
and to apply the Prices to be received for the 
same in ke Purchase of#@ther Lands in Scotland, 
to be entailed in lieu thereof. 


Mr. Dodson reported the East India Irrigation 
and Canal Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Brighton West Pier 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Caithness Railways 
Bill, without Amendment. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Clare College, Cam- 
bridge ( Blythe’s Benefaction) Bill, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Liverpool Sewage 
Utilization Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Madras Irrigation and Canal Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and made verbal Amendments 
therein; and had further amended the same by re- 
ferring toa supplemental arrangement between the 
Secretary of State in Council and the Promoters, 
relating to a separate Undertaking of the Com- 
pany, called the “ Toombuddra Project,” and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had made 
provision in the Bill pursuant to the Instruction 
of the House; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Millwall Canal Company Bill; 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. 

Mr. Dodson further reported from the Com- 
mittee; That, in pursuance of the Resolution of the 
House of the 26th day of June last, it was proved 
to the Committee that Shareholders representing 
three-fourths of the Capital of the Company 
assented to the provisions of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Billi be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Putney and Fulham New Bridge Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by re- 
citing that the Company have not paid a Sum of 
£. 40,000, or any part thereof, which said Sum of 
£. 40,000 was the price awarded to be paid by the 
Company to the proprietors of Fulham Bridge, 
as and for the purchase-money and ‘compensation 
for the entire interest of the proprietors in the 
said Bridge, and all the approaches, property, 
rights, and interests connected therewith, in- 
cluding certain copyhold lands, sheds, and stables 
adjacent to the said Bridge ; and that inasmuch as, 
since the making of the said award, the Tolls 
taken for the traffic passing over the Bridge have 
considerably increased, and may still further in- 


crease, it is fit and reasonable the said proprietors 
should have the benefit of such increase, so long as 
the said purchase remains uncompleted, in order 





16th July. 





1866. 


to make the same consistent with the provisions 
of the Bill as submitted to and 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. 





Mr. Dodson reported Taylor’s Estate Bill, with- Taylor's Estate 
out Amendment. Bill (Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported Troyte’s Estate Bill, with- Troyte’s Estate 
out Amendment. Bill [Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; Orders. 
which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Dagenham Dock Rail- Dagennam 
ways Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- Dock Kail 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 5 ppt: 
ceed with their Bill, provided that the powers en- 
abling the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway 
Company to enter into working and traffic arrange- 
ments be struck out of Clause 60 of the Bill, and 
that the name of the Honourable Francis Scott be 
struck out of Clause 20 of the same; that the Com- 
mittee on the Bill do report how far such Orders 
have been complied with on the Report of the 
Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 





General Peel presented a Bill to defray the Militia Pay 
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-commissioned Officers: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time To-morrow. 


General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Army 
mand,—Supplementary Estimate of the Sums re- No, 398. 
quired to provide for the Estimated Excess of 
the Army Expenditure for the Year ending 31st 
March 1867, beyond the ordinary Grants for the 
year 1866-67, for the conversion of Muzzle-load- 
ing Small Arms into Breech-loaders. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


Mr. William Cowper reported from the Select Commons 
Committee on the Commons (Metropolis) Bill; (Metropolis) 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made ®" 
Amendments thereunto; and had amended the 
Title, as followeth: 

A Bill to make Provision for the Improvement, Suburban 
Protection, and Management of Commons near the fy.” 
Metropolis, and Cities and large Towns in England. 331) 9), 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. sas 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bridge of 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bridge a wae 
of Allan Water Bill; and the same were twice ~ 

read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Presteign, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Pres- Clup and. 
teign, Clun, and Bishops Castle Railway Bill; paiiway Bil. 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. P 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 





agreed 











$0 Vierortia. 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Solway Junc- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
tion Railway the Amendments made by the Lords to the Solway 
(Capital) Bill. Junction Railway’ (Capital) 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 
: ag to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Walker and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Wallsend the Amendments made by the Lords to the Walker 
| — Gas and Wallsend Union Gas Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Maryport The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Improvement take into consideration the Amendments made by 
es the Lords to the Maryport Improvement ‘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 Lord- 


ships. 
Southern The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill the Southern Railway Bill, as amended in the 
ae Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Sutherland- Sutherland-Walker’s Estate Bill was read a 
Walker's second time; and committed. 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.] ° 


Lady Slaney’s Lady Slaney’s (Trust) Estate Bill was read the 
(Trust) Estate first time. 


Bill | Lords.] Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Market Bos- The Market Bosworth School Bill was read the 


worth School first time. 
Bill [ Lords.) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Standing Ordered, That Mr. Bonham-Carter be added to 
Orders. the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ardmore Har- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
bour Bill one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Uerds| in respect of non-compliance with the Standin 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable to the Ardmore Harbour Bill, ori- 
inating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
eading thereof. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


South Essex | Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Railway Bill one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 

ord] in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable to the South Essex Railway Bill, 
originating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof. 
_ Ordered, That the Report'be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Downpatrick, | Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Desdrem, and one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Railway Bill in respect of non-compliance with the yer 
[Lords. ] Orders not previously inquired into, and whic 
are applicable to the Downpatrick, Dundrum, and 
Newcastle Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, 
and referred on the First Reading thereof. 
. Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Vot. 121. 








16th July. 449 


Several Public Petitions were — and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
P second Report. 
Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 


sage had been bronght from the Lords by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 
The Lords have agreed to the Wantage and Wantage and 





Great Western Junction Railway Bill, without p veer bee o 
“, Amendment. way Bill. 
he Lords have agreed to the Ringley Bridge Ringley 


Bill, without any Amendment. Bridge Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Lancashire Lancashire 


Union Railways Bill, without any Amendment. Union Rail- 
ways Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the London, Brighton, London, 
and South Coast Railway (Saint Leonard’s and —s and 
Hastings Lines) Bill, without any Amendment. Rellway (Saint 
Leonard’s and 
peers, 
The Lords have agreed to the Mid-Kent and me — 
South Eastern Railway Companies Bill, without — Eastern 


any Amendment. — 


The Lords have agreed to the South Eastern South Eastern 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Northern Great 
and Western (of Ireland) Railway Bill, without Northern and 

Amendment. arasteam $00 
any Ireland) Rail- 
: way Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the West Bromwich West Brom- 

and Walsall Railway Bill, without any Amend- Wich and Wal- 
sall Railway 
ment. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Brean Down 
made by this House to the Brean Down Docks Bill, Docks Bill 
without any Amendment. awe} 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Medway 
made:by this House to the Medway Docks (No. 1) Bim (tants 1) 
Bill, without any Amendment. nn 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments New River 
made by this House to the New River Company Company Bill 
Bill, without any Amendment. eer 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Furness and 
made by this House to the Furness and White- Whitehaven 

° ° . and Furness 
haven and Furness Junction Railway Companies Junction 


Bill, without any Amendment. Railway Com- 
panies Bill 
. [Lerds.] 

The Lords have agreed to the Rhymney Rail- Rhymney 
way Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords Railway Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the North British North British 
Railway (New Works, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- ata Fo 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence pi’ “) 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Lynn and Sutton Lynn and 
Bridge, Spalding and Bourn, and Norwich and aan ~~ -¥ 
=, ; ° ‘ 4 - palding an 
Spalding Railway Companies Bill, with Amend- Bourn, and 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence Norwich and 


of this House. Tetras Com. 


panies Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bray Improve- Bray Improve- 
ment Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords ment Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 
The Lords have agreed to the Kingsbridge Rail- Kingsbridge 


| way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords ®*!¢y Bil. 


desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Lords have agreed to the Devon Valley and oe Sw 
North British Railway Companies ( Arrangements) gritish 


Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de- Railway Com- 


sire the concurrence of this House. panies 
(Arrange- 


ments) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bedford and Bedford and 
Northampton Railway Bill, with Amendments; to Northampton 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this ®*’¥*Y Bi: 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Yarmouth Great Yar- 
Fish Wharves and Tramways Bill, with Amend- —- ~ 
ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence Tramways 
of this House. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Peterborough, Peterborough, 


Wisbeach, and Sutton Railway Bill, with Amend- Wisbeach, 


and Sutton 
3M ments ; Railway Bill. 



































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Somerset and 
Dorset Rail- 
way Bill. 


Law of Capital 
Punishment 
Amendment 
Bill [Lords. ] 


Tramways 
(Ireland) Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Education. 


Theatrical 
Licensee and 
Regulations. 


Royal 
Academy. 


Newspapers. 


North 
American 
Mails. 


Chain Cables 
and Anchors. 


Civil Services. 


No. 399. 


Civil Contin- 
gencies Fund. 


450 


ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Somerset and 
Dorset 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 Law relating to Murder, and for | 
giving further Protection to New-born Children, | 
and for altering the manner in which Capital Sen- | 
tences are carried into execution in England and | 
Treland ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence | 
of this House. 

The Lords give leave to the Earl of Bandon to 
attend, in order to his being examined as a Wit- 
ness before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament 
on the Tramways ( /re/and) Acts Amendment Bill, 
his Lordship (in his place) consenting, as desired 
by this House. 

The Lords request that this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a 
Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
the Select Committee appointed by this House in 
the present Session of Parliament on Education. 

The Lords request that this House will be 

leased to communicate to their Lordships, a 
Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
the Select Committee appointed by this House in 
the present Session of Parliament on Theatrical 
Licenses and Regulations. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Royal 
Academy and the First Commissioner of Works 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 227, 
of the present Session). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Registered Newspapers of the 
United Kingdom, and of the Number, if any, of 
Stamps at One Penny issued to each for each 
Quarter respectively from the 30th day of June 
1864 to the 30th day of June 1866; also of Stamps 
at Three half-pence issued to any such Newspaper 


16th July. 





during such period (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 471, of Session 1865). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Correspondence between the Liver- 
pool Chamber of Commerce and the Postmaster 
General, and between the Postmaster General and 
the Contractors for carrying the North American 
Mails, in reference to a Change in the Day of 
Dispatch of the Mails:-—- And, of the Corre- 
spondence between other Chambers and Com- 
mercial Associations and the Postmaster General, 
and the Replies of the Postmaster General 
thereto. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of any further Correspondence and Reports 
relative to Chain Cables and Anchors (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Papers, Nos. 111 and 
304, of Session 1866). 


Mr. Hunt presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
fr erent weer Estimates for Civil Ser- 
vices for 1866-67 :—An Estimate of Sums _ re- 
quired to be Voted in the year ending 31st March 
1867, in addition to the Sums provided in the Es- 
timates for that year already presented to Par- 
liament. 

Accounts showing, 1. The Receipts and Pay- 
ments in connection with the Civil Contingencies 
Fund, in the year ended 31st March 1866 ; 2. ‘The 
Distribution of the Capital of the Fund at the 
commencement and at the close of the year; and, 
3. The Total Outstanding Balances on the old 
Account of the Vote for Civil Contingencies on 











1866. 


the 3lst March 1865, and the disposal of those 
Balances up to the 31st March 1866, &amp;c. 

Mr. Hunt also presented,—Return to an Or- pritish 
der, dated the 15th day of June last, for Returns Museum. 
relative to the British Museum. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred 
to the Committee of Supply, and be printed ; and 
that the other Papers do lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreshores 
Copies of the Correspondence which took place (Scotland.) 
in the course of last year between His Grace the 
Duke of Argyll and the Lords Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, having reference to 
certain Proceedings at Law against the Crown, in 
a Question of Foreshore: Of the Extracts 
from two Reports addressed by Mr. Commissioner 
Howard to their Lordships, alluded to in such 
Correspondence (with the Enclosures), together 
with a Copy of the Decree in Absence (therein 
referred to), at the Suit of His Grace, and of the 
Condescendence stating particulars of His Grace’s 
Title :-—-- And, of the Judgment lately delivered 
in the Court of Session in the case of Mr. Maclean 
of Ardgour v. the Crown. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Representa. 
mittee on the Representation of the People. Bill tion of the 
and the Redistribution of Seats Bill ; a a 

- “ { ai and Redistri- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday bution of Seats 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second ap 
. . os . . t t 
Reading of the Representation of the People poopie (Seot- 
(Scotland) Bill ; land) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa- 
Reading of the Representation of the People ti” of the 
5 ° People (Ire- 
(Ireland) Bill ; land) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Bridgnorth 
rant 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 Bridgnorth, 
in the room of Henry Whitmore, Esquire, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of one of the Commissioners for 
executing the Office of Treasurer of the Exche- 
quer of Great Britain, and Lord High ‘Treasurer 
of Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Peeblesshire 
rant 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 Peebles, 
in the room of Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 

Baronet, who, since his Election for the said Shire, 
hath accepted the Office of one of the Commis- 
sioners for executing the Office of Treasurer of the 
Exchequer of Great Britain, and Lord High 


Treasurer of Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Suffolk 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new (Eastern Divi- 
Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to %™ Wt 
serve in this present Parliament for the Eastern j 
Division of the County of Suffolk, in the room of 
Sir Fitz Roy Kelly, Knight, who, since his Election 
for the said Division of the said County, hath 
accepted the Office of Lord Chief Baron of Her 
Majesty’s Court of Exchequer. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant suffolk —__ 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ (Bastera Divi- 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve a 
in this present Parliament for the Eastern Division 


of 





Petersfield 
Writ. 


Hertford 
County Writ. 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 


No. 400. 


Coinage. 
No. 401. 


Redundant 
List (Public 


Departments.) dundant List of the Public Departments, at the’ The Order of the day bein 


No. 402. 


Thames 
Conservancy. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land.) 


Friendly 
Societies. 


Births, 
Deaths, and 
Marriages. 








30 Vicrorta. L6th July. 451 


of the County of Suffolk, in the room of the Right | Copy of the Thirty-second Report of the Com- National 
Honourable John Henniker Major, Baron Hen-| missioners of National Education in Ireland (for or 
niker, now Baron Hartismere, called up to the the year 1865). arma 
House of Peers. __ Copy of the Report of the President of Queen’s Queen’s Col- 
; College, Belfast, for the year ending 31st March l¢se (Belfast.) 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | 1866. 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ | Copy of Thirty-first Report of the Inspectors Prison-. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present | appointed, under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 
Parliament for the Borough of Petersfield, in the | Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
room of the Right Honourable Sir William George | Britain. (II. Northern District.) 
Hylton Jolliffe, Baronet, now Baron Hylton, called| Mr. Secretary Walpole also presented,—Return National 
up to the House of Peers. to an Order, dated the 31st day of May last, for a Education 
Return relative to National Education (Ireland). eee 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of June Record of 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ | last, for a Return relative to the Record of Title Title Office, 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in | Office, &amp;c. ( Ireland). Se. (Ireland. 
this present Parliament for the County ot Hertford,| Mr. Secretary Walpole also presented, pursuant Cattle Diseases 
in the room of the Right Honourable Sir Edward | to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— (Ireland) Act 
George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Baronet, now | Copy of Order in Council, made under the Pro- 
Baron Lytton, called up to the House of Peers. visions of the Act 29 Vic. c. 4, 25th June 1866, 
ordering that persons coming into Jreland from 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House,| Great Britain to purchase Cattle, and Harvest- 
an Account of the Gross Public Income and Ex-} men, Farm Labourers, &amp;c., shall submit to such 
penditure for the Year ended the 30th day of June | disinfecting process as may be ordered. 
1866 ; together with the Balance inthe Exchequer; Quinquennial Report of the Proceedings of the Friendly 
at the commencement and at the termination of| Registrar of Friendly Societies in Scotland, in his Societies 
the Year; and the Amount of Funded or Un-| Office of Registrar, and of the principal matters er 
funded Debt created or redeemed in the said| transacted by Friendly Societies, which have come 








year. under his cognizance during the past five years. 
Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Ac- Abstract of the Returns transmitted to the Local Taxa- 
count. | Secretary of State for the Home Department, tion Returns. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the | pursuant to the Local Taxation Returns Act, the 
Table; and be printed. (23 &amp; 24 Vie. c. 51, for the latest period of Twelve 


: : /months preceding the month of June 1865, for 

Ordered, That there belaid before this House, an | which the Accounts of the dierent Corporations, 
Account of all Gold, Silver, and ~—— Moneys | Commissions, Vestries, Bodies, &amp;c. were made up, 
of the Realm coined at the Mint, for each Year being for the fifth year during which the Act has 
from the Ist day of January 1856 to the 31st day | heen in operation. 
of December 1865; showing the Real Cost or! Q;dered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Value of the Metal, and the Amount represented | Table. 
by the Coin (in continuation of Parliamentary | 


Paper, No, 417, of Session 1865). ' ' Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Chamber of 
Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Ac- Chamber of London, which were presented upon London. 
count. the 9th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 403. 


Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 


Table; and be printed. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post Post Office. 


Office, which was presented upon the 9th day of No. 404. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, this instant July, be printed. 
a Return of the Number of Persons on the Re- 
&amp; read, for the Com- Caurch Rates 
commencement of the Year 1865; the Number mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill; eames 
that have Died or become incapable of Service Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
during the Year; the Number that have re-en- next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
tered the Public Service during the Year; the 
Number that have been added to the List during The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Rate 
the Year; and the Number that remained on the Reading of the Church Rates Commutation (No. 2) Commutation 
List at the close of the Year 1865. Bill; — (No. 2) Bill, 
Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Return. — Qydered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the upon Wednesday next. ; 
Table; and be printed. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions. The House, according to Order, resolved itself supply. 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the into the Committee of Supply. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—General Re- : 
port of the Proceedings of the Conservators of the 7 en 
River Thames, from the Ist day of January 1865 1. £.598,493, to complete the Sum for the Cus- 
to the 3lst day of December 1865; also, an Ac- toms Department. f 
count of Moneys received and expended by the _ 2. £. 995,645, to complete the Sum for the 
Conservators of the River Thames, for one quarter Inland Revenue Department. A 
ending 3lst December 1864, and for one year, 3: £. 1,836,016, to complete the Sum for Post 
ending 30th December 1865 Office Services. a 
Copy of an Act of Sederunt extending the next 4: £353,544, to complete the Sum for — 
Winter Session of the First and Second Divisions ® uations and Compensation Allowances, Pen- 
of the Court of Session. sions, and other Non-effective Charges, in the De- 
Report of the Registrar of Friendly Societies | partments of Customs, Inland Revenue and Post 
in England. Office. 
5. £.591,164, to complete the Sum for the Post 
Mr. Secretary Walpole presented, by Her Ma-| Office Packet Service; no part of which Sum is 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Twenty-seventh An- to be applicable or applied in or towards making 
nual Report of the Registrar General of Births, any payment in respect of any period subsequent 
Deaths and Marriages in England. to the 20th day of June 1863, to Mr. Joseph 
VoL. 121, 3M 2 George 








459 16th—17th July. 1866. 


George Churchward, or to any pape claiming | | The House, according to Order, resolved itself County 
through or under him by virtue of a certain Con- | into a Committee on the County Assessments Bill ; —— 
tract, bearing date the 26th day of April 1859, | and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 

made between the Lords Commissioners of Her | resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 
Majesty’s Admiralty (for and on behalf of Her | That the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
Majesty) of the first part, and the said Joseph| and directed him to report the same, without 


George Churchward of the second part, or in or | Amendment. 
towards the satisfaction of any claim whatsoever | 
of the said Joseph George Churchward, by virtue | 
of that Contract, so far as relates to any period | 
subsequent to the 20th day of June 1863. | 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit til] after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Tuesday, 17th July, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- | 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Dodson 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 Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Reformatory 
Schools Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Industrial Schools Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Local Government Sup- 
plemental (No. 2) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson 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. ' 


Loca! Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Local Govern- The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
ment Supple- take into consideration the Local Government 
mental (No. 3) « r : ° . 
Bill. Supplemental (No. 3) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Land Drain- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
age Supple- mittee on the Land Drainage Supplemental (No. 2) 
mental (No. 2) Bill : 
Bill. . ° . 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Public Health 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being tread, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Health Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
nex:, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thurs- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings Bill. 





Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Rochdale 


into a Committee on the Rochdale Vicarage Bill ; Vicarage Bill. 
| and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 


resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


| mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oyster _—» 
into a Committee on the Oyster Fisheries Bill; ¥isheries Bill. 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
‘resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 


That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 


-amended the Title, as followeth: 


A Bill to facilitate the Establishment, Improve- Oyster 
ment and Maintenance of Oyster or Mussel #24 Mussel 
‘ "ets" ~ ad Fisheries Bill. 
Fisheries in Great Britain. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oyster Bed 
into a Committee on the Oyster Bed Licenses a 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some spent therein, Mr. — 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
ia That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railways 
mittee on the Railways Clauses Bill; Clauses Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waterworks 
mittee on the Waterworks Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Act (1854) poe apo ~~ 
Amendment Bill;  — 
Amendmen 3 ; ment Bill. 

Ordered, 'Thatythe Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Marriages 


(Ireland) 


Reading of the Marriages (Jreland) (No. 2) Bill; (No. 8) Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be read ‘a second time 
upon Monday next., 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Colonial 
Reading of the Colonial Bishops Bill ; Bishops Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Terminable 
mittee on the Terminable Annuities Bill; Annuities 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- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation } 
M4 uperannua- 
(Scotland) Bill ; ; tion (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Rateable 
Reading of the Rateable Property (Jreland) Bill; Ms ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time" 

upon Monday next. 


The 

















30 Vicrorsa. 16th—17th July. 453 


ed The Order of the day being read, forthe Second| The Straits Settlements Bill was, according to Straits Settle- 
(Gsotend) Reading of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) | Order, read a second time; and committed to a ments Bill. 
iD. Bill; C ittee of the whole H for this d 
Bill Ut 5 ommittee of the whole House, ay. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. The Hundred Bridges Bill was, according to Hundred 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a Bridges Bill. 
Trusts (Scot-- The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
land) Bill, mittee on the Trusts ( Scotland) Bill ; a” ’ P 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | The British Columbia Bill was, according to British Colum- 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Order, read a second time; and committed to a Dia Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Landed The Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill ; 
oy tery was, according to Order, read a second time; and R be ae day. being read, for the Second —. 
Bill. « committed to a Committee of the whole House, for | *¢@@ng of the Salmon Fisheries ( Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time [Lords,] 


Thursd t. 
hursday nex | upon Thursday next. 


ee — Or rs — a &gt; Pager toe ag The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Rates 
ment, &amp;c. Bill- Bill ee ee ee &gt; ““* | Reading of the Church Rates Amendment Bill; crc 
’ 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday upon Wednesday next 


the 30th day of this instant July, resolve itself 


into the said Committee. The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sale and Pur- 


; : . Reading of the Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill ; c2a8¢of Shares 
Public Works, The House, according to Order, resolved itself} Qrdered, That the Bill be read a second time @ 


oat into a Committee on Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. upon Thursday next. 
[Advances]. “ 

| The Order of the day being read, for resuming Turnpike 
| the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Reads Bill. 

Resolved, ‘that it is expedient to authorize the | upon the 25th day of April last, That the Turn- ‘ 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to make | pike Roads Bill be now read a second time ; 
Advances or Loans out of the Consolidated Fund| Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
of the United Kingdom to an amount not exceed- | till Thursday next. 
ing £. 360,000 per annum, for carrying on Public ; 
Works and Fisheries, and the employment of the The Order of the day being read, for the Second Paupers (Scot- 
Poor; to an amount not exceeding £. 350,000 per | Reading of the Paupers (Scotland) Bill; , ao 
annum for five years, for the purposes of “ The| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


Harbours and Passing Tolls, &amp;c. Act, 1861 ;” to | upon Thursday next. 





(In the Committee. ) 





an amount not exceeding £.500,000 for the pur-| The Order of the day being read, for the Second Entail (Seot- 
poses of “* The Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, Reading of the Entail ( Scotland) Bill; land) Bill. 


1866 ;” to an amount not exceeding £. 250,000 for Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
the purposes of “ The Labouring Classes Dwell- | upon Thursday next. 

ings Act, 1866 ;” and to an amount not exceeding | 

£. 500,000 *for enabling the Public Works Loan 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Inns of Court 


Commissioners to make temporary Loans to Rail- | Reading of the Inns of Court Bill ; Bill. 
way Companies in Ireland. | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Resolution to be reported. upon Wednesday next. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod-| |The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Kelief 
son reported, That the Committee had come to a| the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed a 
Resolution. /upon the 13th day of June last, That the Poor gi 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. | Relief (Jre/and) Law Amendment Bill be now read — 
a second time ; 
Church Tem- Fhe Order of the day being read, for the Second | Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
Piretand) — re hag the Church Temporalities Acts (Jre- | till Monday the 30th day of this instant July. 
anc lil$ 
Sederak That the Bill be read a second time The Order of the day being read, for the Second Common Law 
upon Monday next. Reading of the Common Law Procedure Amend- yen ne 
‘ment Acts (Ireland) Bill ; Acts (Ireland) 
New Forest The House, according to Order, resolved itself! Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. Bill. 
Poor Relief into a Committee on the New Forest Poor Relief Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


_ Bill; and, after sometime spenttherein, Mr.Speaker —- ‘har; i i 
Ils ee oat od te Dea ’ 2 ‘That The Charitable Trusts Deeds Enrolment Bill Charitable 
resumed the Unair; and’ Mir. Lodson reported, “nat | was, according to Order, read a second time; and [rusts Deeds 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- . . . Enrolment 
; 2 of the whole House, gj 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. | ommend te 2: amen &gt; Bill (Lovds.) 


Ordered, That the Bill te read the third time | for this day. 
this day. | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Finsbury 


; : : , ' mittee on the Finsbury Estate Bill; Estate Bill. 
Petit Juries The Order of the day being read, for the Second| Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 


(ireland) Bil. Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill ; day the 25th day of this instant July, resolve itself 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. _jnto the said Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. | 


| The Order of the day being read, for resuming Established 

Tenure and The Order of the day being read, for resuming | the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed eo (Ire. 

Hs oat mo the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, | upon the 10th day of April last, That the position —_ 

land) Bill, upon the 17th day of May last, was proposed to | of the Established Church in Jreland is a just cause 
be made to the Question, That the Tenure and | of Dissatisfaction to the People of that Country, 


Improvement of Land (Jreland) Bill be now read | and urgently demands the consideration of Parlia- 





a second time ; ment; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned | Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. till this day. 

VoL. 121. 3m 3 The 










454. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second { 
Reading of the Capital Punishments within Prisons | 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Thursday next. | 


Capital 
Punishments 
within Prisons 
Bill. 


| 

General Police The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
and Improve- mittee on the General Police and Improvement 
ment (Scot: ( Seo¢land) Act (1862) Amendment Bill; 


d) Act ° ° 
nore a Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
ment Bill. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Cattle The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Diseases Pre- Reading of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act 

rover apheman 3, (1866) Amendment Bill ; 

ame ial. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Tithe Rent- 
charge (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Tests Abolition The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
(Oxford) Bill. Reading of the Tests Abolition ( Ozford) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sale ot Land by Auction Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day Three months. 


Sale of Land 
by Auction 
Bill [ Lords.] 


The Inland Revenue Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 


Inland 
Revenue Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Writs Registration (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Writs Regis- 
tration (Scot+ 
land) Bill. 


Court of Ses- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

sion (Scotland) Reading of the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 





Thames . = . d 

Navigation mittee on the Thames Navigation Bill; 

Bill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, at! 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 

Revising The Revising Barristers’ Qualifications Bill was, 

Barristers’ according to Order, read the third time. 

— Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

il, 


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 Amendments made by | 
the Lords to the Prosecution Expenses 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. | 


Prosecution 
Expenses Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Mines Assessment Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. | 


Mines Assegs- 
ment Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Veterinary Surgeons Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, 
itself into the said Committee. 


Veterinary 
Surgeons Bill. 


resolve 





16th—17th July. 





1866. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 6th day of June last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Fellows of Col- 
leges Declaration Bill be now read the third time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 





Fellows of 
Colleges Decla- 


ration Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Juries in 


Reading of the Juries in Criminal Cases 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 Local Officers’ Superannuation 
(Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hunt and Sir James Fer- 
gusson be added to the Select Committee on East 


| India Communications. 


iiesolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the Savings 
and Deficiencies upon the Grants for Navy and 
Army Services in the year ended the 31st day of 


March 1865, and the temporary Sanction obtained 
from the Treasury by the Navy and Army De- 


partments to Expenditure not provided for in the 
Grants for that year. 

Ordered, That the Statement of the Savings and 
Deficiencies upon the Grants for Navy Services, 
in the year ended the 3lst day of March 1865, 
showing all cases in which the Navy Department 
has obtained the Sanction of the Treasury to Ex- 
penditure not provided for in the Grants for that 
year, together with Copies of the Representations 
made to the Treasury by the Board of Admiralty; 
also the Balance Sheet, showing the Ledger Ba- 
lances on the 30th September 1865, the Date on 
which the Annual Account of Naval Receipt and 
Expenditure for the year 1864-5 was closed, which 
was presented upon the 13th day of February last; 
—and the Statement of the Savings and Deficien- 
cies upon the Grants for Army Services in the year 
ended the 31st March 1865, showing all cases in 
which the War Department has obtained the 
Sanction of the Treasury to Expenditure not pro- 
vided for in the Grants for that year, together with 
Copies of the Representations made to the Trea- 
sury by that Department, pursuant to Act 27 &amp; 28 
Vie. c. 73, 8. 13; and also a Balance Sheet de- 
tailing, in Classes, the Ledger Balances on the 
31st October 1865, the Date on which the Army 
Account of Receipt and Expenditure for 1864-65 
was closed, prepared in conformity with the Di- 
rections from the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, contained in a Letter dated 


(7th November 1864, which was presented upon 


the 19th day of March last, be referred to the 
Committee. 


The Public Schools 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 a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Tuesday, 17th July, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


T 


Criminal Cases 


Local Officers’ 
Superarnua- 
tion (Ireland) 
Bill. 


East India 
Communica- 
tio 


Navy and 


Army Expen- 
di 


iture 
(1864-5.) 


Papers 
referred 


Public Schools 
Bill [Lords.] 


Bill 212. 


HE House proceeded to take into considera- Caledonian 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 


Railway 
Greenock and 


the Caledonian Railway (Greenock and Gourock gourock Ex- 


Extensions) tensions) Bill. 




















30 Vicrorta. 


Extensions) 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. 


Great Eastern 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway 


17th July. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great | 


455 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wycombe 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wy- Railway Bill. 
combe Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
he Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 





it 


The Anglesey Central Railway Bill was read Anglesey Cen- 
the third time. tral Railway 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, P!! (Zords.| 
| do pass. 
| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
'the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


Gowers) Bill Eastern Railway (Additional Powers) Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and, with an Amend- 
ment 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. 

Great Yar- The House proceeded to take into consideration 

ag gen the Amendments made by the Lords to the 


Rivers 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. 


Liantrissant The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Fwd hie the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
way Bill. Llantrissant and Taff Vale 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 Lord- 
ships. 
London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


North Western 
Railway (New 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Zon- 


Works, &amp;c.) don and North Western Railway (New Works, 
Bill. &amp;c.) Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 
Mold and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ony the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mold 
(Branches, Y and Denbigh Junction Railway (Branches, &amp;c.) 
&amp;e.) Bill. Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed 


to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


North Eastern The House proceeded to take into consideration 


wns | : the Amendments made by the Lords to the North 
ee Eastern Railway ( Yorkshire New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill; 
ec.) 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. 
Ogmore The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Valley Rail- the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ogmore 


Bill. aed Valley Railway (No. 1) 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. 
Waveney The House — to take into considera- 
ao tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Ml. 


Waveney Valley Drainage Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
VoL. 121. 





Great Yarmouth Haven, Port, and Rivers Bill; | 


| hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 


their Lordships. 


The Central Jreland Railways Bill was read the Central Ire- 
third time. land Railways 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ™” “7%! 

| 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 Metropolis Sewage and Essea Reclamation Metropolis 

Bill was read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 28% Rea 

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. 


The Belgravia and South Kensington New Road Belgravia 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. and South 
Kensington 


New Road 
Bill [Lords.] 


Rawson’s Estate Bill was read a second time; Rawson’s 
and committed. Estate Bill 
[ Lords.) 
The Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford Junc- Waterford, 


tion Railway Bill was read a second time; and New Ross, 


F and Wexford 
committed. Junction Rail- 


way Bill 
(Lords.] 
Ordered, That Standing Order 237 be suspended Millwall Canal 


in the case of the Millwall Canal Company Bill ; Company Bill. 
and 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 for referring the Report of the Exa- Dublin Trunk 
mintr of Petitions for Private Bills on the Dublin Connecting 
Trunk Connecting Railway Bill to the Select (Lorde = 
Committee on Standing Orders was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 





Vide Thirty- 
second Report. 
Ordered, That the Committee on the Thames Thames 
Navigation Bill have leave to sit till Four of the Navisation 
clock, and to report the same at Six of the clock. 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the said Bill. 
3M4 





(In 





456 


(In the Committee. ) 


Cuiause, N° 6 (One of the Five Conservators 
to be appointed by Board of Trade). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6,1. 3: To leave 
out all the words from the word “ appointed ” 
to the end of the Clause, in order to add the words 
“* by the rey maa Board of Works, who shall 
*‘ be at liberty from time to time to revoke any 
“ appointment made by them, and to appoint an- 
“ other conservator instead when and as they may 
think fit.” 

Question, That the words “by the Board of 
Trade” stand part of the Clause put, and 
agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

CuiauseEs, N°7 to N° 11, agreed to. 

CriausE, N° 12 (List of electors). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7,1.2: To leave 
out the words “ The general clerk to the Upper 
“ Navigation Commissioners.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravuses, N’ 13 and N° 14, agreed to. 

CriauseE, N° 15, disagreed to. 

CriauseEs, N° 16 to N° 42, 

CxiausE, N° 43 (Conservators to repair dams, 
&amp;c. in lieu of millowners, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 15, 1.15: To leave 
out from the word “ conservators” to the word 
“ And,” in 1. 17. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 44 (Provision for compensation to 
owners of weirs, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 16,1. 3: To leave 
out the words “ any estate in.” 

Question proposed, That the words tobe left out 
stand part of the Clause :— Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criauses, N° 45 to N° 56, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 57 (Abolition of tolls of old lock 
owners). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ shall not claim, or be entitled 
“ to any compensation in respect of such tolls.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 58 to N° 61, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 62 (Provision for compensation to 
Robert Danbe). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 20, 1.32: To leave 
out the words “ Robert Danbe, of the Weirs, near 
* the City of Oxford, Publican,” in order to insert 
the words “ any person or persons.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 63 (Prohibition of sending sewage, 
&amp;c. into river, where not so sent at passing of 


Act). 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





agreed to. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 

° ° +“ : 2 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





17th July. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought from the Lords by ‘he Lords. 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the East and West East and West 








1866. 


Junction Rail- 
way (Diver- 
sion of Roads) 
Bill. 


Junction Railway (Diversion of Roads) Bill, 
without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Aberavon Local Aberavon 
Board Bill, without any Amendment. — Board 


The Lords have sgreed to the Waterford and Waterford 
Limerick Railway (Arrangements) Bill, with an #"d Limerick 
Amendment; to which the Lords desire the con ; a ; 
currence of this House. ments) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wandsworth and Wandsworth 
Putney Gas Bill, with Amendments; to which the and Putney 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Gas Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Swansea Vale Swansea Vale 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Railway Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow Police Glasgow 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Police Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Aberdare and Aberdare and 
Central Wales Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- — Wales 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence Raltwey Bill. 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Teme Valley Teme Vailey 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Railway Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wolverhampton Wolverhamp- 
and Walsall Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to ton and Wal- 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 4 Railway 
House. 

The Lords request that this House will be Halesowen 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy #4 Broms. 
of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Com- rove Braneh 

: : ; - ys Bill, 
mittee appointed by this House in the present 
Session of Parliament on the Halesowen and 


Bromsgrove Branch Railways Bill. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Thames Thames 
Conservancy, which was presented upon the 16th Conservancy, 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 405. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Friendly Friendly 
Societies, which was presented upon the 16th day Societies. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 406. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to National National 


Education (Jreland), which was presented upon Fducation 
o/s : (Creland.) 
the 16th day of this instant July, be printed. N 
A No, 407. 


Ordered, ‘Vhat the Return relative to the Record Record of 
of Title Office, &amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented Title Office. 


upon the 16th day of this instant July, be printed. em 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle Cattle 
Diseases (Jreland) Act, which was presented upon Diseases (fre- 


i . ° laud) Act. 
the 16th day of this instant July, be printed. No, 409. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Friendly Friendly 


Societies (Scotland), which was presented upon Societies 
the 16th day of this instant July, be printed. i 
oO. . 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Local Tax- Local Taxa- 
ation Returns, which was presented upon the 16th ti” Returns. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No, 411. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Civil Civil Contin- 
Contingencies Fund, which were presented upon 8¢?¢ies Fund. 
the 16th day of this instant July, be printed. No, 412. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the British British 
Museum, which was presented upon the 16th day Museum. 
of this instant July, be printed. No, 413, 


Lord Henry Lennox presented, by Her Majesty’s Navy. 


Command,— Supplementary Estimate of Her Ma- No. 414. 

jesty’s Navy for the year 1866-67, for increased 

Pay to the Medical Officers of the Royal Navy. 
Supplementary Estimate of Her Majesty’s Navy No, 415. 


for the year 1866-67 :—An Estimate of the Sum 
required to defray the Charge which shall come 
in 














30 VietoRIA 


in course of payment in the year ending the 31st 
March 1867, for an Instalment on a Ship to be 
built on the Design of Captain Cowper Coles. 

Supplementary Estimate of Her Majesty’s Navy 
for the year 1866-67 :—An Estimate of the Sum 
required to defray the Charges which shall come 
in course of payment in the year ending the 31st 
March 1867, for the completion of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ship “ Northumberland.” 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


No. 416. 


Ordered, That there be laid. before this House, 
a Copy of Treasury Minutes of the 24th day of 
May, and the 15th day of June 1866, relative to 
proposed Advances to Irish Railway Companies. 

Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Railways 
(Treland.) 


No. 417. 


Navy 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Contracts. 


a Return of the Names of the Newspapers in 
which an Advertisement of the 11th day of May 
1866, relating to Contracts for Fresh Ox Beef, 
was inserted, and the Number of Times it ap- 
peared in each Paper : Similar Return respect- 
ing the Advertisement of the 11th day of May 
1866, “ Contract for Vegetables :” And, Copy 
of any Letter on the subject of Advertising for 
Tenders from the President of the Provincial 
Newspaper Society and the Secretary to the Ad- 
miralty, and the Reply thereto. 








Mr. Hunt presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—-Copies of Nine 
Orders relating to the Cattle Plague, issued by 
the Lords of the Council under the Provisions 
of 11 &amp; 12 Vie. cap. 107. 

Copy of an Order issued by the Lords of the 
Council on the 9th day of June 1866, under the 
Provisions of 11 &amp; 12 Vie. cap. 107, revoking 
certain Orders of the 2nd, 5th, and 6th of April 
1866, relating to Small-pox among Sheep in the 
County of Essez. 


Cattle Plague. 


Small Pox in 
Sheep. 


Diseases Pree Copy of an Order, dated the 14th July 1866, 

vention Act issued by the Lords of the Council under the 

(1855.) Diseases Prevention Act, 1855. 

Cattle, &amp;c. Copies of Two Orders in Council, dated the 27th 

Importation day of June 1866, issued under the Act 11 &amp; 12 

Gatamats) yi, cap. 105, with regard to the Importation of 
Cattle and of Hides, &amp;c. from the Netherlands. 

Weleaness Copy of an Order, dated the 4th day of June 

Removal 1866, issued by the Lords of the Council under 

— the “ Nuisances Removal ( Scotland) Act (1856).” 

— Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

a The following Papers were laid upon the Table 

Pauperism. by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 5th day of this instant July, for Returns 
relative to Poor Rates and Pauperism. 

Saint James’, Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this 


Clerkenwell. instant July, for a Return relative to Saint James’, 


Clerkenwell. 


Tramways Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
(relend) Acts Tramways (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill have 
—— Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
No. 418, taken before them to the House. 
Bill 213 Mr. Monsell reported from the said Com- 


mittee ; That they had considered the said Bill, 
and taken Evidence thereon, which they had di- 
rected him to report to the House; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
VoL. 121. 


17th July. 





457 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- wrecks ana 
jesty’s Command,—An Abstract of the Returns Casualties. 
made to the 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 De- 
cember 1865, with a Statement of the Number of 
Lives lost and saved ; of the Amounts granted out 
of the Mercantile Marine Fund as Rewards for the 
Salvage of Life, for Contributions towards the 
Maintenance of Life-boats, and for Expenses in 
connection with the Mortar and Rocket Apparatus 
for saving Life, during the same period; and a 
Précis of the special Inquiries instituted by Order 
of the Board of Trade into the causes of such 
Wrecks and Casualties on the Coasts of the United 
Kingdom, and of the Inquiries instituted by Naval 
Courts Abroad. With Charts. 

Sir Stafford Northcote also presented,—Return Railway, &amp;c. 
to an Order, dated the 18th day of June last, for a Bills. 
Return relative to Railway, &amp;c. Bills. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of this chain Cables 
instant July, for a Return relative to Chain Cables and Anchors. 
and Anchors. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Mercantile 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Marine. 
Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to issue a Royal Commission to inquire 
into the present condition of the Seamen of the 
Mercantile Marine, with the view of ascertaining 
whether, within the last Twenty years, the supply 
of British Seamen has or has not fallen off either 
in point of numbers or of efficiency; and if in 
either a continuous decline should be apparent, 
then to ascertain further what are the causes which 
have led to such decline, and whether any remedy 
can be suggested:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Ballot. 
put, That having regard to the failure of all direct 
legislation against corrupt practices at Parliamen- 
tary Elections, it is expedient to make experiment 
of the system of taking the votes at such Elections 
anonymously, according to the Laws now in force 
in other parts of Her Majesty’s Dominions ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

{Mr. Berkeley, 7} 

Tellers for the Yeas, Captain Viciun , ji10. 
JColonel Taylor, | 
*LMr. Noel : ? j 197. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Noes 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electoral 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Franchise. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Freeholders, 
Householders, and others, in England and Wales, 
who, fulfilling the conditions of Property or Rental 
prescribed by Law as the qualification for the 
Electoral Franchise, are excluded from the Fran- 
chise by reason of their Sex. 

Ordered, That 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, start Point 

a Copy of the following Papers relating to Time (Time 
Signals on the Start Point, viz. of a Memorial of %8"*!*) 
a Committee of the Board of Visitors of the Royal 
Observatory, Greenwich, to the Lords Commission- 
ers of the Admiralty, dated on or about the 16th 
day of June 1862:——Of the Letter from the Se- 

3.N cretary 








Overseer of 
the Poor 
(Small 
Parishes. ) 


Colonial 


Branch Mints. 


Drainage and 
Improvement 
of Lands Act 
(Ireland) Pro- 


visional Order. 


Courts of 
Justice. 


Expiring 
Laws. 


Hares and 
Rabbits (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Execution of 
Deeds Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill, 


458 


cretary of the Underwriters’ Association for Liver- | 
pool to the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Ma-| 


17th July. 





1866. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of supply. 


Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 


rine Department, dated the 4th day of November | follow: 


1862: —— Of the Reply of the Secretary to the 


1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 598,493, be 


Customs 


Board of Trade, Marine Department, to the Secre-| granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Department. 


tary of the Underwriters’ Association for Liverpool, | 
dated the 7th day of November 1862: Of the 
Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Trade, | 
Marine Department, to the Secretary to the Ad- 
miralty, dated the 3lst day of December 1862, | 
with its Enclosures :——Of the Letter from the | 
Secretary to the Admiralty to the President of | 





necessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Customs Department, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 
31st day of March 1867. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 995,645, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 


the Royal Society, Chairman of the Board of | the Inland Revenue Department, which will come 
Visitors of the Royal Observatory, dated the 25th | in course of payment during the year ending the 


day of May 1863: 
relates to the om Time Signals) from the 
Report of the 





Of the Extract (so far as | 


31st day of March 1867. 
3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,836,016, be 


Visitors of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, read | necessary to defray the Charges for Post Office 


at the Annual Visitation of the Royal Observatory, | 


on the 4th day of June 1864 [the Extract in 
question commences at page 23 of the Report]: 
——And, of the Letter oom the Secretary to the 
Admiralty to the Astronomer Royal, dated the 
29th day of July 1864. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize and provide for the Appointment of 
one Overseer of the Poor in small Parishes: And 


that Mr. Howes, Mr. Bagge, and Mr. De Grey do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enablé Her Majesty to declare Gold Coins to 
be issued from Her Majesty’s Colonial Branch 
Mints a Legal Tender for Payments, and for other 
purposes relating thereto: And that Mr. Hunt 
and Mr. Adderley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil 
to confirm a Provisional Order under the Drain- 
age and Improvement of Lands Act (Jreland) and 
the Acts amending the same: And that Mr. Hunt 
and Lord Naas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Services, and the Collection of the Post Office Re- 
venue, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1867. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 353,544, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

necessary to defray the Charge for Superannua- 

| tions 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 the 31st day of March 1867. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 591,164, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of the Post Office 
Packet Service, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1867; no part of which Sum is to be applicable or 
applied in or towards making any payment in respect 





| of any period subsequent to the 20th day of June 


| 1863, to Mr. Joseph George Churchward, or to any 
| person claiming through or under him by virtue of 
acertain Contract, bearing date the 26th day of 
April 1859, made between the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Admiralty (for and on 
behalf of Her Majesty) of the first part, and the 


| said Joseph George Churchward of the second part, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill) or in or towards the satisfaction of any claim what- 


to amend the Acts relating to the intended Courts | soever of the said Joseph George Churchward, by 
of Justice : And that Mr. Hunt and Lord John | virtue of that Contract, so far as relates to any 


Manners do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed | 
to inquire what temporary Laws of a salie and | 
general nature are now in force, and what Laws of | 
the like nature have expired, since the last Report 

upon the subject; and also what Laws of the like 

nature are about to expire at particular periods, or | 
in consequence of any contingent public event; | 
and to report the same, with their Observations 

thereupon, tothe House :—-And a Committee was 

appointed of Mr. Hunt, Mr. Dodson, Sir Stafford 
Northcote, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Adderley, Mr. William Cowper, Mr. 

Childers, Colonel French, Mr. Baring, Colonel 

Taylor, Mr. Dunlop, and Lord John Manners; 

with Power to send for persons, papers and re- 

cords. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the. Se- 
cond Reading of the Hares and Rabbits (Scotland) | 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Reading of the Execution of Deeds Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Militia Pay Bill was, according. to Order, 


| period subsequent to the 20th day of June 1863. 


} 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Reformatory 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- 
mittee on the Industrial Schools Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Local Government Supplemental 
Bill was, according to Order, read the thi 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


No. 3) 


time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Drainage Supplemental (No. 2) 
Bill ; 





read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 





solve itself into the said Committee. 
The 


Inland 
Revenue 
Department. 


Post Office 


stronomer Royal to the Board of | granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Services. 


Superannua- 
tions Revenue 
Departments. 


Post Office 
Packet 
Service. 


Reformatory 
Schools Bill. 


Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple 
mental (No. 3) 
Bill. 


Land Drain- 
age Supple- 
mental (No. 2) 


. ‘ Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 











County 
Assessments 
Bill. 


Rochdale 
Vicarage Bill. 





Oyster Bed 
Licences 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Public Works, 
Harbours, &amp;c. 
[Advances. } 


New Forest 
Poor Relief 
Bill. 


Straits 
Settlements 
Bill. 





Hundred 
Bridges Bill. 


” 


British 
Columbia Bill. 









30 Vicrortia. | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the County Assessments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Rochdale Vicarage 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Oyster Bed Licences 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. [ Advances], a Re- 
solution ; which was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to authorize the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to make Ad- 
vances or Loans out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom to an amount not exceed- 
ing £. 360,000 per annum, for carrying on Public 
Works and Fisheries, and the employment of the 
Poor; to an amount not exceeding £. 350,000 per 
annum for five years, for the purposes of “ The 
Harbours and Passing Tolls, &amp;c. Act, 1861;” to 
an amount not exceeding £. 500,000, for the pur- 
poses of “ The Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, 
1866 ;” to an amount not exceeding £. 250,000, 
for the purposes of “ The Labouring Classes 
Dwellings Act, 1866 ;” and to an amount not ex- 
ceeding £. 500,000, for enabling the Public Works 
Loan Commissioners to make temporary Loans 
to Railway Companies in Jreland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Bills be brought in upon the 
said Resolution: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Lord Naas, and Mr. 
Hunt do prepare, and bring them in. 


The New Forest Poor Relief 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. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Wednesduy, 18th July, 1866: 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Straits Settlements Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Hundred Bridges Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee onthe British Columbia Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

VoL. 121. 


17th—\8th July. 





459 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thurs- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Charitable 
into a Committee on the Charitable Trusts Deeds —— 


nrolment 


Enrolment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bin [Zords.] 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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 resuming Established 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 10th day ‘of April last, That the position 
of the Established Church in Jreland is a just 
cause of Dissatisfaction to the People of that 
Country, and urgently demands the consideration 
of Parliament; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


Church (Ire- 
land. 


) 


The Order of the day, being read, for the Com- Veterinary 


mittee on the Veterinary Surgeons Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Surgeons Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Navy and 


into a Committee on Navy and Army Expenditure 
(1864-5). 
(In the Committee. ) 


1. Resolved, That the Expenditure incurred for 
certain Navy Services in the year ended the 31st 
day of March 1865 has fallen short of the sums 
appropriated to those Services by the Sum of 
£. 305,038 10s. 1ld.; and that the Expenditure 
which has been incurred for certain other Navy 
Services and not provided for in the Sums appro- 
priated to those Services for the same year has 
amounted to the Sum of £.266,404 15s. ld. 

2. Resolved, That the said Expenditure for Navy 
Services unprovided for as aforesaid, amounting 
to £.266,404 15s, 1d., has been temporarily de- 
frayed, under the authority of the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, out of the Surpluses 
which have arisen, as aforesaid, upon other Votes for 
Navy Services, amounting to £.305,038 10s. 11d. 

3. Resolved, That the application of so much of 
the said Surpluses be sanctioned. 

4, Resolved, That the Expenditure incurred for 
certain Army Services in the year ended the 31st 
day of March 1865 has fallen short of the Sums 
appropriated to those Services by the Sum of 
£. 418,628 4s. 4d. and that the Expenditure 
which has been incurred for certain other Army 
Services and not provided for in the Sums appro- 
priated to those parvioes for the same year has 
amounted to the Sum of £. 214,168 13s. 6d. 

5. Resolved, That the said Expenditure for 
Army Services unprovided for, as aforesaid, 
amounting to £.214,168 13s. 6d., has been tem- 
porarily defrayed, under the authority of the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, out of 
the Surpluses which have arisen, as aforesaid, 
upon other Votes for Army Services, amounting 
to £. 418,628 4s. 4d. 

6. Resolved, That the application of so much of 
the said Surpluses be sanctioned. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Army Expen- 
diture 
( 1864-5.) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Thames 


mittee on the Thames Navigation Bill ; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
3N2 Ordered, 


Navigation 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 5" 


460 


Ordered, 'That the several Accounts and Papers 
which have been presented to the House in this 
Session of Parliament relating to the Revenues 
of India, be referred to the consideration of a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


East India 
Revenue 
Accounts. 


Fees (Public 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
Departments. ) 


itself into a Committee to consider of the expe- 
diency of making provision for the collection of 
Fees in Public Departments and Offices by means 
of Stamps. 


Constabulary 
Force (Ire- 
land) [Pay, 
&amp;e.] 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
this day, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider so much of the Constabulary Acts (Ireland) 
as relates to the Pay and Superannuatiuons of the 
Officers and Men of the said Force; 

Lord Naas, 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, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


New Zealand 


ieaeniien A Motion being made, That this House will, 


this day, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of the expediency of guaranteeing the 
Liquidation of Bonds issued for the Repayment 
of Advances made out of Public Funds for the 
Service of the Colony of New Zealand; 

Mr. Adderley, 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, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Howes presented a Bill to authorize and 
provide for the Appointment of one Overseer of 
the Poor in small Parishes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Overseer of 
the Poor 
(Small 
Parishes) Bill. 


Bill 214. 


Colonial 
Branch Mints 
Bill. 


Bill 215. 


Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to enable Her Ma- 
jesty to declare Gold Coins to be issued from Her 
Majesty’s Colonial Branch Mints a Legal Tender 
for Payments, and for other purposes relating 
thereto: 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. Hunt presented a Bill to confirm a Provi- 
sional Order under the Drainage and Improvement 
of Lands Act . P . 
(Ireland) Pro- of Lands Act (Jreland) and the Acts amending 
visional Order the same: And the same was read the first time ; 
Bill. and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
Bill 216. day next; and to be printed. 


Drainage and 
Improvement 


Courts of 
Justice Bill. 


Bill 217. 


Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to amend the Acts re- 
lating to the intended Courts of Justice: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to 


be printed. 


Public Works, Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to authorize Ad- 
Harbours, &amp;c. vances of Money out of the Consolidated Fund 
Bill. for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and 
Bill 218. for the Employment of the Poor; and for the 
purposes of the Harbours and Passing Tolls Act, 
1861, the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, 1866, 
and the Labouring Classes Dwellings Act, 1866: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 

to be printed. 


17th—18th July. 





1866, 


Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to authorize for a Public Works 
further Period the application of Money for the [Loans (Ire- 
purposes of Loans for carrying on Public Works geen 

in /reland: And the same was read the first time; Bill 219. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 

day next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to enable the Public Railways 
Works Loan Commissioners to make temporary ——. 
Advances to Railway Companies in Ireland: And Advances Bill, 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to Bij] 290. 
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 Twelve of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





Weanesday, 18th July, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into considera- Ryde Station 
tion the Ryde Station and Railway Bill, as and Railway 
amended in the Committee; and an Amendment Bil! (Lords. ] 
was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





Ordered, That Mr. Edward Egerton be dis- standing 
charged from further attendance on the Select Orders. 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Report from Dagenham 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders in re- Dock Rail- 
spect of the Dagenham Dock Railways Bill, might ia “a 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration pajesowen and 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the Bromsgrove 
17th day of this instant July, wherein their Lord- Branch Rail- 

. ° . . ways Bill, 
ships request that this House will communicate to 
their Lordships, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before the Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament 
on the Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch Rail- 
ways 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. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- U'drs- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. Thatin the case of the Downpatrick, Dundrum, Downpatrick, 
and Newcastle Railway Bill, the Standing Orders ein, ae 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be pe Bill 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that ; Lords.} 
the Power authorizing the Belfast and County 
Down Railway Company to subscribe towards the 
Undertaking of the Company be struck out of the 
Bill; that the Committee on the Bill do report 
how far such Order has been complied with on the 
Report of the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Ardmore Harbour Ardmore 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed ‘tom bul 
with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed 
with their Bill, provided that the name of Thomas 
Geils be struck out of Clauses 4 and 18 of the 
Bill; 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 South Essex Railway South “ 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed ttorde ' 
with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed 
with their Bili, provided that the Powers autho- 

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30 Victoria. 


rizing the Company to enter into working and 
traffic arrangements with the London, Tilbury, 
and Southend Railway Company be struck out of 
the Bill; that the Committee on the Bill do re- 
port how far such Order has been complied with 
on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Downpatrick, The House was moved, That the ~—— from 
Dundrum, and the Select Committee on Standing Orders in 
tae respect of the Downpatrick, Dundrum, and New- 
trorde| castle Railway Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Ardmore The House was moved, That the Report from 
Harbour Bill the Select Committee on Standing Orders in re- 
[Lords.] spect of the Ardmore Harbour Bill, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


South Essex The House was moved, That the Report from 
Railway Bil the Select Committee on Standing Orders in re- 
[Zords.} spect of the South Essex Railway Bill, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. | read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Thirty- 

second Report. 

West African Mr. Hunt presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

Mails. mand,—Copy of Contract between the Postmaster 
General and the West African Steam Ship Com- 
pany, for the Conveyance of the Mails. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Cattle Plague. Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle 
No. 419. Plague, which was presented upon the 17th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Small Pox in Ordered, That the Paper relative to Small-pox 
Sheep. in Sheep. which was presented upon the 17th day 
No. 420. of this instant July, be printed. 


Cattle, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Cattle, &amp;c. 
Importation Tmportation (Netherlands), which was presented 


ogg upon the 17th day of this instant July, be printed. 
0. . 


Poor Rates Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor 
and Rates and Pauperism, which was presented upon 


x oe ; the 17th day of this instant July, be printed. 


St. James’, Ordered, That the Return relative to St. James’, 
Clerkenwell. CJerkenwell, which was presented upon the 17th 
No. 423. day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway, 
&amp;c. Bills, which was presented upon the 17th day 
No. 424. of this instant July, be printed. 


Chain Cables Ordered, That the Return relative to Chain 
and Anchors. Cables and Anchors, which was presented upon 
No. 425. the 17th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Railway, &amp;c. 
Bills. 


Legitimacy The Order of the day bene read, for the Second 
oe Reading of the Legitimacy Declaration, &amp;c. Bill ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Elective Fran- |The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
chise Bill. 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 30th day of May last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That the Elective Fran- 
chise Bill be now read asecond time; and which 
Amendment was, to leave out the word “ now,” 
and at the end of the Question to add the words 
*‘ upon this day six months ;” 
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18th July. 461 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Question — 
The House resumed the said adjourned Debate :— 
And the said proposed Amendment and Motion 
were severally, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Elections 
mittee on the Elections (Returning Officers) Bill ; ery 

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 Cancion, in order to add the 
words “ this House will, upon this day Three 
** months, resolve itself into the said Committee,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


; j Mr. Goldsmid, 
Tellers for the Yeas, ph =~ CO Cea Don: +122. 


Tellers for the N oes, aa et 67. 


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. 

CuiauseE, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

CriausE, N° 2 (No more to be returned than 
required by writ.) 

Amendment proposed, in page 2, line 3: After 
the word “ shall” to insert the words “ except as 
* hereinafter provided.” 

To report progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Compulsory 
Reading of the Compulsory Church Rate Abo- ee a 
lition Bill ; F 

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 “ no scheme for the total, or partial, 
“or absolute, or qualified abolition of Church 
* Rates will be satisfactory to this House, which 
“ does not contain some legal and certain provision 
“for supplying any deficiency which may ensue 
“ from such scheme, in the funds applicable to the 
** maintenance of the fabric of the Church,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Charitable 
Reading of the Charitable Donations and Bequests onus — 
(Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 

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"The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wed- 
nesday next, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Church Rates 
Commutation 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Se- 
cond Reading of the Church Rates Commutation 
(No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being ead, 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. 
Tenure and The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Improvement the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
of Land (Ire- ‘ ge? ? ; ; 
land) Bil. Upon the 17th day of May last, was proposed to 


be made to the Question, That the Tenure and 
Improvement of Land (Ireland) Bill be now read 
a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


Church Rates The Order of the day being read, for the Se- 


ae cond Reading of the Church Rates Amendment 
; Bill ; ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
= of Court The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bill. 


Reading of the Inns of Court Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Land Drain- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
age Supple- mittee on the Land Drainage Supplemental ( No. 2) 
mental ( No. 2) Bill : 
Bill. P ° ° 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


County The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Assessments. mittee on the County Assessments Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Rochdale _ The Rochdale Vicarage Bill was, according to 
Vicarage 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. 
Oyster Bed The Oyster Bed Licences (Ireland) Bill was, 
oa 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. 
Hundred 


The House, according to Order, 
take into consideration the Hundred 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


roceeded to 


Bridges Bill. ridges Bill, 


Charitable The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
— — take into consideration the Charitable Trusts 
Bill [ Lorde.) Deeds Enrolment Bill, as amended in the Com- 


18th July. 


1866. 


os and Amendments were made to the 
ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Navy and 


Navy and Army Expenditure (1864-5), several —_ Expen- 
Resolutions; which were read, as follow: (1864-5.) 


1. That the Expenditure incurred for certain 
Navy Services in the year ended the 31st day of 
March 1865 has fallen short of the Sums ap- 
propriated to those Services by the Sum of 
£.305,038 10s. 11d.; and that the Expenditure 
which has been incurred for certain other Navy 
Services and not provided for in the Sums appro- 
priated to those Services for the same year has 
amounted to the Sum of £. 266,404 15s. 1d. 

2. That the said Expenditure for Navy Ser- 
vices unprovided for as aforesaid, amounting to 
£. 266,404 15s. 1d., has been temporarily defrayed, 
under the authority of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, out of the Surpluses which 
have arisen, as aforesaid, upon other Votes for 
Navy Services, amounting to £.305,038 10s, Lld. 

3. That the application of so much of the said 
Surpluses be sanctioned. 

4, That the Expenditure incurred for certain 
Army Services in the year ended the 31st day of 
March 1865 has fallen short of the Sums ap- 
propriated to those Services by the Sum of 
£. 418,628 4s. 4d.; and that the Expenditure 
which has been incurred for certain other Army 
Services and not provided for in the Sums appro- 
priated to those Services for the same year, has 
amounted to the Sum of £. 214,168 13s. 6d. 

5. That the said Expenditure for Army Ser- 
vices unprovided for as aforesaid, amounting to 
£.214,168 13s. 6d., has been temporarily defrayed, 
under the authority of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, out of the Surpluses which 
have arisen, as aforesaid, upon other Votes for 
Army Services, amounting to £.418,628 4s. 4d. 

6. That the application of so much of the said 
Surpluses be sanctioned, 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fees —_. 
into a Committee on Fees (Public Departments). D*P4*™™ ) 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to make provi- 
sion for the collection of Fees in Public Depart- 
ments and Offices by means of Stamps. 


Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
am That the Committee had come to a Re- 
ution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received 
row. 





re 
80 , 
To-mor- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Constabulary 
into a Committee on Constabulary Force (Jreland) feed) [ 4 
[ Pay, &amp;c. | &amp;e.] 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to empower the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to authorize an in- 
creased rate of Pay and Superannuation to the 
Constabulary Force, out of any Moneys that may 
be provided by Parliament for that purpose. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-mor- 
The 


row. 





























New Zealand 
Guarantee. 


Poor Law 
Amendment. 


Foreshores 
(Scotland.) 


Railways 
(Guards’ and 
Passengers’ 
Communica- 
tion) Bill. 


Railway 
Companies’ 
Securities Bill 
and Railway 
Debentures, 
&amp;c. Registry 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Public Health 
Bill. 


Fellows ot 
Colleges 
Declaration 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 221. 


80 VicroriaA. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on New Zealand Guarantee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to guarantee the 
Liquidation of Bonds issued for the Repayment 
of Advances made out of Public Funds for the 
Service of the Colony of New Zealand. 


Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mor- 
row. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Act providing Superannuation Al- 
lowances to Officers of Unions and Parishes, and 
to make other Amendments in the Laws relating 
to the Relief of the Poor: And that Mr. Gathorne 
Hardy and Mr. Earle do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Return 
relative to Foreshores (Scotland), ordered upon 
the 16th day of this instant July,—Copy of the 
Judgment delivered in the House of Lords in the 
case Smith v. The Officers of State for Scotland 
(6 Bells Appeal Cases, p. 487). 


The Select Committee on the Railways ( Guards’ 
and Passengers’ Communication) Bill was nomi- 
nated of Mr. Henry B. Sheridan, Captain Stac- 
poole, Viscount Milton, Captain Meller, Mr. 
O’ Beirne, Colonel Packe, Mr. Watkin, Mr. Sherriff, 
Colonel Barttelot, Viscount Galway, Lord Ri- 
chard Grosvenor, Sir Stafford Northcote, and Mr. 
Milner Gibson. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That Sir James Fergusson be discharged 
from further attendance on the Select Committee 
on the Railway Companies’ Securities Bill and 
the Railway Debentures, &amp;c. Registry Bill. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat Sir Stafford Northcote be added 
to the Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bonham-Carter be added to 
the Select Committee on Public Petitions. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Public Health 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for resuming, upon Monday next, 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 6th day of June last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Fellows of Col- 
leges Declaration Bill be now read the third time, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr Larle presented a Bill to amend the Act 
providing Superannuation Allowances to Officers 
of Unions and Parishes, and to make other Amend- 
ments in the Laws relating to the Relief of the 
Poor: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; 
and to be printed. . 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


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463 
Thursday, 19th July, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into considera- Swansea Har- 
tion the Amendment made by the Lords to fr — 
the Amendments made by this House to the Swan- atte 
sea Harbour Trust Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rhymney 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Rhym- yo 
ney 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 
— to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bedford and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bed- Northampton 
ford and Northampton 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 Bray Improve- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bray ment Bill. 
Improvement Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bristol and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bristol a 
and North Somerset Railway (Additional Capital) (Aaaitions 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed Capital) Bill. 
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 Great Yar- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great mouth Fish 


Wharves and 


Yarmouth Fish Wharves and Tramways Bill; and Tramways 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 Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingsbridge 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Kings- ®#wsy Bil. 
bridge Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lynn and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lynn oe 
and Sutton Bridge, Spalding and Bourn, and Nor- a he 
wich and Spalding Railway Companies Bill; and Norwich and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. p&gt; do 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the =” 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hatk 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 

3N4 The 








North British 
Railway (New 
Works, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Peterborough, 
Wisbeach, 
and Sutton 
Railway Bill. 


Somerset 
and Dorset 
Railway Bill. 


Clare College, 
Cambridge 
(Blythe's 
Benefaction) 
Bill [ Lords.} 


Southern 
Railway Bill 
| Lords.] 


Taylor's Estate 
Bill | Lords.] 


Troyte’s Estate 
Bill [Lords.] 


Caithness 
Railways Bill 
{ Lords. | 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
third Report. 
Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty- 
second 
Report.) 


Trade in 
' Animals. 


No. 427. 


464 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the North 
British Railway (New Works, &amp;c.) Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Peter- 
borough, Wisbeach, and Sutton Railway Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
—_ to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Somer- 
set and Dorset Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Clare College, Cambridge ( Blythe’s Benefac- 
tion) 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 Southern Railway 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. 


Taylor’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. 


Troyte’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Caithness Railways Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Comunittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 3d to 
the 18th days of this instant July, both days in- 
clusive, 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 Trade 
in Animals have Power to report their Observa- 
tions thereupon to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 


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1866. 


Mr. Milner Gibson reported from the said Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them, and an Ap- 
pendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, National 
a Copy of any Correspondence between Her Ma- (Ireland) 
jesty’s Government and the Commissioners of Na- 
tional Education (Jreland) on the subject of the 
Organization and Government of Training and 


Model Schools. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, workhouses 
a Copy of a Circular issued by the Poor Law (Metropolis.) 
Board to the Metropolitan Guardians, calling upon 
them to appoint Trained Nurses to attend the 
Sick in the Workhouses of the Metropolis, dated 
May 1865. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Entail (Scot- 
Reading of the Entail ( Scotland) Bill ; land) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Rotherhithe 
Copies of the Report of the Inquiry lately held ee 
by the Metropolitan Inspector into the Complaints 7" 
of Miss Beeton against the Management of the 
Rotherhithe Workhouse Infirmary : And, of the 
Report of the Guardians on their previous inves- 
tigation into the Complaints of the same Person, 
and the Correspondence relating thereto. 





Mr. Hunt presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Revenue 
mand, — Supplementary Estimate for Revenue Departments. 
Departments for 1866-7 :—Estimate of the further No. 426, 
Amount required to be Voted in the year ending 
3lst March 1867, for Expenses of the Inland 
Revenue Department. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waterworks 
mittee on the Waterworks Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


being read, for the Second Merchant | 
Shipping Act (1854) Shipping Act 
ment Bill. 


The Order of the da 
Reading of the enkent 
Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 7. gg 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 8® “°"4* 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Forth and Clyde Forth and 


Navigation Bill, without any Amendment. Clyde Naviga- 
tion Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment Great Eastern 
made by this House to the Amendments made (Additional 
by their Lordships to the Great Eastern Rail- powers) Bill. 
way (Additional Powers) Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Sheffield Water Sheffield Water 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Bill 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Merthyr, Trede- Merthyr, 
gar, and Abergavenny Railway Bill, with Amend- Prone ra 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence Railway Bill. 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the East London Fast London 
Eastern Extension Railway Bill, with Amend- a. 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence gjy. 


of this House. 
The 




















London, 
Chatham, and 
Dover Railway 
(Chatham 
Dockyard 
Branch) Bill. 


North British 
Railway (Glas- 
gow Branches 
Bill. 


London, 
Chatham, and 
Dover Railway 
(Various 
Powers) Bill. 
London, 
Brighton, and 
South Coast 
Railway 

( Various 
Powers) Bill. 


South Eastern 
and London, 
Chatham, and 
Dover (London, 
Lewes, and 


Brighton) Rail- Session of Parliament on the South Eastern and 


ways Bill. 


Colonial 
Statistics. 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Helston 
Election. 


East India 
Revenue 
Accounts. 


30 VicTorRIA. 


The Lords have agreed to the London, Chatham, 
and Dover Railway (Chatham Dockyard Branch) 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Lords have agreed to the North British 
Railway (Glasgow Branches) Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the London, Chatham, 
and Dover Railway (Various Powers) Bill, with 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the London, Brighton, 
and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Bill, 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


The Lords request that this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee appointed by this House in the present 


London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and 
Brighton) Railways Bill. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—-Copy of Statistical Abstract 
for the several Colonial and other Possessions of 
the United Kingdom in each year from 1851 to 
1864 (as far as the Particulars can be stated). 
Second Number. 

Sir Stafford Northcote also presented,—Return 
to an Order, dated the 4th day of June last, for 
Returns relative to Joint Stock Companies. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Report which, upon 
the 5th day of this instant July, was made from 
the Select Committee on the Helston Election 
Petitions ; and the same was again read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That, according to the Law and 
usage of Parliament, it is the duty of the Sheriff 
or other Returning Officer in England, in case of 
an equal Number of Votes being polled for two or 
more Candidates at an Election, to return all such 


19th—20th July. 


465 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Thames _ 
into a Committee on the Thames Navigation Bill. Ne”sston Bil. 


(In the Committee. ) 


CrLauseEs, N° 63 to N° 84, with Amendments to 
four of them, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 85, disagreed to. 
Causes, N° 86 to N° 88, agreed to. 
CLausE, N° 89 (Application of Capital). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 27, 1. 30: After 
the word “and” to insert the words “ subject to 
* the provisions of this Act respecting Compen- 
* sation.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 27, 1. 38: 
To leave out from the word “ works” to the end 
of the Clause, in order to add the words “ in paying 
** off any debt contracted under this Act, and after 
** satisfying the same on carrying into execution 
** the purposes of this Act.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Causes, N° 90 and N° 91, agreed to. 

A Clause (Treasury to determine Compensa- 
tion) brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time; 

The Committee divided. 





r. Childers, 7 


“i Pi Le 
Tellers for the Yeas, \Mr. Noel: f 62. 
* Mr. Ayrton, \ 
Tellers for the Noes, {v4 rare f 24. 
— read a second time, agreed to, and 
added. . 


Schedules agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Friday, 20th July, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
_ - hem That the Committee had gone through 
the Dill, 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 





Candidates :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the East India Revenue Ac- 
counts. 

(In the Committee. ) 


Rescived, That the Total Revenue of India 
for the year ending the 30th day of April 1865 
was £. 45,652,897; the total of the direct claims 
and demands upon the Revenue, including charges 
of collection and cost of Salt and Opium, was 
£. 8,976,504; the charges in India, including In- 
terest on Debt and the value of Stores received 
from England, were £. 30,473,716; the charges 
in England were £.4,802,401; the Guaranteed 
Interest on the Capital of Railway and other Com- 

anies, in India and in England, deducting net 
Traffic Receipts, was £.1,591,797,—making a total 
charge for the same year of £. 45,846,418; and 
there was an excess of Expenditure over Income 
in that year amounting to £. 193,521. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and the Judge 
Advocate reported, That the Committee had come 
to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 

VoL. 121. 





mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Reformatory 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools Bill ; Schools Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Industrial 
mittee on the Industrial Schools Bill; Schools Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Inland Revenue 
into a Committee on the Inland Revenue Bill; and, ®#- 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That 
the Committee had made Progress in the Bill; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Representation 
mittee on the Representation or the People Bill of the People 
and the Redistribution of Seats Bill; Bill and 

Ordered, That the said Order be dischareed. 
Ordered, That the Bills be withdrawn. — 


30 The 


Redistribution 
of Seats Bill. 




























| 











466 19th—20th July. 


Representation The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 
eading of the Representation of the People| Reading of the Summary Procedure (Scotland) Procedure 


of the People R 

ocean ( Scotland) Bill ; : 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Representation The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
of the People Reading of the Representation of the People (Ire- 
(Ireland) Bill. land) Bill : 
Ordered, That the'said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Suburban The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Commons into a Committee on the Suburban Commons 
_ Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Colonial The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Brinch Mints Reading of the Colonial Branch Mints Bill ; 
; Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Drainage and The Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act 
- ae (Ireland) Provisional Order Bill was, according to 
(Ireland) Pro- Order, read a second time ; and committed toa 


ane Order Committee of the whole House, for this day. 

Mu. 

Courts of The Courts of Justice Bill was, according to 

Justice Bill. ©yder, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Public Works, 

— *c- according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


Public Works The Public Works Loans (Jreland) Bill was, 

race according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 

mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


Vaccination The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Artizans and . &gt; bei ¢ ~ 
ote: The Order of the day being read, for the Com 


Dwellings Bill, mittee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 
Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Oyster and The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
nell pin, take into consideration the Oyster and Mussel 
* Fisheries Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
A Clause (Interpretation), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Compensation to Landowners, 
&amp;c.), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Order not to be made as to 
Ireland), 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 
this day. 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Officers’ Super- mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation 
annuation 


Scotland) Bill. ( Scot/and) Bill ; , ‘ 
peta Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








The Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill was, | 








1866. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Summary 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trusts (Scot- 
mittee on the Trusts (Scotland) Bill ; lend) Ball 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Landed Estates: 
mittee on the Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Ireland) a Se 
Bill : (Ireland) Bill, 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Se- Salmon 
cond Reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) - —— 
Bill ; [Lords.]} 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Se- Sale and Pur- 
cond Reading ot the Sale and Purchase of Shares (iss of Shares 
Bill; : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Turnpike 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Roads Bill. 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the Turnpike 
Roads Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Paupers ( Scotland) Bill was, according to Paupers (Scot- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a land) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Se- Capital Punish- 
cond Reading of the Capital Punishments within ments within 
Prisons Bill; sees 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Police 
mittee on the General Police and Tmprovement and Improve- 


( Scotland) Act (1862) Amendment Bill ; aioe) 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. Amendment 
’ Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Cattie Diseases 
Reading of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act Prevention Act 
(1866) Amendment Bill; ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- writs Registra- 
mittee on the Writs Registration (Scotland) Bill; tion (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ®"" 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Court of Session (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Court of 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Session (Scot- 
° S . . land) Bill. 

mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tramways 
mittee on the Tramways (Jreland) Acts Amend- (Ireland) Acts 


ment Bill; ; : Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 
The 




















Sraits Setttle- 
ments Bill. 


British Colum- 
bia Bill. 


Overseer of 
the Poor (Small 
Parishes) Bill. 


Compulsory 
Church Rate 
Abolition Bill, 


Land Drainage 
Supplemental 
(No. 2) Bill. 


County Assess- 
ments Bill. 


Hundred 
Bridges Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Deeds 
Enrolment 
Bill [Lords.] 


Fees (Public 
Departments. ) 


Constabulary 
Force (Ireland) 
[Pay, &amp;c.] 








30 Vicrorta. {Oth 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Straits Settlements 


. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the British Columbia Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Overseer of the Poor (Small Parishes) 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 resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 18th day of this instant July, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Compulsory 
Church Rate Abolition Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Drainage Supplemental (No. 2) 
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 County Assessments 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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 Hundred Bridges 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 Charitable Trusts Deeds Enrolment 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. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Fees (Public Departments), a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to make provision for the 
collection of Fees in Public Departments and 
Offices by means of Stamps. 

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. Dodson, Mr. IZunt, 
and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Constabulary Force (Jreland) [| Pay, &amp;c. |, a Reso- 
lution; which was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to empower the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland to authorize an increased Rate 

VoL. 121. 


ith July. 














407 


of Pay and Superannuation to the Constabulary 
Force, out of any Moneys that may be provided 
by Parliament for that purpose. 

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. Dodson, Mr. Hunt, 
and Lord Naas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on New Zealand 
New Zealand Guarantee, a Resolution; which was S%™™"*e 
read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to guarantee the liquidation 
of Bonds issued for the repayment of Advances 
made out of Public Funds for the service of the 
Colony of New Zealand. 

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. Dodson, Mr. Hunt, 
and Mr. Adderley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Poor Law Amendment Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Parochial 
to amend and explain the Act of the twenty-fifth (nected) iat 
and twenty-sixth years of Victoria, chapter fifty- Amendment. 
eight, relating to Parochial Buildings in Scotland: 
And that Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie, Mr. Willam Mil- 
ler, and Sir William Stirling-Mazwell do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Railway — 
to repeal so much of the Act of the twenty-seventh Ponstruction 
and twenty-eighth years of Victoria, chapter one (1864) Amend. 
hundred and twenty-one, intituled “ The Railway ™ent- 
Construction Facilities Act (1864),” as prevents 

the Board of Trade from proceeding’ on the appli- 

cation of Promoters in cases where any Railway 

or Canal Company affected in any way by the 

proposed Undertaking may give notice of oppo- 

sition: And that Mr. Whalley and Mr. Locke do 

prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to provide for the Fees (Public 
Collection of Fees in Public Departments and 2«psrtments) 
Offices by means of Stamps: And the same was. py oo 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second bees 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to amend an Act to Constabulary 
consolidate the Laws relating to the Constabulary Foree (Ireland ; 
Force in Ireland: And the same was read the first ~~. 
time; and ordered to. be read a second time upon Bill 224. 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to guarantee the New Zealand 
liquidation of Bonds issued for the Repayment i. 
of Advances made out of Public Funds for the Bill 225. 
Service of the Colony of New Zealand: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Parochial 
uildings 


Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie presented a Bill to amend 
and explain the Act of the twenty-fifth and twenty- (cootian ) Act 
sixth years of Victoria, chapter fifty-eight, relating Amendment 
to Parochial Buildings in Scotland: And the same Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada_ Bill 222. 
second time this day ; an to be printed. 


Mr. Whalley presented a Bill to repeal so much Railway _ 

of the Act of the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth ee sey 
years of Vietorta, chapter one hundred and twenty- (1864) Amend- 
one, intituled “ The Railway Construction Faci- ment Bill. 


302 lities _ Bill 226. 











Se a te TT - 





Waterford and 
Limerick Rail- 
way (Arrange- 


ments) Bill. 


Glasgow Police 


Bill. 


Swansea Vale 


Railway Bill. 


Wandsworth 
and Putney 


Gas Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 


468 


lities Act (1864),” as prevents the Board of Trade 
from proceeding on the application of Promoters 
in cases where any Railway or Canal Company 
affected in any way by the proposed Undertaking 
may give notice of opposition: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Friday, 20th July, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
7 a House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendment made by the Lords to 
the Waterford and Limerick Railway (Arrange- 


19¢h—20th July. 





ments) 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 House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Glas- 
gow Police 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 Stwan- 





sea Vale Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wands- 
worth and Putney Gas Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ton and Walsall the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wol- 


Railway Bill. 


Brighton 


West Pier Bill 


[ Lords.] 


Liverpool 


Sewage Utili- 


zation Bill 
[ Lords. } 


South Eastern, 


and London, 


Chatham, and 


Dover (Lon- 
don, Lewes, 


and Brighton) 
Railways Bill. 


verhampton and Walsall 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 Brighton West Pier Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


the Liverpool Sewage Utilization Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
19th day of this instant July, wherein their Lord- 
ships request that this House will communicate to 
their Lordships, a Copy of the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken before the Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament 



























































1866. 


on the South Eastern and London, Chatham, and 
gd (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways 
ill. 

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. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Fetitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
third Report. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Mr. John 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Bramwell. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Correspondence and the 
Memorials addressed to Lord Chancellor Camp- 


| bell, objecting to the Appointment of Mr. John 


Bramwell to the Office of Recorder and of Justice 
of the Peace in the City of Durham, on the ground 
of his being an Attorney practising in that City. 

Ordered, That 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 East East tndia 
India Communications have Power to report their Communica- 
Observations thereupon to the House, together “".” 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Mr. Crawford reported from the said Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them, and an Ap- 
pendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


No. 428. 


General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Enfield Rifle 
mand,—Copy of further Reports of the Ordnance eae 
Select Committee on Mr. Snider’s Method of con- ; 
verting the Enfield Rifle into a Breech-loader (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 462, of 
Session 1865). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Small Arms. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Account of the Sums voted, and the 
Sums expended, upon Small Arms in each Finan- 
cial year from 1851-2 to 1864-5, and of the like 
Sums, as far as they can be stated, for 1865-6; 
also of the Number of such Arms manufactured or 
converted respectively in the said years: And 
praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to give directions for obtaining Informa- 
tion as to the same particulars with regard to 
Small Arms in Prussia during the same years, 
together with any matter needful for explanation 
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. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lady Slaney's 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, — rds) 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing © oa 
Orders in the case of Lady Slaney’s (Trust) Es- 
tate Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


lect Committee on Standing Orders. ‘ 
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30 Vicrortia. 20th—2 | 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Market Bosworth School 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Market Bos- 
worth School 
Bill [Lords.] 


Medical Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Officers (Army to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
and Navy) to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Report and Evidence of the 
Committee on the Position, &amp;e. of the Medical 
Officers of the Army and Navy, presided over by 
Vice Admiral Sir A. Milne: Of the Order in 
Council of the 4th day of July 1866 :—— And, of 
the Circular of the 12th day of July 1866 issued 
by thelate Board of Admiralty respecting the Rank, 
Pay, and Position of Naval Medical 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 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 present Parliament for the Borough of Eye, 
in the room of Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, 
Baronet, who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the Office of Steward or 
Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Manor of Northstead, in | 
the County of York. 


Eye Writ. 








Mr. Speaker acquainied the House, That a Mes- | 

sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of | 
their Clerks, as followeth: 
Glebe Lands The Lords have agreed to the Glebe Lands | 
(Scotland) Bill. ( Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to which the | 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Carriage and 


Message from 
the Lords. 





Carriage and 8 ‘ r ° 

Deposit of Deposit of Dangerous Goods Bill, with Amend- 
Dangerous ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
Goods Bill. 


of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the North British 
Railway Railway (Camps, &amp;c. Branches) Bill, with Amend- 
(Camps, &amp;c. ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
Branches) Bill. of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Great North of 


North British 


Great North - . . ; 
of Scotland Scotland Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Railway Bill. the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Ilanelly Rail- § The Lords have agreed to the Lianelly Railway 
— fee Dock and Dock Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
; Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
Muswell Hill The Lords have agreed to the Muswell Hill 
Estate and Estate and Railways Bill, with Amendments; to 
Railways Bill. which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


Great Easten | The Lords have agreed to the Great Eastern 


rr - Railway (Alexandra Park Branches) Bill, with 
Park Branches) Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
Bill. currence of this House. 


Public Records. Mr. Secretary Walpole presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of the 27th Annual Re- 
port of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, 
14th February 1866. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


British Mr. Hunt presented, pursuant to the directions 
Fisheries. of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Report by the 
Commissioners for the British Fisheries of their 
proceedings in the year ended 31st December 

1865, being the Fishing of 1865. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Trade and Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- 
Navigation. jesty’s Command,— Accounts relating to Trade and 
No. 68, Navigation, for the month ended 30th June 1866, 


and six months ended 30th June 1866. 


st July. 469 


Sir Stafford Northcote also presented, pursuant Pilotage. 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— Ab- 
stract of Returns relating to Pilots and Pilotage 
in the United Kingdom (year ending 31st Decem- 
ber 1865), in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 243 of Session 1865. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Colonial 
Command,—Copy of Reports showing the pre- Possessions. 
sent state of Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions. 
Transmitted with the Blue Books for the year 
1864: Part I. West Indies and Mauritius. 

Copy of Reports showing the present state of 

Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions. Transmitted 
with the Blue Books for the year 1864. Part II. 
North American Colonies; African Settlements 
and Saint Helena; Australian Colonies and New 
Zealand; Eastern Colonies and the Mediterranean 
Possessions, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of 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 


Shoreham 
Harbour. 


' An Act for the more effectual Security and 


Improvement of the Harbour of New Shoreham, 
in the County of Sussex.” 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Joint Joint Stock 
Stock Companies, which was presented upon the Companies. 
19th day of this instant July, be printed. No, 429, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Queen’s Queen's 
University (Ireland), which was presented upon University 


pe “gh nay vet ° Treland.) 
the 5th day of this insts ‘ 
e 5th day of this instant July, be printed Ne. 420. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday -_ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Overseer of the 
mittee on the Overseer of the Poor (Small Pa- Poor (Small 
rishes) Bill ; Parishes) 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- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ there be laid before this House, a Return Foreign Rail- 
“of all Foreign Railway Tariffs which may be in ¥*Y T@rifts. 
“the possession of the Board of Trade,” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed gone wend was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Saturday, 21st July, 1866 : 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





VoL. 121. 





303 The 





































































—_reeeees 








Ways and 
Means. 


Oyster 
and Mussel 
Fisheries Bill. 


Straits Settle- 
ments Bill. 


British 
Columbia Bill. 


Terminable 
Annuities Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


East India 
Revenue 
Accounts. 


Thames Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Drainage and 

Improvement 
of Lands Act 
(Ireland) Pro- 
visional Order 
Bill. 


474) 


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 Oyster and Mussel Fisheries 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 Straits Settlements 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 British Columbia Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Terminable Annuities Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
intoa Committee on the Militia Pay Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
East India Revenue Accounts, a Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That the Total Revenue of India for the year end- 
in» the 30th day of April 1865 was £.45,652,897 ; 
the total of the direct claims and demands upon the 
Revenue, including charges of collection and cost 
of Salt and Opium, was £.8,978,504; the charges 
in India, including Interest on Debtand the value of 
Stores received from England, were £.30,473,716; 
the charges in England were £.4,802,401; the 


Guaranteed Interest on the Capital of Railway | 


and other Companies, in Jndia and in Kngland, 
deducting Net Traffic Receipts, was £. 1,591,797, 
—-making a total charge for the same year of 
£.45,846,418; and there was an excess of Ex- 
penditure over Income in that year amounting to 
£. 193,521. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Thames Navigation 
Bill, as amended in the Committee: and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Drainage and Improve- 
ment of Lands Act (Jreland) Provisional Order 
Bill: and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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. 


20th—2 Ist July. 








1866. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Courts of 
into a Committee on the Courts of Justice Bill; J™8tice Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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. 


Ordered, That the Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. Public Works, 
Bill, and the Public Works Loans (Jreland) Bill, Harbours, &amp;c. 
é ‘ ° Bill, and 
be committed to the same Committee. Public Works 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Loans (Ireland) 
into a Committee on the said Bills; and, after Bill. 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bills, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time 
upon Mondav next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tramways 
into a Committee on the Tramways (Jreland) Acts (Ireland) Acts 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent - ,raaee 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr.” 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be taken into consideration upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Compulsory 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Church Rate 


upon the 18th day of this instant July, was pro- Abolition Bill. 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Com- 
pulsory Church Rate Abolition Bill be now read a 
second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to County Assess- 
take into consideration the County Assessments ments Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Hares and Rabbits (Scotland) Bill was, Bares and 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Rabbits (Scot- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for lend) BO. 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Paupers (Scot- 
into a Committee on the Paupers (Scotland) Bill ; 2) 5. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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 Parochial Buildings (Scotland) Act Amend- Parochial 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second isos Ae 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole Amendment 

Bill. 


House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Traffic — 
Bill for regulating the Traffic in the Metropolis, Ciaepelte) 
and for making Provision for the greater Security — 
of Persons passing through the Streets, and for 
other purposes: And that Mr. Secretary Walpole 
and Mr. Hunt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under — inte 
. gemen' . 
an Actof the fifteenth year of Her present Ma- 
jesty, 














30 VicrorRia. 


jesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief | 
of Turnpike Trusts: And that Mr. Secretary Wal-| 
pole and Mr. Hunt do prepare, and bring it in. | 
| 
Turnpike Acts 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
Continuance. 


to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, 

and to make further Provision concerning Turn- 

mg Trusts: And that Mr. Secretary Walpole and 
r. Hunt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sick Cases 
(Metropolitan 
District.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Sick Cases on 
the Books of each District Poor Law Medical 
Officer of the Metropolitan District on the 7th 
day of January and onthe 7th day of July 1866, 
distinguishing the Number of Persons suffering 
from,— 

1. Fever and Zymotic Cases; 

2. Acute Disorders ; 

3. Chronic Disorders ; 
Also, the Total Number of Cases attended by each 
District Medical Officer during the Half-years 
ended the 29th day of September 1865 and the 
25th day of March 1866. 


Naval 
Discipline. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make Provision for the Discipline of the Navy: 
And that Sir John Pakington and Lord Henry 
Lennox do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Queen Anne's 








Bounty. Returns of the Number and Amount of Grants 
accorded by the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty 
Board during the last thirty years, the Names 
of the Benefices respectively augmented, and their 
present Value : Of the Special Sums of Money 
entrusted to the Board of Queen Anne’s Bounty 
for Augmentation of particular Benefices to which 
no corresponding Grant has been accorded, and 
the Names of Benefices and Donors: And, of 
the Applications made for the Augmentation of 
Benefices during the year 1866, with the Names 
of Applicants and Benefices, and whether any or 

what Grants have been accorded. 
Traffic Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill for regu- 
ee lating the Traffic in the Metropolis, and for making 
oars Provision for the greater security of Persons 
Bill 227, P28sing through the Streets, and for other pur- 
“"" poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 

next; and to be printed. 

Turnpike Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to con- 
Trusts firm certain Provisional Orders made under an 
re A of the fifteenth year of Her present Majesty, 
Bill 28, ‘© facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of Turn- 


pike 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 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Bill 229. 


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to con- 
tinue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, and 
to make further Frovidien concerning Turnpike 
Trusts: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day next; and to be printed. 


Common Law 
Courts (Fees 
and Salaries. ) 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee to consider of making Provision for the 
payment of the Salaries of the Clerks and Officers 
of the Superior Courts of Common Law at West- 
minster, now payable out of Fees, and for the 

i of the said Fees into the Consolidated 
und ; 

Mr. Secretary Walpole, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

Vor, 121. 


2th—21st—2Srd July. 





A471 


mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of 
this Motion, recommends it to the consideration of 
the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading the third time, upon gests Abolition 
Monday next, the Tests Abolition ( Ozford) Bill, (Oxford) Bill. 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Glebe Lands 
Lords to the Glebe Lands ( Scotland) Bill be taken (Scotland) Bill. 
into consideration upon Monday next; and be Bill 230. 
printed. 


Sir John Pakington presented a Bill to make Naval _ 
Provision for the Discipline of the Navy: And the Discipline Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill 231. 
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 Mon- 
day next. 








Monday, 23rd July, \860. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 

M Message had been brought from the Lords the Lords. 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the South London — — 
Market Bill, without any Amendment. ."cneged 

The Lords have agreed to the Buckley and ackley and 
Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway Com- yyojd, ana Con- 


panies Bill, without any Amendment. nah’s Quay 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments oat Rail- 
made by this House to the Southern Railway Bill, thor ds. 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Central Ireland Rail- 
ways Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Crown Lands Crown Lands 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire ®" 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway Midland 


Central Ire- 
land Railways 
Bill [ Lords.] 


(Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments; to which ae &amp; 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. x.) gill.’ 


The Lords have agreed to the Bute Docks, Bute Docks, 
Cardiff, Bill, with Amendments; to which the Cardiff, Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Carmarthen and Carmarthen 
Cardigan Railway Bill, with Amendments; to sd Cardigan 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this = 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Weardale and Weardale and 
Shildon District Water Bill, with Amendments; beeen _— 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this pi, 
House. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Hamilton's 
Hamilton’s Estate Bill; That they had examined eer Bill 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the ”” ‘“ 
Bill, and amended the same by correcting the 
description of the Estate of the late Agnes Hamiil- 
ton, therein erroneously described as her “ Trust 
Estate,” and found the same, a8 amended, to be 
true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made no 
further Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 





304 Mr. 











472 


Delabole Mr. Dodson reported the Delabole Railway and 
—— Bossinney Harbour Bill, with an Amendment. 
Harbour Bill Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
[Lords.] and be printed. 
Limerickand Mr. Dodson reported the Limerick and Castle 
Railway Bill " Connell Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
| Lords. | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Lloyd's Mr. Dodson reported Lloyd’s Estates ( Partition) 
Gites) Bl Bill, without Amendment. 
[ Lords.] Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Pagham Mr. Dodson reported the Pagham Harbour Bill, 
there} Bill with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Rawson's Mr. Dodson reported Rawson’s Estate Bill, with- 
‘toe out Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Sheils’ Alms- Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
houses Charity 7 je/s’ Almshouses Charity Bill; That they had 
Bill [Lords.]} ° ° ° ‘ &gt; ° 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by striking out 
the names of the Visitor and Governors of the 
Charity, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
no further Amendment thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


or Mr. Dodson reported Suther/and-Walker’s Es- 
eee tate Bill, without Amendment. 
| Lords.} Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mortality of Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 


chine.) to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
; give leave to His Royal Highness the Duke of 
Cambridge to attend to be examined as a Witness 
before the Select Committee on Mortality of 
Troops ( China): And that the Clerk do carry the 
said Message. 
Aberdareand The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Central Wales the Amendments made by the Lords to the Aber- 
Junction ° ° ° 
Railway Bill. dare and Central Wales 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. 
Liverpool Cen- The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


tral Station 


n take into consideration the Amendments made by 
Railway Bill. 


the Lords to the Liverpool Central Station Railway 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and, with an 
Amendment to one of them, agreed to; and a 
consequential Amendment was made to the 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, with an Amendment, and with a con- 
sequential Amendment to the said Bill; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concur- 
rence of their Lordships. 


London, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
eg and the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lon- 
idnoer “st don, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Various 
(Various Powers) Bill; and the same were twice read, and 


Powers) Bill. agreed to. 
Ordered, 'Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lon- 
‘Chatham | don, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Chatham 
Dockyard Dockyard Branch) Bill; and the same were twice 
Branch) Bill, read, and agreed to. 


London, 
Chatham, and 
Dover Railway 





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1866. 


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 London, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Zon- Chatham, and 
don, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Various over Railway 
Powers) Bill; and the same were twice read, and Powers) Bill. 
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 Merthyr, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mer- Tredegar, and 
thyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway Bill; Raileay 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 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North British 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the North Railway 
British Railway (Glasgow Branches) Bill; and Co aarccn) 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 ghefield 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Shef- Water Bill. 
Jield 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Caithness Rail- Caithness 
ways bill be now read the third time; Railways Bill 

The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Command, ‘4°%*] 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having ' 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That 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 Ryde Station Ryde Station 
and Railway Bill be now read the third time ; and Railway 
The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Command, Bil! (Zords.] 
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. 


A Message was delivered by Colonel Clifford, Royal Assent. 
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable 





House 











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House in the House of Peers, to hear, the Com- 
mission 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 men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, 
as follow : 
Prosecution An Act to extend the Law relating to the Ex- 
Expenses Bill. ,onses of Prosecutions, and to make Provision for 
Expenses on Charges of Felony and certain Mis- 
demeanors before examining Magistrates : 
An Act for authorizing the East and West 
Junction Railway Company, in the construction 


East and West 
Junction Rail- 
way(Diversion 


of Roads) Bill, Of their authorized Railway, to divert, alter, and 
stop up certain Roads in the Parish of Aldermin- 
ster and County of Worcester : 

Aberavon An Act to authorize the Mayor, Aldermen, and 


Local Board Burgesses of the Borough of Aberavon, as the 
= Local Board for the District, to purchase the 
existing Gas Works of the Aberavon Gas and 
Coke Consumers Company (Limited), and to 
supply Gas within the said District : 

An Act for supplying with Water the Town of 


Bridge of , : 

Allen Water Bridge of Allan and Places adjacent: 

Bill. , ‘ ‘ 
Presteign, An Act to authorize the construction of Rail- 
Clun,and =—s ways between Presteign and Clun and the Craven 


i. Arms, and for other purposes relating to the Un- 
’ dertaking: 

Solway Junc- _ An Act to enable the Solway Junction Railway 

tion Railway Company to raise further Capital, and for other 

(Capital) Bill. purposes : 


Walker and An Act for incorporating the Walker and Walls- 
tn end Union Gas Company, for enabling them to 
1 


Bill. supply Gas to the Parish of Wallsend and Parts of 

the Parish of Long Benton, in Northumberland, 
and for other purposes : 

Maryport An Act for defining and extending the Powers 

Improvement of the Trustees of the District and Harbour of 

and Harbour = Waryport, in the County of Cumberland, and for 


= enabling them to improve the Streets and Build- 
ings within the District, and to Sewer and Drain 
the same, to establish Waterworks, Gasworks, and 
Police, and for other purposes: 

Caledonian An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway 

Railway Company to make Railways to the Albert Harbour 

Greenock and 


comets iin, Greenock, and to Gourock, in the County of 
tensions) Bill. Renfrew, with a Pier at Gourock, and to acquire 
the Undertaking of the Gourock Harbour Com- 
pany, and for other purposes : 

Great Yar- An Act for the Connenmes and Improvement 
mouth Haven, of the Port and Haven of Great Yarmouth and 
Port,and | = the ~Rivers connected therewith; for the levy- 


= ing and extinguishing of Tolls and Duties, and for 
other purposes : 

Liantrissant An Act to enable the Lilantrissant and Taff 

and Taff Vale Vale Junction Railway Company to make Rail- 

Railway Bill ways to join the Railway of the Penarth Harbour 
Dock and Railway Company and the Ely Valley 
Railway, and to form an additional Junction with 
their Llantrissant Common Branch, and for other 
purposes : 

London and An Act for conferring additional Powers on the 

ly London and North Western Railway Company in 


relation to their own Undertaking and the Under- 
takings of other Companies, and for other pur- 
poses : 


Works, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Mold and An Act to enable the Mold and Denbigh Junc- 
Denbigh June- tion Railway Company to make Branch Railways 
oe and a Deviation, and to alter their authorized Rail- 
&amp;e.) Bill. way, and for other purposes : 

North Eastern An Act to enable the North Eastern Railway 
(Yetakive Company to construct Branch Railways and other 
New Lines, | Works in the County of York, and at and near the 
&amp;e.) Bill. Vou. 121. 





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473 


City of York, to acquire additional Lands, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Ogmore Valley Rail- Ogmore 
ways Company to make Extension Railways, to Valley Rail- 
raise additional Moneys, and for other purposes: 7° (No) 


An Act for the better Drainage of the Valley Waveney — 

of the River Waveney, in the Counties of Norfolk Valley Drain- 
age Bill. 
and Suffolk, and for other purposes : 

An Act to confirm an Agreement for the wycombe 
Transfer of the Wycombe Railway to the Great Railway Bill. 
Western Railway Company : 

An Act to authorize the Great Eastern Rail- Great Eastern 
way Company to make certain Railways and to Railway 
purchase certain Lands and Buildings for Station oun) am 
purposes, and to alter the Levels of their Ram- 
sey Branch, and Part of one of their Metropolitan 
Branches between Hanger-lane and West Green- 
road, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Company of Pro- Forth and 
prietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation to Clyde Navigs- 
raise further Moneys: pao 

An Act for making Railways to be called Centra Ire- 
“The Central Ireland Railways,” and for other !#nd_ Railways 
purposes : Bill [Lords.]} 

An Act for authorizing the South London Mar- south London 
ket Company to raise further Moneys, and for Market Bill. 
other purposes : 

An Act for confirming certain Articles of Agree- Buckley and 
ment between the Buckley Railway Company and Wrexham, 
the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Railway pas 
Company : Quay Railway 
eas 

An Act to enable the Swansea Harbour Trus- swansea 
tees to complete and maintain additional Works, Harbour Trust 
and to raise a further Sum of Money for the pur- Bi! |Zords.] 
poses of their Undertaking, and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Rhymney Railway pnymney 
Company to make and maintain certain new Lines Railway Bill. 
of Railway in connection with their Undertakings, 
and for other purposes: 

An Act for authorizing the Bedford and North- Bedford and 
ampton Railway Company to construct new Lines Northampton 
of Railway, to abandon Portions of their authorized ®!w*y Bil. 
Line, and for other purposes : 

An Act for the Improvement of the Town and Bray Improve- 
District of Bray, in the Baronies of Rathdown, and ™ent Bill. 
Counties of Dublin and Wicklow : 

An Act to authorize the Bristol and North Bristol ana 
Somerset Railway Company to raise additional oa soma 
Capital for the purposes of their Undertaking: — Ca aditinncl 
Capital) Bill. 

An Act for the construction of Fish Wharves Great Yar- 
and Tramways, and for the execution of other mouth Fish 
Works at Great Yarmouth, and for other pur- jaa 
poses : Bill. 

An Act to enable the Kingsbridge Railway Kingsbridge 
Company to make Deviations in and to alter the Railway Bill. 
Levels of their authorized Railway, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to amalgamate the Lynn and Sutton Lynn and 
Bridge and the Spalding and Bourn Railway Com- —— — 
panies, and for a Lease of the Norwich and Spald- aon ton 
ing Railway to the amalgamated Company, and Norwich and 


fe ’ Spalding 
for other purposes : Railway Com- 


: . _, panies Bill. 
An Act to authorize the North British Rail- North British 


way Company to make several Railways and pur- Railway (New 
chase Lands in various Counties; to extend the — Se) 
Times for purchase of Land and construction 

of Works with respect to Part of their Railway 

System across the Frith of Forth; to make certain 

Alterations in their Capital; to authorize Agree- 

ments with the Corporation of Edinburgh as to a 

Fruit and Vegetable Market at Edinburgh, and 

with the Midland Railway Company as to a 

Goods Station at Carlisle, and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Peterborough, Wis- Peterborough, 
beach, and Sutton Railway Company to regulate Wisbeach and 
their existing Share “a / Railway Bill. 

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474 23rd July. 


Somerset and An Act for authorizing the Somerset and Dorset 


Dorset Rail. Railway Company to acquire additional Lands, | Committee on the Railway Companies’ Securities = 


way Bill. and to raise further Moneys, and for other purposes: | Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, and 
Waterford An Act to authorize the Waterford and Limerick | made Amendments thereunto. 

and Limerick Railway Company to make Working and other 

“yond .. Agreements with the Great Southern and Western 


ments) Bill. 


An Act to regulate the Police and Statute La- 


Glasgow 
bour of the City of Glasgow, and for other pur- 


Police Bill, 





1866. 


Sir Stafford Northcote reported from the Select Railway 
ompanies’ 

curities Bill, 

Bill 233, 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 


Railway Company and the Great Western Rail-| Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
way Company, or either of them: next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Mines mines. 


oses : have Power to report their Observations thereupon No. 481. 


Swansea Vale ‘ : ; 
Railway Bill. seq Vale Railway Company over the Railways of 


other Companies, and for other purposes : 
Wandsworth An Act to enable the Wandsworth and Putney 
and Pauey Gas Light and Coke Company to raise further 
lane Capital, and for other purposes : 
Wolverhamp- _ An Act to authorize the Wolverhampton and 
ton and Wal- Walsall Railway Company to make a Deviation 
on Railway from their authorized Railway, and to construct a 
short Branch, and for other purposes with respect 
to their Undertaking: 
a An Act to empower the Southern Railway Com- 
Railway Bill pany to make Deviation and Branch Railways, and 
(Lords. ] for other purposes : 
Clare College, _ An Act for the better Regulation of Doctor 


Cambridge Blythe’s Benefaction to Clare College, Cambridge: 
(Blythe’s . 

Benefaction) 

Bill (Lords. } 

Taylor's An Act to authorize a Sale of part of the 


Estate Bill Estates of the late Joseph Taylor, of Gledhow 

|Lords.] Mount, in the Parish of Leeds, in the West Riding 
of the County of York, Esquire : 

Troyte's An Act for authorizing the Trustees of the Will 

Estate Bill of the Reverend Edward Berkeley Troyte, Doctor 

ore. | of Laws, deceased, to pull down the existing Family 
Mansion of Hluntsham Court, and to build a new 
Family Mansion on a fresh Site on part of the 
Estates, subject to the Limitations of the same 
Will, situate in the Parish of Huntsham, in the 
County of Devon, and for other purposes. 





Bray and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

ag the Bray and Enniskerry Railway Bill, as amended 

{Lords} in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


East India The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Irrigation and the East India Irrigation and Canal Bill, as 
Canal Bill . 4 a 
[Lords.} amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Madras Irri- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—— the Madras Irrigation and Canal Bill, as amended 
ana 1 


[Lords. } in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Ardmore Harbour Bill was read a second 


Ardmore 

Harbour Bil time; and committed. 

{ Lords.]} 

Dagenham Ordered, That the Dagenham Dock Railways 


Dock Railways Bij] be read a second time To-morrow. 
Bill | Lords. ] 


Downpatrick, The Downpatrick, Dundrum and Newcastle Rail- 


—— and way Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. } 
South Essex 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Railway Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
oe Railway Debentures, &amp;c. Registry Bill have leave 
c meeY to make a Special Report. 


Bill ~ : 4 " 
Special Sir Stafford Northcote reported from the said 


The South Essex Railway Bill was read a second 
time: and committed. 


Report, and Committee; That the Committee are of opinion 
that it ic not expedient to proceed with the said 
Bill; and had directed him to report the same, 
without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Report on 
Bill. 


An Act for facilitating the Traffic of the Swan- | to the House, together with the Minutes of the 


Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Neate 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 Ap- 
pendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 

and be printed. 

The following Paper was laid upon the Table Lambeth 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Workhouse. 
dated the 9th day of this instant July, for a Return 
relative to Lambeth Workhouse. 


Mr. Hunt presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- South Kensing- 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence between the tou Museum 
Treasury and the Science and Art Department, _ eet 
relative to the South Kensington Museum (New No. 432 
Buildings). nae 
Mr. Hunt also presented,—Return to an Order, Distillers, &amp;c. 
dated the 13th day of June last, for a Return 

relative to Distillers, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this London ana 
instant July, for a Return relative to the London Carlisle Mail. 
and Carlisle Mail. 

Return to several Orders, dated the 16th and Foreshores 
18th days of this instant July, for Returns relative (Scotland.) 
to Foreshores ( Scotland). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the first be printed. 


Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an Coals (Wool- 
Order, dated the 26th day of June last, for a wich and 
Return relative to Coals (Woolwich and Ports- Portsmouth.) 
mouth), 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord John Manners presented,—Return to an Royal 
Order, dated the 16th day of this instant July, Academy. 
for a Return relative to the Royal Academy. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Foreign 
jesty’s Command,—Statistical Tables relating to Statistics. 
Foreign Countries, compiled from the official 
Returns of the respective Countries. Part X.(Con- 
tinuing the Statements, for the respective Coun- 
tries, from Part 1X.) 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Pilotage, piotage. 
which was presented upon the 20th day of this yo. 43g, 
instant July, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the West West African 
African Mails, which was presented upon the Mails 
18th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 434. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Enfield Enfield Rifles. 
Rifles, which was presented upon the 3d day of No. 435. 
July 1865, be re-printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Enfield Enfield Rifle 


Rifle (.Snider’s Method), which was presented upon — 
the 20th day of this instant July, be printed. aa 











Ordered, No. 438, 

















Dublin Univer- 
sity Writ. 


Public 
Petitions, 


Vide Thirty- 
fourth Report. 


Orange Meeting 
(Ballykilbeg. ) 


Irish Society. 


Poor Law 
Amendment. 


Bill. 


Supply. 


New National 
Gallery. 


30 VicTorRIA. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant 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 College of 
the Holy Trinity of Dud/in, in the room of the Right 
Honourable James Whiteside, who, since his elec- 
tion for the said College, hath accepted ‘the office 
of Lord Chief Justice of Her Majesty’s Court of 
Queen’s Bench in Jreland. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence between the late Lord 
Lieutenant of Jreland and William Johnston, 
Esquire, relative to a Meeting of Orangemen pro- 
posed to be held in his Park of Ballykilbeg, in the 
County Down, on the 12th day of July 1866 ; and 
in reference to the intimation by the Lord Lieu- 
tenant that such Meeting would not be permitted 
to be held, and the display of Military and Con- 
stabulary in accordance therewith :—.-- And, of any 
Correspondence which led to the adoption of these 
measures. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 8th day of May last, That there be laid 
before this House, a Return relative to the Jrish 
Society, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be 
laid before this House forthwith. ~ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law 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 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 “it is desirable that a new National Gal- 
“ lery be erected on the site of Burlington House 
“ Gardens,” 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 (Colonel Taylor, \ 94 
Yeas, Mr. Noel: F 
Tellers for the; Mr. Beresford Hope, V7 
Noes, | Mr. Layard: ee 


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. £.1140,000, for the Manufacturing Depart- 
ments. 

2. £.105,000, for Military Store Establishments 
and Warlike Stores. 

3. £. 520,530, to complete the Sum for Public 
Education in Great Britain. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of éhe clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Tuesday, 24th July, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
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475 


son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Dodson also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Mean. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


e 
The Railways (Ireland) Temporary Advances Railways 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; see 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 4 Gyences Bill, 


for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Inland Revenue 
into a Committee on the Inland Revenue Bill; 3! 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Colonial Branch Mints Bill was, according Colonial _ 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a — Mints 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. we 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Writs Registra- 

mittee on the Writs Registration (Scotland) Bill ; tion (Scotland) 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.  *H 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of Ses- 

into a Committee on the Court of Session ( Sco¢- sion (Scotland) 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, =. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Urdered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation Officers’ Super- 
(Scotland) Bill; (Sootland) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Comniittee. 


The (rder of the day being read, for the Second Salmon 
Reading of the Salmon Fisheries ( Scotland) Bill; Fisheries __ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Lorde -_ 


upon this dd@y three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land Drainage 
into a Committee on the Land Drainage Supple- oer 
mental (No. 2) Bill; and, after some time spent ~~ 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Dodson 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 Fees (Public Departments) Bill was, ac- Fees ( Public 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Departments) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ~~ 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second New Zealand 
Reading of the New Zealand Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


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476 


Constabulary The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
hc Reading of the Constabulary Force (Jre/and) 
Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Landed Estates The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Court, &amp;c. . . . Estat . 
(Ireland) Bill. into a Committee on the Landed Estates Court, 


. &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
Bill 234. therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. 
Dodson 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. 


Admiralty The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
— ac Reading of the Admiralty Court (/reland) Bill; 
: Ordered, Tha ithe said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
oer Anas mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Common Law The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Courts (Ire- Reading of the Common Law Courts (Jreland) 
land) Bill. = ayy, 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Reieable Pro- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
perty (Ireland) Reading of the Rateable Property (Jreland) Bill ; 
, Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Militia Pay The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Drainage and The Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act 
Improvement ( Jreland) Provisional Order Bill was, according to 
(Irelnd) Pro. Order, read the third time. 

visional Order Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Couits of 


The Courts of Justice Bill was, according to 
Justice 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 Works, 
Harbours, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. 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. 


Public Works The Public Works Loans (Jreland) Bill was, 
cas according to Order, read the third time; and a ver- 
” bal 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. 


County Assess- 


r.. The County Assessments Bill was, according to 
ments Bil. 


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. 


Prisons (Tre- 


Petsens ( The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
and) Bill. 


Reading of the Prisons (Jre/and) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


23rd—24th July. 





1866. 


The Order ot the day being read, for taking into Tramwa 


ys 
consideration the Tramways (/reland) Acts Amend- — 


ment Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, Turnpike 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- a 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for P 


this day. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, ac- Turnpike Acts 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Continuance 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Common Law 
into a Committee on Common Law Courts (Fees at Gaia 


and Salaries). 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to make provi- 
sion for the payment of the Salaries and Allow- . 
ances of the Sletten, the Registrar of Judgments, 
and the Queen’s Remembrancer of the Courts of 
Common Law, out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom, and for the payment of the 
Salaries and Allowances to the other Officers of 
the said Courts out of Money to be provided by 
Parliament for those purposes. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient to empower the 
Commissioners of the Treasury to increase the 
Salaries of the said Masters. 

3. Resolved, That it is expedient to provide for 
the payment of the amount received from Stamps 
into the Consolidated Fund. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, 
at Twelve of the clock. 








| The Naval Discipline Bill was, according to Naval 
| Order, read a second time; and committed to a Discipline Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for ‘Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Terminable 
mittee on the Terminable Annuities Bill ; Annuities Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Schools 
Reading of the Public Schools Bill ; Bill [Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Marriages (Ire- 
Reading of the Marriages (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill; land) (No 2) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Tem- 
Reading of the Church Temporalities Acts (Jre- poralities Acts 
(Ireland) 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 Tithe Rent- 
Reading of. the Tithe neabahenss (Ireland) Bill ; —— 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Elections 
mittee on the Elections (Returning Officers) Bill; i. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ’ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





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$0 Vicroria. 


Suburban The Suburban Commons Bill was, according to 
Soe 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. 


Cattle Diseases The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(1866) Amend- Reading of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act 
ment Bill. (1866) Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Railway The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
— Reading of the Railway Construction Facilities 
(1864) Amend- Act (1864) Amendment Bill ; 
ment Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Overseer of the 
Poor (Small 
Parishes) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Overseer of the Poor 
(Small Parishes) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the BH] be read the third time 


this day. 
Paupers (Scot- The Paupers (Scotland) Bill was, according to 
land) 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 


Parochial The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Buildings inte a Committee onthe Parochial Buildings ( Scot- 
ae oe land) Act Amendmént Bill; and, after some time 
Bill. spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair: 
and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to re- 
port the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Glebe Lands The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


(Scotland) Bill. take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Glebe Lands ( Scotland) Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and, with Amendments 
to several of them, agreed to; and consequential 
Amendments were made to the 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 Amendments, and with consequential 
Amendments to the said Bill; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


Bermuda Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Yellow Fever.) tq Her Majesty, that She will be ponctanl pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extracts of a Dispatch from the 
Governor of Bermuda to the Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, forwarding the Report of the 
Committee appointed to inquire into the origin and 
spread of the Yellow Fever, by which Bermuda was 
visited in 1864, together with the Appendices. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 


Council. 
Aberdeen Pro- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
visional Order °_ ye: . 6 . 
Confirmation. t0 confirm a Provisional Order under “ The Ge-_ 
neral Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 
1862,” relating to the Burgh of Aberdeen: And 
that Mr. Secretary Walpole and Mr. Hunt do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 
ry Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in 
pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commis- 
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23rd—24th July. 


| and Wales: Andthe same was read the first time ; 


477 


sioners for “England and Wales: And that Mr. 
Secretary Walpole and Mr. Hunt do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Focal 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders under “ The Supine 
Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to the (No. 4.) 
Districts of Ramsgate, Leominster, Stalybridge, 

Lincoln, Maidstone, Banbury, Tonbridge Wells, 
Bedford, and Southampton; and for other pur- 
poses relative to Districts under the said Act: 


And that Mr. Secretary Walpole and Mr. Hunt do 
prepare, and bring it in. 
Bills of Sale 


Act (1854) 
Amendment. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Bills of Sale Act (1854): And that 
Mr. Hunt, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and 
Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bankruptcy. 

a Return of the Number of Trust Deeds registered 
under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act, 1861, 
showing the Six Months commencing the 12th day 
of October 1865, and ending the 11th day of April 
1866 inclusive; distinguishing the Number of 
Deeds registered under Composition, the Amount 
of the Debts, and the Amount of the Composition 
engaged to be paid upon the said Debts, and the 
Number of Deeds registered under inspection and 
assignment respectively, and showing the Amount 
of unsecured Debts stated in those Deeds (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No.70, of the 
present, Session). 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Parishes 

'to amend the Act of the seventh and eighth Vic- test) ese. 
| torta, chapter forty-four, relating to the erection ment. 

‘of new Parishes guoad sacra in Scotland: And 

that Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie and Sir James Fer- 

gusson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Fortifications 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
and Works. 


this day, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of making further provision, out of the 
| Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, for 
| the Expense of certain Fortifications and Works; 
| General Peel, 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, this day, at 
| Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to amend the Bills of Bills of Sale 
Sale Act (1854): And the same was read the first ane aed 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 


Bill. 
| Thursday next; and to be printed. Bill 235. 


| Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to confirm Local Govern- 
| certain Provisional Orders under “ The Local Gro- ment Supple- 
_vernment Act, 1858,” relating to the Districts of por (X® 4) 
Ramsgate, Leominster, Stalybridge, Lincoln, Maid- 3:1 o3¢ 
stone, Banbury, Tonbridge Wells, Bedford, and . 
| Southampton; and for other purposes relative to 

| Districts under the said Act: And the same was 


}read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


\ 


second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill toconfirm Aberdeen Pro- 
a Provisional Order under “ The General Police a Order 
and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862,” relating pit. a 
tothe Burgh of Aberdeen: And the same wasread jj] 937, 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time this day; and to be printed. 


Mr, Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to autho- Inclosure_ 
|rize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of (N®- 2) Bill. 
| a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England Bill 238. 


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478 93rd—24th July. . 1866 


and ordered to be read a second time this day ; 
and to be printed. 


Parishes Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie presented a Bill to amend 
(Scotland) Act the Act of the seventh and eighth Victoria, chapter 
en —_— forty-four, relating to the erection of new Parishes 

quoad sacra in Scotland: And the same was read 


ou a08. the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day; and to be printed. 
Crown Lands Qrdered, That the Amendments made by the 


aeodl Lords to the Crown Lands Bill be taken into con- 
Bill 239. sideration upon Thursday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Tuesday, 24th July, 1860. 


PRAYERS. 
Civil Services. M R. Hunt presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 436. 1 mand,—Supplementary Estimate of Civil 
Services for 1866-7, Class VII., Vote No. 15:— 
An Estimate of the Sum proposed to be voted in 
the year ending 3lst March 1867, towards the Ex- 
nse of the National Memorial for his late Royal 
ieee the Prince Consort. 
Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


Great Eastern ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 

a the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great 

Branches) Bill, Lastern Railway (Alexandra Park Branches) 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. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
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 


The Liverpool Sewage Utilization Bill was read Liverpool 

the third time. er 
, Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ['Zords, 

0 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 Second Dagenham 
Reading of the Dagenham Dock Railways Bill ; ony Fm 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time an 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Ardmore Har- Ardmore 
bour Bill, Standing Orders 201 and 229 be sus- Harbour Bill 
sn and that the Committee on the Bill have '4"@*] 
eave to sit, and proceed upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Downpatrick, Downpatrick, 
Dundrum and Newcastle Railway Bill, Standing 2uéum, and 
Orders 201 and 229 be suspended, and that the Railway Bill 
Committee on the Bill have leave to sit and pro- |Zords.] 


ceed upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That in the case of the South Essex South Essex 
Railway Bill, Standing Orders 201 and 229 be Railway Bill 
suspended, and that the Committee on the bill (doves. 
have leave to sit and proceed upon Thursday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lambeth Lambeth 
Workhouse, which was presented upon the 23d day Workhouse. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 437. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Distillers, Distillers, &amp;c. 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 23d day of this No. 438. 
instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreshores Foreshores 
( Scotland), which was presented upon the 23d day (Scotland.) 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 439. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals Coals (Wool- 
(Woolwich and Portsmouth), which was presented Wich and 


upon the 23d day of this instant July, be printed. aa 


Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to the Royal Royal 
Academy, which was presented upon the 23d i Academy. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 441. 





agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Lienelly Rai!- © The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Bill and Dock the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lla- 

. nelly Railway and Dock Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 
Muswell Hill The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ay the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mus- 
ee well Hill Estate and 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 Lord- 
ships. 
North British The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway the Amendments made by the Lords to the North 
(Camps, &amp;c. ° 


Branches) Bill. British Railway (Camps, Xc. Branches) 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. 


Brighton West Ordered, That the Brighton West Pier Bill be 
Pier Bill read the third time upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented, by Her Ma- Lunatic 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of the Fifteenth Report Asylums (Ire- 
on the District, Criminal, and Private Lunatic “"” 
Asylums in dreland ; with Appendices. 

— That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Health 
into a Committee on the Public Health Bill. -_ 


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cause, N” 1, agreed to. 

CiausE, N° 2 (Definition of “ sewer autho- 
rity”). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ Provided always, that where a 
* local Board of Health exists, the sewer authority 
‘«‘ shall be such Board alone.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 3 and N° 4, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 5 (Formation of special drainage 
district). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 42: To leave 
out from the words * drainage district,” to the 
end of the Clause, in order to add the words “‘ and 
“such district shall, for the purposes of the 
adoption of ‘ The Sewage Utilization Act, 1865,’ 





[ Lords. ] 


* be 














Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings Bill. 


Common Law 
Courts (Fees 
and Salaries.) 





30 VicrorIA. 24th 


“ be considered and become a place having a known | 


“and defined boundary under the meaning of 
«* The Local Government Act, 1858,’ (Clause 12, 
“section 3, and subsequent clauses); and if the 
* inhabitants of such place, or any of them, are 
*‘ desirous of adopting ‘ The Sewage Utilization 
* Act, 1865,’” and of being constituted into a 
“ special drainage district, they shall proceed to 
carry out such adoption in all respects as is laid 
* down in ‘ The Local Government Act, 1858,’ 
“ for the adoption of that Act by places having a 
** known and defined boundary.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ for the 
purposes of the Sewage Utilization Act,” stand 
part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, l. 13: 
After the words “ rate were a,” to leave out the 
words “ rate for the relief of the poor,” and insert 
the words “ district rate made in the same manner, 
“ and assessed on different descriptions of property 
“in the same way, as a general district rate in 
“**¢ The Local Government Act, 1858.’” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 





' . { Mr. Adam, } 
Tellers for the Yeas, My. en f 82. 
Mr. Henley, 
Tellers for the N oes, Mr. Knight : } 8. 


Clause agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 6 to N° 9, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 10 (Drainage of houses). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 25: After 
the word “ drainage,” to insert the words “ or 
“ where, by reason of any stench or nuisance aris- 
“ ing within such dwelling-house, or within any 
‘ dwelling-house or tenement adjoining thereto, 
*‘ there is reasonable cause to believe that any ex- 
“isting drain or pipe communicating therewith 
‘* within such first-named dwelling-house is out of 
“repair, so that there is an escape of sewage or 
‘* vapour therefrom.” 

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 pro- 
gress. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 
Bill; 

/tesolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Common Law Courts (Fees and Salaries), several 
Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That it is expedient to make Provision for 
the Payment of the Salaries and Allowances of 
the Masters, the Registrar of Judgments, and the 
Queen’s Remembrancer of the Courts of Common 
Law, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom, and for the Payment of the Salaries and 
Allowances to the other Officers of the said Courts 
out of money to be provided by Parliament for 
those purposes. 

2. That it is expedient to empower the Com- 
missioners of the Treasury to increase the Salaries 
of the said Masters. 

3. That it is expedient to provide for the pay- 
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July. 479 


ment of the amount received from Stamps into 
the Consolidated Fund. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolutions: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. 
Solicitor General, and Mr. Hunt do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fortifications 
into a Committee on Fortifications and Works. 4 Works. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That towards providing a further 
Sum for defraying the Expenses of the construc- 
tion of Works for the Defence of the Royal 
Dockyards and Arsenals, and of the Ports of Dover 
and Portland, a Sum not exceeding £. 350,000, be 
charged upon the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom; and that the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury be authorized and empowered 
to raise the said Sum by Annuities, for a term 
not exceeding Thirty years, and that such Annui- 
ties shall be charged upon and be payable out of 
the said Consolidated Fund. 

2. Resolved, That the said Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct 
the payment to the Governor and Company of the 
Bank of England, out of the said Consolidated 
Fund, of the Sum of £.300, for the Management 
of the Contributions to be received by the said 
Governor and Company in respect of the said 
Annuities. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Galway Town 

rant to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make W™- 

out anew 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 

Michael Morris, Esquire, who,‘ since his Election 

for the said Town, hath accepted the Office of Her 

Majesty’s Solicitor General for Ireland. 


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 Sheriff Court Sheriff Court 
Houses (Scotland) Act (1860) Amendment Bill, Houses (Seot- 
without anv Amendment. (190) ames 
ment Bill 
The Lords have agreed to the Revising Bar- Revising 


risters’ Qualifications Bill, without any Amend- Barristers’ 
ment Qualifications 
Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Devon Valley Devon Valley 
and North British Railway Companies (Branches) wt 
Bill, without any Amendment. way Comgeain 
(Branches) 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Berwickshire Berwickshire 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Laugharne Rail- Laugharne 
way Bill, without any Amendment. Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Metropolis 

made by this House to the Metropolis Sewage Sewage and 


; . . . _ Essex Recla- 
and ee Reclamation Bill, without any Amend- (St 3) 
ment. 


. |Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the New Romney a ae 
Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Railway Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
The Lords have agreed to the Pier and Harbour Pier and Har 
Orders Confirmation Bill, with Amendments; to our Orders 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Son%™tion 





Bill. 
House. 
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Tamar, Kit 
Hill, and 
Callington 


480 


The Lords have agreed to the Tamar, Kit Hill, 


and Callington Railway Bill, with Amendments ; 


Railway Bill. 0 which tie Lords desire the concurrence of this 


Vale of Crick- 
howell Railwa 


Bill. 


Great Western 


Railway Hill. 


Wye Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Greenock and 
Shaws Water 


Greenock 
Water Bill. 


North Western 


and Charing 


Cross Railway 


Bill. 


Brecon and 
Llandovery 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Northampton 
and Banbury 
Junction 

Railway Bill. 


New South 


Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land 


Government 
Bill [Lords.] 


Mortality of 
Troops 
(China.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide ‘ Thirty- 


fourth Report. 
Cattle Plague. 


- Oxford 


University. 


India Office. 


Private Bills. 


House. 


The Lords have agreed to the Vale of Crick- 


Y howell Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Western 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wye Valley Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Greenock and 
Shaws Water Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Greenock Water 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the North Western 
and Charing Cross Railway Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Brecon and Llan- 
dovery Jusmetion Railway Bill, with Amendments; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have ugreed to the Northampton 
and Banbury Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to repeal part of an Act, intituled, “ An Act for 
the Government of New South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land; 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 Mortality of Troops 
(China), as desired by this House, His Royal 


Highness, in his place, consenting. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Corry presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of two 
Orders relating to the Cattle Plague, issued by the 
Lords of the Council on the 19th and 24th of 
July 1866. 

Copies of two Statutes made by the University 
of Oxford on the 16th and 23rd of March 1866, 
relating tothe Professorship of Experimental Philo- 
sophy, and tothe Aldrich Professorship of Chemistry. 

Copy of Order in Council, dated the 6th July 
1866, approving of certain additions to the Salaries 
of two Officers on the Establishment of the Secre- 
tary of State for India in Council. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

a Return for each year from 1850 to 1866 inclu- 

sive, showing,— 

1. The Number of Private Bills deposited in 
the Private Bill Office ; 

2. The Number of Private Bills read a first 
time ; 

3. The Number of Private Bills first con- 
sidered in the House of Lords under 
Standing Order 81 ; 

4, The Number of Private Bills first con- 
sidered in the House of Lords under 
Standing Order 81, brought from the 
Lords ; 

5. The Number of Private Bills (Estate, &amp;c. ) 
originated in and brought from the Lords ; 


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1866. 


6. The Number of Private Bills that received 
the Royal Assent ; 

7. The Number of Private Bills decided upon 
by Committees on Opposed Bills ; 

8. The Number of Private Bills treated as 
Unopposed and referred to the Chairman 
of Ways and Means. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Whitechapel 


Copies of recent Correspondence between the 
Guardians of the Whitechapel Union and the Poor 
Law Board relating to a Visit paid to Wards 4, 5, 
and 6 by the Metropolitan Inspector, accompanied 
by Mr. Ernest Hart, on the 15th day of June: 
——And, of any Report or Memorandum made 
on the subject by the Inspector to the Poor Law 
Board. 


Union. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Workhouses 
a Return showing, as respects the Metropolitan (Metropolis) 


District, the Date of every Inspection by the Poor 
Law Inspector of the Metropolitan District, or 
other Inspectors who temporarily supplied his 
place, of each Workhouse and Workhouse In- 
firmary, from the lst day of April 1856 to the 31st 
day of March 1866 :——Copies of the Entry made 
by the Inspectors in the Visitors’ or other Book 
after each Inspection:——Of any Report made 
by the Inspectors to the Poor Law Board, after 
their Inspection, on the State of the Workhouse 
or Workhouse Infirmary :——Of all Communica- 
tions addressed during the above Period by the 
Poor Law Board to the Metropolitan Board of 
Guardians, calling their attention to the reported 
Defects in the Workhouse Accommodation or Ma- 
nagement :—-—Of all Letters addressed by Boards 
of Guardians to the Poor Law Board in reference 
to their Communications on the above subject: 
——Of the Reports of the Commissioners in Lu- 
nacy to the Poor Law Board for the above Period 
on the State of the Imbecile Wards in the Metro- 


politan Workhouses, and of the Correspondence 


which has taken place thereon :—— And, of a 
Series of Reports on the Metropolitan Workhouses 
made by Mr. Cane, prior to the Appointment of 
the present Metropolitan Inspector. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment 


posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brand have leave of absence Leave of 


for the remainder of the Session, on account of ill “ 


health;—and, Mr. Wyld, a fortnight, on urgent 
business. 


bsence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Registry of 
a Copy of all Memorials from various Persons and Deeds 


from the Corporation of Dublin to the Lords o 
the Treasury, praying a reduction of the Fees of 
the Registry of Deeds Office in Ireland, the re- 
mission of the Stamp Duties connected with the 
Registration of Deeds, pursuant to the 49th sec- 
tion of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 72, and the Appli- 
cation of the Surplus Fees (above the Expenses of 
the Establishment) to purposes purely Irish. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Case submitted and Opinion of the 
Law Officers of the Crown as to a Grant o 
£. 4,500 and £. 500 for the Assistance of Piers and 
Harbours’ in Jreland, and Assistance of Poor 
Fishermen in that Country (5 Geo. 4 and other 
Acts). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Managers 
of the Roman Catholic Orphanage at Norwood and 
the Metropolitan Board of Guardians, in reference 
to 


f (Ireland.) 


Piers and 
Harbours 


f (Ireland.) 


Roman 

Catholic 

Orphanage 
Norwood. ) 











Prison 
Ministers Act. 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 


Attorneys and 
Solicitors (Ire- 
land) Bill 
[Lords.] 


Veterinary 
Surgeons Bill. 


Sale and Pur- 
chase of Shares 
Bill. 


Compulsory 
Church Rate 
Abolition Bill. 





‘Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


30 Victoria. 


to carrying into effect the Provisions of the Act 
25 &amp; 26 Vic. c. 43, as regards Roman Catholic 
Children. 

| 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | 
posed, That, in the opinion of this House, the 
Prison Ministers Act has to some extent failed 
to carry out the intentions of the Legislature, 
and that its amendment is therefore a subject 
which should receive the early consideration of | 
Her Majesty’s Ministers:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Accounts of the Net Public Income and Expendi- 
ture of Great Britain, in each Financial year | 
from 1688 (the Period of the Revolution) to the | 
5th day of January 1801 (the Period of the Union | 
between Great Britain and Ireland), and of the! 
other Receipts into and Issues from the Exchequer, 
distinguishing the Amounts raised by Creation of 
Debt, and the Amounts applied to the Reduction | 
of Debt; showing also the Balances in the Ex- 
chequer at the beginning and end of each year: | 
Similar Accounts of the Net Public Income | 
and Expenditure of Ireland (1688 to 1800 in-| 
clusive):———Accounts of the Gross Public In- | 
come of Great Britain, deducting Drawbacks, | 
Repayments, &amp;c., and Bounties of the nature of | 
Drawbacks, andof the Gross Public Expenditure, , 
including Payments out of the Gross Income in its | 
progress to the Exchequer for National Objects | 
and for the collection of the Revenue, for each | 
Financial year from the 5th day of January 1801 | 
(the Period of the Union) to the 5th day of January | 
1817 (the Period of the Consolidation of the Re- | 
venues of Great Britain and /reland) : Similar | 
Accounts of the Gross Public Income and Expen- | 
diture of Ireland (180! to 1816 inclusive) : | 








And, similar Accounts of the Gross Public Income | " 


and Expenditure of the United Kingdom, for each | 
Financial year from the 5th day of January 1801 | 


up to the present time :—To which Accounts shall | 
be appended Abstract and Subsidiary Accounts, | 
and Notes explanatory of the Financial Transac- | 
tions included in the said Accounts. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Attorneys and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be taken into consideration upon Tues- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Veterinary Surgeons 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 Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 


Wednesday, 25th July, 1866: 


The Order of the day being read, for,resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 18th day of this instant July, was pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Com- 
pulsory Church Rate Abolition 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 “no scheme 
* for the total, or partial, or absolute, or qualified 


24th—25th July. 


|“ this House which does not contain some legal 


481 


“ and certain provision for supplying any deficiency 
*‘ which may ensue from such scheme, in the 
* funds applicable to the maintenance of the fabric 
** of the Church,” 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 ad- 
journed Debate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the{ Mr. Henley, 1 
Yeas, Mr. Selwyn : f 64. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Adam, }os 
Noes, | Mr. Bonham-Carter : ° 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That this House do now adjourn :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be. further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The Traffic Regulation (Metropolis) Bill was, Trafic 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- ro ema 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ce 
Monday next. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
low : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.140,000, be Manufacturing 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for Departments 
the Manufacturing Departments, beyond the pre- “"™"!” 
vious Grant for the year 1866-7, which will come 

in course of payment during the year ending on 

the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 105,000, be Military Store 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for Establisments 
Military Store Establishments and Warlike Stores, $14 Wolke 
beyond the previous Grantfor the year 1866-7, which 
will come in course of payment during the year . 
ending on the 31st day of March 1867, inclusive. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 520,530, be Public 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Gducation in 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in@ 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Public Education in 
Great Britain. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Inland Revenue 
take into consideration the Inland Revenue Bill, Bill. 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Colonial 
into a Committee on the Colonial Branch Mints Branch Mints 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. - 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 

orted, 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 Court of Session (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Court of Ses- 

cording to Order, read the third time. = (Scotland ) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 7 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 





* abolition of Church Rates will be satisfactory to 
VoL. 121. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


3Q The 








482 94th 


The Land Drainage Supplemental (No. 2) Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Land Drainage 
Supplemental 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Fees (Public ‘The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Departments) into a Committee on the Fees (Public Depart- 
Bill. ments) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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. 


Tramways(Iree The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


land) Acts take into consideration the Tramways (Ireland) 
 _— Acts Amendment Bill, as amended in the Com- 
:, mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Turnpike The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


ora mittee on the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill; 
; Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill ; 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 


Bill. ° ° . 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Railway The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Construction 


Fontes, Reading of the Railway Construction Facilities 
864) Amend. Act (1864) Amendment Bill ; 


(1864) Amend- 


ment Bill. Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Overseer of The Overseer of the Poor (Small Parishes) Bill 


the Poor (Small was, 


Parishes) Bill. 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. 


Parochial The Parochial Buildings ( Scotland) Act Amend- 
Buildings ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
(Scotland) Act ,- 

Amendment ‘Me. : 

Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered,. That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Local Govern» The Local Government Supplemental (No. 4) 

ment Supple- Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 

ete ® 4) and committed toa Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 


Aberdeen Pro- The Aberdeen Provisional Order Confirmation 
visional Order Bil] was, according to Order, read a second time ; 


Confi ti . 4 ° » 

Bill. ‘mane® and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 

Inclosure The Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, according to 

(No. 2) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 

Parishes (Scot- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

land) Act 4 » Paris 

(1844) Amend- Reading of the Parishes (Scotland) Act (1844) 

ment Bill. Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

this day. 

Public Health The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


=. mittee on the Public Health 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 Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 


Dwellings’ Bill. Bill . 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





25th July. 








1866. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, Landed Estates 
this day, resolve itself into a Committee to con- Court, &amp;e. 
sider of making provision for the payment of the {ealariee 

. ° 5, : p “ Salaries. } 
Salaries of the Judges and of the Recording Exa- 
miner of the Landed Estates Court in Jreland ; 

Sir Stafford Northcote, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Mor- Mortality of 
tality of Troops ( China) have Power to report their Troops(China,) 
Observations thereupon to the House, together No. 442. 
withthe Minutesof the Evidence taken before them. 

Colonel North 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, and an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. ZZunt presented a Bill to make further pro- Common Law 
vision respecting the Fees payable in the Superior Courts (Fees 
Courts of Law at Westminster, and in the Offices ao aleries) 
belonging thereto, and respecting the Salaries of pin) 949 
certain Officers of those Courts: And the same : 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; Orders. 
which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of Lady Slaney’s (Trust) Es- Lady Slaney’s 
tate Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed (Trust) Estate 
with; that the parties be permitted to proceed Bil! [Zords.] 
with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 





Wednesday, 25th July, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House proceeded to take into considera- Putney and 
tion the Putney and Fulham New Bridge Pulham New 
; “eg iP ‘ Bridge Bill 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and an Amend- [ Zords.} 
ment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Market Bosworth School Bill was read a Mates a 
+ ° ; wort choo 

second time ; and committed. Bill (Lords. 

The House was moved, That the Report from Lady Slaney’s 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- ee tieréel 
spect of Lady Slaney’s (Trust) Estate Bill, might — 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Thirty- 
third Report. 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public 
into a Committee on the Public Libraries Act ee Act 
° mendment 
Amendment Bill. 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) Bill 241. 


Preamble postponed. 

Criauses, N° 1 to N° 8, with Amendments to 
five of them, agreed to. 

Three Clauses added. 
A Clause 























30 Victoria. 5th 


A Clause (Libraries and Museums exempted 
from rates), brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the 
Clause be read a second time ; 


The Committee divided. 


7 (Mr. Cheetham, 
Tellers for the Y eas) Mr, Hadfield: 


(Colonel Taylor, 
| Mr. Whitmore: 
Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Or 
a 


Tellers for the Noes, 


ae ee 
— 
© 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow ; 
and be printed. 


Landlord and = The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Tenant (Ire- Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) 
Jand) Bill. Bill: 5 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be withdrawn. 


Sea Coast The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Fisheries (Ire- Reading of the Sea Coast Fisheries Ireland) Bill; 
anaes A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
. posed, That the Bill be now read asecond time :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Finsbury The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Estate Bill. mittee on the Finsbury Estate Bill: 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Charitable 
Donations and 
Bequests (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Charitable Donations and Bequests 
(Ireland) Bill; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :-— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Church Rates The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Abolition Bill. mittee onthe Church Rates Abolition Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Church Rates The Order of the day being read. for the Com- 
Commutation mittee on the Church Rates Commutation (No. 2) 
(No. 2) Bill. Bill 
&gt; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Tenure and The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


Improvement the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
of Land (Ire- 


land) Bill. 


upon the 17th day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Tenure and Im- 
provement of Land (/reland) Bill be now read a 
second time; and which Amendment was, to leave 
out from the word “ That” to the end of the Ques- 
tion, in order to add the words “ this House, 
“though desirous of simplifying the method of 
“securing to Tenants compensation for outlay 
** made in permanent improvements, is of opinion 
“that, in any measure relating to the Tenure and 
* Improvement of Land in Jreland, it is expedient 
“to maintain the principle affirmed by the Act 
“of 1860, namely, that compensation to Tenants 
‘should be secured in respect of those improve- 
**ments only which are made with the consent of 
“the Landlord; and that the provisions as to the 
“Improvement of Land in J/reland contained in 
“the measure of Her Majesty’s Government 
“ would operate injuriously on the position of hold- 
“ers of small farms in that Country,” instead 
thereof ; 

VoL. 121. 


July — 483 . 


And the Question being again a That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate :—And the said proposed Amendment and 
Motion were severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Rates 
Reading of the Church Rates Amendment Bill; #mendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Inns of Court 
Reading of the Inns of Court Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, 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 Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Schools 
Reading of the Public Schools Bill; Bill [Lords. ] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next., 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Fortifications 
Fortifications and Works, several Resolutions; and Works. 
which were read, as follow: 

1, That, towards providing a further Sum for 
defraying the Expenses of the construction of 
Works for the Defence of the Royal Dockyards 
and Arsenals, and of the Ports of Dover and Port- 
land, a Sum not exceeding £.350,000, be charged 
upon the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom; and that the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized and empowered to 
raise the said Sum by Annuities, for a term not 
exceeding Thirty years; and that such Annuities 
shall be charged upon and be payable out of the 
said Consolidated Fund. ; 

2. That the said Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the pay- 
ment to the Governor and Company of the Bank 
of England, out of the said Consolidated Fund, of the 
Sum of £. 300, for the Management of the Contri- 
butions to be received by the said Governor and 
Company in respect of the said Annuities. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolutions: And that Mr. Dodson, General 
Peel, and Mr. Hunt do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sale and 
Reading of the Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill ; ima, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time" 
To-morrow. 


The Inland Revenue Bill was, according to Inland 
Order, read the third time. Revenue Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
° 


The Colonial Branch Mints Bill was, according Colonial _ 
to Order, read the third time. a Mints 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





3Q2 The 








Fees (Public 
B 


Tramways 


(Ireland) Acts 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Turnpike 
Trusts 


Arrangements 


Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 


Continuance 
Bill. 


Local Govern- 


ment Supple- 


mental (No. 4 


Bill. 


Aberdeen Pro- 
visional Order mittee on the Aberdeen Provisional Order Con- 


Confirmation 
Bill. 


Inclosure 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Parishes 


(Scotland) Act ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second 


cebeey Banene- time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


ment Bill. 


Landed 


Estates Court, into a Committee on Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) | Salaries }. 


&amp;c. (Ireland) 
(Salaries. ] 


Taxes (Great 
Britain.) 





- raed take into consideration the Fees (Publie Depart- 


1866. 


| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


484 


25th—26th July. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 





further to promote the Cultivation of Oysters in 
ments) Bill, as amended in the Committee. | Ireland, and to amend the Acts for that purpose : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | And that Lord Naas and Mr. Hunt do prepare, 
To-morrow. | and bring it in. 


The Tramways (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill| The New South Wales and Van Dieman’s Land 
was, according to Order, read the third time. |Government Bill was read the first time; and or- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 'dered to be read a second time To-morrow; and 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | to be printed. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Lord Naas presented a Bill further to promote the 

mittee on the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill; | Cultivation of Oysters in Jreland, and to amend 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the Acts tor that purpose: And the same was 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. ' read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
‘time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill; | Mr. Hunt presented a Bill for providing a fur- 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday | ther Sum towards defraying the Expenses of con- 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. structing Fortifications for the protection of the 

‘Royal Arsenals and Dockyards, and the Ports of 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com-, Dover and Portland: And the same was read the 
mittee on the Local Government Supplemental | first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
(No. 4) Bill: | To-morrow ; and to be printed. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle 
Plague, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Oxford 
University, which was presented upon the 24th day 

of this instant July, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


firmation Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. : : 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Con- | ===&gt; = &lt;== 


i » Inclosure (No. 2) Bill; on . — 
ee og Thursday, 26th July, 1866. 


Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- 
PRAYERS. 


solve itself into the said Committee. l 
M R. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
4 the Downpatrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle 
Railway Bill; That, in compliance with the Reso- 
lution of the House of the 18th instant, all powers 
to the Belfast and County Down Railway Com- 
: |pany to subscribe towards the Undertaking are 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself | struck out of the Bill; that they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same by striking out, for 
| the reason aforesaid, the paragraph relating to the 
ie _, | Belfast and County Down Railway Company, with 
Resolved, That it is expedient to make provision | reference to contributions and agreement, and 
for the payment of the Salaries and Retiring | found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
Pensions of the Judges of the Landed Estates gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
Court in Ireland, out of the Consolidatod Fund of | thereunto. — 
the United Kingdom, and for the payment of an! Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
increased Salary to the Recording Examiner of | and be printed. 
the said Court out of the Funds to be provided by 
Parliament for the Expenses of the said Court. 
Resolution to be reported. 





The Parishes (Scotland) Act (1844) Amend- 


House, for To-morrow. 


(In the Committee. ) 


| Mr. Dodson reported the Waterford, New Ross, 
Wexford Junction Railway Bill, without 
Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


| and 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod-| 


son reported, That the Committee had come to a) and be printed. 
Resolution. | 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mor-| Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
row. \the Ardmore Harbour Bill; That they had ex- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Rates of all Taxes and Imposts from 
whic the Imperial Revenue of Great Britain 
was raised, together with the Gross Amonnt| 
yielded by each Tax or Impost, showing the Total | 
Gross Revenue in the year ending the 31st day of | 
March 1866 :— 


same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Mr. Dodson further reported from the Com- 
mittee; That in pursuance of the Resolution of 
the House of the 18th instant, the name of 
Thomas Geils nad been struck out of Clauses 4 and 
18 of the Bill. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 


Namt of Tax Rate of Tax Quantities Pi Table. 
or Impost. or Impost. Taxed. | produced. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
South Essex Railway Bill; That the powers 
authorizing the Company to enter into working 
| and traffic arrangements with the London, Til- 
bury, 











amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the ! 





Oysters 
Cultivation 
(Ireland. ) 


New South 
Wales and 
Van Diemen’s 
Land Govern- 
ment Bill 

| Lords. } 


Bill 242, 


Oysters 
Cultivation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 243. 


Fortifications 
(Provision 
for Expense: ) 
Bill. 


Bill 244. 


Cattle Plague, 
No. 443. 


Oxford 
University. 


No. 444, ° 


Downpatrick, 
Dundrum, and 
Newcastle 
Railway Bill 

[ Lords. ] 


Waterford, 
New Ross, 
and Wexford 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill 
[Lords.| 


Ardmore 
Harbour Bill 
Lords.} 


South Essex 
Railway Bill 
Lords.] 

















2th 


bury, and Southend Railway Company have been 
omitted from the Bill, in conformity with the 
Resolution of the House of the 18th instant; 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. 


30 Victoria. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


North Eastern 


Railway the Amendment made by the Lords to the North 
ener Eastern Railway (Leeds and Wetherby Branch) 


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. 


Branch) Bill. 


Bute Docks, 


Cardiff, Bill The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bute 


Docks, Cardiff, 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. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 


. an the Amendments made by the Lords to the Car- 
Railway Bill. 7 


marthen and Cardigan Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Cleyk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 
Midland The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ale the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mid- 
ee) Bill. * land Railway (Branches, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same 


were twice read; and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


North Metro. 


ony aa the Amendments made by the Lords to the North 
; ‘Metropolitan 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. 

Weardale The House proceeded to take into consideration 

and Shildon the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wear- 

— Water dale and Shildon District Water Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

East India The East India Irrigation and Canal Bill was 

— and read the third time. 

[Lords. 4 Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
O 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. 

Madras The Madras Irrigation and Canal Bill was read 
pe and the third time. 
[Lords.} Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do _ 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. 

VoL. 121. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 





July. 


. 
Rawson’s Estate Bill was read the third time. _Rawson’s 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Lorde i: 


485 





Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
| the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
, hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Sutherland-Walker’s Estate Bill was read the Sutherland. 
| third time. a 
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 Order of the day being read, for the Third Brighton 
Reading.of the Brighton West Pier Bill ; West Pier Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time “1 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Dagenham 


Reading of the Dagenham Dock Railways Bill; Dock Rail- 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. Thode} 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Hunt presented,—Return to an Order, North 
dated the 16th day of this instant July, for Re- American 
turns relative to the North American Mails. —_ 

, Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of this Registry of 
‘instant July, for a Return relative to the Registry Deeds (Ire- 
of Deeds (Ireland). maa.) 
Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of this piers ana 
instant July, for a Return relative to Piers and Harbours 
Harbours ( /reland). (Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 





Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Miscellaneous 
jesty’s Command,— Miscellaneous Statistics of the Statistics. 
United Kingdom (Part V1). . 

Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation Trade and 
‘of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries Navigation. 
and British Possessions, in the year 1865. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply, 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That ‘Mr. Speaker do now leave 
| the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the © 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order toadd the words 
“the course pursued in paving the roadways, Dockyard 
* workshops, and other places in the Dockyards Paving. 
*‘ with Iron Ballast was inexpedient,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion :—The said proposed Amendment and Motion 
were severally, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Six 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 





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 Postmaster Ge- Postmaster 
neral Bill, without any Amendment: General Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Pier and Harbour Pier and Har- 


Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill, without any bour Orders 
; Confirmation 
Amendment. (No. 2) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Liverpool 
made by this House to the Liverpool Sewage Uti- Sewage Utili- 


lization Bill, without any Amendment. ttede) 


The Lords agree to the Amendment made by Liverpool Cen- 


; tral Statio 
this House to the — made by the —_— one ‘Bill. 
anc 





Barry Railway 


(Extension) 
Bill. 


Midland Rail- 


way (Ashby 


and Nuneaton, +. which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


&amp;c.) Bill. 


Anglesey Cen- 


tral Railway 
Bill [Lords.] 


Extradition 
Treaties Act 
Amendment 
Bill [Lords.] 


Belgravia 
and South 
Kensington 
New Road 
Bill {Lords.] 


Public 
Petitions 


Vide Thirty- 
third Report. 


Vessels and 
Tonnage, &amp;c. 


Weights and 
Measures. 


Private Bills 
(Referees. ) 


»to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 


486 With 


and also to the consequential Amendment to the | 
Liverpool Central Station Railway Bill, without | 
any Amendment. | 

The Lords have agreed to the Barry Railway 
(Extension) Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway 
( Ashby and Nuneaton, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments ; 


House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Anglesey Central Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the Amendment of the Law relating to Treaties 
of Extradition ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 


Lord Henley reported the Belgravia and South 
Kensington New Road Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Number of Vessels and 
Tonnage entered Inwards and cleared Outwards 
at each of the twelve principal Ports of the United 
Kingdom; also, the Official and Declared Value 
of Imports and Exports for each of the said Ports, 
during the year 1865 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 362, of Session 1865). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Return of the Number of Persons 
convicted in Great (Britain of using or having in 
their Possession any false or unjust Weights, 
Measures, or Balances for the Quarter ending the 
24th day of June 1866; showing the Nature and 
Extent of each Inaccuracy, the Business carried 
on by the Offender, andthe Date when the Offence 
was committed, together with the Penalty and 
Costs in each Case imposed; and whether any 
such Weights, Measures, or Balances were seized 
and condemned; and whether all or any portion 
of the said Penalties and Costs and Articles con- 
demned was given to the Informer who laid the 
Informations, or other Persons engaged in enforcing 
the Law: distinguishing between Offences com- 
mitted in any Shop, Warehouse, or Store, and 
those committed in the public Streets; also the 
Amount of Salary and other Remuneration given 
to the Inspectors of Weights and Measures (in 
continuation ot Parliamentary Paper, No. 56, of 
Session 1865). 

Ordered, That 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 — 

a Return for 1865 and 1866, showing for each 

year,— 

\. The Number of Bills against which Petitiong 
indorsed for hearing before the Referees 
were lodged ; 

2. The Number of Petitions indorsed for hearing 
before the Referees ; 

3. The Number of Reports made by the Re- 
ferees ; 

4. The Number of Petitionsagainst Bills reported 

upon by the Referees ; 

5. The Number of Bills, upon which the Referees 
reported that the Engineering was inefli- 
cient, or the Estimate insufficient, not pro- 
ceeded with under Standing Order 96 ; 


e 











July. 1866. 





6. The Number of Bills upon which all the. 


questions in issue were by consent referred 
to the Referees under Standing Order 94; 

7. The Number of Bills upon which questions 
arising in the course of inquiry before Com- 
mittees, were referred to the Referees under 
Standing Order 97 ; 

8. The Number of Bills whose Promoters 
objected tothe locus standi of Petitioners, 
and were heard before the Referees; 

9. The Number of Petitions in respect of which 
objections to locus standi were decided by 
the Referees ; 

10. The Number of Times the Referees sat. 


Besolved, That 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 Deaths, 
Invalids, and Time-expired Men annually in each 
Brigade of European Artillery and Engineers, and 
in each Regiment of European Cavalry and In- 
fantry serving in India, from the Ist day of 
January 1852 to the lst day of January 1857; 
distinguishing the Royal Troops from those of the 
East India Company : Of the Number of Time- 
expired Men who have re-enlisted : Of the 
Number of Invalids and 'Time-expired Men, sepa- 
rately distinguished, who have been sent annually 
to Europe, and the Total Cost for Passages : 
Of the Names, Number, and Strength of Royal 
Regiments relieved from Duty in Jndza annually, 
and Cost of Transit : Of the Number of Officers 
and Recruits sent out annually to fill up Vacancies 
in the Royal Troops, and the Total Charge for 
their Passages: ———Of the Number of Recruits 
sent out annually to fill up Vacancies in the East 
India Company’s European Troops, and the Cost 
of their Passages : Of the Number of Cadets 
sent out annually who were posted to the Hast 
India Company’s European Troops: And, of 
the Names and Strength of Regiments sent annually 
to relieve Regiments serving in Jndia, and the 
Cost of their Transit; in all of the above items the 
Commissioned Officers to be distinguished from the 
Men (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 457, of Session 1865). 

Ordered, That 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 19th day of this instant July, That, 
according to the Law and Usage of Parliament, it 
is the duty of the Sheriff or other Returning 
Officer in England, in case of an equal Number of 
Votes being polled for two or more Candidates at 
an Election, to return all such Candidates ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


: &gt;. | Mr. Lowe, 1 
Tellers for the Yeas, UMr. Ayrton: 


J 
; +... | Mr. Goldsmid, 7} 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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 “ an humble Address be presented to Her 
* Majesty, 


East India 
Army 
(Regimental 
Numbers.) 


Helston 
Election. 


Supply. 


Railways. 




















30 Vicreria.  Wth—27th July. 487 . 


“ Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
* pleased to issue a Royal Commission to inquire 
* into the condition of the Railways of this Country, 
“ as regards their ability to fulfil their engagements 
** to the public, having due regard to the interests 
* of all parties concerned.” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question:—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £.4,970, for the Purchase of old Gun Metal 
to be employed in the construction of the National 
Memorial to His late Royal Highness the Prince 
Consort. 

2. £. 77,744, to complete the Sum for the British 
Museum. 

3. £.133,928, to complete the Sum for the 
General Management of the Department of Science 
and Art, and of the Establishments connected 
therewith. 

4, £. 254,130, to complete the Sum for Public 
Education in Jredand. 

5. £.730, for Commissioners of Education in 
Ireland. 

6. £. 5,793, to complete the Sum for the Univer- 
sity of London. 

7. £. 14,857, to complete the Sum for Grants 
to Scottish Universities. 

8. £. 1,452, to complete the Sum for the Queen’s 
University in Jreland. 

9. £. 2,250, to complete the Sum for the Queen’s 
Colleges in Ireland. 

10. £.700, for the Royal Irish Academy. 

11. £.1,000, to complete the Sum for the National 
Gallery of Jreland. 

12. £. 1,500, to complete the Sum for the Theo- 
logical Professors and the Incidental Expenses of 
the General Assembly’s College at Belfast. 

13. £. 11,892, to complete the Sum for the 
Expenses of the National Gallery, including the 
purchase of Pictures. 

14. £.650, to complete the Sum for the forma- 
tion of the Gallery of Portraits of the most Eminent 
Persons in British History. 

15. £.5,059, to complete the Sum for Magnetic 
and Meteorological Observations, &amp;c. 

16. £. 10,000, to complete the Sum for preli- 
minary Expenses on account of the Management 
of the British Department of the Universal Exhi- 
bition at Paris in 1867. 

17. £. 2,300, for Grants in aid of the Expendi- 
ture of certain Learned Societies in Great Britain. 

18. £.1,810. 17s. 7d., to make good Deficien- 
cies on certain Grants for Civil Services for prior 
years ended on the 31st day of March 1865. 

19. £. 2,000, for the Erection of a Monument 
in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, West- 
minster, to the Memory of the Right Honourable 
Viscount Palmerston. 

20. £. 10,000, for Works at Landguard Point, 
near Harwich Harbour. 

21. £ 22,000, for certain temporary Commis- 
sions. 

22. £. 43,635, for Miscellaneous Expenses for- 
merly defrayed from Civil Contingencies. 

23. £. 3,052, for certain Pensions and Gratuities 
to persons formerly in the service of their late 
Royal Highnesses the Princess Charlotte of Wales 
and Leopold King of the Belgians. 

24. £.5,000, for providing means for the Em- 
ployment of additional Inspectors of Vaccination, 
and for making Gratuities to public Vaccinators. 

25. £.95,489, for certain increased Allowances 
of Pay, Pension, and Gratuities to the Constabulary 
of Ireland. 

VoL, 121. 








26. £. 3,500, on account of the Claim of certain 
Merchants upon the Colony of the Gold Coast. 

27. £. 1,920, on account of the Treasury Chest. 

28. £. 4,230, for a portion of the Expense due to 
British Columbia on account of the Royal Engineers 
formerly*serving in that Colony. 

29. £.5,824, for Expenses connected with the 
Emigration of Coolies from India to French 
Colonies. 

30. £. 14,000, for certain additional Expenses of 
the Inland Revenue Department. 

31. £.10,000, for an instalment on a Ship to be 
built on the Design of Captain Cooper Coles. 

32. £. 5,926, for increased Pay and Allowances 
to the Medical Officers of the Royal Navy. 

33. £. 18,000, for the completion of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ship “‘ Northumberland.” 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 





Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Landed 
Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Ireland) [Salaries], rey; ny 
a Resolution: which was read, as followeth: [Salaries.] 

That it is expedient to make provision for the 
payment of the Salaries and Retiring Pensions of 
the Judges of the Landed Estates Court in Ireland, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom, and for the payment of an increased Salary 
to the Recording Examiner of the said Court out 
of the Funds to be provided by Parliament for 
the Expenses of the said Court. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Landed 
mittee on the Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Zreland) Estates Court, 
Bill; —— 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, _ 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Po°r oo 
into a Committee on the Poor Law Amendment — on 
Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 

Preamble postponed. 

Ciauses, N° 1 to N° 18, with Amendments to 
three of them, agreed to. 

A Clause ‘Provision for educating children in 
the religion to which they belong)——brought up, 
and read the first time ; 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
the Clause be read a second time ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ yor" Pca } 67. 
\ 
J 


Mr. Newdegate, 
Tellers for the N oes, Colonel S sa “$ 
Clause read a second time. 
An Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Friday, 27th July, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
-~ en That the Committee had gone through 
the Bull. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
3Q4 The 





Railways 
(Ireland) 


Temporary 
Advances Bill. 


New Zealand 
Bill. 


Naval 
Dicipline Bill. 


Bill 245. 


Bills of Sale 
Act (1854) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Crown Lands 
Bill. 


Common Law 
Courts (Fees 

and Salaries) 

Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers’ Su- 
perannuation 
( Scotland) 
Bill. 


Constabulary 
Force ( Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Account 
referred. 


Surplus of 
Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


Fees (Public 
Departments) 
Lill, 


488 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Railways (Ireland) Temporary Ad-| 
vances Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | 
itself into the said Committee. 


The New Zealand Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Naval Discipline Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, aa Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bi. 

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 Bills of Sale Act (1854) Amendment Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Crown Lands Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Common Law Courts (Fees and 
Salaries) 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 Poor Law Officers’ Superannuation 
( Scotland) 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 Constabulary Force (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Ordered,:That Account, No. 46, of the Finance 
Accounts, which were presented upon the 31st day 
of May last, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee. ) 


1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 
applied to the Service of the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1867, the Sum of £. 767,600. 2s. 4d., 


96th—27 th July. 





being the — of Ways and Means granted for 
the Service of preceding years. 


£. 19,661,630. 15s, 3d. be granted out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
BFitain and Ireland. 

\esolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- | 
son reported, That the Committee had come to | 


several Resolutions. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day, 
at Twelve of the clock. 





1866. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Aberdeen Pro- 
into a Committee on the Aberdeen Provisional a 
Order Confirmation Bill; and, after some time pin, 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Inclosure 
into a Committee on the Inclosure (No.2) Bill; (No. 2) Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Oysters Cultivation (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Oysters 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- (ireland) Bill 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ‘ 
this day. 


The Fortifications (Provision for Expenses) Bill Fortifications 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and — for 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, pit, a 
for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railway 
into a Committee on the Railway Companies’ Pe ny 
Securities Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Seourition UMM. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


The New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land New South 
Government Bill was, according to Order, read a js Fae 
second time; and committed to a Committee of Government 
the whole House, for this day. Bill [Lords.] 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Hares and 
mittee on the Hares and Rabbits (Scotland) Bill; Rabbits (Scot- 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday lend) Eat. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Elections 

mittee on the Elections enaing Officers) Bill; (eturning 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 7 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Cattle 


Reading of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act Diseases Pre- 
(1866) Amendment Bill ; (1068) Amend 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ment Bill. 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, 


~ : a to Public 
take into consideration the Public 


° ° Libraries Act 
ibraries Act Fee nan 


_Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Bit, 
2. Resolved, That, towards making good the | 


Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of| 


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 Second Sale and 

Reading of the Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill; ? coowey | 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. eemenes 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Parishes 
into a Committee on the Parishes (Scotland) Act (Scotland) = 
(1844) Amendment Bill; and, after some time phe . 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 


The Fees (Public Departments) Bill was, ac-| and Mr. Dodson —— That the Committee 


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. 





had gone through the Bill, and directed him to 


report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
| this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, 








Dockyard 
. Extensions. 


Petroleum and 


30 Vicrortia. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the duration of the Dockyard Extensions 
Act (1865): And that Sir John Pakington and 
Lord Henry Lennox do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


26th—27th July. 





489 


and Llandovery 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. 

























































Shale Oil. Copy of a Report of the Experiments that have 
been conducted at Woolwich Dockyard, with the The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Western 
view of testing the value of Petroleum and Shale | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great Railway Bill. 
Oil as substitutes for Coal in raising Steam in| Western Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
Marine Boilers. read, and agreed to. 
Agricultural Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 3d | 4, nag sees —— the —- do carry the Bill to 
aoneme. dav of July 1848 = made from the Select Com. | 12, Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
+ epijpcing, Got see: Stan eva dlnatinng, tenaealeagee hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
mittee on Agricultural Customs, be re-printed. Lordships. 
Bills of Sale Resolved, That this House will, this day, at , : j 
= — Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into a Committee The House proceeded to take into consideration Greenock and 
iecempe] to consider of imposing a Common Law Stamp on the ——— made by the Lords to the 7 Water 
Affidavits renewing the Registration of a Bill of | @7¢en2ck and Shaws Water Bill; and the same *™ 
Sule were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
Dockyard Lord Henry Lennox presented a Bill to extend the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
Extensions =the duration of the Secknnd Extensions Act | hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
a aes (1865): And the same was read the first time; Lordships. 
: * and ordered to be read a second time this day; and 
to be printed. The House proceeded to take into consideration Greenock 
- |the Amendments made by the Lords to the Water Bill. 
Extradition The Extradition Treaties Act Amendment Bill | Greenock Water Bill; and the same were twice 
oo was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a | read, and agreed to. 
Bill [Zords.} second time upon Monday next; and to be| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
Bill 247. printed. the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lawof Capital The Law of Capital Punishment Amendment | Lordships. 
a Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
Bill [Lords.| ® second time upon Monday next; and to be| The House proceeded to take into consideration Northampton 
Bill 248,- printed. the Amendments made by the Lords to the North- and Banbury 
ampton and Banbury Junction Railway Bill; and ae 
Pensions Bill. © Qrdered, That the Amendments made by the | the same were twice read, and agreed to. om 
Lords to the Pensions Fill be taken into considera- | Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
tion this day. the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
| =o ae The Order made upon the 25th day of this in- | Lordships. 
; stant July, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return relative to Taxes (Great Britain), was} The House proceeded to take into consideration Nortn 
read, and discharged. the Amendments made by the Lords to the North Chariag ~- 
Taxes. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a a ro ae pot = oe a pdeian ny ae 
- , agreed to. 
Return of Rates of all Taxes and Imposts from |  Qydered, That the Clerk do carry: the Bill to 
which the Imperial Re venue of the United King- | the Lords: and acquaint them. that this House 
dom was raised, together with the Gross Amount | hath acreed to the Amendments made by their 
yielded by each Tax or Impost, showing the Total Lordships. 
Gross Revenue in the year ending the 31st day of 
cneniatandh The House proceeded to take into consideration Tamar, Kit 
al eda | - seid the Amendments made by the Lords to the Tamar, a and 
6 ‘ . . Y . . . a 1D 
or Import. | orimpos. | Taxed.” | Sum produeca. | Att Hill and Callington Railway Bill; and the poiway Bu. 
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 
And then the House, having continued to sit Leoedeliipa. 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on ‘ ‘ ; 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. The House proceeded to take into consideration Vale of Crick- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Va/e of howell Rail- 
== Crickhowell Railway Bill; and the same were “*” Bill. 
os . twice read, and agreed to. ° 
| Ff riday, 27th July , 18606. Ordered, That ‘the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
PRAYERS. the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
New Romney s+ House proceeded to take into considera- a to the Amendments mate by thew 
Railway Bill. tion the Amendment made by the Lords pene iat 
to the New Romney Railway Bill; and the same 5 : ; 
was twice read, and agreed to. The House proceeded to take into consideration Hamilton’s 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to | /amilton’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- r Lorde Bill 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | ™ttee. de _ 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their} O7dered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Lordships. 
Ordered, That the Limerick and Castle Connell Limerick and 
reese end The House proceeded to take into consideration | Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be — —— 
Junction” the Amendments made by the Lords to the Brecon | taken into consideration upon Monday next. pies, Se 





Lords. 
The | nits 


Railway Bill. VoL. 121. 3R 








Cashel Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Lady Slaney’s 


fo Estate 


ill [ Lords. } 


Market Bos- 
worth School 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
third Report. 


Supply. 
Prince 


Consort’s 
Memorial. 


British 
Museum, 


Department of 


Science and 
Art. 


Public 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


Office of the 


Commissioners 


of Education 
in Ireland. 


University of 
London. 


* London. 


Scottish 
Universities. 





490 Q7th 


The Order for referring the Cashel Junction | 
Railway Bill to the Examiners of Petitions for | 
Private Bills, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That in the case of Lady Slaney’s 
(Trust) Estate Bill, Standing Order 228 be sus- 
pe! 74h and that the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders 20) and 229 be 
suspended in the case of the said Bill; ; and that 
it be an Instruction to the Committee of Selection 
that they have power to apipont the Committee on 
the Bill to meet upon Monday next, if they think 
fit. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Market Bosworth 
School Bill, Standing Orders 201 and 229 be sus- 
pended; and that it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection that they have power to ap- 
point the Committee on the Bill to meet upon 
Monday next, if they think fit. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,970, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
the purchase of old Gun Metal to be employed in 
the Construction of the National Memorial to His 





late Royal Highness the Prince Consort. 

62. That a Sum, not exceeding £.77,744, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum | 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of pay ment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Salaries “and Ex- 
penses of the British Museum Establishment, in- 
cluding the Expense of Buildings, Furniture, 
Fittings, &amp;c. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 133,928, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the General Ma- 
nagement of the Department of Science and Art, 
and of the Establishments connected therewith. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.254,130, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Public Education in 
Ireland, under the Commissioners of National 
Education in Jreland. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.730, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, for 
the Salary of the Secretary and the Expenses of 
the Office of the Commissioners of Education in 
Treiand. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,793, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the University of 


7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.14,857, be 
granted to Her mes oy to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 


course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867, for Grants to Scottish 
Universities. 








July. 1866. 


8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,452, be Queen’s 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum University 


necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Queen’s Univer- 
sity in Ireland. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Queen’s Colleges 
in Ireland. 

10. That 


( 


(Ireland.) 


£.2,250, be Queen's 
Colleges 


Ireland.) 


a Sum, not exceeding £. 700, be Royal Irish 


eg to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge Academy. 


1ich will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
the Royal Trish Academy. 


11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,000, be National 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum hed) (Ire- 


necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the Establishment and 
Expenses of the National Gallery of Jreland, and 
for the purchase of Pictures. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,500, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1867, for the Salaries of the 
Theological Professors and the Incidental Ex- 
penses of the General Assembly’s College at Bel- 


fast, and for Retired Allowances to Professors of 


the Belfast Academical Institution. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,892, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, , for the E ixpenses of the 
National Gallery, including the Purchase of Pic- 
tures. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £.650, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for the formation of the 
Gallery of Portraits of the most Eminent Persons 
in British History. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,059, be 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum M 


be General 
Assembly’s 
College at 
Belfast, &amp;c. 


National 
Gallery. 


Gallery of 
Portraits. 


Magnetic and 
{eteorologival 
bservations, 


necessary to defray the Charge which will come in &amp;c. 


course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, for Magnetic and Me- 
teorological Observations, &amp;c. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867, “for preliminary Expenses 
on account of the Management of the British 
Department of the Universal Exhibition at Paris 
in a 

That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,300, be 
enue to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
Grants in aid of the Expenditure of certain 
Learned Societies in Great Britain. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,810. 17s.7d., 
be granted to Her Majesty, to make good Defi- 
ciencies on certain Grants for Civil Services for 
prior years ended on the 31st day of March 1865. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, todefray the Charge which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1867, for the 
Erection of a Monument in the Collegiate Church 
of Saint Peter, Westminster, to the Memory of the 
Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge fs 


Management 
of British 
Department of 
Universal 
Exhibition at 
Paris. 


Learned 
Societies. 


Deficiencies 
on Grants for 
Civil Services. 


Monument 
to Viscount 
Palmerston. 


Works at 
~~ ce 


























30 VicTorIa. Q7th 


which will come in course of payment during the 
= ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
orks at Landguard Point, near Harwich Har- 
bour. 
21. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,000, be 
anted to Her Majesty, to defray the additional 
harge which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 3lst day of March 
1867, for certain temporary Commissions. 


Temporary 
Commissions. 


Miscellancous 22. That a Sum, not exceeding £.43,635, be 
Expenses granted to Her Majesty, to defray certain addi- 


formerly 
defrayed from 
Civil Contin- 
gencies. 


tional Charges which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1867, for Miscell: neous Expenses formerly 
defrayed from Civil Contingencies. 

Pensions and 23. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,052, be 
Gratuities to granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge which 


jn in Will come in course of payment during the year 
the Service ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, of certain 


of the Princess Pensions and Gratuities to Persons formerly in the 

Sine of the service of their late Royal Highnesses the Princess 

Belgians. Charlotte of Wales and Leopold King of the 
Belgians. 

24. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
providing means for the employment of additional 
Inspectors of Vaccination, and for making Gra- 
tuities to public Vaccinators. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 95,489, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, for 
certain increased Allowances of Pay, Pension, and 
Gratuities to the Constabulary of Ireland. 

26. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 


Inspectors of 
Vaccination, 
&amp;e. 


Constabulary 
(Ireland. ) 


Claim of Mer- 
chants upon 
the Colony of 


the Gold which will come in course of payment during the 
Coast. year ending on the 31st day of March 1867, on 
account of the Claim of certain Merchants upon 
the Colony of the Gold Coast. 
Treasury 27. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,920, be 
Cams. ranted to Her Majesty, to defray an additional 
harge which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 3lst day of March 
1867, on account of the Treasury Chest. 
British 28. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,230, be 
(Royal E . granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
oyal Engi- ‘ ° ° ° 
neers.) which will come in course of payment during the 


year ending on the 31st day.of March 1867, for a 
portion of the Expense due to British Columbia 
on account of the Royal Engineers formerly serving 
in that Colony. 

29. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,824, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1867, for 
Expenses connected with the Emigration of Coolies 
from India to French Colonies. 


Emigration of 
Coolies. 


— 30. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 14,000, be 

Seonenies. granted to Her Majesty, to defray certain additional 
Expenses of the Inland Revenue Department, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1867. 

a -. 31. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,000, be 

Captain. granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 


Cooper Coles, an instalment on a Ship to be built on the Design 
of Captain Cooper Coles, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1867. 


Medical 32. That « Sum, not exceeding £. 5,926, be 

Officers, Navy. oranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
for increased Pay and Allowances to the Medical 
Officers of the Royal Navy, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1867. 

Ship 33. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 18,000, be 

5 Northumber- granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 


the completion of Her Majesty’s Ship ‘‘ Northum- 
VoL, 121. 





July. 





491 


berland,” which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 3lst day of March 
1867. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions; which Means. 
were read, as follow: 

1. That, towards making good the Supply sorplus of 
granted to Her Majesty, there De issued and ap- Ways and 
plied to the Service of the year ending the 31st M°*™* 
day of March 1867, the Sum of £. 767,600. 2s. 4 d., 
being the Surplus of Ways and Means granted for 
the Service of preceding years. 

2. That, towards making good the Supply consolidated 
granted to Her Majesty, the  &amp;. of £. 19,661,630. Fund. 

15 s. 3d. be granted out of the Consolidated Fund 
. a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
and. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Consolidated 
to apply a Sum, out of the Consolidated Fund and Fund (Appro- 
the Surplus of Ways and Means, to the Service of P™%°"”) 
the year ending Thirty-first March One thousand 
eight hundred and sixty-seven, and to appropriate 
the Supplies granted in this Session of Parlia- 
ment: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, and Mr. Hunt do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Aberdeen Provisional Order Confirmation Aperdeen Pro- 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. visional Order 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. — 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill tothe 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, according to Inclosure 
Order, 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. 


The Parishes (Scotland) Act (1844) Amend- parishes 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third (Scotland) Act 
time; and a verbal Amendment was made to the (1844) Amend- 
Bill. ment 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 Railway 
take into consideration the Railway Companies’ Companies’ 
Securities Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bills of Sale 
into a Committee on the Bills of Sale Act (1854) ye Se et. 
Amendment [ Stamps]. rman aa 


[Stamps.] 
(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to provide that 
every Affidavit renewing the Registration of a 
Bill of Sale shall bear an adhesive Common Law 
Stamp of the value of Five Shillings. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Reformatory Schools Bill and Reformatory 
the Industrial Schools Bill be committed to the Schools Bill 
same Committee; and that they have leave to sit tera 
till Four of the clock, and to report the same at 
Six of the clock. 

3R2 The 

















492 27th July. 1866. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself | ‘‘ and also for the purpose of instructing such 
into a Committee on the said Bills. * oe in —e principles of his religion.” 
: : , uestion, at the words “A minister of” 
(In Committee on the Reformatory Schools Bill.) | stand part of the Clause ——put, and negatived. 
CriauseEs, N° 1 to N° 6, agreed to. | Other words omitted. 
Cuausz, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
Crause, N° 8, agreed to. ‘be inserted be there inserted ; 
C . Ne 9 Publicati a Amendment made to the proposed Amendment. 
beeen (Publication o € grant OF | Words, as amended, inserted. 
withdrawal of certificate). | 


— Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 41: 
,tmendmen t proposed, at the beginn ing of the After the word “school” to insert the words 
Clause: To insert the words “ The Secretary of ¢, 


hag ° ° such youthful offender.” 
State shall, in the month of January in each | Question proposed, That those words be there 


** year, cause to be published in the London and). * a” ~ 
“ Edinburgh Gazettes a list of all Reformatory yap oe nig are st prams eee gen of 
“ Schools which shall then be certified under the 44, Claes, to ak Go wale “eal we 


* provisions of thi r the Acts hereby re- er * : , : 
poomnens of ike Let er Ce ae y “receiving religious instruction from a Jewish 


* pealed, and shall cause to be specified in such... . 
* iste the Schools with reference to which notice | ,, "Stet all be competion to attend chuveh or 


“roe : : '* chapel, or be taught religious doctrines inconsis- 
“ 4 batt ° 
of resignation or withdrawal of the certificate | « (n+ with th » Jeatsh Gt” 


“shall then have been given, and the date on, Question, That those words be there added —— 

“which such withdrawal or resignation will take | 4” 014 newatived 

** effect in pursuance of such notice, and.” J gegen: 

Question, That those words be there inserted | ee conan — 

put, and negatived. Cause, N° 13, agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. ; | Crause, N° 14 (Power of parent to change 
CLausgE, N° 10 (Power to make rules, &amp;c.) school). a 
Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 28: To leave To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

out from the word “ Act ” to the end of the Clause. 7 : 
Question put, That the words proposed to be| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 

left out stand part of the Clause ; son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
The Committee divided. gress in the Bills; and that he was directed to 
Tellers for the { Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen,\ 4. | MOVe; That the Committee may have leave to sit 
Yeas, UMr. Noel: } * | again, ; ; 
Tellers for the { Mr. Powell, \ 99 Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
Noes, (Mr. Horsfall: resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Clause agreed to. 
Ciausk, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciausk, N° 12 (Offenders under sixteen may | Rotuens relative to Lyme Regis 


be sent to certified Reformatory Schools). Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Amendments made. Table ' 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, l. 24: ; 
After the word “ committed,” to insert the words 
*‘ within two days before the expiration of his im- 








Mr. Cave presented,—-Return to several Orders, 


L Regis. 
dated the 14th and 19th days of June last, for yme Regis 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the North north Ameri- 
American Mails, which was presented upon the can Mails. 


‘“é } ” 
prisonment. itl tae ° é. 
Question proposed, That those words be there S6th day of this instant July, be p wae No, 445. 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Re- Registry of 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 27: | gistry of Deeds (Ireland), which was presented Deeds (Ire- 


After the word “ the,” to insert the words “ parents | upon the 26th day of this instant July, be printed. a on 
** of the.” oe : 


Question, That those words be there inserted Ordered, That the Return relative to Piers and Piers and 
u ’ Harbours (Jreland), which was presented upon = (Ire- 


‘eae! ° lan 
the 26th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 447. 


—-- put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 32: 
After the word “justice,” to insert the words 
“and the managers of every School shall, on re-| Mr, Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
ceiving a youthful offender into their custody, | Message had been brought from the Lords, by ‘¢ £°r4s. 
enter his name and also the religious persuasion | one of their Clerks, as followeth : 
as aforesaid in a book to be kept for that purpose.”| The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Charitable 
Amendment made to the said proposed Amend- made by this House to the Charitable Trusts Trusts Deeds 
ment, by inserting, after the word “ persuasion,” ' Deeds Enrolment Bill, without any Amendment. Bill [Lorde] 
the words “ eo specified. _ The Lords have agreed to the Amendments East India 


Question put, That those words, as amended, be | made by this House to the East India Irriga- lrigation and 


et on diebiel. | tion and Canal Bill, without any Amendment. tporde) 


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. 


‘ 


‘ 


. 





Tellers for the (Mr. O’ Reilly, 1 The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Madras Irri- 
' ag Mr Goldemid : f 27. | made by this House “to the Madras Irrigation = 
Tellers for the (Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, | 38 }and Canal Bill, without any Amendment. | Lords.] 
Noes, \ Mr. Whitmore : j°"* | The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made gyde Station 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 33: To ‘by this House to the Ryde Station and Railway and Railway 
leave out from the words “ A minister of” to the word | Bill, without any Amendment. Bill [ Lords.] 
* school,” both inclusive, in 1. 41, in order to insert | The Lords have agreed to the Standards of Standards of 
the words “it shall be lawful, upon the represen- Weights, Measures, and Coinage Bill, with Amend- aoe al 
tation of the parent, or in the case of an orphan 'ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence Coinage Bill. 
“then of the guardian or nearest adult relative, | of this House. 
“of any offender detained in any such school, for| The Lords have agreed to the National Gallery National 
“a minister of the religious persuasion of such! Enlargement Bill, with Amendments; to which ee 
offender, at certain fixed hours of the day, which | the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. ee 
‘shall be fixed by the managers or directors for| The Lords have agreed to the Thames River Thames River 
“the purpose, to visit such school for the purpose Purification Bill, with Amendments; to which _— 
* of affording religious assistance to such offender, | the Lords desire the concurrence of this ae : 

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30 VicTorRIA. 


Pembroke and The Lords have agreed to the Pembroke and 


| Tenby Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
ae the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
Fiham Valley . The Lords have agreed to the Elham Valley 


Railway Bill. 


Mortality of 
Troops 
(China.) 


Pier and Har- 


bour Orders 
Confirmation 
Bill. 


Carriage and 
Deposit of 
Dangerous 
Goods Bill. 


East India 
(Telegraphic 
Department.) 


East India 
(Engineers’ 


Establishment, 


&amp;c.) 


House of 
Commons. 


Vessels not 
Armour- 
plated. 


Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords request that this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Report from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament 
on Morta'ity of Troops ( China). 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirma- 
tion Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


Ordered, 'That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous 
Goods Bill be taken into consideration upon Mon- 
day 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 of Examiners in 
the India Telegraphic Department, of the success- 
ful Candidates, and of the Number of Marks ob- 
tained by each : And, Copy of the Examination 
Papers. 

Ordered, That 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 Names of the Examiners 
appointed to examine the Candidates who pre- 
sented themselves since the last Return for admis- 
sion to the Engineers’ Establishment and Public 
Works Department of India: And, of the 
Names of the successful Candidates in Order of 
Merit, their Ages, and the Names of the Civil 
Engineers, if any, to whom any such Candidates 
have been Articled Pupils; and the Marks assigned 
on each subject to every Candidate; and Exa- 
mination Papers on each subject (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 426, of Session 
1865). 

Ordered, That 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 Correspondence between the Office of 
Public Works and Mr. £. M. Barry, relative to 
the new Roof of the House of Commons. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, in Tabular Form, of Vessels not Armour- 
plated, Building, or ordered to be Built during the 
year 1866; probable Progress during the year; 
when to be Launched; when Completed; and 
Amount expended up to the 31st day of March 


Q7th July. 


493 











1866; and Estimated Amount up to the 31st day 
of March 1867, as follows :— 





| Names. _ 

| Load Displacement. 
| Horse Power. 

| Forward. 


| Guns. 
| Tons. 








Estimated Expenditure on | 


| | | 
| | 


Length. | Breadth. | 
| 


Draught 
of 
Water. 


| 


| 





| 
| 


per- 


Keel for 


Tonnage. 
Hull, from Ist April 1866 | 


to 31st March 1866. 
to 3lst March 1867. 


pendiculars. 


ing. 
Estimated Cost of Hull up 


Between 

Extreme. 

For Tonnage. 

Probable Time of Launch- 


Of 


| Hull, Wood or Iron. 


| Remarks. 


| Aft. 















































Vou. 121. 























Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Iron-plated 
a Return of all Iron-plated Ships and Batteries Ships and 
‘ «ass ‘ Batteries. 
Built, Building, or ordered to be Built, arranged 
in the following Form :— 
4 .l ss 
i} S| £&amp;,; | Draught 
x 3 | &amp; 5 |of Water} Length. | Breadth. 
ae ¢ = | g8:a |Estimated,} 
&amp;| S| § g 2\| "as 
so | 5 2|.lmi|8 &amp; 7 
$}3\|° ai/tila| fos te ls. g 
Sials S|eEl/al]2e° 298 )/&lt;¢ 
Sin | _(alazifclieltesel&lt;e ~~ aelo6 3 
sisi | S| SIA /* |S | age] e22}/sg\isgis 
o\S) 0/2] s eleleac] s Ss ives liole 
SIFiS/E/E/S/2\/sSimeslElisiis elgsl« 
Sima ses) Ssiolte}] Sis OMisle 1 a8] &amp; “xis 
Z2ie;2;/424j/e8|/yH/B/24 1/8 &amp;i&lt; |} ° | 
i as | 
| 
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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


5 &amp; S 8 7 
PB} ihbes s 3 ey Estimated first Cost 

siz 2 2 B First Cost of Vessels| of Vessels Building 
=|%9 = =&gt; | S| nowcomplete, | in Her Majesty’s 
5/58 = Q's ‘a © | including Fittings. | Dockyards, and in 
a - os | om Private Yards 
S1E&amp; |ge| 8 | Se ; 
Ss | § ce | 36.2 3 
&gt; i &lt; aes 8 £0 1 
— ow = oO o iv) ) o 

&gt; 2° eg $e z =} ° &gt; 
Sia ss &gt; a) a aor ‘a 

° es So |S: | w 3 3 

= _— — = 
sic [4S] A Cs |/e 13 3 fo 
a rd c &amp; &lt; s Sc s E a x SS 
3 nv 5“ 32 5: s —_ 2 a os . 
silseiacoh 8 sls oe xe | ws 3 
Ez oS ae Ee o xs Load 2 ca e a Own : o A | g iy . 

st =| 23s |Ss [28/8512] -3 3/4 
— = &amp; gs = 3 a a =&gt; .9 ‘hm bs —F- ‘Su &lt; g 
s|/aa] 8A Sk ~/35 |) 2] | 5 | sm Sol1s16&amp; 
=s/E |A a xs |= |e |elz |a Jefe 

. 








Births 


Returns showing the Number of Births in each of (Metropolitan 


the Workhouses of the Metropolitan District during 
the year 1865:——And, the Number of Women 
who died in Child-birth in the same Workhouses 
during that year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Post Office of the following Par- 
ticulars connected with the Receiving and Delivery 
of Letters carried by the Royal Mail Steam Com- 
pany’s Vessels between this Country and the 
West Indies, extending from the 2nd day of March 
1864 to the 2nd day of March 1866, both days in- 
clusive: the Return to be made for each day 
during the period :— 


Workhouses.) 


Mails (West 
Indies.) 





Mails received Letters 


delivered to 
the Public at* 


Mails received Mails despatched 
to 


at 
General Post 


Provinces.* 
Office, London. sa 


at 
Southampton, 


Time for 
receiving Letters 
for West India 
Mails at* for 
each Month. 





A.M, or P.M. 
A.M. or P.M. 
| A.M. or P.M. 
| A.M. or P.M, 


| Date. 
Hour. 
Min. 
Date. 
Hour. 
| Min. 
Date. 
Hour. 
Min. 
| Date. 
| Hour. 
Min. 





Date. 
Hour, 
Min. 
| A.M. or P.M, 
























































Dublin. 
Belfast, 


* London. 
Bristol. 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 337, 
of Session 1866). 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Account 


‘| Books (Public Departments), which was presented 


upon the 26th day of June last, be referred to the 
Committee of Public Accounts. 











Account 
Books (Public 
Departments.) 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Expiring 
Laws have Power to report their Opinion there- 
upon to the House. 

Mr. Hunt reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the matters to them re- 
ferred, and come to several Resolutions, which 

3R3 thev 


Expiring 
Laws. 


No, 448. 











494 


they had directed him to report to the House, 
together with their Observations. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Message from 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
the Lords. 


sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 


Dean Forest The Lords have agreed to the Dean Forest 
(Walmore and ( Wg/more and the Bearce Commons) Bill, with an 
the Bearce A d ‘ ° a “ 
Commons) mendment; to which the Lords desire the con 
Bill. currence of this House. 

Burntisland The Lords have agreed to the Burntisland Har- 
a bour and Dock Bill, with Amendments; to which 

the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
Newport The Lords have agreed to the Newport Railway 
Railway Bill. Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

Caledonian The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Rail- 
tEdiaburgh way (Edinburgh Station) Bill, with Amendments ; 


to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Halesowen and 
Bromsgrove Branch Railways Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. . 


Station) Bill. 


Halesowen 
and Broms- 
grove Branch 
Railways Bill. 


Glasgow The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow Corpo- 
Corporation ration Water Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Water Bill. . ry 

the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
Glasgow — The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow Bridges 
Bridges Bill. il], with Amendments; to which the Lords 


desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint Martin-in- 
the-Fields Workhouse, &amp;c. Rebuilding Bill, with 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the South Eastern 
and London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, 
Dover (Lon- 20d Brighton) Railways Bill, with Amendments ; 


don, Lewes, to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
and Brighton) House. 


Railways Bill. 
Ecclesiastical © The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to further amend the Acts relating to the Eccle- 


Commission 
Bill (Lords) siastical Commissioners for England; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Saint Martin- 
in-the-Fields 
Workhouse, 
&amp;c. Rebuild- 
ing Bill. 
South Eastern 
and London, 
Chatham, and 


Railways The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(ireland) into a Committee on the Railways (Jreland) Tem- 
Temporary 


porary Advances Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson 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. 


Advances Bill. 


Landed The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
— a into a Committee on the Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. 
Bie —— (Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

Criauses, N° 1 to N° 14, with Amendments to 
three of them, agreed to. 

A Clause (Employment of licensed  stock- 
brokers) brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time——put, and negatived. 

Schedule amended and agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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. 





27 th—28th July. 





1866. 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Health 
into a Committee on the Public Health Bill. _ 


(In the Committee. ) 


CiausE, N° 10 (Drainage of houses). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 4, 1. 25: After 
the word “drainage” to insert the words “ or 
“ where, by reason of any stench or nuisance 
“ arising within such dwelling-house, or within any 
** dwelling-house or tenement adjoining thereto, 
“there is reasonable cause to believe that an 
* existing drain or pipe communicating therewit 
“ within such first named dwelling-house is out of 
“ repair, so that there is an escape of sewage or 
* vapour therefrom.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cause, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

Causes, N° 12 and N° 13, agreed to. 

CriauseEs, N° 14 to N° 17, disagreed to. 

Criauses, N° 18 and N° 19, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 20 (Power of police with respect to 
nuisances). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 35: After the 
word “authority” to insert the words “ except 
“ within the district of the Metropolis as defined 
“by the Act for the better local management of 
* the Metropolis.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted —— 
put, and negatived. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 36: To leave 
out the words “the chief officer of police within 
“that place may,” and insert the words “such 
** nuisance authority shall.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 





2. (Mr. Bruce, i) 
Tellers for the ria Whitmore: J 78. 
. r+ Mr. Bazley \ 
Tellers for the Noes, 4," Ayrton: j 24. 


An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 21 and N° 22, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 23 (Addition to definition of nui- 
sance ). 
| Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 25: To leave 
lout the words “ Any house or part of a house so 
“ overcrowded as to be dangerous or prejudicial to 
“ the health of the inmates.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 


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 ; 


Saturday, 28th July, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Turnpike 
Bill, the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill, and the Trusts 


Local Government Supplemental (No. 4) Bill, be a mama 
committed to the same Committee. pike Acts 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Continuance 


into a Committee on the said Bills. Government. 
(In Committee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance ON Bill 


Bill.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Cause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
CLAUSES, 























Turnpike 
Trusts 


Arrangements 
Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 


Continuance 


Bill, and Local 


Government 
Supplemental 
(No. 4) Bill. 


Fortifications 


(Provision for 


Expenses) 
Bill. 


Crown Lands 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


New Zealand 
Bill. 


Bills of Sale 
Act (1854) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Common Law 


Courts (Fees 
and Salaries) 
Bill. 


Oysters 
Cultivation 
(Ireland) 
Bill. 





30 Vicrorta. 


Cuavuses, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 

A Clause (In the case of any road ceasing to be 
a turnpike-road, the trustees of such road are 
hereby empowered and required to pay over to 
the overseers of the different parishes through 
which such roads pass, any balance remaining in 
their hands, after liquidating all debts or other 
claims, such balance to be applied by such over- 
seers to the purposes of the highway rate) 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :— Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

A Clause added. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Billi, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 

Mr. Dodson also reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Turnpike Acts Continuance 
Bill, and the Local Government Supplemental 
(No. 4) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bills, 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 Fortifications (Provision for Expenses) 
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 Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Crown Lands Bill. : 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the said Amendments were 
necessary to carry into effect the intentions of this 
House), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according .to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Poor Law Amendment 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an Amend- 
ment 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 Com- 
mittee on the New Zealand Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bills of Sale Act (1854) Amendment 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Common Law Courts (Fees and Salaries) 
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 Oysters Cultivation (Jre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

VoL, 121. 





97th —28th July. 








495 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Dockyard Extensions Bill was, according Dockyard 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a — 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Pensions Bill. 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Bij] 249. 
to the Pensions Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next; and be 
printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself New South 
into a Committee on the New South Wales and stg: el 
Van Diemen’s Land Government Bill; and, after Land Govern- 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the ment Bill 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- _e 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Artizans and 
mittee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings Labourers’ 
Bill; Dwellings Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Cattle 
Reading of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act patna ae a 
(1866) Amendment Bill ; (1866) ‘Amend- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ment Bill. 


upon Monday next. 


Railway 
Companies’ 
Securities Bill. 


The Railway Companies’ Securities Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Reformatory 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools Bill ; Schecks ER. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Industrial 
mittee on the Industrial Schools Bill ; Schools Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday . 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Prisons. 
for the Amendment of the Laws relating to 
Prisons: And that Mr. Secretary Walpole and 
Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hunt and Mr. Sclater-Booth Public 
be added to the Committee of Public Accounts, Accounts. 


The House was moved, That the Cattle Diseases Cattle 
Prevention Act might be read; and the same Diseases Pre- 
being read ; vention Act. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Act :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. ‘ 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to amend the Cattle Diseases Prevention 
Act. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

3R4 Mr. 








































496 27 th—28th—30th July. 


Mr. Dodson 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 Cattle Diseases Prevention Act :—And 
he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Secretary Walpole, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. //unt do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Consolidated Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 


Fund (Appro- of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of 


priation) Bill. Ways and Means to the Service of the year ending 
thirty-first March, One thousand eight hundredand 
sixty-seven, 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 se- 
cond time upon Monday next. 


Prisons Bill. Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill for the 
Bill 250. Amendment of the Laws relating to Prisons: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 

be printed. 


Cattle Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to 
Diseases Pre- amend the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act: And 
vention Act ° 

Amendment the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
(No. 2) Bill. be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 


Bill 251. be printed. 


Ecclesiastical The Ecclesiastical Commission Bill was read the 
Commission first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
Bill [Lords.] . 

upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Bill 252. 
Inland Mr. Hunt presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Revenue. mand,—Copy of Tenth 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. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 


Monday, 30th July, 1800. 


PRAYERS. 
aan P O RDERED, That the Select Committee on the 
uards’ an An &lt;? ee at i = 
Passengers’ Railways (Guards’ and Passengers’ Communi 
Communica- 


tion) Bill. —_ the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


| 





Royal Assent. A Message was delivered by Colonel Clifford, 
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal As- 
sent to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, 
desire the immediate attendance of this Ho- 
nourable House in the House of Peers, to hear 
the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up vo 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 men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, 
as follow: 

Sheriff Court An Act to amend certain Provisions of the 


eee “ Sheriff Court Houses (Scotland) Act, 1860: 
(1860) Amend. 


ment Bill, 




























































1866. 
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Qua- Revising 


'lifications of Revising Barristers : Barristers’ 
Qualifications 
Bill. 
|. An Act to enable the Postmaster General to sit Postmaster 
in the House of Commons: General Bill. 
An Act for confirming certain Provisional Or- Pier and Har- 
ders made by the Board of Trade under the Ge- bour Orders 
neral Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to a 
. : 5 (No. 2) Bill. 
Clynder, Hastings, and Newlyn : 
An Act to make further Provision for the En- Charitable 
rolment of certain Deeds, Assurances, and other Trusts Deeds 


" ° ‘ Enrolment Bill 
Instruments relating to Charitable Trusts : [Lords,] 


/ 


An Act to authorize the Metropolis Sewage and Metropolis 
Essex Reclamation Company to make a new Con- Sewage and 
duit in lieu of certain portions of their authorized eel 
Conduits, and for other purposes : [Lords.] 


An Act to authorize the Construction of Branch Devon Valley 
Railways from the Devon Valley Railway into the #4 North 
Mineral Districts of Fife and Clackmannan, and se 
for other purposes : Gomnpanies 
een) 

An Act to authorize the Berwickshire Railway Berwickshire 
Company to raise additional Capital, and for other Railway Bill, 
purposes : 

An Act to incorporate a Company for making Laugharne 
a Railway from the South Wales Railway of the Railway Bill. 
Great Western Railway Company, near to Saint 
Clears Station, to Laugharne, in the County of 
Carmarthen, to be called “ The Laugharne Rail- 
way,” and for other purposes: 

An Act for making a Railway from the Tuff Aberdare and 
Vale Railway at Aberdare, to the Neath and Bre- Central Wales 
con Railway at Capel Coelbren, and a Branch to vay Bill _ 
the Vale of Neath Railway, and for other pur- , 
poses : 

An Act for defining the Undertaking and Rail- London, 
ways of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Brightoa, and 
~ *s : 2 South Coast 

Railway Company, and for defining and regulating Railway 
their Capital and Mortgage Debt, and_ their (Various 
Powers of raising Monies, and for authorizing Poe) Bill. 
them to make and maintain new Lines of Railway, 

and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the London, Chatham, and London, 
Dover Railway Company to make a Branch Rail- Chatham, and 
way to Chatham Dockyard, and to make Arrange- ew 
ments with the Admiralty, and for other pur- Dockyard 
poses : Branch) Bili. 

An Act to authorize the London, Chatham, and Loudon, 
Dover Railway Company to execute Works in Chatham, and 
Kent and Surrey, to authorize the Acquisition of Dever Railway 


a ‘ : ( Various 
additional Lands in London, Middlesex, Surrey, Powers) Bill. 

















and Kent, and of the Undertakings of the Sitting- 


cation) Bill, have leave to sit this day till Five of | bourne and Sheerness Railway Company, to extend 


the Time for completing and purchasing Lands for 
Undertakings in London, Surrey, and Kent, to 
amend the Acts relating to the Company, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for transferring to the London and Merthyr, 
North Western Railway Company the outstanding Tredegar, and 
Ne saat 2 ] Abergavenny 
Estate or Interest in the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Raiiway Bili. 

Abergavenny Railway : 

An Act to authorize the North British Railway North Britis: 
Company to make Railways near Glasgow, and for Railway (Glas: 
other purposes : Bill. ete 

An Act to authorize the Company of Pro- shefieia 
prietors of the Sheffield Waterworks to construct Water Bill. 
further Works, to purchase additional Lands, 
and to raise additional Capital, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act to authorize the Great Eastern Railway Great Eastern 
Company to make a certain Railway to connect Rulway | 
their System with the Alexandra Palace, in the = ag 
Parish of Tottenham, in the County of Middlesex, Branches) 
and for other purposes : Bill. 

An Act to provide for the Sale or Lease to the Great North 
Great North of Scotland Railway Company of the feng 
Undertakings of various neighbouring Companies, 
or the Amalgamation of those Companies with the 

Great 


























30 VicTorRIA. 30th 


Great North of Scotland Railway Company; to 
authorize the Abandonment of the Extensions of 
the Banff, Macduff, and Turriff Extension Rail- 
way to Macduff; to extend the Time for making 
the Extension of the Banffshire Railway to 
Buckie, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Lianelly Railway and 
X Dock Company to construct a Pier at the Mum- 

bles, and for other purposes : 


Lianelly Rail- 
way and 


Muswell Hill § An Act to enable the Muswell Hill Estate Com- 
Eotwaye Bil pany (Limited) to make certain Railways over 


their Estate, for giving access thereto from neigh- 
bouring Railways, and to enter into Arrangements 
for the use thereof, and for other purposes: 

An Act to authorize the North British Railway 
Company to make certain Railways in connection 
i, With their System in the Counties of Linlithgow, 

Stirling, and Edinburgh, and for other purposes : 
Caithness — An Act to authorize the Construction of a 
ny Bill Railway between Wick and Thurso, in the County 
l . of Caithness, to be called “ The Caithness Rail- 

way”: 
An Act for Utilizing the Sewage of the Borough 


North British 

Railway 
Camps, &amp;c 
ranches) B 


Liverpoo! ie 

Sewage Utili- of Liverpool, and for other purposes: 

zation Bill 

| Lords.] ’ 

Liverpool Cen- An Act for transferring to the Manchester, 


tral Station 


Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, the Great Northern 
Railway Bill. 


and the Midland Railway Companies, the Powers 
of the Liverpool Central Station Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes : 

North Eastern An Act to enable the North Eastern Railway 
a, a Company to construct a Railway from their Leeds 
Wetherby and Selby Branch at Austhorpe to their Church 
Branch) Bill, Fenton and Harrowgate Branch at Wetherby, and 


for other purposes: 


Bute Docks, An Act for conferring on the Trustees and 

Cardiff, Bil. others claiming under the Will of the late Mar- 
quess of Bute, Powers with respect to the Re- 
claiming of Mud Land, and the making and main- 
taining of a Dock or Basin, and a Pier and Railway 
and other Works at Cardiff, and for other purposes : 

Carmarthen An Act to separate the Kidwelly Branch and 

and Cardigan Extension from the rest of the Undertaking of the 

Railway Bill. ‘ A ° 5 
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Company, and 
to incorporate a Company for the purposes of the 
said Branch and Extension : 

Midland An Act for enabling the Midland Railway 

oe Company to construct Branch Railways and other 

c.) Bill. Works, for conferring Powers on them with refe- 

rence to the Undertakings of other Companies, 
and for other purposes : 

North An Act for the Construction of Railways be- 

Metropolitan 


tween the Great Western Railway, near Southall, 
and the River Thames, near the Victoria Docks, to 
be called “ The North Metropolitan Railway,” and 
for other purposes : 

An Act for better supplying the Weardale and 
Shildon District, and other Places in the County 


Railway Bill. 


Weardale and 
Shildon 


District Water - 
Bill, wt of Durham with Water, and for other purposes: 
East India An Act to amend the East India Irrigation 


—— and and Canal Act, 1861, with respect to the Cancel- 

{Lords,| ation and Surrender of Shares, and otherwise 
with respect to the Capital of the Company : 

An Act to amend the Madras Irrigation and 

Irrigation and Canal Acts in reference to the Cancellation and 


Madras 


(tends) Surrender of Shares, and the raising of Capital : 
Ryde Station An Act. for making a Railway and Central 
and Railway 


Station, and erecting Slaughter-houses at Ryde, in 
the Isle of Wight, and for other purposes : 

New Romney An Act for authorizing the Construction of a 
Railway Bill. Railway in the County of Kent, to be called “ The 


New oe Railway :” 


Bill [Lords.] 


ae and An Act for extending the Powers of the Brecon 
ih, and Llandovery Junction Railway Company : 

way Bill. 

Great Western An Act for conferring further Powers on the 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western Railway Company in relation to 
their own Undertaking and the Undertakings of 
other Companies, and for other purposes : 

VoL, 121. 





497 


July. 


An Act for the transfer to a Public Trust of the Greenock and 
Waterworks and Property of the Board of Police gu Water 
of the Town of Greenock, and of the Shaws Water 
Joint Stock Company, and for other purposes : 

An Act for better supplying wit ater the Greenock 
Town of Greenock and Suburbs thereof, and Dis- Wter Bill. 
tricts and Places adjacent by the execution of ad- 
ditional Works, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Northampton and Ban- Northampton 
bury Junction Railway Company to extend their 5x4 Banbury | 
Railway from Blockley to Ross, and for other pur- way Bill. 

O8€S : 

An Act for authorizing Arrangements between North Western 
the North Western and Charing Cross Railway = —— 
Company, and the London and North Western Bn —— 
Railway Company, and the South Eastern Rail- 
way Company, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Mixed Gauge or Tamar, Kit 
the Broad Gauge only upon the Tamar, Kit a ont 
Hill, and Callington Railway, and Arrangements Railway Bill 
between the Tamar, Kit Hill, and Callington Rail- 
way Company, and the Saltash and Callington and 
other Railway Companies, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act to enable the Vale of Crickhowell Rail- Vale of Crick- 
way Company to extend their Railway to the Town ee 
of Brecon, and for other purposes: leis 

An Act for authorizing a Lease to the Mayor, Rawson’s 
Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Brad- ewe Bill 
ford, in the County of York, of part of the Settled -—— 
Estates devised by the Will of Benjamin Rawson, 

Esquire, deceased : 

An Act for authorizing Leases and Sales of Sutherland- 
Estates in the West Riding of the County of MM ae 
York, which are subject to the Limitations of the [Lords.} 
Will of Ann Walker, deceased. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Master Master and 
and Servant have Power to report their Opinion Servant. 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes No. 449, 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Lord Elcho reported from the said Committee ; 

That they had considered the matters to them re- 
ferred, and come to several Resolutions, which 
they had directed him to report to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them, and an Appendix. 

Urdered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Lady Slaney’s 
(Trust) Estate 
Bill [ Lords. | 


Mr. Dodson reported Lady Slaney’s (Trust) 
Estate Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Market Bosworth School Market Bos- 
Bill, without Amendment. Bill [Lorde 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bs 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Anglesey Cen- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Amend- on (Lordey 
ments made by this House to the Anglesey 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 Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East London * 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East Eastern 
London Eastern Extension Railway Bill; and the Railway 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 tothe Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Midland ™*y Foe 
Railway (Ashby and Nuneaton, &amp;c.) Bill; and the gc) Bin,’ 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

38 Lords; 











498 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Bray and 
Enniskerry 
Railway Bill 
| Lords. ] 


A Motion being made, That the Bray and 
Enniskerry Railway Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

Lord John Manners, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as 
they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, 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. 


Putney and 
Fulham New 
Bridge Bill 


The Putney and Fulham New Bridge Bill was 
read the third time. 


[Lords.] 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. 
Brighton West The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
re Om Reading of the Brighton West Pier Bill; 
{ Lords.] ere “« ie 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
Ardmore _ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour Bill the Ardmore Harbour Bill, as amended in the 
ani Committee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Belgravia The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and South =the Belgravia and South Kensington New Road 
Kensington Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
New Road Bill oe : : . 
{ Lords. ] Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Delabole The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway and the /elabole Railway and Bossinney Harbour Bill, 
rece, A as amended in the Committee. ro 
[Lords.] Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Pagham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour Bill the Pagham Harbour Bill, as amended in the Com- 
{ Lords.] : I 
tials mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sheils’ Alms- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
houses Charity §}¢j/s’ Almshouses Charity Bill, as amended in 
Bill [Lords.] . : 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


South Essex 
Railway bill 
[Lords.] 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the South Essex Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Limerick and The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
— — take into consideration the Limerick and Castle 
ey Connell Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 





| Lords.) ? 

P mittee; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Thirty- 


third Report. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 16th 


Education. 


50th July. 





vy? 

1806. 
day of this instant July, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament on 
Kducation. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Mi- 
nutes of Evidence be communicated to the Lords, 
as desired by their Lordships: And that the Clerk 
do deliver the same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 16th 
day of this instant July, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament on 
Theatrical Licences and Regulations. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Mi- 
nutes of Evidence be communicated to the Lords, 
as desired by their Lordships: And that the Clerk 
do deliver the same. 


Theatrical 
Licences and 
Regulations, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Mortality 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 27th (china 
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 appointed by this House in the present 
Session of Fotienned on Mortality of Troops 
( China). 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver 
the same. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Houseless Poor 
by the Clerk of the _sllngle Ae to an Order, (Metropolis.) 
dated the 30th day of April last, for Returns re- 
lative to the Houseless Poor (Metropolis). 
The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Court of 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon ©h#2¢#": 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of 
General Order of the Lord High Chancellor, 19th 
day of July 1866. 
Sixty-first Report of the Commissioners of the Caledonian 
Caledonian Canal. Canal. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cale- No. 450. 
donian Canal be printed. 


Viscount Cranborne presented,—Return to an East India 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of this (Engineers’ 
instant July, for Returns relative to East India  ccaaaas 
(Engineers’ Establishment, &amp;c.) 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented,—Return to Schoolmasters 
an Order, dated the 8th day of March last, for a (Iteland.) 
Return relative to Schoolmasters (Ireland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of this National 
instant July, for a Return relative to National we me £9 
Education (Ireland). (ITreland.) 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an Navy 
Order, dated the 17th day of this instant July, for Contracts. 
Returns relative to Navy Contracts. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lyme Lyme Regis. 
Regis, which was presented upon the 27th day of No, 451. 
this instant July, be printed. 


East India 
( Accounts.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 








to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to 

















Holyhead 
Harbour of 
Refuge. 


Companies 
Act (1862.) 


30 Vicrorta. 30th 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Report to the Secretary of State 
for India of Mr. Foster, one of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the mode of keeping the 
Indian Accounts. 

Ordered, That 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 the Quarterly Reports of the Engineer 
in charge of the Harbour of Refuge Works at 
Holyhead, since the 1st day of January 1863, when 
the Harbour was transferred from the Admiralty 
to the Board of Trade. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Societies and Companies regis- 
tered under the Companies Act (1862), 25 and 
26 Vic. c. 89; specifying the Name and Objects 








July. 


Navy), addressed for upon the 20th day of this 
instant July,—Copy of the War Office and Ad- 
miralty Letters dated the 2d day of July 1866; 
and of the Treasury Minute dated the 4th day of 
July 1866, on the position, &amp;c. of Medical Officers 
in the two 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. 


499 


Lord Stanley yg meee by Her Majesty’s Com- Extradition 


mand,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the 

Treaty of Extradition with France. 

“ — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill Consolidated 


was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 
















of the Society or Company, and the Regulations 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fortifications 
of each as to the Votes of Members. 


mittee on the Fortifications (Provision for Ex- oe foe 
xpenses ) 

penses) Bill; 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Alphabetical List of all Election Petitions pre- 
sented since the Session 1864, 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 re- 


Election 
Petitions. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself _— Health 


into a Committee on the Public Health Bill. ; 
Bill 253. 





Metropolitan 


Govern- 


ment, &amp;c. 
No. 452. 


ported as objectionable, or by being withdrawn ; 
with the Dates of the Reports and such With- 
drawals, or otherwise, together with the Names of 
the Agents: Returns of all Reports, Special 
Reports, and Determinations or Resolutions of any 
Election Committees reported to this House: 
Of the Names of all Members who have been 
unseated, and for what Causes they have been so 
unseated: —— Of the Names of all Places the 
Writs for which have been suspended, and to what 
Dates they have been so suspended, or further 
suspended; or, after suspension, have been granted 
afterwards: ——Of the Total Number of Select 
Committees which have sat on Election Petitions; 
the Names of the Chairman and Members serving 
on each Election Committee, and the Number of 
Days on which each Election Committee sat; the 
Names of the Members of the General Committee 
of Elections; and the Names of the Members 
selected as the Chairmen’s Panel :-——Of the Total 
Number of Select Committees which have sat on 
Election Petitions :——Of the Total Number of 
Election Petitions presented: And, of the 
Total Number of Election Petitions which have 
been withdrawn (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 85, of Session 1864). 











Ordered, That the Select Committee on Metro- 
politan Local Government, &amp;c. have Power to 
report their Observations thereupon to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 





Mr. Ayrton reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had made progress in the matters to | 


(In the Committee. ) 


Crause, N° 23 (Addition to definition of nui- 
sance ). 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 27: 
After the word “ workplace” to insert the words 
* not being a smelting-house, and.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 15: 
To leave out the word “ therefrom” and insert 
the words “ arising from coal used therein.” 

Question, That the word “ therefrom” stand part 
of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 24, disagreed to. 

Cxiauses, N° 25 and N° 26, amended, and 
agreed to. 

Cause, N° 27, disagreed to. 

Cause, N° 23 (Power to cause premises to be 
cleansed, limewashed, or otherwise disinfected). 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
postponed—_—-put, and negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CuiausE, N° 29 (Nuisance authorities may pro- 
vide carriages for conveyance of infected persons). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 16: To leave 
out the words “ lawful at all times for,” in order 
to insert the words “ obligations upon.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 








them referred, and directed him to report the Mi-| stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 


nutes 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. 





Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 18: 
After the word “ disease,” to insert the words 
“* Provided always, that such carriages shall not 


be those licensed by the Metropolitan Police 









|“ Commissioners in London for hire, or in bo- 

_ roughs in the provinces by the local authorities.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 

inserted :— Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

| Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | the Clause: To add the words “ to be disinfected 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased |“ after conveyance of any such sick person.” 

to give directions, that there be added to the| Question proposed, That those words be there 

Returns relative to Medical Officers (Army aad | added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

VoL. 121. 382 Clause 


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. 

Medica! 
Officers (Army 
and Navy.) 














500 


Clause agreed to. 

Cause, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 

CiausE, N° 31 (Places for the reception of 
dead bodies may be provided at the public ex- 
pense). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 31: After the 
words “ dead bodies,” to insert the words “ and 
“make regulations for the maintenance, support 
“‘ and management thereof.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 32, 
to leave out from the word “ body” to the word 
“ body,” in 1, 34, inclusive. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CLausE, N° 32, agreed to. 


CiauseE, N° 33 (Provision as to ships within 
the jurisdiction of nuisance authority). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause, to leave out the words “ or to any 
« Foreign Government.” 

Question proposed; That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciause, Ne 34 (In cities, boroughs or towns, 
Secretary of State, on application of nuisance 
authority, may empower them to make regula- 
tions as to lodging-houses). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 36: 
After the word “ inspection” to insert the words 
“in the daytime.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CiausE, N° 35 (Power to provide ee” 

Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1.13: After the 
word “ or” to insert the words ‘in London the.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted: —Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CuiausE, N° 36 (Penalty on any person with 
infectious disorder exposing himself, or on any 
person in charge of such sufferer causing such 
exposure ). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1. 32, to leave 
out the word “ wilfully.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ wilfully ” 
stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 13, lL. 32: 
To leave out from the word “ himself” to the word 
“in” in Ll, 33. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

CLausE, N° 37 (Penalty on persons letting 
hcuses in which infected persons have been lodging ). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 14, 1.11: 
To leave out the words “ an inn,” in order to in- 
sert the words “ a house licensed for the sale of 
* exciseable liquors.” 

Question, That the words “ an inn” stand part 
of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 14, 1. 12: 
After the word “ guest” to insert the words “ or 
* lodger.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 











30th July. 





1866. 


Causes, N° 38 to N°60, with Amendments to 
four of them, agreed to. 

Eleven Clauses added. 

Another Clause (When guardians of a union re- 
quire it, they may make orders upon the overseers 
of parishes to raise money for the purposes of 
structural works, and may borrow money and charge 
the rates), brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time put, and negatived. 

Two other Clauses added. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son 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. 








and the Industrial Schools Bill be committed to 
the same Committee. 

_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the said Bills. 


(In Committee on the Reformatory Schools Bill.) 


Ciause, N° 14 (Power of parent to change 
school ), 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 8: After the 
word “ step-parent” to insert the words “ god- 
** father or godmother.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, |. 8: 
After the word “ guardian,” to insert the words 
“or if there be no parent, step-parent, or guar- 
** dian, then the god-parent.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 


f{Mr. Whitmore, 
Tellers for the Yeas, (Mr. Noel: 83. 
Tellers for the N oes} a peaneed \ 49. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, l. 16: 
To leave out the words ‘ or Justices or a Magis- 
* trate having the like jurisdiction.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause——put, and 
agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 20: 
After the word “ shall,” to insert the words “ upon 
‘* proof of such offenders religious persuasions.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again :— Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——-put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 15 (Discharge or removal by Se- 
cretary of State). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p., 5,1. 35: 
To leave out the words “ or industrial.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 16( Placing offenders out on licence). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 21: After the 
word “ shall” to insert the words “ except where 
* such licence has been forfeited by his misconduct.” 











Question 





Ordered, That the Reformatory Schools Bill Reformatory 




















30 Vicroria. 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Causes, N° 17 to N° 22, agreed to. 

Cuiavse, N° 23 (Order of Justices for con- 
tribution to maintenance of offenders in School). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8,1. 11: After the 
word “ week” to insert the words “in every case 
‘in which any juvenile offender be sentenced to 
“* be detained in a Reformatory School under this 
“ Act by any justices or magistrate, such justices 
* or magistrate may at the time of passing such 
“* sentence, or within fourteen days thereof, or.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CLausEs, N° 24 to N° 36, with Amendments 
to two of them, agreed to. 

Schedules A. and B. agreed to. 

Schedule C. amended, and agreed to. 

Schedules D., E., F., G., H., agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 
(In Committee on the Industrial Schools Bill.) 


Ciause, N° 1, agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 2 (Extent of Act). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1,1. 7: After the 
word “ Ireland” to insert the words “ or Scot- 
land.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Criauses, N° 3 to N° 10, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 11, disagreed to. 

Cause, N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 13, agreed to. 

Cr-ausg, Ne 14 (Children under fourteen found 
begging, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, Is. 32 and 33: To 
leave out the words “ whether actually or under 
“the pretext of selling or offering for sale anything.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Motion madc, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

CiausE, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 

CriausE, N° 16 (Refractory children under 
fourteen in charge of parent, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause: 
To add the words “ at the expense of the said parent, 
“ step-parent, or guardian.” 

Question, That those words be there added —— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 17, agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again-—— 
put, and negatived. 

CrauseE, N° 18, agreed to. 

CiLauseEs, N° 19 to N° 24, with Amendments to 
one of them, agreed to. 

CiauskE, N° 25 (Religious instruction in school). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 7: To insert 
the words “ the manager of every certified in- 
** dustrial school shall, on receiving a child into the 
** school, enter his name and the religious persua- 
“ sion specified in the order of detention as that to 
* which the child appears to the justice or magis- 
“trate to belong, in a book to be kept for that 
** purpose, and.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








VoL. 121. 


30th—3 1 st July. 





501 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Tuesday, 31st July, 1866: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Dod- Reformatory 
son reported, That the Committee had gone through Schools Bill. 
the Reformatory Schools Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 

Mr. Dodson also reported, That the Committee Industrial 
had made Progress in the Industrial Schools Bill ; Schools Bill. 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 

mittee 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 taking into Landed 
consideration the Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Ire- ae away” 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee :—The ih P 
Bill was re-committed toa Committee of the whole 
House, in respect of the Schedule:—The House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 

That the Committee had amended the said Sche- 
dule. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as'‘amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, | Nae ge 
according to Order, read the third time. oe 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. cas 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Turnpike Acts 
ontinuance 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Turnpike Acts Con- 
tinuance Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Local Govern- 
take into consideration the Local Government = aie 4) 
Supplemental (No. 4) Bill, as amended in the gi, : 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order resolved itself New Zealand 
into a Committee on the New Zealand Bill; and,” ” 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- . 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 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 Railways 
take into consideration the Railways (Ireland) — 
Temporary Advances Bill, as amended in the Com- Advenees TR 
mittee ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Common Law 
into a Committee on the Common Law Courts 4 Saket) 
(Fees and Salaries) Bill: and, after some time pi, 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. ; 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Bills of Sale 


the Bills of Sale Act (1854) Amendment [Stamps], ct (1854) 
rh, . “ Amendment 
a Resolution; which was read, as followeth: [Stamps. ] 


That it is expedient to provide that every Affi- 
davit renewing the Registration of a Bill of Sale 
shall bear an adhesive Common Law Stamp of the 
value of Five Shillings. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 








383 The 














Bills of Sale 
Act (1854) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Oysters 
Cultivation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


502 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Bills of Sale Act (1854) 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson 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 Oysters Cultivation 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and 
an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


. this day. 


Pensions Bill. 


Cattle 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Act 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill | Lords.] 


Prisons Bill. 


Traffic 
Regulation 

( Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Naval 
Discipline Bill. 


Constabulary 
Force (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Dockyard 
Extensions 
Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment, &amp;c. Bill. 


Bill 254. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Pensions Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day. 


The Cattle Diseases Prevention Act Amend- 
ment (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for this day. 


The Ecclesiastical Commission Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Prisons 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 Traffic Regulation (Metropolis) 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 Naval Discipline Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Constabulary Force ( Jredand) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Poor Law Amendment Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Dockyard Extensions 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
ae That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ovrdered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
intoa Committee on the Bankruptey Law Amend- 
ment, &amp;c. Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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 month. 


30th—3 1st July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Prisons (Ire- 


| 











1866. 


Reading of the Prisons (/reland) Bill ; land) Bill. 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Pier and Har- 
into consideration the Amendments made by the bour Orders 
Lords to the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirma- a 
tion Bill: 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Carriage and 
into consideration the Amendments made by the a a of 
Lords to the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods Bill, 
Goods Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 


into consideration this day. 


The Order of the da being read, for the Second Extradition 
Rea‘ling of the Extradition Treaties Act Amend- a 
ment Bill; Bill [ Lords. } 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Law of Capitat 
Reading of the Law of Capital Punishment Amend- Punishment 
ment Bill ; Bill | Lords.} 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon this day three months. 


The New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land New South 
Government Bill was, according to Order, read } ymin ee 
the third time. Government 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill [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 Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Relief 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed oe Law 
upon the 13th day of June last, That the Poor gy 
Relief (Jreland) Law Amendment Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Marriages 
Reading of the Marriages ( Jreland) (No. 2) Bill; 9 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “**® ® 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Tithe Rent- 
Reading of the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill; Sane 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “"” 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Hares and 
mittee on the Hares and Rabbits (Scotland) Bill; ee 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Public Libraries Act Amendment Bill was, Public 
according to Order, read the third time. Libraries 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 Second Cattle 
Reading of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act panies vin “i 
(1866) Amendment Bill ; (1866) Amend- 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ment Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, British 
Copies of the Correspondence, subsequent to the Musee™ 
Ist day of October 1864, between the Civil Ser- 
vice Commissioners and the Principal Librarian of 
the 



































30 Victoria. 


the British Museum, respecting the Examination 
of Candidates for Situations in that Department: 
And, of all Communications from the Officers 
of the British Museum to the Trustees thereof, on 
the same subject. 





Post Office. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Surveyors, Inspectors, 
Postmasters, Postmasters’ Clerks, Stampers, Sor- 
ters, Letter Carriers, Rural Messengers, and other 
Persons employed in the Service of the Post 
Office in the United Kingdom on Sundays; show- 
ing how many of these are employed wholly or 
partly in the Despatch of Letters to be delivered 
on Monday or afterwards: Of the Number of 
Post Offices in the United Kingdom which are 
open to the Public on Sundays; showing gene- 
ally the Number of Hours during which they are 
so open: Of the Names of all Post Towns in 
the United Kingdom where there is a Delivery of 
Letters on Sunday; showing the Number of Let- 
ters delivered weekly in each of such Post Towns: 
—— Of the Names of all Post Towns in the United 
Kingdom (irrespective of London and its Suburbs) 
where there is no Delivery of Letters on Sunday; 
showing the Number of Letters delivered weekly 
in each of such Post Towns: Of the Number 
of Rural Post Messengers that work on Sundays 
delivering Letters over the same extent of District 
as on Week Days:——-Of the Number of Rural 
Post Messengers that do not work on Sundays: 
Of the Number of Rural Post Messengers 
who work on Sundays but do not deliver over so 
great an extent of District as on Week Days :—— 
And, of the Names of all Post Towns where there 
is a Delivery of Letters by Letter Carriers on 
Sunday, and where, in consequence of individual 
Requests, Letters are kept over till the Monday’s 
Delivery ; together with the Number in each Case 
of such Requests. 














Expiring Laws 


Ordered, Vhat leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Continuance. 


to continue various Expiring Acts: And that Mr. 
Hunt, Mr. Secretary Walpole, and Mr. Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Scottish Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Records. a Copy of a Letter from the Right Honourable 
the Lord Clerk Register of Scotland to the Secre- |= 
tary to the Treasury, respecting the publication 
of Scottish Records, dated the 18th day of April 
1865 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 348, of the present Session). 
ExpiringLaws Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to continue various 
— Expiring Acts: And the same was read the first 
Bill 255 time ; and ordered to be read a second time this 


day ; and to be printed. 


Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


the Lords. = gage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 
British The Lords have agreed to the British Columbia 


Columbia Bill Bij}, without any Amendment. 


Land Tax The Lords have agreed to the Land Tax Com- 

Commissioners’ missioners’ Names Bill, without any Amendment. 
ames Bill. 

Militia Pay The Lords have agreed to the Militia Pay Bill, 

Bill, without any Amendment. 

Drainage and The Lords have agreed to the Drainage and 


Improvement Improvement of Lands Act (Jreland) Provisional 


* oom “ct Order Bill, without any Amendment. 


visional Order 

Bill. 

Oyster Bed The Lords have agreed to the Oyster Bed 

oo Licences (Ireland) Bill, with an Amendment; to 

P which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House. 

Public Works, The Lords have agreed to the Public Works, 

Mestoure, &amp;e. Harbours, &amp;c. Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

VoL. 121. 


30th-—3 1st July. 























503 


The Lords have agreed tu the Public Works Public Works 
Loans (Jreland) Bill, with an Amendment; to ao 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this ; 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Colnbrook Rail- Colnbrook 
ways Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords ®#!+ys Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Cambrian Rail- 
ways (New Works) Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. , 

The Lords have agreed to the Ellesmere and 
Glyn Valley Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Hounslow and 
Metropolitan Railway Bill, with Amendments ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bo'ness and 
Grangemouth Railway Bill, with Amendments; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Louth and Lincoln 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Foreign Juris- 
to amend the Foreign Jurisdiction Act; to which ‘ction Act 


‘ - Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Bill [Lords.] 


The Lords return the Minutes of Evidence Halesowen and 
taken before the Committee of this House on the Bromsetove 
.» Branch Rail- 
Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch Railway Bill, way Bil. 


as desired by this House. 


Cambrian 
Railways 
(New Works) 
Bill. 


Ellesmere and 
Glyn Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Hounslow and 
Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Bo'ness and 
Grangemouth 
Railway Bill. 


Louth and 
Lincoln Rail- 
way Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the National Gal- 
Lords to the National Gallery Enlargement Bill, *Y Fare 


be taken into consideration this day. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Dean Forest 


Lords to the Dean Forest (Walmore and the Ney seca 


Bearce Commons) Bill, be taken into consideration Commons) 
this day. Bill. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Tuesday, 31st July, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 

‘i HE House proceeded to take into considera- Elham Valley 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to Railway Bill. 

the Elham Valley Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Falesowen and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Hales- Bromsgrove 
owen and Bromsgrove Branch Railway Bill; and nen eae 
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 South Eastern, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the South #04 London, ‘ 
Eastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover (Lon- Dover Cle 
don, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways Bill; and the don, Lewes, 
same were twice read, and agreed to. a 

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. 

384 The 














Thames River 
Purification 
Bill. 


Hamilton’s 
Estate Bill 
(Lords, ] 


Downpatrick, 
Dundrum, and 
Newcastle 
Railway Bill 
(Lords. | 


Waterford, 
New Ross, 
and Wexford, 
Junction 
Railway Bill 
| Lords. | 


Currency and 
Banking. 


Houseless 
Poor (Metro- 
polis.) 


No. 453. 


East India 
(Engineers’ 
Establishment, 
&amp;c.) 


504 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Thames 
River Purification 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. 

Hamilton’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to | 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of | 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Downpatrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle Rail- 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford Junction 
Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 

leased to issue a Royal Commission directed to the 
investigation of the Causes which have led to the late 
severe and protracted pressure in the Money Market, 
and to the continuance, fora long period, of a Mini- 
mum Rate of Discount of 10 per cent. at the Bank 
of England; and also to investigate the Laws at 
present affecting Currency and Banking in the 
United Kingdom, and to report what (if any) al- 
terations have become expedient therein; and, 
further, that it be an Instruction to the Commis- 
sioners to present their Report and the Evidence 
taken by them on or before the lst February 1867: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Houseless 
Poor (Metropolis), which was presented upon the 
30th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to ast India 
(Engineers’ Establishment, &amp;c.), which was presented 
upon the 30th day of this instant July, be printed. 


No, 454. 
Schoolmasters Ordered, That the Return relative to School- 
(Ireland.) masters (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
No. 455. 30th day of this instant July, be printed. 
National Ordered, That the Return relative to National 
Education [Education (Jreland), which was presented upon 
Gams.) the 30th day of this instant July, be printed. 
No, 456. : 
Navy Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy Con- 
Contracts. tracts, which was presented upon the 30th day of 
No. 457. this instant July, be printed. 
Poor Law Mr. Secretary Walpole presented,—Return to 
(Scotland.) an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of 
April last, for Returns relative to Poor Law 
( Scotland). 
Saint Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of June 
Stephen’s _last, for a Return relative to Saint Stephen’s Green 
| raga (Dublin) Bills (1864, 1865, and 1866). 
1865, and 
1866.) 
Orange Return to an Order dated the 23rd day of this 
Meeting instant July, for Returns relative to the Orange 
(Ballykilbeg.) Meeting ( Ballyhilbeg). 
Constables Mr. Secretary Walpole also presented, pursuant 
(Scotland.) to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy 


31st July. 


| 


| Table. 


1865: (Ireland). 
| ceedings— Prisons. 





1866. 


of Rules and Regulations made by the Secretary 
of State for the Government of County Constables, 
Scotland, 1st June 1866. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Viscount Cranborne presented,—Return to an East India 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of (Accounts.) 
this instant July, for a Return relative to East 
India ( Accounts). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hunt presented,—Return to an Order, Scottish 
dated the 30th day of this instant July, for a Records. 
Return relative to Scottish Records. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


| Table. 


General Peel presented,—Return to several Medical 
Addresses to Her Majesty, dated the 20th and 30th Ofjoys Cumy 
days of this instant July, for Returns relative to “ 
Medical Officers (Army and Navy). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Lord Naas presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Judicial 
mand, ~A Paper, intituled, ‘* Judicial Statistics, (Ireland) 
Part 1. Police-—Criminal Pro- 

Part II. Common Law— 
Equity—Civil and Canon Law.” 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Crops. 
jesty’s Command,—Returns relating to the Acreage 
of Crops in the United Kingdom : 

No. 1. Total Area, Population, Acreage of 
Crops, and Total Number of Cattle 
and Sheep, in each Division of the 
United Kingdom. 

No. 2. Area, Population, Acreage of Crops, 
and Total Number of Cattle and Sheep, 
in each County in Great Britain. 

No. 3. Acreage under each Description of Crop 
in each County in Great Britain. 

No. 4. Area, Population, and Acreage under 
Crops, in the United Kingdom and 
various Foreign Countries. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 


Several Public Petitions were 


— and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
fourth Report. 
Ordered, That Mr. Goschen have leave of absence Leave of 
for a week, on account of a domestic affliction. Absence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (jonsclvnee 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ‘“ 
House, a Copy of the Correspondence between 
the Archbishop of Canterbury and Earl Granville, 
on the subject of the Conscience Clause. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this een as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 


That a Mes- Message from 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, 
f the Lords. 


sage had been brought from the Lords, by one o 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the New Forest Poor 
Relief Bill, without any Amendment. 


New Forest 
Poor Relief 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Courts of Justice Courts of | 
Bill, without any Amendment. Justice Biil. 

The Lords have agreed to the Inland Revenue Inland _ 
Bill, without any Amendment. Revenue Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Colonial Branch Colonial ‘ 
Mints Bill, without any Amendment. Branch Mints 








Bill. 
e€ 


Th 




















Manchester 


Division Petty 
Sessions Court 


Bill. 


Millwall Canal 


30 VicTorRia. 


_ The Lords have agreed to the Manchester Di- 
vision Petty Sessions Court Bill, without any 
Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Millwall Canal 


Company Bill. Company Bill, without any Amendment. 


Glebe Lands 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Newport Pag- 


nell Railway 
Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 


(Lanarkshire, 
&amp;c. Branches) 


Bill. 


Royal 
Hibernian 
Academy. 


Health of the 
Navy. 


No. 458. 


Start Point 
(Time 
Signals.) 


Standards of 
Weights, 


Measures, and 


Coinage Bill. 


Companies. 


Jamaica, 





The Lords agree to the Amendments made by 
this House to the Amendments made by their, 
Lordships to the Glebe Lands (Scotland) Bill; | 
and also agree to the cqnsequential Amendments | 
to the Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Newport Pagnell 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the | 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Rail- 
way (Lanarkshire, &amp;c. Branches) Bill, with | 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. | 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Copies of Memorial and Statement of Treasurer | 
of Royal Hibernian Academy to the late Lord | 


Lieutenant of Jreland, dated the 20th day of | 


September 1865, and Letters in reference thereto | 


from the Jrish Government :——And, of Report | 
from Mr. Eyre Crowe on Royal Hibernian Aca- | 
demy’s Schools of Art, 1865, with Answer of Aca- | 


demy thereto, and Statement forwarded therewith, | 
with other Correspondence between Department | 
of Science and Art and the Jrish Government, in | 


reference to the Royal Hibernian Academy. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Statistical Report of the Health of 
the Navy for the year 1863. 

Lord Henry Lennox accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Return 
relative to Start Point (Time Signals), ordered 
upon the 17th day of July 1866, the following 
additional Papers :—Copies of the Letter from the 
Astronomer -Royal to the Admiralty, dated the 
21st day of December 1861 :——Of the Report 
thereon to the Hydrographer, dated the 14th day 
of June 1862: Of the Extract from the Mi- 
nutes of the Proceedings of the Board of Visitors 
of the Royal Observatory, dated the 7th day of 
June 1862:—-—Of the Letter from the Astrono- 
mer Royal to the Admiralty, dated the 3d day of 
December 1863 :—-—Of the Letter from the Ad- 
miralty in reply, dated the 9th day of December 
1863 :——Of the Extract of the Letter from the 
Secretary to the Board of Visitors, dated the 6th 
day of June 1864: Of the Extract from the 
Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of 
Visitors of the Royal Observatory, dated the 4th 
day of June 1864 :——Ofthe Hydrographer’s Re- 
port thereon, dated the 16th day of June 1864: 
——Of the Letter from the Admiralty to the 
Board of Trade, dated the 21st day of June 1864 : 
And, of the Letter from the Board of Trade 
in reply, dated the 26th day of July 1864. 











Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Standards of Weights, Measures, 
and Coinage Bill be taken into consideration upon 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Companies registered 
under the Limited Liability Act during the years 
1864, 1865, and 1866, with the Amount of Capital 
proposed to be raised in Shares. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
ovens. That this House deplores the excessive 
unishments which followed the suppression of the 


31st July—st August. 





VoL. 121. 








505 


Disturbances of October last in the Parish of Saint 
Thomas, Jamaica, and especially the unnecessary 


frequency with which the punishment of Death 


was inflicted ; 

And the previous Question being proposed, 
That that Question be now put:—The said pre- 
vious Question was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Then the main Question being again proposed ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Wednesday, \st August, 1866: 


_ And the Question being put:—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ecclesiastical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Corporations 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ““-) 

ouse, a Copy of any Communications received 
»y the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 
Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary at the 
Italian Court, upon the subject of the Statute 
of 7th July, for the suppression of Ecclesiastical 
Corporations. 

Ordered, That 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 Patriotic 
to make provision for the Administration of the Fund. 
Patriotic Fund: And that General Peel, Sir John 
Pakington, and Mr. John Abel Smith do prepare, 
and bring in in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill HabeasCorpus 

to continue the Act of the 29th year of the Reign Suspension 

&gt; rr (Treland) Act 
of Her present Majesty, chapter one, intituled, (ontinuance. 
* An Act to empower the Lord Lieutenant or other 
Chief Governor or Governors of Jreland to appre- 
hend, and detain for a limited time, such persons 
as he or they shall suspect of conspiring against 
Her Majesty’s Person and Government:” And 
that Lord Naas, Mr. Secretary Walpole, and Mr. 
Attorney General for Ireland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Attorneys and 
take into consideration the Attorneys and Solici- ae 
tors (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Lorde). 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Schook 
Reading of the Public Schools Bill ; Bill [Lords.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Artizans and 
mittee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings L*bourers’ 
Bill ; Dwellings Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund ( Ap- Fund (Appro- 
re - = priation) Bill. 
propriation) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Reformatory 
into consideration the Keformatory Schools Bill, Schools Bill. 
as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 

3T The 





Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Landed 
Estates Court, 
&amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Local 
Government 
Supplemental 
(No. 4) Bill. 


New Zealand 
Bill. 


Railways (Ire- 
land) Tempo- 
rary Advances 
Bill. 


Common Law 
Courts (Fees 

and Salaries) 

Bill. 


Bills of Sale 
Act (1854) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Oysters 
Cultivation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Pensions Bill. 


Cattle 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Act 
Amendment’ 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


506 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Industrial Schools Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Landed Estates Court, 
&amp;c. (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance 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. 


The Local Government Supplemental (No. 4) 
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 New Zealand Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Railways (Ireland) Temporary Advances 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Common Law Courts (Fees and 
Salaries) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Bills of Sale Act (1854) 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 Oysters Cultivation (Jreland) 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 Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Pensions Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Cattle Diseases Prevention 
Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 
and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Prisons Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


31st July—ist August. 





1866. 


The Naval Discipline Bill was, according to Or- Naval 

der, read the third time. Discipline 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 (Zreland) Bill was, Constabulary 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Force (Ire- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for "4 Bill 
Thursday next. 


The Dockyard Extensions Bill was, according Dockyard 
to Order, read the third time. Extensions 
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 Pier and Har- 
take into consideration the Amendments made by bour Orders » 
the Lords to the Pier and Harbour Orders Con- &gt;: _ocacey 
firmation 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 Carriage and 
take into consideration the Amendments made by — of 
the Lords to the Carrriage and Deposit of Dan- Goof Bill, 
gerous Goods 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 Expiring Laws Continuance Bill was, ac- Expiring Laws 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- —_— 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for” 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to National 
take into consideration the Amendments made by smocin a 
the Lords to the National Gallery Enlargement “® a 
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 Dean Forest 
take into consideration the Amendment made by ———— 
the Lords to the Dean Forest (Walmore and the commons) Bill. 
Bearce Commons) Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Currency and 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 5#&gt;king. 
upon the 31st day of July last, That an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, prayin 
that She will be graciously pleased to issue a Roya 
Commission directed to the investigation of the 
Causes which have led to the late severe and pro- 
tracted pressure in the Money Market, and to the 
continuance, for a long period, of a Minimum Rate 
of Discount of 10 per cent. at the Bank of Eng- 
land; and also to investigate the Laws at present 
affecting Currency and Banking in the United 
Kingdom, and to report what (if any) alterations 
have become expedient therein; and, further, that 
it be an Instruction to the Commissioners to present 
their Report and the Evidence taken by them on 
or before the lst February 1867 ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 

Lord 

















30 Victoria. 


HabeasCorpus Jord Naas presented a Bill to continue the Act 


Suspension 
(freland) Act 


Continuance jesty, chapter one, intituled “ An Act to empower 


Bill. the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or 
Bill 256. Governors of Ireland to apprehend, and detain for 
a limited time, such Persons as he or they shall 
suspect of conspiring against Her Majesty’s Per- 
son and Government”: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 
Patriotic Fund Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to make provision for 
Bill. the Administration of the Patriotic Fund: And the 
Bill 257. same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day; and to be printed. 
Foreign — The Foreign Jurisdiction Act Amendment Bill 
yey mee was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
ct Amend- f 
ment Bill a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
[Lords.] printed. 
Bill 258. 
Public Works Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
meosy e Lords to the Public Works Loans (Ireland) Bill, 


be taken into consideration this day. 


Public Works, Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
_ &amp;¢e. Lords to the Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill, 
™ be taken into consideration this day. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Wednesday, \st August, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 


Public AY | R. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
eae -. Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
nouns ‘had examined the Petitions presented from the 


19th to the 30th days of July last, both days in- 
clusive, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Buentisland The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour and the Amendments made by the Lords to the Burnt- 


Dock Bill. — js/and Harbour and Dock Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

Caledonian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cale- 
Gestion) fal donian Railway (Edinburgh Station) 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. 


Devon Valley | The House proceeded to take into consideration 


— the Amendments made by the Lords to the Devon 
Rallwer Valley and North British Railway Companies 
Companies (Arrangements) Bill; and the same were twice 
(Arrange: _ read, and agreed to. 

*) 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. 

Glasgow The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bridges Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Glas- 
gow Bridges Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and anal to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
VoL. 121. 


31st July—\st August. 


of the 29th year of the Reign of Her present Ma-| 





507 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Glas- Corporation 
gow Corporation Water Bill; and the same were ** Bill. 
twice read, and agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newport 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the New- Railway Bill. 
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 Pembroke and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Pem- Tenby Rail- 
broke and Tenby Railway Bill ; and the same ¥* 5i- 
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 Saint Martin- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Saint in-the-Fields 
Martin-in-the-Fields Workhouse, &amp;c. Rebuilding 3) yacutsin 
Bill; and 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 agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


Several Public Petitions were 


—— and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. Petitions 
Vide Thirty- 
fourth Report. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Police (Tun- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ridge Wells.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Annual Amount received 
from the Fee of 2s. 6d. charged for the Service 
of Constables employed in Town Cases heard be- 
fore the Magistrates in Petty Sessions at Tun- 
bridge Wells, and carried to the Police Superan- 
nuation Fund of that Town, from the passing of 
the Act 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 69, to the 30th day of 
June 1866; stating if that 2s. 6d. is in addition 
to the ordinary Costs allowed by Quarter Sessions ; 
also if the Charge is made in all Town Cases, and, 
if not, stating the Exceptions; also if the Police 
of Tunbridge Wells receive the Annual Allowance 
from the Treasury, and are reported on to the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, strana Union 
Copies of Letter dated the 17th day of July 1866, 
and addressed by Dr. Rogers to the Guardians of 
the Strand Union: ——Of Letters dated the 19th 
and 21st days of July 1866, and addressed by Dr. 
Rogers to the Poor Law Board: Of any An- 
swers that may have been given to the above- 
mentioned Letters :—— Of Report (so far as Ques- 
tions 2, 3, 4,8, 9, 10,15, 17, and 18 are concerned 
made by Mr. Farnall to the Poor Law Boar 
after his Visit to the Workhouse of the Strand 
Union on the 3d day of October 1865 : —— And, of 
the Correspondence on the subject of such Report. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, private Bills. ' 
Returns of the Number of Private Bills intro- 
372 duced 








Select 
Committees, 


Divisions of 
the House. 


Sittings of 
the House. 


Exports, &amp;c, 





508 Ist August. 1866. 


duced and brought from the House of Lords, and | Year from 1826 to 1865, both inclusive; the Ag- 
of Acts passed in the Session of 1866, classed ac- | gregate Amount of each Five Years; and the per 
cording to the following Subjects :—Railways ; | centage of Increase or Decrease in each Period of 
Roads and Bridges; Waterworks; Ports; Piers; | Five Years: And, of the Gross Amount of 
Harbours and Docks; Canals and Navigations; | Revenue received from Taxes in the United King- 
Churches, Chapels, and Burying Grounds; ‘Paving, dom in each of the Years aforesaid; the Aggregate 
Lighting, and Improving ; Gaols and other County | Amount of each Five Years; the Average Amount 
Buildings; Inclosures; Small Debts Courts; and | of each Five Years; the Estimated Population of 
all other Bills and Acts: —-— Of all the Private =| the United Kingdom at each Period of Five 

| 

| 

| 

| 








which, in the Session of 1866, have been treated | Years; and the Amount of the Taxation per Head 
as Opposed Bills; specifying those which have | on the Population of the United Kingdom at each 
heen classified in Groups by the Committee of} of such Periods. 
Selection, or by the General Committee on Rail- 
way and Canal Bills; together with the Names of ; : 
dee Gelested Members who cerved cn exch Com- | ™ adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
mittee ; the First and also the Last Day of the | upon the 18th day of July last, was proposed to be 
Sitting of each Committee; the Number of Days | 0 pe gy po ap. a wigeae 
on which each Committee sat, the Number of | *™#! it . now read a second time ; an 
Days on which each Selected Member has served ; | ra ge af th ea ng caph 
the Bills the Preambles of which were reported to eases oo lige ‘ 0 fo Seapets In ore a "9 
have been proved; the Bills the Preambles of | WOES TT BO GEREME TOF TRO COTA, OF PAFUAL, OF 
° ; “ . ; 248 a . 
which were reported to have been not proved ; the | me ede ss —_— of — vp 
Bills referred back to the Committee of Selection, | |. cael a rene le os 1 wn Waich does fo 
» Generel eean ow and | * contain s gal and certain provision for 
or to the General Committee on Railway and +: sanaiehen cay idiulouay which =r eccrine 


Canal Bills, as having become Unopposed, and the | « aunt , - " 
Bills Withdrawn, or not proceeded with by the| Such Scheme, in the funds —, to the 
. “ hurch,” instead 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Compulsory 
M Church Rate 
Abolition Bill, 


Parties, or on account of an adverse Report from | ee of the fabric of the 
ereof ; 


the Referees under Standing Order No. 96 :—— And . . . 
And, of all Private Bills which, in the Session} , **” the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 


of 1866, have been referred by the Committee of . ‘ , 
Selection, or by the General Committee on Rail- — House resumed the said adjourned 
ate. 


way and Canal Bills, to the Chairman of the Com- oi : 

mittee of Ways and Means, together with the|. —— Question being put :—It was resolved 

Names of the Members who served on each Com- | ™ as hes ah Bill be r : 

mittee, the Number of Days on which each Com- rdered, Lhat the bul be read a second time :— 
: The Bill was accordingly read a second time, and 


mittee sat, and the Number of Days on which ail C : * ten ela f 
each Member attended (in continuation of Parlia- | Committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day month. 


mentary Paper, No. 0.98, of Session 1864). 


| 


;, : The Order of the day being read, for the Com- church Rates 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill: Abolition Bill. 
a Return of the Number of Select Committees ap-| — Q&gt;dered, That the said Order be discharged 
y &lt; « ~ o . 


— in the Session of 1866 ; the Subjects of Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
nquiry ; the Names of the Members appointed to 


serve on each, and of the Chairman of each; the! The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Rates 
Number of Days each Committee met, and the | Reading of the Church Rates Commutation (No. 2) Commutation 
Number of Days each Member attended; the | Bill; = oa 

Total Expense of the attendance of Witnesses at] Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

each Select Committee, and the Name ofthe Member Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

who moved for such Committee; also, the Total 


Number of Members who served on Select Com-| The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Rates 
mittees (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, | Reading of the Church Rates Amendment Bill ; cara 
Number 0.99, of Session 1865). Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ' 


; ; ; Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn, 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Divisions of the House The Order of the day being read, for the Third Attorneys and 
in the Session of 1866; stating the Subject of the | Reading of the Attorneys and Solicitors (Ireland) Solicitors (Ire- 


Division, and the Number of Members in the Ma- | Bill; tent) 


jority and Minority, Tellers included ; also the Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Aggregate Number in the House on each Division; Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
distinguishing the Divisions on Public Business| Committee of the whole House in respect of a 
from Private ; and also the Number of Divisions | new Clause to provide that the Act should not 
before and after Midnight (in continuation of Par-| extend to Examination, &amp;c. of Solicitors to Public 
liamentary Paper, No. 0.100, of Session 1865). Departments :—The House immediately resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time 


spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 


Ty . 4 avs shic i 
a Return of the Number of Days om which the| hdr Dodson reported, ‘hat they had aided 
i Sess: 10, Stating, a Clause to the Bill. 


each Day, the Date of the Month, and the Day of Ordered, That the Bill. as amended in the Com- 
the Week, the Hour of Meeting, and the Hour of mittee, be now taken into consideration:—The 


Adjournment ; and the Total Number of Hours | rouse accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
occupied in the Sittings of the House, and the} \o,.deration, — 
Average Time; and showing the Number of Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 


Hours on which the House sat each Day, and the | ,; . : dt} 
gee ‘ ’ 4 time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Number of Hours after Midnight; and the Num- Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


ber of Entries in each Day’s Votes and Proceed- d 

. , . ; he se ae O pass. : 

ings (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
. - &gt; 

0.101, of Session 1865). the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
Returns of the Official Value and Declared Value} which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
of the Exports from the United Kingdom in each | their Lordships. 





The 


























Consolidated 


Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Reformatory 
Schools Bill. 


Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


30 VicTortia. 


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 House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Reformatory Schools 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Disposal of Children on withdrawal 
or resignation of Certificate taking effect), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Book containing name and religious per- 
suasion of offenders on entry to be kept); and the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time:—And the said Motion and Clause were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (That schoolmasters and schoolmistresses be 
appointed to every Protestant Reformatory, to 
whom the instruction of Catholic children shall be 
committed until such children are sent to a school 
conducted in accordance with the offenders’ reli- 
gious persuasion) ; and the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
secontl time :—It passed in the Negative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by adding at the end of Clause 12, the words 
* and no child receiving religious instruction from 
“4 Jewish minister shall be compelled to attend 
** church or chapel, or be taught religious doctrines 
“ inconsistent with the Jewish faith.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—-It passed in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Industrial Schools Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Cxiause, N° 25 (Religious instruction in school). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 8, 1.7: To 
insert the words ‘** the manager of every certified 
** Industrial School shall, on receiving a child into 
“the School, enter his name and the religious 
“* persuasion specified in the order of detention as 
“ that to which the child appears to the justice 
“ or magistrate to belong, in a book to be kept for 
“ that purpose, and.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CrausEs, N° 26 to N° 34, agreed to. 

CuiauseE, N° 35 (Contribution by Treasury for 
children detained). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 11: After the 
word “ That” to insert the word “ no.” 

Question, That the word “ no” be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 36 to N° 54, with Amendments 
to one of them, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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. 

VoL. 121. 


Ist August. 

















509 


The Landed Estates Court, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill Landed 
was, according to Order, read the third time. be (ideas 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their.concurrence. 


The New Zealand 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. 


New Zealand 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Cattle 
take into consideration the Cattle Diseases Pre- eae 
vention Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill, as amended act Amend- 
in the Committee. ment (No. 2) 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 3" 
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 Prisons Bill was, according to Order, read Prisons Bill. 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Patriotic Fund Bill was, according to Order, Patriotic Fund 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Public Works 
take into consideration the Amendment made by Loans (Ire- 
the Lords to the Public Works Loans (Ireland) '*"®) Pill 
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 House, according to Order, proceeded to public Works, 
take into consideration the Amendment made by Harbours, &amp;c, 
the Lords to the Public Works, Harbours, &amp;c. Bi 
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. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Ecclesiastical 
Lords to the Ecclesiastical Leases (Isle of Man) a yo 
Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. eal 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Abingdon 
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 Abingdon, in 
the room of Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable 
Charles Hugh Lindsay, who, since his Election 
for the said Borough, hath accepted the Office of 
one of the Grooms in Waiting on Her Majesty. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Private Bills 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, (Referees.) 
dated the 26th day of July last, for a Return rela- 
tive to Private Bills (Referees), 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
( Scotland), which was : rc upon the 31st day (Scotland.) 
of July last, be printed. No. 459. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint Saint Ste- 
Stephen’s Green (Dublin) Bills (1864, 1865, and jetty od 
1866), which was presented upon the 31st day of Yass. + ony 
July last, be printed. and 1866.) 

No. 460. 
- Ordered, That the Return relative to the Orange Orange 

eeting (Ballyhilbeg), which was presented upon Meeting 

the 3let day of July last, be seiated. Pos (Ballykilbeg.) 
373 Ordered, No. 461. 











510 





East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Accounts.) (Accounts), which was presented upon the 31st 
No, 462. day of July last, be printed. 
Scottish Ordered, That the Return relative to Scottish 
meeenés, Records, which was presented upon the 31st day 
No. 463. of July last, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Thursday, 2nd August, 18606. 
PRAYERS. 
Barry Railway T HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
—~ tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
; the Barry Railway (Extension) 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. 
Cambrian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railways the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cam- 


(New Works) 


Bill. 


Ellesmere and 


Glyn Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Hounslow and 


Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Ardmore 
Harbour Bill 
[Lords. } 


Belgravia 
and South 
Kensington 
New Road 
Bill [Lords.] 


Delabole 
Railway and 


(Lords. ] 


brian Railways (New Works) 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 Elles- 
mere and Glyn Valley Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Houn- 
slow and Metropolitan 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Ardmore Har- 
bour Bill be now read the third time ; 

General Peel, 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, 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. 


‘he Belgravia and South Kensington New Road 
Bil’ 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Delabole Rail- 
way and Bossinney Harbour Bill be now read the 
third time ; 





Ist—2nd August. 





1866, 


| General Peel, 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. 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of 
the Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is con- 
| cerned therein; 
| General Peel, by Command of His Royal High- 
ness, acquainted the House, That His Royal High- 
ness, having been informed of the purport of the 
Bill, gives His Consent, as far as His Royal 
Highness’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 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 Limerick and Castle Connell Railway Bill Limerick and 
was read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, [Lorde | 
do pass. 
Betivet, 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 Market Bosworth School Bill was read the ne, + set 

third time. wore Sones 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. settee 
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 Pagham Har- Pagham 
bour Bill be now read the third time; (Eorde] Bill 
General Peel, 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, 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. 


Sheils’ Almshouses Charity Bill was read the Sheils’ Alms- 
third time. houses Charity 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, Bi! (“ors 

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 South Essex Railway Bill was read the third South Essex 


time. Railway 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 Order of the day being read, for the Third Brighton 


Reading of the Brighton West Pier Bill; re ited] Bill 























30 VicTroriA. 


And a Motion being made, That the Bill be | 
now read the third time ; 

General Peel, 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, 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. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. —~_ read ; and ordered to lie upon the able. 
Vide Thirty- 
fourth Report. 
Workhouses 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
(Metropolis.) by the Clerk OF the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of July last, for a Return re- 
lative to Workhouses (Metropolis). 

Return to an Order, dated the Ist day of this 
instant August, for Returns relative to Private 


Bills. 


Private Bills. 


Civil Service. Mr, Hunt presented, by Her Majesty’s ‘Com- 
mand,—Copy of Eleventh Report of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Civil Service Commissioners; together 
with Appendices. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


East India Viscount Cranborne presented,—Return to an 
em ae ag Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of 
partment. ) ° é 
July last, for Returns relative to East India (Te- 
legraphic Department). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Isabella 


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented,—Return to 
M‘Clure. 


an Order, dated the 4th day of June last, for Re- 
turns relative to the Case of Isabella M‘Clure. 
Militia Mr. Secretary Walpole also presented, pur- 
({reland.) — syant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
Returns of Qualifications of Officers of Militia de- 
livered to Clerks of the Peace in Ireland. 

° — That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


Diseases Pre- 
vention Act 
(1855.) 


Mr. Corry presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of Three 
Orders issued by the Lords of the Council on the 
20th, 21st, and 25th of July 1866, under the Dis- 
eases Prevention Act (1855), with reference to 
the Cholera. 

Copies of Five Orders issued by the Lords of 
the Council on the 19th, 24th, and 31st of July 
1866, with reference to the Cattle Plague. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Cattle Plague. 


Private Biils Ordered, Thut the Return relative to Private 


(Referees.) Bills (Referees), which was presented upon the 
No. 464. 1st day of this instant August, be printed. 
Boats (Dock- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


mane a Return of the Cost and Rate-book Price of 
Building, of Fitting, and also of Repairing and 
Refitting, &amp;c. each Boat in each of Her Majesty’s 
Dockyards for 1864-5, “‘ Boat Houses Accounts,” 
giving Details in the Forms as below; the ‘Totals 
of each Column for Building, for Fitting, and for 
ay oe and Refitting, &amp;c. to be given; Work 
in hand to be also given in same Form where 
practicable, but separate and apart from Work 





2nd August. 511 


finished; Amount expended on each Boat for Build- 
ing, Fitting, Refitting, and Repairing, &amp;c., as the 
case may be, previous to 1864-5, to be, of course, 
brought forward and added to each Boat’s Build- 


| ing, Fitting, Repairing, &amp;c. in 1864-5: 


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after Column 14, of Column 15, as under: 


Boats Fitted (Name of Dockyard). 





Column 14. Column 15. 


Rate Book Price a? —~ 5 

Building only each Boat of like 
Bank Column or | Sort and Size, to each Boat fitted, 
stating whether each such Boat is 
usually Bought by or Built by the 
Admiralty. 


Columns | to 13, 
as before. 


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For Boats Repairing and Refitting, &amp;c., Columns 
and Details the same as in Boats Building up to 
and including Column 9, with the addition, after 
Column 9, of Columns as below, viz., Nos. 10, 11, 
12, 13: 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Jamaica. 
a Copy or Extracts of Correspondence between 
the Board of Admiralty and Admiral Hope, on the 
Conduct of Naval Officers in the recent deplorable 
occurrences in Jamaica. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Commercial 
mand,—Copy of Commercial Reports received at Reports. 
the Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls, in 
1866, Part VII. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. ' 


General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Army 
mand,—Copy of Statistical, Sanitary, and Medical (Medical 
Reports of the Army Medical Department, for the Department.) 
year 1864, 

General Peel also presented,—Return to an Commons and 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of Open Spaces 





VoL. 121. 











38T4 April (Metropolis. ) 








Se ye 






Eastern Mails. 


Public Health 
Bill. 


512 


April last, for a Return relative to Commons and 
Open Spaces ( Metropolis). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copy of Report from Captain Tyler, R.E., to 
Her Majesty’s Postmaster General, of his recent 
inspection of the Railways and Ports of Italy, with 
reference to the use of the /talian Route for the 
Conveyance of the Eastern Mails. 

Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Public Health Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Nuisance authority may require pay- 
ment of costs or expenses from owner or occupier, 
and occupier paying, to deduct from rent), was 
twice sy and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Penalty on persons suffering from infectious 
disorders entering public conveyance without noti- 
fying to driver that he is so suffering): — And 
the said Clause was brought up, and twice read, 
with a blank; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House:—The House accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committee ; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Clause, and made an 
Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Dodson accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; 
and the said Clause was made part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill in 
Clause 16. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by leaving out Clause 16, as amended. 

And the Question being put, That Clause 16, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 7, l. 14, by leaving out the 
words “ not being the chimney of a private dwell- 
** ing-house.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :— 
It was resolved the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by adding, at the end of Clause 19, the 
words ** Provided, That it shall not be Jawful to 
* remove any person from any dwelling-house on 
“the ground that such dwelling-house is over- 
‘ crowded, but the owner of such dwelling-house 
‘ shall be proceeded against in the manner provided 
“ by the twenty-ninth section of the Act of the 
“ eighteenth and nineteenth Victoria, chapter One 
** hundred and twenty-one.” 

And the Question helen ut, That those words 
be there added :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by adding, at the end of Clause 25, the 
words * Provided, That no order shall be made 
‘‘ yithout sufficient notice of the application for 
“the same being previously given to such sick 
* person, to enable him, or any one on his behalf, 
“ to appear and oppose the same.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
he there added :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then other deesinhenasta were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by leaving out Clause 39. 

And the Question being put, That Clause 39 
stand part of the Bill:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 


. 


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2nd August. 



















































1866. 


to the Bill, by adding, at the end of Clause 47, the 

words “ Provided always, That no nuisance autho-— 
“ rity shall be required to pay any costs or expenses 

*‘ incurred by any other person acting by order of 

* the Secretary of State or officer of Police with- 

** out the consent of such authority where by this 

'* Act, or any other Act, such costs and expenses 

' are imposed, in the first instance, on the owner 

_“ or occupier of property, or on any other person 

** violating the provisions of this Act.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by adding, at the end of the same Clause, 
the words “ Provided, That all such costs and ex- 
** penses shall be recoverable by the local authority 
** from the owner or occupier of property, or from 
* any other person violating the provisions of this 
* on.” ° 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by inserting at the commencement of 
Ciause 51, in p. 16, 1, 22, the words “ In the 
“© Metropolis.” 

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 the same page, 1. 24, by leaving out 
from the words “ whether such notice” to the word 
** otherwise,” in 1. 26. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill : —It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

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. 





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. 


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. 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Jre- 
land) Act Continuance Bill ; 


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 Guestion, in order to add the 
words “ the same state of things on which the late 
«* Government justified their application to Pariia- 





“ ment to suspend the Constitution in Jreland no 
** longer 





The Reformatory Schools Bill was, according Reformatory 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Industrial 
take into consideration the Industrial Schools Bill, Schools Bill. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself — Fund 
into a Committee on the Patriotic Fund Bill; and, ~” 


And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill. 











Extradition 

Treaties Act 
Amendment 
Bill [Lords.]} 


Constabulary 
Force (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Expiring Laws 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Common Law 
Courts (Fees 
and Salaries) 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill ( Lords.] 


30 Vicroria. 


“longer exists; that the supremacy of the Law | 


“has been sufficiently vindicated in the ordinary 
* tribunals of the Country; that the Assizes just 
‘‘ brought to a close have in all instances displayed 
“a most extraordinary and gratifying diminution 
“of crime, and, in many instances, a complete 
“ absence of serious offences, either against property 
“or person; that there is likewise an utter absence 
“ of political excitement of any kind whatever ; 
“ that measures of repression unaccompanied with 
« measures ot a remedial character tend rather to 
“‘ageravate than lessen those evils in which 
‘perennial discontent and periodical disaffection 
“ have their origin in Ireland ; and, that a wise, 
“ generous, and thoroughly liberal policy is that 
“ which is alone calculated to promote the material 
« prosperity and contentment of the Irish People, 
“« while adding to the strength and enhancing the 
“ moral dignity of the Empire,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Friday, 3d August, 1866 : 


And the Question being put; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,/ a = lor, | 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr» Maguire, 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 

time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 

time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 

House, for this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


105. 


\ 
f 31. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Extradition Treaties Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Constabulary Force (Jre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Expiring Laws Con- 


tinuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, | 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson | 


reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Common Law Courts 
(Fees and Salaries) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Commission 
Bill. 

(In the Committee. ) 

Preamble postponed. 

Causes, N° 1 to N° 10, with Amendments to 
two of them, agreed to. 

VoL. 121. 





Qnd—3rd August. 





513 


CuauseE, N° 11 (Power to Commissioners to ap- 
ply capital monies to certain purposes). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1.39: To leave 
out the words “ Five hundred.” 

Question, That the words proposed to left out 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

CLaAusEs, N° 12 to N° 20, with Amendments to 
one of them, agreed to. 

A Clause (Whereas the operation of the provi- 
sions of the said recited Acts which relate to the 
division and appropriation of the revenues ac- 
cruing to the Canonries in the Collegiate Church 
of Saint Peter, Westminster, to which the Rectories 
of Saint Margaret and Saint John, Westminster, 
are respectively annexed, has been found to be 
inconvenient, and it is expedient that better pro- 
vision should be made for the cure of souls in the 
said two parishes, and in the several Ecclesiastical 
districts into which the same have been divided ; 
Be it enacted, that so much of the thirty-first sec- 
tion of the Act of the third and fourth years of 
Her Majesty, chapter one hundred and thirteen, 
as has not been already repealed be and the same 
is hereby repealed, and that in lieu thereof, as from 
the twenty-ninth of September next, the whole of 
the proceeds of the Canonry to which the Rectory 
of Saint Margaret’s is annexed, over and above the 
sum of one thousand pounds per annum, and dur- 
ing the incumbency of the present Rector of Saint 
John one-third of the proceeds of the Canonry to 
which the Rectory of Saint John is annexed, shall 
become payable to the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners for Exgland for the purposes of their com- 











mon fund, and that from the same date the Com- 
| missioners shall pay out of the said common fund 
| to the Incumbent of All Saints, Knightsbridge, the 
annual sum of one hundred and twenty pounds, 
'and to the Incumbents of each of the under-men- 
| tioned Churches, situate in the said parishes of 
Saint Margaret and Saint John, within the City 
of Westminster, namely, Saint Margaret, Christ 
Church, Saint Andrew, Saint Matthew, Saint Ste- 
phen, Saint Mary, Saint James-the-Less, and Holy 
Trinity, such annual sum as, together with any 
permanent endowment now belonging to each of 
| such Churches, will raise such endowment to five 
hundred pounds per annum; and that, upon the 
next avoidance of the Canonry to which the Rec- 
tory of Saint John is annexed, the whole of the 
proceeds of such Canonry over and above the sum 
of one thousand pounds per annum shall become 
in like manner payable to the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners, who shall thereupon pay out of their 
said common fund to the Incumbent of the Church 
of Saint John such annual sum as, together with 
-any permanent endowment belonging to such 
| Church, will raise such endowment to five hundred 
pounds per annum) brought up, and read the 
first and second time. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Two other Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 











Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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 Lords to the Standards of Weights, Measures, 
and Coinage 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 


3U hath 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to standards of 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Weights, 


Foreign Juris- 


diction Act 


514 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Foreign Jurisdiction Act Amendment Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 


Ind—3rd A ugust. 


1866. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Rochdale 
Lords to the Rochdale Vicarage Bill be taken into Vicarage Bill. 
consideration this day. 


Amendment : : Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Oyster Bed 

Bill [Lords.] committed toa Committee of the whole House, for | Lords to the Oyster Bed Licences (Jrelan a Bill Heal 
this day. be taken into consideration this day. ay 

Ecclesiastical The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

Leases (Isle take into consideration the Amendments made by Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Railways 


of Man) Bill. 


Bank Notes. 


Message from 


the Lords to the Ecclesiastical Leases ( /sle of Man) 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Bank Notes issued by the Issue 
Department of the Bank of England in each Week, 
from the 18th day of February 1866 to the 28th 
day of July 1866 inclusive, showing the Amount 
remaining in the Banking Department in each 
Week, and the Denomination and Amount of the 
Notes in the hands of the Public :—— And, Weekly 
Return, for the same Periods, of the Notes issued 
by the Issue Department, with the Securities and 
Bullion held against them (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 105, of Session 1866). 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


| Railways (Guards’ and Passengers’ Communica- — ant 
or a mel gers 
tion) Bill have leave to make a Special Report. — communica- 
Mr. Henry B. Sheridan reported from the said tion) Bill 
Committee; That they had considered the said Bill, om - 
which they had directed him to report to the gpecial 
House without Amendment; and had agreed to Report.) 
the following Special Report: “ Your Committee No. 465 
think it highly desirable that there should be a 
communication between the Passengers and Guards 
on Railways, but in consequence of the late period 
of the Session, they suggest that the Bill for this 
object should be postponed till the beginning of the 
next Session of Parliament, and hope that in the 
meantime the Railway Companies will use their 
best exertions to carry out the suggested commu- 
nication between Guards and Passengers.” 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table: 
and be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 











the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of | Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Merchant 
their Clerks, as followeth : ; __ |jesty’s Command,—Return showing the Qualifica- 5¢¥!&lt;* 
ae The Lords have agreed to the Parochial Build-| tions for Certificates of Competency of Masters 
‘Sontena) ings ( Scotland) Act Amendment Bill, without any | and Mates in the Merchant Service at the Insti- 
Act Amend- Amendment. tution of the Compulsory Examinations in 1850, 
conse ; : _ {and at the present time; and Copies of the Exa- 
Fees (Public The Lords have agreed to the Fees (Public | mination Papers at present in use. 
~ ceca Departments) Bill, without any Amendment. Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Parishes The Lords have agreed to the Parishes ( Scotland) Table. 
ope Act (1844) Amendment Bill, without any Amend- And then the House, having continued to sit 
Amendment ™ent. till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
Bill. clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
County The Lords have agreed to the County Assess- dav. 
ene ments Bill, without any Amendment. . 
Lil, 
Bray and The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made | ~~ 
Enniskerr &gt; thi : ¢ ‘cher ailws ae 
Railway Z. gp to the — and Enniskerry Railway Frida y, 3rd A ugust, 1866. 
[_Lords.] Bill, without any Amendment. v 
Hamilton’s The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made|_ PRAYERS. 
r Lends . by this House to Hamilton’s Estate Bill, without | I1E House proceeded to take into considera- Bo'ness and 
ords. 


Thames Navi- 
gation Bill. 


any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Thames Naviga- 
tion Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


| tion the Amendments made by the Lords to Grangemouth 
\the Bo'ness and Grangemouth Railway Bill; and ®4!wsy Bill 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


Oyster and The Lords have agreed to the Oyster and Mus-| the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
al pip, Se! Fisheries Bill, with Amendments; to which | agreed to the Amendmentsmade by their Lordships. 
' the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. | 

Rochdale The Lords have agreed to the Rochdale Vicarage | The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
Vicarage Bill. Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de-| the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cale- Railway 

° »iae | : ° . , . (Lanarkshire, 

sire the concurrence of this House. _donian Railway (Lanarkshire, &amp;c. Branches) Bill; go. Branches) 
Imperial Gas _ The Lords have agreed to the Imperial Gas | and the same were twice read, and agreed to. Bill. 


Company 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Company (No. 3) Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


| 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. 











North British The Lords have agreed to the North British | 

(Tay Bridge) (Tay Bridge) Railway Bill, with Amendments;; The House proceeded to take into consideration Goinbrook 

Railway Bill. to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this the Amendments made by the Lords to the Coln- Railways Bill. 
House. brook Railways Bill; and the same were twice 


Caledonian The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian and | read, and agreed to. 


and Scottish 


North Eastern 
Railway Com- 


panies Bill. 


Thames Navi- 


Scottish North Eastern Railway Companies Bill, | 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the | 
concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the! 


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. 





gation Bill. Lords to the Thames Navigation Bill be taken| The House proceeded to take into consideration Louth and 
into consideration this day. | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Louth Lincoln Rail- 
|and Lincoln Railway Bill; and the same were “*” ®" 
Oyster and Ordered, That the Amendments made by the| twice read, and agreed to. 
—., am. Lords to the Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Bill be Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


taken into consideration this day. the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath 























30 Vicrorta. 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Teme 
Valley Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Teme Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Downpatrick, _ A Motion being made, That the Downpatrick, 
Dundrum, and Dundrum, and Newcastle Railway Bill be now 


oem read the third time ; 

[ Lorde} Lord Stanley, 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, 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. 

Waterford, Ordered, That the Waterford, New Ross, and 

New Ross, Wexford Junction Railway Bill be read the third 

: Wexford time upon Monday next. 

unction 

Railway Bill 

[Lords. | . : ; ' 

Lady Slaney's _ The House proceeded to take into consideration 


(Trust) Estate Lady Slaney’s (Trust) Estate Bill, as amended in 
Bill [Lords.] the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Thirty- 

fourth Report. ; 

Extradition The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Treaties Act Reading of the Extradition Treaties Act Amend- 
Amendment t Bill: 

Bill |Zords.) “en 3 


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 {Colonel Taylor, 


~ 


\ 77, 


Yeas, Mr. Noel: 
Tellers for the; Mr. M‘Cullagh Torrens, | 14 
Noes, (Mr. White: J : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 


HabeasCorpus The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Suspension 
(Ireland) Act 
Continuance 
Bill. 


into a Committee on the Habeas Corpus Suspen- 
sion (/reland) Act Continuance Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
CiauseE, N° 1 (Continuation of 29 Vic. c. 1). 


Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, | 


to add the words “ Provided, That the operation 
“ of this Act shall extend only to the persons who 
** are now in prison in Ireland under the provisions 
*‘ of the Act hereby continued, and to such other 
VoL. 121. 





3rd A ugust. 


515 


* persons as may come into Ireland after the pass- 
** ing of this Act.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


=f, f Mr. Dillon, 1 es 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Sir John Gray: | 13. 
Tellers for the Noes f Colonel Taylor, | 53. 


*| Mr. Noel: 

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. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Constabulary 
consideration the Constabulary Force (Ireland) Force (Ire- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; lend) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Expiring Laws 
take into consideration the Expiring Laws Con- $7ntinuanee 
tinuance 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 Common Law Courts (Fees and Salaries) Common Law 

Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. pare ae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. _ 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Bankruptcy. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 23d day of July last, for a Return rela- 
tive to Bankruptcy. 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of Private Bills. 
| July last, fora Return relative to Private Bills. No. 467. 
| Return to an Order, dated the Ist day of this gajec, 
|instant August, for a Return relative to Select Committees, 
' Committees. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Private 

| Bills be printed. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Work- Workhouses 
i houses (Metropolis), which was presented upon (Metropolis. ) 
‘the 2nd day of this instant August, be printed. No. 469. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India Kast India 
‘(Telegraphic Department), which was presented (Telegraphic 


‘upon the 2d day of this instant August, be alg 
| printed. 0. 471, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Militia yi4:. 


| (Ireland), which was presented upon the 2d day (Ireland. 
| of this instant August, be printed. No. 472. 


| Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle Cattle Plague. 
} ° 

Plague, which was presented upon the 2d day of wo, 473. 
‘this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Kastern astern Mails. 
Mails, which was presented upon the 2d day of this wo 4gg. 
| instant August, be printed. 


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented, by Her Ma- Convict 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Direc- Prisons. 
tors of Convict Prisons, on the Discipline and 
Management of Pentonville, Millbank, and Park- 
hurst Prisons, and of Portland, Portsmouth, Dart- 

3U02 moor, 





Cattle 
Diseases 
(Ireland) Act. 


Municipal 
Boroughs 
(England and 
Wales.) 


Manufactures, 
Commerce, &amp;c. 


Military 


Prisons. 


Convict Esta- 
blishments 
(Western 
Australia and 
Tasmania.) 
Colorial 
Bishoprics. 


Bermuda 


( Yellow Fever.) 


Workhouses 
(Metropolitan 
Districts.) 


No. 474. 


Public Health 
and Local 
Government 
Acts. 


516 


moor, Chatham and Brixton Prisons, with Fulham 
Refuge and the Invalid Prison at Woking, for the 
year 1865. 

Mr. Secretary Walpole also presented, pursuant 
to the directions of several Acts of Parliament, — 
Copy of Order in Council made under the Pro- 
visions of the Cattle Diseases (Jreland) Act, 
29 Vic. cap. 4, ordering that it shall not be lawful 
to import into Jreland from any Port or Place within 
Great Britain any Offal of Cattle whatsoever. 

Statement of the Accounts of Municipal Bo- 
roughs in England and Wales, so far as received in 
the Home Office, for the year ending 3lst August 
1865. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Reports by Her Majesty’s Secre- 
taries of Embassy and Legation, on the Manu- 
factures, Commerce, &amp;c. of the Countries in which 
they reside. No. 16. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report on the Discipline and 
Management of the Military Prisons, 1865, by 
Lieutenant Colonel FE. Y. W. Henderson, R.8., In- 
spector General of Military Prisons, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Annual Reports on the Convict 
Establishments at Western Australia and Tas- 
mania. 

Mr. Adderley also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the llth day of 
June last, for Returns relative to Colonial 
Bishoprics. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 23d day of July last, for a Return relative to 
Bermuda (Yellow Fever). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Statement showing, as respects Workhouses 
authorized by Orders of the Poor Law Board to be 
built in the Metropolitan District; the Dates of 
the Orders, and the Sums to be expended; and 
showing, as respects old Workhouses authorized 
by the Board to be altered or enlarged, the Dates 
of the Orders, and the Sums to be expended. 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy 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, Returns, in Tabular Form, of Districts 
where “ The Public Health Act, 1848,” or “ The 
Local Government Act, 1858,” or both of them, 
are in force, of the Date when such Act or Acts 
were adopted; and (as far as may be practicable) 
of the Population, according to Census of 1861, 
and of the Rateable Value in each case :—— And, 
of the Districts or Places where any Public Act 
relating to such District or Place, or any Local 
and Personal or Private Act is in force, the Date 
of the passing or adoption of such Act, as the case 
may be, the Population and the Rateable Value in 
each case. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 





3rd August. 





1866. 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law, &amp;c. 
1. Returns from the Unions in the Metropolitan (Metropolis. 


District of the several Classes of Paupers relieved, 
and other Particulars, contained in Form 16, for 
the half-years ending 


September 1850 - - March 1851 
- 1855 - - » 1856 

9 1860 - - » 1861 

1865 - - 1866 


$9 3) 
2. Of the half-yearly Expenditure on the Out- 
door Poor, for the same half years, in Money and 
Kind (Money Portion, Form 34): 

3. Of the Amount advanced by way of Loan 
during the same half years: 

4, Of the Emigration Expenses for the same 
half years: 

5. Of the Sum paid for the Education of Child- 
ren in the Receipt of Out-door Relief for each 
half year since the passing of the Act of Parlia- 
ment ordering such Payments (18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 34) 
for every Union and Parish under a Board of 
Guardians in England and Wales; the Names of 
the Schools to which Payments were made; the 
Number of Children thus relieved : 

6. Of the Number of Persons in the Receipt of 
Out-door Relief on the Ist day of January 1866, 
classified as follows, with the Gross Amount of Re- 
lief given during the week ending the 30th day of 
December 1865, to each Class— 

Class 1, Form 15, Out-door Portion. 


» 2 - = = = ditto. 
» 8 = = = = ditto. 
» &amp;£@ een BE 
» Sand 6 - - ditto. 
» Zand 8 - = ditto. 
» l0and1ll - - ditto. 
» 12and13 - - ditto. 
» l4and15 - - ditto. 

16and17 - - ditto. 


Single Males over 60 years of Age. 
»» Females and Widows over 60 years, 
Married Couples over 60 years : 

7. Of the Gross Weekly Earnings of Widows 
with Children relieved during same Week : 

8. Of the Gross Number of Families dependent 
on Widows : 

9. Of the Gross Weekly Earnings of Persons 
over 60 years of Age: 

(Note.—7, 8, and 9, are to be ascertainnd 
from the Permanent Relief List, the Call 
over Returns, or from the Application and 
Report Book, Form 33). 

10. Of the Number of Persons relieved during 
the Week ending the 30th day of December 1865, 
whose Relief was ordered— 

1. On the Responsibility of the Relieving 
Officer alone ; 

2. On the exclusive Recommendation of the 
Medical Officer ; 

3. By order of the Board of Guardians ; 

with the Amount in each Case in Money and Kind; 
and the whole classified in the Statistical Form 15: 

11. Of the Number of Persons in the Work- 
house on the Ist of January 1866, over 60 years 
of Age, Males and Females, classified in— 

1. Employed in Household or other Work ; 

2. Occupying the Day Rooms; 

3. In the Infirm and Sick Wards; stating 
the Total Number absolutely Bedridden: 

12. Of the Number of Widows with Children 
(in the Workhouse), the Number of their Children, 
stating the Number— 

1. In the Workhouse ; 

2. In the Pauper Schools ; 

3. At Work out of doors: 

13. Of the Number of Midwives employed, the 
Rate at which they are paid per Case, and the 





Sums 

















Income and 
Property Tax. 


Abyssinian 
Captives. 


Bank Notes. 


Weights and 
Measures 
(lreland.) 


Metropolitan 
Cemeteries. 


30 VicToRIA. 


Sums paid to them Quarterly for the year ending 
the 25th day of March 1866: 

14. Of the Number of Births and Deaths in the 
Workhouse or Workhouses, and separate School 
of each Union or Parish in the Metropolis, for each 
of the Five years ended the 31st day of December 








1865; the Deaths to be classified according to 
Ages, with Totals, thus :— 

; » ;|3 sigisisisis 6i))eils] a 
elses l2lelelslelelaieisie (ali 
SSSI SITSSSILSLSISISlSlSslislislsajsoisie 
BIS SIPIBIZTISIL Sl slrete;e sisi eie] eS 
-~ a; § 5/5 s 3 sis sis s 3 s sisis 
A hd Bd on sitivgivgiztizvigi(sv~izgigizttL: 
SEB S/E/S/E/S/2/E/F/ 2/2) 2/22 | FLEE 
Sisis « ct — ct 2 | wo |e 
Dinlan olwleiwo iS 2/8 alzi3/}3 3\;-/83 aS i 






































| : 
15. And, similar Return as regards Deaths in 
the three following District Schools: 
1. Central London ; 
2. North Surrey; 


3. South Metropolitan. 




















Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


a Return of the Amount of Property assessed to 
Income and Property Tax under Schedules A, 
B, and D, in each County in England and Wales, 


3rd August. 








517 
Of the Number of Persons permitted to be 
interred in one Grave in each of the Cemeteries: 
And, as to the Drainage of the several Ceme- 
teries, and whether the Drainage is into the 
general Common Sewer or into the adjoining 
Lands; and generally state what Provision has 
been made for Drainage so as to prevent it falling 
into the Brooks, Watercourses, Wells, and Springs 
in the vicinity of the Cemetery. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 








to give directions, that there be laid before this 





House, Returns of the Annual Value of Property 
|in England and Wales charged under the different 
Schedules of the Property and Income Tax, made u 

| to the end of the Financial Year in April of nn 
of the years 1863, 1864, 1865 :—— Of the Rateable 
Value of Property in England and Wales subject 
to Local Taxation, divided under the following 
_Heads:—1. Inthe Metropolis(including the City) ; 
'2. In the Counties; 3. In Cities and Municipal 


| Boroughs, with the Total of the whole, for each 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Local Tax- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ation, &amp;c- 


in the year 1814, and in each County in England, | of the years 1863, 1864, 1865 :—— Of the Amount 
Wales, and Scotland, in each of the years from | raised by Local Taxation in England and Wales, 
1842-3 to 1864-5. | in each of the years 1863, 1864, 1865:—1. In the 
| Metropolis(including the City); 2. Inthe Counties ; 

| 3. In Cities and Municipal Boroughs; in each case 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | divided under the following Heads:—1. Poor 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Rates (including County and Police Rates, as far 
to give directions, that there be laid before this! as recards the Counties); 2. Highway Rate (in- 
House, Copies of Despatch from Lord Russell to | cluding Value of Labour in leu of Rates); 3. 
Colonel Stanton, Consul General in Egypt, of Church Rates; 4. Police and Prisons (in the Me- 
date of the 5th day of October 1865, explaining | tropolis, and in Cities and Boroughs); 5. Rates 
the Motive of the Government as to the Course | foy gl] purposes of Drainage, Lighting, Paving, 
taken as to the Abyssinian Captives: And, of | Improvements, &amp;c. (in the Metropolis, and in 
all the Papers relating to Abyssinia, and Consul | Cities and Boroughs); 6. Rates levied by Local 
Cameron and his Imprisonment, referred to by the | Boards; with the Total of the whole, so as to show 
late Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | the Local Taxation borne by the Country in each 
on the 30th day of June 1865. year :——And, of the Amount of Annual Grants 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to| from the Public Revenue in aid of Local Taxa- 
Her Majesty, b such Members of this House ‘tion in England and Wales, for the years 1863, 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy | 1864, and 1865, divided under the following 
Council. | Heads :—1. Law Charges and Criminal Prosecu- 
tions, including Sheriffs’ Expenses; 2. Prisons 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 22d Convict Establishments at Home; 3. Main- 
a Return of Weekly Average Amount of Bank tenance of Prisoners in County Gaols; Removal 
Notes of the several Banks of Issue in circulation 22d Transportation of Convicts; 4. Police, Coun- 
in England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, dis-| ties, and Boroughs; 5. Metropolitan Police and 
tinguishing Private from Joint Stock Banks, from | Police Courts; 6. Salaries of Auditors of Poor 


the first week in January 1865 to the last week of _Law Unions; 7. One-half Salaries of Poor Law 
July 1866, inclusive. | Medical Officers ; 8. Schoolmasters, &amp;c. in Work- 


house and District Schools; 9. Superintendence 
of County Roads, South Wales; 10. Rates for 
Government Property; with a view to show the 
whole Amount so granted in Aid. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 


Petty Session District, with the Decision of the | a5 are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Bench thereon, arranged by Provinces and Coun- | Council. . 


ties, during the year 1865 and the Six months | 
ending the 30th day of June 1866. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Offences against the 
Statute for regulating Weights and Measures | 
(Ireland) brought before the Justices in each 





to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jamaiea. 


Resolved, That 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 Licences granted under “ The 
Metropolitan Interments Act, 1852,” by the Se- 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extracts of Correspondence be- 
tween the Horse Guards and General O’ Connor, 
on the conduct of Military Officers during the 
recent deplorable occurrences in Jamaica. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 


cretary of State for New Burial Grounds and Ex- 
tension of the Old Burial Grounds within the 
Metropolitan District: Of Acreage of the 





several Cemeteries within the Metropolitan Dis- | Council. : 
trict: —- Of Number of Funerals in each before 
the year 1852:——-Similar Return since the year| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 


1852: 





Returns of the Number of Dwelling- 





to give directions, that there be laid before this 
3u3 House, 


houses situate within 200 yards of each Cemetery : 
VoL. 121, 





to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Police Force.) 








mewtecs anes BE 





































518 


House, a General Statement of the Police Force 
in India on the 3ist day of December 1865 :— 



































































































































1, 2.) 3. 4 5. 6.) 7.1 8.9 lo.) 12. 
| Officers. Rank and Pile. 3 | | | 
| ——— oe | 
. | ’ eee = 
&amp; lajals. ee 6.7. 8.|9. 10. | ij dy S| | it lowl es 
5) | | | ltl! | | shi iii3ais 
l= . \- i | | Site) | o2 e2 
ela s|$ Yyel |} dy | lf) || lez, as 
Bisi5 ¢ | i) i dd | is — Eile | 
3/5 |= \0 s is | | t | | ig Sisis| | | 
gielss] i.) | | | dele) (Ele) | | leet elslsl_| | 
| oe ml «ft .) je oieislal. c&lt; 2\S/E)6 . .| ; 
elatgis| E18 ela] ste] |S dlg/el2el zl_|.ieleiele) || | sl ig 
S/F) SB) Si 0 Sle lela lcci 2s \S\2 cia Elegie isle ls = =| {5 
Ar 5 lSlalels Bi alsisie if tele (sieges ie slsisisieisizizig) 21 ¢. 2 gle 
SSE Selassie (SSS SlSlSie asics zisisieisisie| $) 8) S| 2 
SERS BEM SEE ziSe\aaleia 2/52 SF SlalS =|&lt;| =| &lt; é| £2 
a Pena? tani T &lt;DéaREcRE RS a 
( {|| | | | | aa 
| | i; | | | | | | | | | 
Seeeenna Py Pa dda 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’: Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 
Union Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Assessments. g Return of the Names of the Unions in England 
and Wales, showing the Scale of Deductions from 
the Gross Estimated Rental in the Assessment 
of the Rateable Value, acted upon by the several 
Union Assessment Committees, under the follow- 
ing Heads :— 
Liaw! as 4 | 5 | 6 7/8 | 9 10. oo, 
. | | 2 gi Zz | ¢ | Woodlands. 
&amp; | © |s3 if t _ 
se |; , |S . ;o &amp; = 
3 | &amp; |welte - § |/¢ ‘2 
5 | 2 |e8/48 |e3| s\s 33 
wutitis 2 is | .6/.204 = P zc % ae 
212 |$8|$.2| 35 ¢; | Flt leg 
2|&lt;4 |22| 5-2 | 53 $12) |asl¢ 
elf lgelgetic8) ./8)2) 2 (52/328 
z 23!28s)|2s| = ¢\/2}3/\ssls8e 
5 8 da s28 35/5/32) 2) 8 sh) 23° 
em Oe OR PG OE I ee: 
County. Per | Per Per Per | Per | Per | Per | Per | Per ; Per Per 
as Cent.| Cent. Cent.| Cent. | Cent. | Cont, Cent. | Cent | Cent.} Cent.| Cent. 
Union. 
Union. j 
| | 
County, | | | | H 
Union. | | | 
Union. | ! 1 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Local Govern- 


ment Supple- 


mental (No, 2) 


Bill. 
Land Drain- 
age Supple- 


mental (No. 2) 


Bill. 


Attorneys and 


Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill 
[Lords. | 


Putney and 
Fulham New 
Bridge Bill 
[ Lords.] 
Ardmore 
Harbour Bill 
[ Lords. | 


Belgravia 
and South 
Kensington 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Joint Stock Companies registered and 
wound-up (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 452, of Session 1864). 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
Message had been brought from the Lords, by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern- 
ment Supplemental (No. 2) Bill, without any 
Amendinent. 

The Lords have agreed to the Land Drainage 
Supplemental (No. 2) Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Attorneys and Solici- 
tors (/redand) Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Putney and Fulham 
New Bridge Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
mace by this House to the Ardmore Harbour Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Belgravia and South Ken- 


New Road Bill sizgton New Road Bill, without any Amendment. 


[Lords.| 
Limerick and 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 


&gt;» ‘ &gt; bd . . 
Castle Connell made by this House to the Limerick and Castle Con- 


Railway Bill 
[ Lords. } 
South Essex 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. | 


nell Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the South Essex Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment. 


3rd—-4th August. 








1866. 


| The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Pagham 
/made by this House to the Pagham Harbour Bill, (torded] bil 
| without any Amendment. 7% 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment sheils’ aa 
made by this House to Shet/s’ Almshouses Charity houses Charity 
Bill, without any Amendment. Bill (Lords.} 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment Delabole Rail- 
made by this House to the Delabole Railway and Pty. = 
Bossinney Harbour Bill, without any Amendment. farbour Bill 

{ Lords.] 

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern- Local Govern- 
ment Supplemental (No. 3) Bill, with an Amend- Ment Supple. 
ment; to which the Lords desire the concurrence pi), ataias 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Railway Com- Railway 
panies’ Securities Bill, with Amendments; to — 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this °°" Bill, 
| House. 
| The Lords have agreed to the Maidstone and Maidstone 
| Ashford Railway Bill, with Amendments; to and Ashford 

which the Lords desire the concurrence of this ¥#!!way Bill 
House. 
The Lords have agreed to the Brampton and Brampton 
Longtown Railway Bill, with Amendments; to and Longtowa 
— the Lords desire the concurrence of this *#way Bill. 
ouse. 
| The Lords have agreed to the Wrexham, Mold, Wrexham, 
‘and Connah’s Quay Railway (Extensions) Bill, Mold, and 
| with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the Railway hd 
| concurrence of this House. tensions) Bill, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Wrexham, Mold, Wrexham, 
and Connah’s Quay Railway (Additional Powers) Mold, aud 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire G22#b’s Quay 


° Railwa; 
the concurrence of this House. (Additional 


-~ = Bill. 
The Lordshave agreed to the Vale of Neath Rail- yan ct wrath 


| way (Transfer, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments; to Railway 


which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. = Sin 


The Lords have agreed to the Cheshire Lines Cheshire Lines 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire Bi! 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords disagree to one of the Amendments Brighton 
made by this House to the Brighton West Pier ed.) pa 
Bill; and return the Bill, together with their . 
| Lordships’ Reasons for such disagreement. 











| A Motion was made, and the Question being Adjournment. 
| proposed, That this House do now adjourn ; 


| And Notice being taken, that Forty Members 
| were not present:—The House was told by Mr. 

Speaker; and Forty Members not being present, 
| and it being then after Four of the clock :—The 
| House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
| Question first put, till To-morrow. 








peewee -— 
| Saturday, 4th August, 1800. 
| 


PRAYERS. 

RDERED, That there be laid before this Ecclesiastical 
House, an Account of the Total Costs, Commission. 

Charges, and Expenses, Legal and otherwise, in- 

curred and paid by the Ecclesiastical Commis- 

sioners for England, in or about or incident to the 

Defence of each of the undermentioned Actions 

or Suits brought against them or their Lessees or 

| Tenants in reference to Manorial or other Rights 

| within the County of Durham; viz. Fenwich v. Hed- 

ley, Blackett v. Bradley, Scarr v. Summerson, and 

Shafto v. Stobart :-——And, the like, in regard to the. 

Suit, The Ecclesiastical Commissioners v. Peart. 





Mr. Sclater-Booth reported from the Committee public 
of Public Accounts; That they had considered the Accounts. 
matters to them referred, and directed him to No. 475. 
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. 





Several 








[ant of 











Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 


fourth Report. 
Patriotic Fund 


Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill [ Lords. ] 


Foreign 
Jurisdiction 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill 
[Lords.] 


Thames 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Oyster and 
Mussel 
Fisheries Bill. 


Oyster Bed 
Licences 
(Ireland ) 
Bill. 


Rochdale 
Vic 
Bill. 





30 Victoria. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Patriotic Fund 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 Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sion Bill, as amended in the Committee; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 





4th August. 





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 
into a Committee on the Foreign Jurisdiction Act 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson 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 acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Thames Navigation 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 Oyster and Mussel 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 Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendment made by 
the Lords to the Oyster Bed Licences (Ireland) 
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, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Rochdale Vicarage 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. 





VoL, 121. 








519 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Habeas 


into a Committee on the Habeas Corpus Suspen- — , 
oie : h uspension 
| sion (Ireland) Act Continuance Bill. (Ireland) Act 
Continuance 


(In the Committee.) 


CLausE, N° 1 (Continuation of 29 Vict. ec. 1). 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “but that during the 
** continuance of the said Act it shall be lawful to 
‘admit to bail sueh person or persons as are now 
* detained, and such person or persons as may be 
“ arrested after the passing of this Act.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill to be reported. 


Bill. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son 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 House, according to Order, proceeded to Constabulary 
take into consideration the Cansuhtdany Force Force (Ireland) 
(Jreland’ 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- petradition 
mittee on the Extradition Treaties Act Amend- Treaties Act 
ment Bill; Amenduent 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday &gt;” 74] 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Currency and 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Banking. 
upon the 31st day of July last, That an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying 
that She will be graciously pleased to issue a 
Royal Commission directed to the investigation of 
the Causes which have led to the late severe and 
protracted pressure in the Money Market, and to 
the continuance, for a long period, of a Minimum 
Rate of Discount of 10 per cent. at the Bank of 
England; and also to investigate the Laws at pre- 
sent affecting Currency and Banking in the United 
Kingdom, and to report what (if any) alterations 
have become expedient therein; and, further, 
that it be an Instruction to the Commissioners to 
present their Report and the Evidence taken by 
them on or before the 1st February 1867 ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


Resolved, That the Contract for the Conveyance West African 
of the West African Mails with the West African Mls. 
Steam Ship Company be approved. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Indemnity. 
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. 

Secretary Walpole and Mr. Hunt do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Local Govern- 
Lords to the Local Government Supplemental ment icles) 
(No. 3) Bill, be taken into consideration upon Bill, _— 
Monday next. 


3uU4 Ordered, 











520 


Railway Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Companies’ Lords to the Railway Companies’ Securities Bill 
Securities Bill, : ° s ; s . 

. be taken into consideration upon Monday next; 
- Bill 260. : 

and be printed. 
Indemnity Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to in-| 
Bill. demnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as | 
Bill 259. 


have omitted 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 upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Bankrupicy. 
No. 468. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bank- 
ruptcy, which was presented upon the 3d day of 
this instant August, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cattle 
Diseases (Ireland) Act, which was presented upon 


Cattle Diseases 
(ireland) Act. 


Fam. gate day of this instant August, be printed. 
Colonial Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial | 
sein Bishoprics, which was presented upon the 3d day 

No. 476. of this instant August, be printed. 
tYelec” Ordered, That the Return relative to Bermuda 
Fever.) (Yellow Fever), which was presented upon the 

No. 477. 3d day of this instant August, be printed. 
Labouring Mr. Hunt presented, pursuant to the directions 
Deelling of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Rules and 
Houses Act Regulations for Advances under the Labouring 
(1866.) Classes Dwelling Houses Act, 1866. _ 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 

Waterford, Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
a and tg request that their Lordships will return to this 
or , . ) - n 
Junction House, the Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford 


Railway Bill. Junction Railway Bill, the same not having been 
read the third time in this House, and having been 
taken to the House of Lords by mistake:—And 
that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


the Lords. save had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

Waterford, The Lords return the Waterford, New Ross, and 

ee _ Wexford Junction Railway Bill, pursuant to Mes- 

Junction sage from this House this day. 


Railway Bill. . ° 
* And then the House adjourned till Monday | 


next. 





Monday, Oth August, 1800. 


4th—6th August. 





PRAYERS. | 
MESSAGE was delivered by Colonel | 
Clifford, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: | 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal | 
Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both | 
Houses, desire the immediate attendance of this | 
Honourable House in the House of Peers, to hear | 
the Commission read. 

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 notify- 
ing 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 : 


Royal Assent. 


Crown Lands An Act to amend the Law relating to the 
Bill. Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the 
Crown: 





1866. 


An Act to facilitate the letting on Lease, feu- Glebe Lands 
ing or selling Glebe Lands in Scotland : es 


An Act for the Union of the Colony of Van- British 


couver Island with the Colony of British Columbia : Columbia Bill, 


An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for Land Tax 
executing the Acts for granting the Land Tax Commission- 


and other Rates and Taxes: — 


An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, militia pay 
Clothing, and Contingent and other Expenses of Bill. 
the Disembodied Militiain Great Britain and Ire- 
land; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to 
Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quar- 
termasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, and 
Surgeons’ Mates of the Militia, and to authorize 
the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers: 

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under Drainage and 
the Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act !™Provement 

° of Lands Act 

(dreland) and the Acts amending the same : (Ireland) Pro- 


visional Order 
Bill. 


An Act to repeal Part of an Act, intituled, New South 
“ An Act for the Government of New South Wales Wales and Van 
and Van Diemen’s Land ;” jogean” 
Bill [Lords] 

An Act to provide for the Relief of the Poor in New Forest 
the New Forest: Poor Relief 

Bill. 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Courts of 
intended Courts of Justice : Justice Bill. 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the In- Inland 
land Revenue : Revenue Bill. 

An Act to enable Her Majesty to declare Gold Colonial 
Coins to be issued from Her Majesty’s Colonial — Mints 
Branch Mints a Legal Tender for Payments, and~ 
for other purposes relating thereto: 

An Act to authorize Advances of Money out of Public Works, 
the Consolidated Fund for carrying on Public Harbours, &amp;. 
Works and Fisheries, and for the Employment of ~ 
the Poor, and for the purposes of the Harbours 
and Passing Tolls Act, 1861, the Cattle Diseases 
Prevention Act, 1866, and the Labouring Classes 
Dwellings Act, 1866: 

An Act to authorize, for a further Period, the Public Works 
application of Money for the purposes of Loans, a 
for carrying on Public Worksin Ireland: —_— 

An Act for the Amendment of the Law with Carriage and 


respect to the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous )posit of 
a Wi Dangerous 
OOS : Goods Bill. 


An Act to provide for the acquisition of a Site National Gal- 


for the Enlargement of the National Gallery : lery Enlarge- 
ment Bill. 


An Act to amend the Law relating to the grant- Pensions Bill. 
ing of Pensions and Superannuation Allowances 
to Persons holding certain Offices connected with 
the Administration of Justice in England: 

An Act for confirming certain Provisional Or- Pier and Har. 
ders made by the Board of Trade under the bour Orders 
General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to on 
Ardglass, Blackpool ( South), Cowes (West), Daw- 
lish, Hopeman, Hornsea, Llandudno, Penzance, 

Plymouth (Hoe), Redcar, and Scarborough : 

An Act to amend and explain the Act of the Parochial 

twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth years of Victoria, Buildings 


chapter fifty-eight, relating to Parochial Buildings yocone a a 
in Scotland: Bill. 


An Act to provide for the Collection of Fees Fees (Public 
in Public Departments and Offices by means of cara 
Stamps: -” 

An Act toamend the Act of the seventh and Parishes 
eighth years of Victoria, chapter forty-four, relat- porvarp eben 
ing to the Erection of new Parishes, guoad sacra, ment Bill. 
in Scotland : 

An Act for removing Doubts respecting the County As- 
Assessment of County Rates: sesements Bill, 

An Act to amend the Law respecting Leases pone gy 
by Ecclesiastical Corporations, as far as relates to ¢f Man) Bill. 
the Isle of Man: 

An Act to amend the Acts relatin 
Standard Weights and Measures, an 


Standard Trial Pieces of the Coin of the Realm: 
A 


to the Stondards of 
Weights, 
to the Measures, and 
Coinage Bill. 
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Dean Forest An Act to extend the Provisions of the Acts for | 
(Walmore and the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of | 
oo avons) Bll Land to certain Portions of the Forest of Dean, 
called Walmore Common and the Aearce Common, 
and for authorizing Allotments in lieu of the 
Forestal Rights of Her Majesty in and over such | 
Commons: 
Attorneys and An Act toamend the Laws for the Regulation of | 
Solicitors (Ire- the Profession of Attorneys and Solicitors in Jre- | 


land) Bill be co: 
CLords.] land, and to assimilate them to those in England : | 
Tocal Govern An Act to confirm a Provisiona! Order under 


ment cy, ae * The Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to | 
— %2) the District of Ventnor, and for the repeal of the | 
South Wales Highway Act in Briton Ferry Dis- 
trict : 

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under 
' The Land Drainage Act, 1861 :” 


Land Drain- 
age Supple- 
mental ( No. 2 
Bill. ; ’ : 
Oyster Bed An Act to validate certain Licences granted 


Licences (Ire- in Jreland for the establishment of Oyster Beds : 


Jand) Bill. 
Oyster and An Act to facilitate the Establishment, Improve- 
Mussel =. ment, and Maintenance of Oyster and Musse 
Fisheries Bill. Wisheries in Great Britain: 
Rochdale An Act for vesting the Glebe Lands of the 
Vicarage Bill. Vicarage of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, 
in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 
‘and for making provision for the Endowment of 
the said Vicurage in lieu thereof, and for the 
promotion of other Ecclesiastical purposes con- 
nected therewith : 

An Act for vesting in the Conservators of the 
River Thames the Conservancy of the Thames 


Thames Navi- 
gation Bill. 


and Isis, from Staines, in the County of Middlesez, | 


to Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, and for other 
purposes connected therewith : 


Foreign Juris» An Act to amend the Foreign Jurisdiction 


6th August. 


_Company to raise additional Share Capital, and to 





521 


crease the Rate authorized to be levied by the 
said Act of the Seventeenth year of Her present 
Majesty, and to increase the Remuneratioa of the 
Stipendiary Justice for the said Division, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Millwall Canal Com- Millwall Canal 
pany to raise more Money : Company Bee. 
An Act for improving the Harbour, and making Burntisland 
a Dock and other Works at Burntisland, and for Pe ag 

other purposes : wae 
An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway Caledonian 

Company to alter the Terminus of their Railway (male an 

at Edinburgh, to enlarge and improve their Station gtation) Bill. 

there, and to erect a Hotel in connection there- 

with, and for other purposes: 


An Act to authorize the Devon Valley Railway Devon Valley 
+ ~, and North 

: pe British 

confirm an Agreement, and make provision for an Railway 


Amalgamation with the North British Railway Companies 


j r mneer - (Arrange- 
| Company, and for other purposes : ments) Bill. 


_ An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts Glasgow 
‘relating to the Bridges over the River Clyde at Bridges Bill. 
| Glasgow, to provide for the union of the Trusts, 

_and the re-building of the Hutchisontown Bridge, 

and for other purposes : 

| An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the Glasgow Cor- 
| Glasgow Corporation Waterworks to construct  -~-_aneataanaas 
| Reservoirs and other Works, and to take Water 

from the River Clyde, to provide for the Removal 

|of the Weir across the said River, and for other 

| purposes : 

| An Act for making a Railway from the North Newport _ 

| British Railway to Newport, and for other pur- Bai!way Bill. 
Oses : 

| An Act to enable the Pembroke and Tenby Rail- Pembroke 

| way Company to extend their Railway to Caer- te 
| marthen and to Milford Haven, to lease their — 


‘Amendment Act? | Undertaking, and for other purposes : 
Bill (Lords.] | An Act to provide for the re-erection of the Saint Martin- 
— An Act for the construction of a Railway in Workhouse and Offices of Saint Martin-in-the- — 
Eastern Ex- connection with “ The East London Railway,” to | Fields, in the City of Westminster, upon new &amp;c. Rebuild- 
—_— be called, “The East London Eastern Extension | Sites: nF ; _ _ ing Bill. 
Railway,” and for other purposes : An Act for authorizing the Extension of Time Putmey and 
Midland Raile An Act for enabling the Midland Railway | for the compulsory purchase of Lands and com- Bridge. Bill. 
way (Ashby (Company to construct Railways for improving the pletion of Works by the Putney and Fulham [ Lords.] 
a communication between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and | Bridge Company, and for other purposes : 


Nuneaton and other Places, and for other purposes: | 
An Act for making a Railway from Canterbury | : 
Railway Bill. to Hythe, in the County of Kent, with Branches to | of the Penarth Harbour, Dock and Railway Com- 
join the London, Chatham, and Dover, and South | pany, and for other purposes : 

Eastern Railways : | 


An Act to enable the Halesowen and Broms- | Company to deviate a portion of their authorized Railways 


Elham Valley 


Halesowen and 


Branch Rail- 
ways Rill. 


Bromsgrove graye Branch Railways Company to make certain | Railway, to construct other Works in connection jy), 
en Lines of Railway in the County of with their Undertaking, and for other purposes : 


Worcester, and for other purposes : : 

An Act for making Railways from the South | 

and London, astern and London, Chatham, and Dover Rail- 
Chatham, and ‘ a a 

Dover ways to various Districts and Places in Kent, 


South Eastern, 


(London, 4 Surrey, and Sussex, and to the Towns of Lewes 
Wes, an , ? . Noses : 
Brighton) and Brighton, and for other purposes : 


Railways Bill. 


Thames River 
Pur 
Bill 


An Act for the Purification of the River Thames 
ification by the diversion therefrom of the Sewage of 
; Oxford, Abingdon, Reading, Kingston, Richmond, 
Twickenham, Isleworth, and Brentford, and for 
the Collection and Utilization of that Sewage, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Anglesey Central Rail- 
way Company to transfer their Undertaking, and 
or other purposes : 


Anglesey Cen- 
tral Railway 
Bill [Lords.] 


Bray and An Act to authorise the construction of a Rail- 
Reliway an way from the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Rail- 
[ Lords.) way, near Bray, to the Town of Enniskerry, and 


for other purposes: 

An Act to amend an Act of the Seventeenth 
year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, cap. 
twenty, and to enable the Justices of the Division of 
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, to provide 


Manchester 
Division Petty 
Sessions Court 
Bill. 


An Act for enabling the Barry Railway Com- Barry Railway 


pany to connect their Railway with the Railway — 


An Act for empowering the Cambrian Railways Cambrian 


{New Works) 


An Act for making a Railway from Ellesmere Ellesmere and 
E : : ae _ Glyn Valley 
: a ‘otal Glyn Ceiriog, and for other pur Railway Bill 
An Act for making a Railway from the Acton Hounslow and 
and Brentford Railway to Hounslow, and for other Metropolitan 
ailway Bill. 
purposes : 
An Act for making and maintaining a Harbour Ardmore 


in Ardmore Bay, in the Firth of Clyde: (Lerde-| Bill 


An Act to authorize the construction of a new Belgravia 
Road from Eaton Square to Brompton Road, and = — 
. ensington 
Improvements connected therewith: New Road Bill 
. (Lords.] 
An Act for enabling the Limerick and Castle Limerick and 
Connell Railway Company to extend their Railway Castle Connell 


to the River Shannon, and for other purposes : ken - 


An Act to enable the South Essex Railway south Essex 
Company to make a Railway to the London, Til- Railway Bill 
bury, and Southend Railway at Pitsea: eae 

y= Act for making a Railway from the North Bo’ness and 
British Railway to Bo’ness and Grangemouth, and ee 
for other purposes: nae ee 

An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway Caledonian 
Company to make certain Branch Railways in the Railway 


Counties of Lanark and Midlothian, and for other ogee! 





Courts and other necessary Buildings, and to in- 
VoL. 121, 


purposes : Bill. 
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522 Oth A ugust. 


Stedeeck An Act for making Railways from the Great 





1866. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Imperial Gas 


Railways Bill. Western Railway, at or near West Drayton, in| the Amendments made by the Lords to the Im- Company 


the County of Middlesex, to Colnbrook, and to the | perial Gas Company (No. 3) Bill; and the same 


Windsor Branch of the London and South Western 


Railway at Staines, in the County of Middlesex, | 
'the Lords; and acqueint them, that this House 
An Act for making a Railway in Lincolnshire, | hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
| Lordships. 


and for other purposes : 


Louth and = : Regge &lt; 
Lincoln Rail- from Louth to the Five Mile House Station of the 
way Bill. Great Northern Railway (Loop Line), to be called 


“ The Louth and Lincoln Railway :” 
Teme Valley An Act for making a Railway from Worcester 
Railway Bill. to Tenbury, to be called “ The Teme Valley Rail- 
way :” 
Pagham An Act to incorporate a Company for the Con- 
Harbour Bill struction of Works, and Reclamation of Lands in 
{ Lords. 
Sussex, and for other purposes : 

Delabole An Act to incorporate a Company for making 
ee and a Railway from Delabole to Bossinney, with an 
ostinney “  e - : 7 
Harbour Bill Extension to Bossinney Harbour, and other Works 
[ Lords.] there, and a Branch near 7rewarmet, in the County 

of Cornwall, and for other purposes : 


Hamilton's An Act to confirm an Agreement with respect 

Estate Bill to the Estate of the late Agnes Hamilton, and to 

derds.) provide for the Administration of the Funds left 
by her for the payment of Annuities: 

Market Bos- An Act for the better Regulation of Market 


Bill [Lords] Bosworth School: 


Sheils’ An Act for amending “ Charles Sheils’ Alms- 


Charity Dill houses Charity Act, 1864.” 


[Lords.] 

Electoral Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Ma- 

Returns. jesty’s Command,—Summary of Electoral Returns 
relating to Counties, England and Wales, 1865-66, 
being a Supplement to Electoral Returns, Boroughs 
and Counties, 1865-66. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Brighton The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ee Bill the Reasons assigned by the Lords for disagreeing 
ordé. . : ° 
. , to one of the Amendments made by this House to 
the Brighton West Pier Bill: and the same were 
again read. 
Resolved, That this House doth not insist on the 
Amendment made by this House to the said Bill, 
to which the Lords have disagreed. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House doth not 
insist on the Amendment made by this House to the 
said Bill, to which their Lordships have disagreed. 


Brampton and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Longtown = the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bramp- 
Railway Bill. - 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


and near Pagham Harbour, in the County of 








ton and Longtown Railway Bill; and the same were | third time. 


(No. 3) Bill. 


were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Maidstone 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Maid- = ey 
stone and Ashford 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 Newport Pag- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to tie WMew- nell Railway 
port Pagnell 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 North British 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the North (Tay Bridge) 
British (Tay Bridge) Railway Bill; and the same aw 
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 Vale of Neath 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Vale Railway 
of Neath Railway (Transfer, &amp;c.) Bill; and the —- a 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Wrexham, 
Lords to the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Mold, and 
Railway (Additional Powers) Bill be taken into Conmah’sQuay 
consideration To-morrow. (additional 
Powers) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Wrexham, 
Lords to the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s Quay Mold, and 
Railway (Extensions) Bill be taken int idee Se 

alway (13 ons) Bill be taken into considera- Railway (Ex- 


tion To-morrow. tensions) Bill: 


Lady Slaney’s (Trust) Estate Bill was read the Lady Slaney’s 
(Trust) Estate 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, BM (ards) 


do pass. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their|the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


Lordships. 


Caledonian 
and Scottish 
North Eastern 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


panies Bill. panies 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. 


Cheshire Lines The House proceeded to take into consideration 
i the Amendments made by the Lords to the Che- 


shire Lines Bill; and the same were twice read, | 


and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to} 





the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cule- | 
Railway Com- donian and Scottish North Eastern Railway Com- | 











|hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 


which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


Lloyds Estates (Partition) Bill was read the Lioyd’s 

third time. porated) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill [ 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 Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Junction Rail- Sligo and 
way Bill was read the third time. Ballaghader. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Railway Bill 
do pass. | Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


the Lords; and acquaini them, that this House | agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


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80 Vicroria. 


Waterford, The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
New Ross, Reading of the Waterford, New Ross, and Wez- 
and Wexford ford Junction Railway Bill; 

Railway Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
[ Lords. } To-morrow. 

London, Ordered, That in the case of the London, Chat- 
Chatham, and Ram, and Dover Railway (New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill, 


sta ~ *Y Standing Orders 210 and 240 be suspended. 


&amp;c.) Bill. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Thirty- 


fourth Report. 


Military General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

Education. mand,—Copy of Fourth Report by the Council of 
Military Education on Army Schools, Libraries 
and Recreation Rooms, being for the year ended 
31st March 1866. 

Army and General Peel also presented,—Return to an 


Militia Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of 

(Flogging and * 4 . 

Marking.» | May, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- 
turu showing the subsequent conduct of Men in 
Her Majesty’s Military Forces who are included 
in a Return to this House, No. 72, of the present 
Session, relative to Army and Militia (Flogging 
and eae as having been subjected to 
Punishment by the Lash, and stating as well to 
what further Punishment these Men were sen- 
tenced at the time; also, whether since their former 
Punishment they have again been tried by Court 
Martial, and, if so, the Offence, the Regiment, the 
Place, the Time, the Sentence, and if the Sentence 
has been carried out fully or partially. 

Army Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 

(Flogging and the 16th day of March last, for Returns relative 

Branding.) to the Army (Flogging and Branding). 
e en That the said Papers do lie upon the 

abie. 


Railway 
Accidents. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Reports of the In- 
specting 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 May, June and 
July 1866. (Part Third). 

An Abstract of the Returns made to the Board 
of Trade during the year 1865 of Wrecks and 
Casualties which occurred on the Shores of the 


Channel Islands, on the Shores of Her Majesty’s 


Wrecks and 
Casualties. 


Possessions abroad, and to British Ships at Sea; | 


and of Casualties reported by Her Majesty’s Con- 
suls during the same period. 

Sir Stafford Northcote also presented,—Return 
to an Order, dated the 12th day of February last, 
for a Return relative to Railways. 


Railways. 


Holyhead P 
Harbour July last, for a Return relative to Holyhead 


of Refuge. Harbour of Refuge. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Metropolitan Mr. Secretary Walpole presented,—Return to 
Assessments. yn Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of 
February last, for Returns relative to Metropolitan 


Assessments. 
Gas Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Companies. 9] st day of February last, for a Return relative to 
Gas Companies. 
Education Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
(Conscience 31st day of July last, for a Return relative to 
Clause.) Education (Conscience Clause). 
Nuisances Mr. Secretary Walpole also presented, pursuant 


Removal and to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
Diseases Pre- 


vention Acts. Copy of an Order in Council made under the Pro- 
visions of the Acts 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 123, and 12 &amp; 13 
Vice. c. 111, 3d August 1866, ordering that the 
Provisions of said Acts be put in force throughout 
VoL. 121. 


Gth August. 





523 


Treland for six months from the date of said Or- 
der. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hunt presented,— Return to an Order, dated Income and 
the 9th day of February last, for Returns relative Property Tax. 
to the Income and Property Tax. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of May National bebt. 
last, for a Return relative to the National Debt. 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of June Revenue 





last, for Returns relative to Revenue (Ireland), _ (Ireland) 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of July Newspapers. 
last, for a Return relative to Newspapers. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of July Vessels and 
last, for a Return relative to Vessels and Tonnage, Tonnage, &amp;c. 
&amp;e. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of July British 
last, for Returns relative to the British Museum. Museum. 

. = That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, List of the Parliamentary 
Bills, Reports, Estimates, and Accounts and Pa- Papers. 
pers printed by Order of the House of Commons, No. 479. 
and of the Papers presented by Command, Session 
1866, with a Gann Alphabetical Index thereto, 
19th Parliament, 1st Session, 29 and 30 Vice., 1st 
February 1866 to 10th August 1866. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, General In- general Index 

dex to the Journals of the House of Commons, to Journals. 
commencing with the 16th. Parliament of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
Vol. 108, A.D, 1852-3, 16 and 17 Vic., and ending 
with the 18th Parliament, Vol. 120, a.p. 1865, 
28 and 29 Vice. 

Ordered, That the said General Index be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Electoral Re- 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, ts (1866.) 
dated the 6th day of June last, for a Return rela- 
tive to Electoral Returns (1866). 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of June Poor Law 
| last, for Returns relative to Poor Law Unions OValeation 
| (Valuation Lists). Lists.) 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of July Election 
last, for Returns relative te Election Petitions. Petitions. 





| Viscount Cranborne presented, by Her Majesty’s East India 
| Command,—Copy of Despatches from the Secre- (A™y:) 
tary of State for India in Doausti upon the subject 

| of the grievances of Indian Officers. 

| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

| Table. 


| 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Labour- Labouring 


Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of | ing Classes Dwelling Houses Act (1866), which Classss Dwel- 


| was presented upon the 4th day of this instant — (i8s6) 


August, be printed. No. 478 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Edinburgh 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously Provisional 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before "4: 
this House, a Copy of the Report of the Sheriff 
of the County of Edinburgh on the reference 
made to him by the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, to hear all Parties interested 
in a proposed Provisional Order for the City of 
| Edinburgh transmitted to him; and, after hearing 
Parties, to report his opinion on the merits re- 
specting the Powers sought to be obtained by the 
proposed Provisional Order. 
| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Court of 
a Return of the Appeals set down to be heard ee 
3x2 before ‘APPes: 











British 
Museum. 


Adjournment. 


Parliament 
of Ireland. 


Carnarvon 
County Writ. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Extradition 

Treaties Act 
Amendment 
Bill [ Lords.] 


524. 
before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices 
of Appeal in Chancery, from the 2d. day of 
November 1865 until the rising of the Court for 
the Long Vacation 1866; the Nenber of Cases 
heard by the Lord Chancellor and the Lords 
Justices during the same period, distinguishing 
the Cases heard by each Court; the Number of 
Judgments delivered in the Cases so heard; the 
Number of such of those Judgments delivered by 
the Lords Justices in which their Lordships have 
differed ; and the Number of Cases now standing 
for Judgment. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Return 
relative to the British Museum, ordered upon the 
30th day of July last,—Copy of any Communica- 
tions between the Civil Service Commissioners and 
their Secretary, on the subject of the Examination 
of Candidates for Situations in the British Museum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That this House do now adjourn :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Members of both 
Houses of the Jrish Parliament before the Act of 
Union between Great Britain and Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to 
serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Carnarvon, in the room of the Honourable 
Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, now Lord 
Penrhyn, called up to the House of Peers. 


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will immediately 
resolve itself into the said Committee :—The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
ported, 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Extradition Treaties 
Act Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

CrausEs, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

A Clause (Nothing in this or previous Acts to 
authorize the extradition of political offenders), 
brought ap, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time put, and negatived, 

A Clause added. 

Another Clause (As to depositions), brought up, 
and read the first time. 





Question, That the Clause be read a second |_ 


time——put, and negatived. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bull. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 


6th—Tth August. 





1366. 


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. 


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 Public Health Public Health 

Bill, without any Amendment. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Straits Settle- straits Settle- 

ments Bill, with Amendments; to which the ments Bill. 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Local 
take into consideration the Amendment made by Government 
the Lords to the Local Government Supplemental Ary — 
° ra » 3) . 
(No. 3) Bill; and the same was twice read, an 
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, proceeded to Railway 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Companies’ 
the Lords to the Railway Companies’ Securities eaten 
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 Second Marriages 

Reading of the Marriages (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill ; (Iteland) | 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ew 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Tithe Rent- 
Reading of the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill; charge (Ire- 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.  '*"4 Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Currency and 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Banking. 
the 31st day of July last, That an humble Address 
be presented to Her Majesty, praying that She 
will be graciously pleased to issue a Royal Com- 
mission directed to the investigation of the causes 
which have led to the late severe and protracted 
pressure in the Money Market, and to the conti- 
nuance, for a long period, of a Minimum Rate of 
Discount of 10 per cent. at the Bank of England; 
and also to investigate the Laws at present affect- 
ing Currency and Banking in the United King- 
dom, and to report what (if any) alterations have 
become expedient therein; and, further, that it be 
an Instruction to the Commissioners to present their 
Report and the Evidence taken by them on or 
before the Ist February 1867 ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Straits Settle- 
Lords to the Straits Settlements Bill be taken into ™ents Bill. 
consideration To-morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Tuesday, 7th August, 1866. 
PRAYERS. 
MESSAGE was delivered by Colonel Clif- Royal Assent. 
ford, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal 








Assent 

















30 Vicrorta. 


Assent to an Act agreed upon by both Houses, | 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable | 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Com- 
mission 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 Act therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Act, as followeth: 


Public Health An Act to amend the Law relating to the 


Bill. Public Health. 
Commercial Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Reports. Command,—Copy of Commercial Reports from | 
Her Majesty’s Consuls in China and Japan, 1865 | 
(in continuation of Reports presented in July 
1866). 
Ecclesiastical Lord Stanley also presented,—Return to an'| 
Corporations Address to Her Majesty, dated the 31st day of 
anaes July last, for a Return relative to Ecclesiastical 
Corporations (Jtaly). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Wye Valley The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railway Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wye 


Valley Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ship*. 





7th August. 


present Session), viz. :— 





Wrexham, The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
sens 4 take into consideration the Amendments made by 
Railway Y the Lords to the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s 
(Additional Quay Railway (Additional Powers) Bill; and the | 


Powers) 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. 


Wrexham, The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Mold, and take into consideration the Amendments made by 
Connah’s Quay 


the Lords to the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah’s 
Quay Railway (Extensions) 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. 


Railway (Ex- 
tensions) Bill. 


Waterford, The Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford Junc- 
New Ross, tion Railway Bill was, according to Order, read 
and Wexford ; - = 

Junction the third time. 

Railway Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

(Larde, | Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Thirty- 

fourth Report. 

Ship Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

“ Favorite.” 


a Return giving Date when Her Majesty’s Ship 
“* Favorite” last sailed from England to North 
America,.stating whether she had any Steel or 
Chilled Iron Shot or Shell on board; and, if so, 
how many ; and whether any Steel or Chilled Iron 
Shut or Shell have been since sent to her; and, if 
so, how many and when; and, if none have been 


525 


sent, whether it is intended to send any and 
when. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — ; 

e s “ ° A atistics ; 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ana Occupiers 
House, a Return of the Number of Male- Persons and Owners in 
who are assessed on the Valuation Lists now in Counties. 
force, or Poor Rate, as Occupiers of Lands or 
Tenements at the undermentioned Gross Estimated 
Rentals and Rateable Values in every Parish or 
Township in England and Wales, containing a 
Population, according to the last Census, of not 
less than 5,000, and which is not situate within 
any Parliamentary City or Borough (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 335, of the 





Gross Estimated Rental. | Rateable Value. 


| 








Tora. 





| £.10 and under &amp;. 14. | 
j 





| £.6 and under &amp;. 7. 
| £.7 and under £.8. 
| £. 8 and under £. 10. 
| £.10 and under £. 14. 
| £.6 and under £. 7. 
| £.7 and under £. 8. 
| £.8 and under £. 10. 


| ToraL. 














ToraL - - 























| 
besaihhanad 
| 





Ordered, That 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 Courts of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Law, &amp;c. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Return showing in detail, with a general 
Abstract, the Expenditure for the year 1865-6, in 
each of the three Kingdoms, on account of all 
Courts of Law and Justice and Legal Depart- 
ments, defrayed wholly or in part from Public 
Funds ; distinguishing the Charges on the Conso- 
lidated Fund, on Votes of Parliament, on Fees of 
Court, and on Special or Local Funds:——&lt;And, ° 
similar Return for all Courts of Justice the Ex- 
penditure of which is defrayed from County, Bo- 
rough, or Local Funds:—The Returns to include 
Pensions and Compensations on account of any 
present or former office in each Court or Depart- 
ment, to show the Rate of Salary in each case 
where the Officer is paid by Annual Salary, and 
the Number of Persons of each class employed, 
whether paid by Salary, Wages, or Fees. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 











The House was moved, That the Standing Or- Private Bille. 
der of the House, No. 32, relative to Private Bills, 
‘might be read ; and the same being read ; 
| The said Standing Order was amended, by 
leaving out the word “ plans,” in line 5, and in- 
| serting the word “ copy,’ instead thereof; and by 
adding at the end thereof the words “and in all 
* such cases, such plans and sections shall be ac- 
“companied by a published map, or Ordnance 
** sheet of the country, over which the works are 
** proposed to extend, or are to be carried, with 
* their position and éxtent, or route accuratel y laid 
** down thereon.” 

The House was moved, That the Standing Or- 
der of the House, No. 40, relative to Private Bills, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 





Vou. 121. 


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526 


The said Standing Ordey was amended, by in- | 
serting after the words “ Board of Trade,” in line 
6, the words “ marked ‘ Tidal Waters.’” 





Royal Naval Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Coast Volun- Returns of the Number of Men who have an- 

— nually enrolled themselves in the Force denomi- 
nated the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, from 
1863 to 1866: And, of the Number of Men 
enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve who failed 
to present themselves for Drill during the years , 
1865 and 1866. 

Japanese Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Currency. 


Copies of Reports made by the late Mr. Arbuthnot 
to the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of 

, Japanese Currency, and dated respectively De- 
cember 24th, 1862; February 18th, 1863; May 
28th, 1863; and December 2d, 1863: And, of 
any Memoranda or other Documents referred to 
and enclosed in the above-mentioned Reports. 





Imperial Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Guarantees. 4 Return of Imperial Guarantees, showing the 
Date and Extent of each; the Amount paid; and 
the Amount for which the Country is still liable 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 599, 
of Session 1860). 

Navigation Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Laws. a Copy of any Papers or Correspondence relative | 
to the Abolition of the Navigation Laws in Foreign | 
Countries. 

Workhouses The following Papers were laid upon the Table | 


(Metropolis.) by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 6th day of July last, for Returns rela-, 


tive to Workhouses (Metropolis). 


Poor Law Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of July 
(Paddington.) last, for a Return relative to Poor Law Inquiry | 
(Paddington). 
Rotherhithe Return toan Order, dated the 19th day of July | 
eg last, for Returns relative to Rotherhithe Workhouse | 


Infirmary. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of July 
last, for a Return relative to Sick Cases (Metro- 
politan District). 


Sick Cases 
(Metropolitan 
District.) 


Roman Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of July 

et last, for a Return relative to the Roman Catholic 
rphanage z 

(Norwood) Orphanage (Norwood). 

Whitechapel Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of July 

Union. 


last, for Returns relative to Whitechapel Union. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of July 
last, for Returns relative to Births (Metropolitan 
W orkhouses). 

Return to an Order, dated the Ist day of this 
instant August, for Returns relative to the Strand 
Union. 

Return to an Order, dated the Ist day of this 
instant August, fora Return relative to Sittings 
of the House. 

Return to an Order, dated the Ist day of this 
instant August, for a Return relative to Divisions 
of the House. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this 


Births (Metro- 
politan Work- 
houses. ) 


Strand Union. 


Sittings of 
the House. 


Divisions of 
the House. 


Union Assess- 


ments. instant August, for a Return relative to Union 
Assessments. 

Army and Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 

al and Militia (Flogging and Marking), which was 

Sarking.) 9 0 ae the 6th day of this instant August, 
No. 481. e printed. 

Army (Flog- Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army | 

ging — (Flogging and Branding), which was presented 

ae pad upon the 6th day of this instant August, be 
No, 482 printed. 

Railways. Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
No. 483, which was presented upon the 6th of this instant 


August, be printed. 





7th August. 


of this instant August, be printed. 





1866. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Holyhead Holyhead 


Harbour of Refuge, which was presented upon the Harbour of 
6th day of this instavt August, be printed. — 
No, 484, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metro- Metropolitan 
politan Assessments, which was presented upon Assessments. 
the 6th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 485. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Gas Com- Gas Com- 
panies, which was presented upon the 6th day of panies. 
this instant August, be printed. No, 486. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education gaucation 
(Conscience Clause), which was presented upon (Conscience 
the 6th day of this instant August, be printed. wane 

No. 487. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Income and 
and Property Tax, which was presented upon the Property Tax. 
6th day of this instant August, be printed. No, 488. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Na- National Debt. 
tional Debt, which was presented upon the 6th No. 489. 
day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue Revenue 
(Jreland), which was presented upon the 6th day (Ireland.) 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 490. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to News- Newspapers. 
papers, which was presented upon the 6th day of No. 491. 
this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels Vessels and 
and Tonnage, &amp;c., which was presented upon the Tonage, &amp;e. 
6th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 492. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the British British 
Museum, which was presented upon the 6th day Museum. 
No, 493. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Electoral Electoral Re- 


| Returns (1866), which was presented upon the 6th tts (1866. ) 


day of this instant August, be printed. No. 494. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 


Unions (Valuation Lists), which was presented Unions 
upon the 6th day of this instant August, be — 
| printed. age 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Election Election 
Petitioas, which was presented upon the 6th day Petitions. 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 496. 


Mr. Walpole presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- dighways. 
mand,—An Abstract of the General Statements 
of the Receipts and Expenditure on account of the 
Highways of the several Parishes, &amp;c. in England 
and North Wales, so far as the same are ieckeied 
in the Districts formed under the Acts 25 &amp; 26 Vice. 

c. 61, and 27 &amp; 28 Vic. c. 101; for the Period 
from the 25th March to the 3lst December 1864. 
Pursuant to sec. 28 of 25 &amp; 26 Vice. c. 61. 

An Abstract of the General Statements of the Turnpike 
Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike Truste. 
| Trusts in England and Wales, from 1st January 
| 1863 to 31st December 1863, inclusive. Pursuant 
| to the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4. ¢. 80. 

' An Abstract of the General Statements of the 

| Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike 

| Trusts in England and Wales, from 1st January 

| 1864 to 31st December 1864, inclusive. Pursuant 

to the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 

| An Abstract of the General Statements of the Turnpike 
‘Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike a (Set 
| Trusts in Scotland, between the Term of Whit-*"” 
sunday 1861 and the Term of Whitsunday 1862. 
Pursuant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie. ¢. 31. 

An Abstract of the General Statements of the 
| Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike 
| Trusts in Scotland, between the Term of Whit- 
| sunday 1862 and the Term of Whitsunday 1863. 
Pursuant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie. c. 31. 

An Abstract of the General Statements of the 
Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike 
Trusts in Scotland, between the Term of Whit- 
sunday 

















Convict 
Prisons (Tre- 
land.) 


Queen’s Col- 


30 Vicroria. 


sunday 1863 and the Term of Whitsunday 1864. 
Pursuant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie. ¢. 31. 

Copy of Twelfth Annual Report of the Directors 
of Convict Prisons in Jreland, for the year ended 
31st December 1865; with Appendix. 

Copy of the Report of the President of Queen’s 


lege (Galway-) College, Galway, for the year ending 31st March 


Vessels not 
Armour- 
plated. 


Iron-plated 
Ships and 
Batteries. 


House of 
Commons. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Cattle, &amp;c. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Metropolitan 
Commons Bill 
(changed from 
Suburban 
Commons. } 


Public Schools 
Bill | Lords.]} 


Straits Settle- 
ments Bill. 


Metropolitan 


Commons Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Turnpike 
Trusts 


Arrangements 
Bill, “- 





1866. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 27th day of July last, for a Re- 
turn relative to Vessels not Armour-plated. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of July 
last, for a Return relative to Iron-plated Ships and 
Batteries. 

Ordered, That the said Reéturns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hunt presented,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 27th day of July last, for a Return relative to 
the New Roof of the House of Commons. 

Mr. Hunt also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a Treasury 
Minute, dated 2d August 1866, granting a Special 
Superannuation Allowance to the Person holding 
the Office of Chinese Assistant in the Department 
of Printed Books at the British Museum. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Return of the Total Number 
of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs returned upon the 5th 
of March 1866; distinguishing the Number not 
returned by Occupiers, and estimated by the Col- 
lecting Officers, with the per centage proportion of 
the Number so estimated. 

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 Metropolitan 
Commons Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Public Schools Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Straits Settlements Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Metropolitan Commons Bill be now 
taken into consideration :—The House accordingly 
proceeded to take the said Amendments into con- 
sideration; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to; and consequential Amendments were 
made to the 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, with consequential Amendments to the 
said Bill; to which Amendments this House doth 
desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as follow eth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Trusts 
Arrangements Bill, without any Amendment. 
Vou. 121. 





7th August. 











527 


The Lords have agreed to the Aberdeen Pro- Aberdeen Pro- 
visional Order Confirmation Bill, without any visional Order 


Confirmation 
Amendment. Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Inclosure (No, 2) Inclosure 
Bill, without any Amendment. (No. 2) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Railways (Jre- Railways 


land) Temporary Advances Bill, without any (Ireland) 


Amendment. Fr cen, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bills of Sale Act Bills of Sale 
(1854) Amendment Bill, without any Amendment. eae a 
Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Oysters Cultiva-,Oysters Culti- 


tion (Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment. i and) Ball 


The Lords have agreed to the Dockyard Ex- Dockyard 


tensions Bill, without a any Amendment. —— 


The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Consolidated 

j ats _ Fund (Apprb- 

se (Appropriation) Bill, without any Amend priation) Bi i 
The Lords have agreed to the Landed Estates Landed 


Court, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment. ©states Court, 
&amp;c. (Lreland) 
Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the New Zealand tg jem 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Prisons Bill, Prisons Bill. 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Common Law Common Law 
Courts (Fees and Salaries) Bill, without any Courts (Fees 


d Sal 
Amendment. — alaries) 


The Lords have agreed to the Expiring Laws Expiring Laws 


Continuance Bill, without any Amendment. — 


The Lords have agreed to the Indemnity Bill, pate 
without any Amendment. 
The Lords have agreed to the Constabulary Constabulary 


Force (Jreland) Bill, without any Amendment. land) Bi 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Ecclesiastical 

made by this House to the Ecclesiastical Com- Bil (Lorde) 
mission Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Downpatrick, 
made by this House “to the Downpatrick, Dun- Dusdrum, and 
drum, and Newcustle Railway Bill, without any eg 


Railway Bill 
Amendment. [ Lords.) 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Sligo and 
made by this House to the Sligo and Ballughader- Ballaghader- 


a : ° P reen Junction 
— unction Railway Bill, without any Amend- Railway Bill 
ment. 


[.Lorids.] 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Lady Slaney’s 

made by this House to Lady Slaney’s (Trust) (Trust) Estate 
Estate Bill, without any Amendment. el ate 

The Lorde have agreed to the Public Libraries Public 
Act Amendment Bill, with an Amendment; to oe Act 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Bill, _— 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern- Local 
ment Supplemental (No. 4) Bill, with an Amend- a 
ment; to which the Lords desire the concurrence (No. 4) Bill. 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Cattle Diseases Cattle Diseases 
Prevention Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill, with Prevention Act 
Amendments ; to which the Lords desire the con- (Ne 3) Dan 
currence of this House. ; ' 

The Lords have agreed to the Court of Session Court of Ses- 
(Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to which the eoeanen 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. = 

The Lords have agreed to the Poor Law Amend- Poor Law 
ment Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords aeanen 
desire the concurrence of this House. = 

The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Turnpike Acts 
Continuance Bill, with Amendments; to which Continuance 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. =. 

The Lords have agreed to the Naval Discipline Navat 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords de- Piscipline Bill. 
sire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Industrial Schools Industrial 

Bill, with Amendments ; ; to which the Lords de 5&lt;bols Bill. 
sire the concurrence ofthis House. 


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Reformatory 
Schools Bill. 


London, 


Chatham, and 
Dover Railway 


(New Lines. 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Cattle Diseages 
Prevention Act 


Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Court of Ses- 


sion (Scotland) 


Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Naval 
Discipline Bill. 


London, 
Chatham, and 
Dover Railway 
( New Lines, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Public 
Libraries Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Local 
Government 
Supplemental 
(No, 4.) Bill. 





528 Tih—10th 


The Lords have agreed to the Reformatory 
Schools Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the London, Chat- 
ham, and Dover Se ae (New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill, 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act 
Amendment (No. 2) Bill be now taken into con- 
sideration :—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 Court of Session (Scotland) Bill be 
now taken into consideration:—The House ac- 
cordingly 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 Poor Law Amendment 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 agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Naval Discipline Bill be now taken 
into consideration:—The House accordingly pro- 
ceeded to take the said Amendments into con- 
sideration; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Billto 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 London, Chatham, and Dover Rail- 
way (New Lines, &amp;c.) Bill be now taken into con- 
sideration:—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. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Public Libraries Act Amendment 
Bill be now taken into consideration :—The House 
accordingly proceeded to take the said Amend- 
ment into consideration; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Local Government Supplemental 
(No. 4) Bill be now taken into consideration :— 
The House accordingly proceeded to take the said 
Amendment into consideration ; 
was twice read, and agreed to. 


and the same 














August. 1866. 


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. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Reformatory Schools Bill be now 
taken into consideration :—The House accordingly 
proceeded to take the said Amendments into con- 
sideration; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Industrial Schools Bill be now taken 
into consideration:—The House accordingly pro- 
ceeded to take the said Amendments into con- 
sideration; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill be 
now taken into consideration:—The House ac- 
cordingly 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. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Friday next. 


Sir James Fergusson presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Sanitary 
Commission for Bombay, 1865. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Corry presented, pursuant to the directions 
ofan Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order in 
Council approving a Memorial of the Lords Com- 
missioners of the Admiralty, submitting a Scheme 
for the Sale of Advowsons and Rights of Presenta- 
tion to Benefices belonging to Greenwich Hos- 
pital. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till Friday 
next. 





Friday, \Oth August, 1866. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
1 Message had been brought from the Lords, 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Habeas Corpus 
Suspension (Jreland) Act Continuance Bill, with- 
out any Amendment. 





The Lords have agreed to the Patriotic Fund 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Extradition Treaties Act 
Amendment Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords agree to the consequential Amend- 
ments made by this House to the Metropolitan 
Commons Bill, without any Amendment. =" 

e 


Reformatory 
Schools Bill, 


Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Bombay 
Sanitary 
Commission. 


Greenwich 
Hospital. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Hubeas Corpus 
Suspension 
(Lreland) Act 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Patriotic Fund 
Bill. 


Extradition 

Treaties Act 
Amendment 
Bill ( Lords.) 


Metropolitan 
Commons Bill. 




















30 Vicroria. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 155, relative to Private Bills, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Standing Order was amended, by in- 
serting after the word “ Solicitor” the words “ or 
Assistant Solicitor,” throughout the Order. 


Private Bilis. 


Standing Ordered, That the Standing Orders of this House, 
Crees. as amended, be printed. 

No. 480. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. —_ read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Thirty- 


fourth Report. 


Meat Curing § Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


(South mand,—Copy of Reports from Her Majesty’s Di- 

umes lomatic pi Mrd in South America, p Semen 
or curing Meat for the British Market. 

Abyssinian Lord Stanley also presented,—Return to an Ad- 

Captives, dress to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of thisinstant 
August, for Returns relative to the Abyssinian 
Captives. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

Jamaica. Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Further Correspondence relative 
to the Affairs of Jamaica. 

New Zealand. Copy of Further Papers relative to the Affairs 
of New Zealand (in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented 26th June 1866). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

Metropolitan © Mr. Secretary Walpole presented, by Her Ma- 

pat Com- jesty’s Command,—Copy of a Letter addressed by 

“ direction of the Secretary of State for the Home 

No. 407. Department to the Metropolitan Water Com- 
panies, making Inquiries as to the changes that 
may have taken place in relation to the supply 
afforded by those Fenguaien since the Report on 
the Metropolitan Water Supply made to the Ge- 
neral Board of Health in 1856; with a Tabular 
Summary of the Replies of the Companies thereto. 

Factories. 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 1866. 

Municipal Mr. Secretary Walpole also presented,—Return 

ee to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day 

™ of June last, for a Return relative to the Muni- 

No. 498. ¢inal Incorporation Act. 

Edinburgh Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 

— the 6th day of this instant August, for a Return 

No. 499, ‘elative to the Edinburgh Provisional Order. 

Royal Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of July 

en last, for Returns relative to the Royal Hibernian 

cademy. = Academy. 

No. 500. 

Nuisances Mr. Secretary Walpole also presented, pursuant 


Removal and to the directions of several Acts of Parliament.— 


——., Copy of Directions and Regulations issued by the 
(Ireland.) | Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland for the re- 
moval of Nuisances and prevention of Diseases. 
Nuisances Copy of Further Directions and Regulations, 
(Scotland) - dated the Ist August 1866, issued by the Board 
(1856.) of Supervision for Relief of the Poor in Scotland, 
under the poe cng, ir an Order of Her Majesty’s 
Most Honourable Privy Council, dated 4th June 
1866, and the 24th section of the Nuisances Re- 
moval ( Scotland) Act, 1856. : 
Local Copy of Eighth Annual — presented by the 
Aacaey Secretary of State for the Home Department to 
No. 532, Parliament, on the Execution of the Local Go- 


vernment Act, 1858. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to Metro- 
politan Water Companies, Municipa] Incorporation 
Act, Edinburgh Provisional Order, Royal Hibernian 
ee a and Local Government Act (1858), be 

te 


Von. 121. 





10th August. 





529 


General Peel presented,—Return to an Address Secretaries of 
to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of March last, State for War. 
for a Return relative to the Secretaries of State No. 533. 
for War. 

Amended Return to an Address to Her Majesty, Whitworth 
dated the 10th day of April last, for a Return 94». 
relative to Whitworth Guns. No. 501. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Lord Henry Lennoz presented,—Return to se- Start Point 
veral Orders, dated the 17th and 31st days of July (Time 
last, for Returns relative to the Start Point (Time a 
Signals) No. 502. 
eturn to an Order, dated the 26th day of July Petroleum and 
last, for a Return relative to Petroleum and Shale Shele Oil. 
Oil. No. 503. 
Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this Jamaica. 
instant August, for a Return relative to Jamaica. No. 504. 
Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this Boats (Dock- 
instant August, for Returns relative to Boats y4rds.) 
(Dockyards). No. 505. 
Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Royal Naval 
instant August, for a Return relative to the Royal — Volun- 
Naval Coast Volunteers. No soe 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Ship _ 
instant August, for a Return relative to the Ship “Favorite.” 
* Favorite.” No. 507. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Hunt presented,—Return to an Order, Taxes. 
dated the 26th day of July last, for a Return rela- No, 508. 
tive to Taxes. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this Exports, &amp;c. 
ame August, for Returns relative to Exports, No. 509. 

C. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2nd day of this Bank Notes. 
— August, for Returns relative to Bank No. 510. 

otes. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3rd day of this Income and 
instant August, for a Return relative to Income Property Tax. 
and Property Tax. No. 511. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this British 
instant August, fora Return relative to the British Museum. 
Museum. No. 512 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Japanese 
instant August, for Returns relative to Japanese Currency. 
Currency. No. 513. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table trish Society. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, No, 514. 
dated the 8th day of May last, for Returns rela- 
tive to the Jrish Society. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of June Election 
last, for an Abstract of Returns relative to Election ©*Penses- 
Expenses. No. 160. 

he following Paper, pursuant to the directions Friendly 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Societies (Ire- 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Report of the wae) 
Registrar of Friendly Societies in Jreland, for the 
year ending 3lst December 1865. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Jrish 
Society, and Election Expenses, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Medical Medical 
Officers (Army and Navy), which was presented Offers (Army 
upon the 31st day of July last, be printed. No. 515. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Work- Workhouses 
houses (Metropolis), which was presented upon (Metropolis.) 
the 7th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 516. 


Ordered, That the Return relative tothe Poor Law Poor Law 


Inquiry (Paddington), which was presented upon aury 
the 7th day of this instant August, be printed. ns) 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Rotherhithe Rotherhithe 
Workhouse Infirmary, which was presented upon — 
the 7th day of this instant August, be printed. oe 





| 3Y Ordered, No 518. 











530 


Sick Cases Ordered, That the Return relative to Sick 

(Metropvlitan Cases (Metropolitan Districts), which was pre- 

Districts.) sented upon the 7th day of this instant August, 
No. 519. be printed. 


Ordered, hat the Return relative to the Roman 
Catholic Orphanage a which was pre- 
sented upon the 7th day of this instant August, 
be printed. 


Roman 
Catholic 


No. 520. 


Whitechapel 
Union. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Whitechapel 
Union, which was presented upon the 7th day of 
No. 521. this instant August, be printed. 


Births Ordered, That the Return relative to Births 
(Metropolitan (Metropolitan Workhouses), which was presented 


oy upon the 7th day of this instant August, be 
098% printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Strand 
Union, which was presented upon the 7th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Union 
Assessments, which was presented upon the 7th 
day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sittings 
of the House, which was presented upon the 7th 
day of this instant August, be printed. 


Strand Union. 
No. 523. 


Union Assess- 
ments. 


No. 524. 


Sittings of 
the House. 


Divisions of 


a Ordered, That the Return relative to Divisions 
le ouse, 


of the House, which was presented upon the 7th 
day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels 
not Armour-plated, which was presented upon the 
7th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Vessels not 
Armour- 
plated. 

No, 525. 
Iron-plated 
Ships and 
Batteries. 


No. 526. 


House of 
Commons. 


No. 527. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Iron-plated 
Ships und Batteries, which was presented upon the 
7th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New 
Roof of the House of Commons, which was pre- 
sented upon the 7th day of this instant August, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cattle, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 7th day of this 
instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Bom- 
bay Sanitary Commission, which was presented 
upon the 7th day of this instant August, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India 
(Army), which was presented upon the 6th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Cattle, &amp;e. 
No, 528. 


Bombay 
Sanitary 
Commission. 


No. 529. 


Enst India 
(Army.) 


No. 530. 


Commonsand Ordered, That so much of the Return relative to 
ry la ae Commons and Open Spaces (Metropolis) as re- 
N nes lates to the Index to Maps, which was presented 
o 9%" upon the 2nd day of this instant August, be 
printed. 
Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty. fourth 
Report.) 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 31st 
day of July last to the 10th day of this instant 
August, both days 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. 


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 Knight of the Shire to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Northern 
Division of the County of Salop, in the room of 
the Honourable Charles Henry Cust, who, since 
his Election for the said Division of the said 
County, hath accepted the Office of Steward or 
sailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds 
of Stoke, Desborough, and Bonenham, in the County 
of Buckingham. 


Salop 
(Northern 
Division) Writ. 


10th August. 





1866. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Timber 
Return of the Description, Quality, and Quantity (Dockyards.) 
of the various Kinds of Timber in Store in each of 
Her Majesty’s Dockyards, the estimated Value of 
each Description, the Date of Purchase, and Pur- 
pose for which it is required. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Revenue, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 7x44 &amp;e. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Estimated Annual Amount 
of the Revenue expected to be derived from Tax- 
ation in England and Scotland respectively at the 
period of the Union, as agreed on by the Lords 
Commissioners for England and Scotland appointed 
to treat for an Union between the Two King- 
doms in 1706, and on which Estimate of Revenue 
the proportion of Members of Parliament was 
agreed to be fixed at 513 for England, and 45 for 
Scotland, the Revenue to be taken from the Sum- 
mary given in the Minutes of Conference pub- 
lished by the Record Commission (Vol. xi. App. 
pp. 192 to 196); also the Amount of Revenue 
derived from England and Scotland respectively 
during the year ending on the Ist day of January 
1866, with the per-centage of Increase in each 
Country in 1866 over the Estimated Amounts 
stated by the Lords Commissioners in 1706: 

Of the Average Annual Amount of the Revenue 
actually derived from the Taxation of England and 
Scotland respectively during the first Three com- 
plete Financial Years after the Union, and the 
corresponding Amounts for the Three Years end- 
ing on the Ist day of January 1866, with the per- 
centage of Increase in each Country during the 
last Three Years as compared with the Produce 
of the Three Years first mentioned :—— Of the 
Average Annual Amount of the Revenue derived 
from Taxation in England, Scotland, and Ireland 
respectively during the Three Years ending in 
1832, when the Number of Members for each 
Country was readjusted by the Reform Acts of 
that year; also the same information for the Three 
Years ending on the Ist day of January 1866, with 
the per-centage of Increase in each Countr 
during the last Three Years as compared with 
the Three Years ending in 1832; the Annual Re- 
venue to include the Revenue derived from the 
Customs, the Post Office, and the Department of 
Inland Revenue, with the exception of the Income 
Tax on the Public Funds and Public Salaries 
(Schedules C and E); but, as respects any Spirits 
consumed during the last Three Years in one 
Division of the United Kingdom, while the Duty 
thereon has been paid in another Division, there 
be added a note to the Returns so as to give the 
Division in which the Spirits are consumed the 
benefit of the Duty paid for the same, according to 
the quantities shown in the Reports of the Inland 
Revenue Commissioners (see Appendix, p, ix., Re- 
port for 1865): And, of the Number of Repre- 
sentatives which each Division of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland would have 
if the 658 Members were allotted according to the 
Amount of the Taxation contributed by each 
during the last Three Years; also the present 
Number of Members for each Division as fixed by 
the Reform Acts of 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 Order made upon the 30th day of July last, Companies 
That there be laid before this House, a Return Act (1862) 
relative to the Companies Act (1862), was read, 
and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Diocesan 


Covies of the Rules and Orders of the Provincial te aud 
2 gistries 


and (Ireland. ) 

















30 VicToRIA. 


and United Diocesan Courts and Registries, &amp;c., 
under the provisions of “ The Ecclesiastical Courts 
and Registries (Ireland) Act, 1864”: Of Pre- 
liminary Rules and Orders of October 1864, with 
the Returns from the Registrars of the United 
Dioceses made under the provisions of “ The 
Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries (Ireland) Act, 
1864”: And, of the Observations upon “ The 
Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries (Jreland) Act, 
1864,” and the Rules and Orders, 1865, by A. J. 
Stephens, Esquire, Q.c. 








Church Rates 
(York and 
Exeter 
Dioceses.) 


Resolved, That 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 parallel Columns, of the 
Names of all Parishes in the Dioceses of Yurk and 
Exeter, reported as paying Church Rate at Common 
Law in the last Local Taxation Return; the 
Amount therein stated as paid by each Parish; the 
Rate in the Pound Sterling at which the Church 
Rate was levied in each Parish; and the Rateable 
Value of each Parish for Poor Law purposes, either 
for the corresponding Period or according to the 
latest 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. 


Lord Chief Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

Baron. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all the Correspondence which 
has taken place between Members of the Govern- 
ment and Mr. Rigby Wason in relation to the 
appointment of Sir FitzRoy Kelly to be Lord 
Chief Baron of the Exchequer. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Joseph Hunie, 


Mr. Secretary Walpole reported io the House, 
Esquire. 


That their Address of the 15th day of June last, 
relative to a Bust of Joseph Hume, Esquire, 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 I 
will cause to be placed within the precincts of the 
House of Commons a Bust, offered by his Widow, 
of the late Joseph Hume, Esquire, who for nearly 
forty years ably, laboriously, and disinterestedly 
served his Country in the House of Commons: 

And I will give directions to My First Com- 
missioner of Works and Public Buildings to con- 
sider in what part of the precincts of the House of 
Commons such Bust may most appropriately be 
placed. 


A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus 

Clifford, 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 
authorized, declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Acts, as follow: 

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. VoL, 121. 


Royal Assent. 











10th August. 531 


Service of the year ending the Thirty-first March, 
One thousand eight hundred and Sixty-seven, and 
to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session 
of Parliament: 

An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders Local 
under “ The Local Government Act, 1858,” rela- | arte ome 
ting to the Districts of West Hartlepool, Tormoham, (No. 3) Bill. 
Harrogate, Saint Leonard, Wednesfield, Aberdare, 

Bristol, Derby, Shrewsbury, Netherthong, Hove, 
New Windsor, Hanley, Burnley, and Accrington, 
and for other purposes relative to certain Districts 
under the said Act: 
An Act to amend the Law relating to Securities Railway 


issued by Railway Companies : Pe. 0 


An Act to further amend the Acts relating to Ecclesiastical 


the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England: Commission 
Bill [Lords.]} 


An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders Turnpike 
made under an Act of the Fifteenth year of Her Trusts 
present Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for py °°" 
the Relief of Turnpike Trusts: 

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under Aberdeen Pro- 
** The General Police and Improvement (Scotland) ¥isional Order 
Act, 1862,” relating to the Burgh of Aberdeen: | Confirmation 

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Inclosure 
Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure (No. 2) Bill. 
Commissioners for England and Wales : 

An Act to enable the Public Works Loan Railways 
Commissioners to make Temporary Advances to (Ireland) 


‘ &lt;a ‘ Temporary 
Railway Companies in Ireland : Aavunenn nil 


An Act to amend the Bills of Sale Act, 1854: Bills of Sale 
Act (1854) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


An Act further to promote the Cultivation of Oysters 
Oysters in Jreland, and to amend the Acts for that nn 
purpose : (Ireland) Bill. 

An Act to extend the Duration of the Dock- Dockyard 
yard Extensions Act (1865) : Extensions 


Bill. 

An Act to reduce the Number of Judges in the Landed 
Landed Estates Court in Jreland, and to reduce Estates Court, 
the Duties payable under the Record of Title and 39, 7" 
Land Debentures Acts: 

An Act to guarantee the Liquidation of Bonds New Zealand 
issued for the Repayment of Advances made out Bill. 
of the Public Funds for the Service of the Colony 
of New Zealand : 

An Act for the Amendment of the Laws re- Prisons Bill. 
lating to Prisons: 

‘An Act to make further Provision respecting Common Law 
the Fees payable in the Superior Courts of Law Courts (Fees 
at Westminster, and in the Offices belonging 4.4 S“rie*) 
thereto, and respecting the Salaries of certain — 
Oftices of those Courts : 

An Act to continue various Expiring Acts: Expiring Laws 
——— 

An Act to amend an Act to consolidate the Constabulary 
Laws relating to the Constabulary Force in Jre- Force (Ire- 
heads Jand) Bill. 

An Act toindemnify such Persons in the United Indemnity 
Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves *" 
for Offices and Employments, and to extend the 
Time limited for those purposes respectively : 

An Act to provide for the Government of the Straits Settle- 
** Straits Settlements :” ments Bill. 

An Act for the Amendment of the Law relating Extradition 


to Treaties of Extradition: ‘Treaties Act 
Amendment 


Bill | Lords.] 
An Act to continue an Act of the Twenty-ninth Mahoes Corpus 
year of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter &gt;*Peasion 
a intituled “ An Act tomnanees the Lal Lieu- bata mam i 
tenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Jre- Bill. 
land to apprehend and detain for a limited Time such 
Persons as he or they shall suspect of conspiring 
against Her Majesty’s Person and Government :” 
An Act to make Provision for the Administra- Patriotic Fund 
tion of the Patriotic Fund: = 
An Act to make provision for the Improvement, Metropolitan 
Protection, and Management of Commons near the — 
Metropolis : - 
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532 


Cattle An Act to amend the Cattle Diseases Prevention 
Diseases Pre- Act: 

vention Act - F 

Amendment 

(No. 2) Bill. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- of taking Evidence in Civil Causes in the Court 


land) Bill. of Session in Scotland : 

Poor Law An Act to amend the Act providing Superannua- 

_—_ tion Allowances to Officers of Unions and Parishes, 
ll. 


and to make other Amendments in the Laws re- 
lating to the Relief of the Poor: 

An Act to make provision for the Discipline of 
the Navy: 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts re- 
lating to Reformatory Schools in Great Britain: 

An Act to consclidate and amend the Acts re- 
lating to Industrial Schools in Great Britain: 

An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in 


Naval Disci- 
pline Bill. 


Reformatory 
Schools Bill. 


Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 


Continuance Great Britain, and to make further provision con- 
— cerning Turnpike Roads: 

Local An Act to confirm certain provisional Orders 
se ml under “ 'The Local Government Act, 1858,” relating 


to the Districts of Ramsgate, Leominster, Staley- 


«No. 4) Bill. el ‘ 
bridge, Lincoln, Maidstone, Banbury, Tunbridge 


An Act to make provision in regard to the mode | 


10th August. 


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Wells, Bedford, and Southampton, and for other | 


purposes relative to the Districts under the said 
Act: 


Public. An Act to amend the Public Libraries Act: 
Libraries Act 

Amendment 

Bill [ Lords. j 

Waterford, An Act for incorporating the Waterford, New 


New Ross, 


» Ross, and Wexford Junction Railway Company, 
and Wexford : j 


and for authorizing them to purchase the Bagenals- 


Rallwey Bill town and Wexford Railway, and to make Branch 
| Lords. } Railways, and for other purposes: 

Brampton and An Act for making a Railway from the North 
Longtown British (Border Union) Railway near Longtown | 


Railway Lill. 4 
to Brampton, and for other purposes : 
Caledonian 
and Scottish 
North Eastern : ° . 
Railway Com- the Caledonian Railway Company, and for other 


panies Bill. purposes : 
An Act for granting to the Great Northern 
Railway Company Running Powers over a portion 


Cheshire Lines 
Bill. 





| 


| 


| 


/ way to Connah’s Quay, to make a Deviation in their 


1866. 


An Act for the Extension of the Wrexham, Mold, Wrexham, 
and Connah’s Quay Railway to Buckley, and for Mold, and 
other purposes : , 

Railway 
( Additional 
Powers) Bill. 


An Act to enable the Wrexham, Mold, and Con- Wrexham, 


nah’s Quay Railway Company to extend their Rail- Mold, and 

: : Copnah’s Quay 
é . Railway (Ex- 
authorized Railway, and for other purposes: tensions) Bill. 


An Act to renew and extend the Powers of the Sligo and 
Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Junction Railway Com- Ballaghader. 
pany, and for other purpeses : soon Sane 

y&gt; ‘ Railway Bill 
| Lords.) 

An Act to incorporate the Brighton West Pier Brighton 
Company, and to enable them to construct a Pier West Pier Bill 
at Brighton, in the County of Sussex, and for other onan 
purposes : 

An Act to authorize the construction of a Rail- Downpatrick, 
way from Downpatrick, through Dundrum, to New- pet and 
castle, in the County of Down: Railway Bill 
[ Lords. ] 

An Act to authorize the London, Chatham, and London, 
Dover Railway Company to make new Streets, and oe and 
alterations of Streets, for improving the access to haa meted 
u , for improving the access to (New Lines, 
their Ludgate Station, to authorize the Kent Coast &amp;t.) Bill. 
Railway Company to make a new Road at Rams- 
gate, and to confer Powers, and impose obligations 
on the Corporation of the City of London, with 
respect to the new and altered Streets, and for 
other purposes: 

An Act for a Partition or Division of certain Lloyd's Estates 
Estates in the Counties of Flint and Denbigh, for- Gil Lord) 
merly Property of Dorothea Lloyd, and others : ; 

An Act to authorize the Wardens and Com- Lady Slaney's 
monalty of the Mystery of Grocers of the City of Gil Corde] 
London, as Trustees under the Will of Dame Mar- ‘ 
garet Slaney, deceased, to consent to the union 
of the Benefices of Allhallows Staining and Saint 


Y 


An Act for authorizing the amalgamation of the} Catherine Coleman, in the City of London, and for 
Scottish North Eastern Railway Company with! enabling the Trustees to carry into more complete 


effect the Trusts of the Will. 


And afterwards, a Speech of the Lords Commis- Lords Com- 
sioners was delivered to both Houses by the Lord — 


of the Newton and Compstall Branch Railway of | High Chancellor, as followeth :— 


the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way Company, and for authorizing the said two 


Companies and the Midland Railway Company | 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 
We are commanded by Her Majesty, in releas- 


to execute certain Works, and for authorizing the | ing you from the labours of a protracted Session, to 
Great Northern Railway Company and the Mid-| convey to you Her Majesty’s acknowledgments 


land Railway Company to become joint Owners 


' 
‘ 


| 


for the zeal and assiduity with which you have ap- 


with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire | plied yourselves to your Parliamentary duties. 


Railway Company of that Company’s Godley and 
Woodley Branch Railway, and for transferring to 


the said three Companies certain Powers of the | 


Chester and West 
Company, and for other purposes: 
Imperial Gas 


Company = =Coke Company to raise more Money : 
(No. 3) Bill. ) ) 
Maidstone An Act for making a Railway from Maidstone 


and Ashford 
Railway Bill. 
Newport Pag- 
nell Railway 
Bill. 


to Ashford, and for other purposes: 


way Company to extend their Railway to the 


and North Western Railway Company, and to the 
authorized Bedford and Northampton Railway, 
anc for other purposes : 
North British 
Galway Dal. Company to make Branch Railways at Dundee, 


and for other purposes: 


Vale of Neath An Act for the Amalgamation of the Vale of 
Railway, Neath Railway Company with the Great Western 
(Transfer, &amp;c.) Rai 

Bill, ailway Company, and for other purposes : 

Wye Valley An Act for making Railways from the South 
Railway Bill. Wales Line of the Great Western Railway to 


the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk, and Pontypool Rail- 
way, and to the authorized Line of the South Wales 
and Great Western Direct Railway, and for other 
purposes : 


Cheshire Junction Railway | 


| 


Her Majesty has much satisfaction in informing 
you that Her relations with all Foreign Powers 
are on the most friendly footing. 

Her Majesty has watched with anxious interest 


|the progress of the War which has recently con- 


An Act to authorize the Imperial Gaslight and | 


vulsed a great portion of the Continent of Europe. 


Her Majesty cannot have been an indifferent 


An Act to authorize the Newport Pagnell Rail- | 


spectator of events which have seriously affected 
the positions of Sovereigns and Princes with whom 
Her Majesty is connected by the closest ties of 
relationship and friendship; but Her Majesty has 


not deemed it expedient to take part in a contest 


Northampton and Peterborough Line of the London | 


in which neither the honour of Her Crown nor the 


interests of Her People demanded any active in- 


An Act to enable the North British Railway | 





tervention on Her part. Her Majesty can only 
express an earnest hope that the negotiations now 
in progress between the belligerent Powers may 
lead to such an arrangement as may lay the foun- 
dation of a secure and lasting peace. 

A wide-spread treasonable conspiracy, having 
for its objects the subversion of Her Majesty’s 
authority in Ireland, the confiscation of property, 
and the establishment of a Republic, having its seat 
in Ireland, but deriving its principal support from 
naturalised Citizens of a Foreign and friendly 
State, compelled Her Majesty, at the commence- 
ment of the present Session, to assent to a Measure, 
recommended by Her Representative in — 

or 


Connah’s Quay 




























































30 Vicrortia. 


for the temporary suspension in that part of Her 
Majesty’s Dominions of the Habeas Semen Act. 
That Measure, firmly but temperately acted on by 
the Irish Executive, had the effect of repressing 
any outward manifestations of treasonable inten- 
tions, and of causing the withdrawal from Ireland 
of the greater portion of those Foreign agents by 
whom the conspiracy was mainly fostered. 

The leaders, however, of this movement were 
not deterred from prosecuting their criminal de- 
signs beyond the limits of Her Majesty’s Do- 
minions. They evenattempted, from the territories 
of the United States of America, an inroad upon 
the peaceful Subjects of Her Majesty in Her 
North American Provinces. That attempted in- 
road, however, only served to manifest in the 
strongest manner the loyalty and devotion of Her 
Majesty’s Subjects in those Provinces, who, with- 
out exception of creed or origin, united in defence 
of their Sovereign and their Country. It served 
also to show the good faith and scrupulous atten- 
tion to international rights displayed by the Govern- 
ment of the United States, whose active inter- 
ference, by checking any attempted invasion of a 
friendly State, mainly contributed to protect Her 
Majesty’s Dominions against the evils of a predatory 
inroad. 

Her Majesty would have been rejoiced at the 
close of the present Session to be enabled to put 
an end to the exceptional Legislation which She 
was compelled to sanction at its commencement ; 
but the protection which Her Majesty owes to 
Her Loyal Subjects leaves Her no alternative but 
that of assenting to the advice of Her Parliament 
to continue till their next meeting the provisions 
of the existing Law. Her Majesty looks anxiously 
forward to the time when She may be enabled to 
revert to the ordinary provisions of the Law. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


Her Majesty commands us to thank you for the 
liberal provision which you have made for the 
Public Service and for the Naval and Military 
defences of the Country. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


Her Majesty has seen with great concern the 
monetary pressure which, for a period of unprece- 
dented duration, has weighed upon the interests of 
the Country. The consequent embarrassment 
appeared at one moment to be aggravated by so 
~&lt; a feeling of distrust and of alarm, that 

er Majesty, in order to restore confidence, autho- 
rized Her Ministers to recommend to the Directors 
of the Bank of England a course of proceeding 
suited to the emergency. 

This, though justifiable under the circumstances, 
might have led to an infringement of the Law, but 
Her Majesty has the satisfaction of being able to 
inform you that no such infringement has taken 
place, and that although the monetary pressure is 
not yet sensibly mitigated, alarm is subsiding, and 
the state of Trade being sound, and the condition 
of the People generally prosperous, Her Majesty 
entertains a sanguine hope that confidence will 
soon be restored. 

Her Majesty has observed with satisfaction, and 
with deep gratitude to Almighty God, that He 
has so far favoured the measures which have been 
adopted for staying the fearful pestilence which 
has visited our herds and flocks, that its destructive 
effects have been in a great measure checked, and 
that there is reason to hope for its entire extinction 
at no distant period. In the meantime Her Ma- 
jesty has given Her willing assent to a measure 
which has been introduced for the relief of those 
Districts which have suffered the most severely 
from its visitation. 

Vo. 121. 











10th August. 533 


Her Majesty regrets that this Country has 
at length been subjected to the fearful visitation of 
Cholera which has prevailed in other European 
Countries, but from which it has hitherto been 
happily exempt. Her Majesty has directed that 
a Form of Prayer to Almighty God, suitable to the 
present exigency, should be offered up in all the 
churches of this Realm; and Her Majesty has 
given Her cordial approval to legislative measures 
sanctioning the adoption, by local authorities, of 
such steps as science and experience have shown 
to ke most effectual for the check of this fearful 
malady. 

Her Majesty hopes that those in whose hands so 
large and beneficial an authority is left will not be 
slow to execute the powers entrusted to them, and 
that they will be seconded in their endeavours by 
all who have at heart the safety and well-being of 
Her People. In connection with this subject Her 
Majesty hopes that a Bill, to which She has given 
her ready assent, for improving the Navigation of 
the River Thames, may incidentally be conducive 
to the public health. 

Her Majesty has great satisfaction in congratu- 
lating the Country and the world at large on the 
successful accomplishment of the great design of 
connecting Europe and America by the means of 
an Electric Telegraph. It is hardly possible to 
anticipate the full extent of the benefits which 
may be conferred on the human race by this signal 
triumph of scientific enterprise ; and Her Majesty 
has pleasure in expressing Her deep sense of what 
is due to the private energy which, in spite of 
repeated failure and discouragement, has at length, 
for the second time, succeeded in establishing direct 
communication between the two Continents. Her 
Majesty trusts that no impediment may occur to 
interrupt the success of this great undertaking, 
calculated, as it undoubtedly is, to cement yet 
closer the ties which bind Her Majesty’s North 
American Colonies to their Mother Country, and 
to promote the unrestricted intercourse and friendly 
feeling which it is most desirable should subsist 
between Her Majesty’s Dominions and the great 
Republic of the United States. 

Her Majesty is aware that, in returning to your 
respective homes, many of you have duties to 
perform hardly less important than those which 
belong to you in your Legislative capacity. Her 





Majesty places full reliance on the loyalty and- 


devotion with which you will discharge those 
duties; and Her Majesty earnestly prays that 
your influence and efforts may, under the blessing 
of Divine Providence, tend to the general welfare, 
prosperity, and contentment of Her People. 


Then a Commission for proroguing the Parlia- 
ment was read. 


After which the Lord Chancellor said : 
My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


By virtue of Her Majesty’s Commission, under 
the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, 
and now read, we do, in Her Majesty’s Name, and 
in obedience to Her Commands, prorogue this 
Parliament to Thursday the 25th day of October 
next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament 
is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the 25th day 
of October next. 


Parliament 
Prorogued. 








Parliament 
prorogued. 


Parliament 
prorogued. 


534 25th October—20th November, 1866—15th January, 1867. 


Thursday, 25th October, 1866. 


HE House being met, see sey to the last 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by 
Colonel Clifford, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly the House, with the Clerk, went 
up to the House of Peers; where the Commission 
was read, for the further proroguing of the Parlia- 
ment until Tuesday the 20th day of November 
next; and the Parliament was accordingly pro- 
rogued until Tuesday the 20th day of November 
next. 





Tuesday, 20th November, 1866. 
T HE House being met, pursuant to the last 


Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the 
country ; 
A Message was brought from the Lords, by 
Colonel Clifford, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 














this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
the Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Tuesday the 15th day of 
January next; and the Parliament was accord- 
ingly prorogued until Tuesday the 15th day of 
January next. 








Tuesday, 15th January, 1867. 


HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 


country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by 
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 Assistant, 
went up to the House of Peers; where the Com- 
mission was read, for the further proroguing of the 
Parliament until Tuesday the 5th day of February 
next; and the Parliament was accordingly pro- 
rogued until Tuesday the 5th day of February 
next. 

















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